2011 Divas - Lone Star Writing Competition Winners

Single Title Category

Final judges:
Editor: Deb Werksman  ~  Sourcebooks, Inc.
Agent: Michelle Grajkowski  ~  3 Seas Literary Agency
EPublishing Editor: Leanne Morgena  ~ Wild Rose Press

FIRST PLACE - Perfect Summer by Katie Graykowski
SECOND PLACE - Far From Perfect by Barbara Longley
THIRD PLACE - Better Than Pasta by Linda O'Dwyer

Contemporary Series Category

Final Judges:
Editor: Wanda Ottewell  ~ Harlequin
Agent: Pam Strickler  ~  Pam Strickler Author Management
EPublishing Editor: Lori Graham  ~  Wild Rose Press

FIRST PLACE - Mandy's Marine by Amy Lamont

SECOND PLACE - Cyrano At Your Service by Tamara Baumann

THIRD PLACE - Snow Job by Kelly Fitzpatrick

Historical Category

Final Judges:
Editor: Junessa Vilorio  ~ Random House
Agent: Sara Megibow  ~  Nelson Literary Agency
EPublishing Editor: Susan Yates  ~  Wild Rose Press

FIRST PLACE - Love Behaving Badly by Catherine Phelan
SECOND PLACE - Prodigal Gun by Kathleen Rice Adams
THIRD PLACE - The Dressmaker's Duke by Jess Russel

Inspirational Category

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Final Judges:
Editor: Rachel Burkot  ~  eHarlequin
Agent: Kimberly Shumate  ~  Living Word Literary Agency
EPublishing Editor: Nicola Martinez  ~  White Rose Publishing

FIRST PLACE - Heiress of Winterwood by Sarah Elizabeth Ladd

SECOND PLACE - Saving Gideon by Amy Lillard

THIRD PLACE - Sing a New Song by Anita Jares

Young Adult Category

Final Judges:
Editor: Kat O'Shea  ~  Leap Books
Agent: Susan Hawk  ~  The Bent Agency
EPublishing Editor: - Meghan M. Conrad  ~  Ellora's Cave

FIRST PLACE - Ceresa's Wrath by K.R. Lawson

SECOND PLACE - In Deep by Robin Weaver

THIRD PLACE - Getting a Life, Even If You're Dead by Beth Watson

Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal Category

Final Judges:
Editor: Ann Leslie Tuttle  ~  Harlequin Nocturne
Agent: Jill Marsal  ~  Marsal Lyon Literary Agency
EPublishing Editor: Raelene Gorlinsky - Ellora's Cave
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FIRST PLACE - The Ruby Brooch by Katherine Lowry Logan
SECOND PLACE - Magic Wars by Camryn Rhys
THIRD PLACE - Apocrypha Rising by Stephen C. Thompson

Romantic Suspense Category

Final Judges:
Editor: Katherine Pelz  ~ Penguin
Agent: Tina Tsallas  ~  Great Titles, Inc.
EPublishing Editor: Kelli Collins ~ Ellora's Cave

FIRST PLACE - Burning Rubber by Wendy Campbell
SECOND PLACE - Undercover Cowboy by Kathy Bremner
THIRD PLACE - Stealing Best in Show by Elizabeth Pina

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Upward movement on Diva List is in blue...
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Eight Finals...

Robin Weaver
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Seven Finals...
Nan Dixon
Averil Reisman

Camryn Rhys
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Six Finals...
Rebecca Sampson
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Five Finals...
Kathleen Rice Adams

Jerrie Alexander
Jeanell Bolton
Louisa Cornell

Robin Covington
Marni Donnelly-Folsom
Ash Krafton

Sarah Elizabeth Ladd
Stephanie Winkelhake
Casey Wyatt
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Four Finals...
Cecily Cornelius-White
Louisa Cornell
Eileen Emerson
Caro LaFever
Ellen Lindseth
Katherine Lowry Logan
Jennifer McQuiston
Linda O'Dwyer

Isis Rushdan
Rebecca Skrabl
Bronwyn Stuart
Kristine B. Thompson

Beth Watson
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Three Finals...
Veronica Blade
Valerie Bowman
Jennifer Bray-Weber
Elizabeth Bysiek
Tamara Carr
Kathleen Cherry
Vivienne Courtoise
Laura Drake
Anita Mae Draper
Normandie Ward Fischer
Lisa Hilleren
Michaela Moore
Jacqui Nelson
Janet Nickoles
Cindy Nord
Cathy Perkins
Helen H. Pilz
Ellen Russell
Jane Sevier
Michelle Sharp
Clarissa Southwick
Virginia Taylor
Marlene Urso
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Two Finals...
Sarah Andre
Carol-Faye Ashcraft
Colette Auclair
Lynda Bailey
Tamara Baumann

Rachael Blair
Susan Breeden
Rachel Brimble
Harley Brooks
Kimila Bowling
Wendy Campbell

Lisa Chaplin
Meredith Clark
Meredith Allen Conner
Stefani de Ravin
Jeanne Dickson
Caroline Dunsheath
Alice Fairbanks-Burton
Leanne Farrell
Stanalei Fletcher
Donna S. Frelick
Chris Anna Fullerton
Diane Garner
Pamela Gibson
Katie Graykowski

Jan Gurney
Richard Hacker
Jacqueline Harris
Karen Dale Harris
Lily Herman
Gwen Hernandez
Angie Hodapp
Shanyn Hosier
Monique Insalaco
Kimila Kay
Samantha Ann King
Melissa Landers
Vanessa Lee
Rebecca Lees
Leisl Leighton
Heather Leonard
Sara Leyton
Miranda Liasson
Debra Maher
Hanna Martine
Kathryn Matzen
Virginia McCullough
Arlene McFarlane
Maggie McGinnis
Crista McHugh
Donna Meier
Leeann Morgan
Susan Muller
Virginia Munoz
Mary Oldham
Catherine Phelan

Elizabeth Pina

Naomi Rawlings
Elizabeth Roadifer
Susanna Rogers
Kathleen Bittner Roth
Jess Russel

Elaine Schwetz
Sherri Shackleford
PJ Sharon
Laura Sheehan
D. B. Shuster
Eva Siedler
Madeline Smyth
Sharon Struth
Micha Summers
Carla Swafford
Sarah Tanner
Janis Thereault
Wanda Thomas
Donna Thorland
Chris Weston
Lynn Wilson
Judith Wherett
Barbara Claypole White
Kevin Wolf
Sharon Wray
Yvonne Yirka

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