Showing posts with label Emily Contest Winners. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Emily Contest Winners. Show all posts

Monday, October 17, 2011

2010 Divas - The Emily Contest Winners

Note:  Contest had a deadline set in 2010
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Presenting the 2011 Emily Winners! Our congratulations to these wonderful writers!
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Best-of-the-Best:
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Harmony Island by Dawn Temple
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Contemporary Series
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1st - Gambling with the Cowboy's Heart by Jennifer Satterfield
2nd - Tie: Yesterday's Promise by Sarah Cannon
    Hunter's Prey by Anne-Louise Dubrawski
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Contemporary Single Title
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1st - Tie: Perfect Balance by Pamela Gibson
    Harmony Island by Dawn Temple
2nd - Heart of the Crystal by Margaret Fisk
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Erotic Romance
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1st - My Sister's Betrothed by Kimberly Killion
2nd - Out Of The Shadows by Carla Swafford 
3rd - Educating Aphrodite by Kimberly Killion
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Futuristic, Fantasy & Paranormal
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1st - Blue Moon – Hidden Assets by Daryn Parke
2nd - Spellbound by Heather Leonard
3rd - Tie: Kindred of the Fallen by Isis Rushdan
    Paradox by Isis Rushdan
4th - Appleseed by Michelle de Rooy
5th - Mark of the Moon by Janet Nickoles
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Historical Romance
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1st - A Whisper to the Wild by Eileen Ramsay
2nd - The Black Dagger by Barbara Bettis
3rd - Enraptured by Alyssia Kirkhart
4th - Twice in a Lifetime by Marjorie Allen
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Novel With Romantic Elements
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1st - Appalachian Winter by Laura Templeton
2nd - Shifter by D. B. Reynolds
3rd - Tie: Black Ops Chronicles: Dead Run by Pepper O'Neal
    Touch of the Umbra by Sandy Parks
    Baghdad with Love by Clarissa Southwick
4th - Aberration by Christy Hayes
5th - Wild Child by Elizabeth Stock
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Romantic Suspense
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1st-Tie: Steele Justice by Michele Dunaway
    A Death That Lingers by Kaylie Newell 
2nd - Designed for Death by Jean Harrington 
3rd - The Devil's Obsession by Stacey Purcell
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Young Adult
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1st-Tie: Earth Angel by Cecily Cornelius-White
    Three Smooth Stones by Robin Haseltine
2nd-Tie: Blackmailed by Nancy Kay Bowden
    Man of Steal by Darlene Gardner
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Movement upwards listed in Blue...
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Fifteen Finals
Isis Rushdan
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Twelve Finals
Jeanell Bolton
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Eleven Finals
Crista McHugh
Tracy St. Hilaire
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Ten Finals
Madeline Smyth
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Nine Finals
Robin Weaver
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Seven Finals
Elisa Beatty
Nan Dixon
Robin Haseltine
Kimberly Killion - Sold
NJ Litz
Dora Mekouar
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Six Finals
Jennifer Beane
Katie Graykowski
Susanna Rogers
Rebecca Sampson
Suzanne Webb
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Five Finals
Peter Andrews
Katrina Crew
Jeanne Dickson
Kelly Fitzpatrick
Kendel Flaum
Kay Hudson
Tamara Hughes
Kim Law
D'Ann Linscott-Dunham
Sylvia McDaniel
Stacy Monson
Mary Oldham
Connie Queen
Heather Snow
Clarissa Southwick
Bonnie Staring
Ciara Stewart
Carla Swafford
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Four Finals
E. J. Brighton
Sarah Cannon
Kathleen Cherry
Kathy Coatney
Kendell Gray
Laurie Green
William Haggart
Leah Hodge
Patrice Kavanaugh
Lisa Kessler
Pamela Kopfler
D'Ann Linscott-Dunham
Heather Leonard
Katie McGarry
Cindy Nord
L. Pepper Norris
Sally Orr
G. Jillian Stone
Jennifer Tanner
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Three Finals
Sarah M. Anderson
Claire Ashgrove
Jo Anne Banker
Terry Bolyard
Christine Canada
Lexi Connor
Stefani de Ravin
Kimberly Dias
Sarina Dorie
Anne-Louise Dubrawski
June Faver
Alyssa Fernandez
Barbara Jeffcott Geris
Trudi Seery Gilligan
Kendall Grey
Robert Hecker
Debbie Kaufman
Wendy La Capra
Helen Lacey
Rebecca Lees
Sandy Loyd
Jean Mason
Tracy Mastaler
Dale Mayer - SOLD!
Meg Mims
Jacqui Nelson
Pepper O'Neal
Barbara Reed
Jane Sevier
Kylie Short
Jennifer Stroka
Anna Sugden
Laura Templeton
Olivia Ventura
Kayla Westra
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Two Finals
Jerrie Alexander
Kathy Altman
Susan Anderson
Iris Astres
Amy Atwell - Sold!
Sarah Baker
Jennifer Lynn Bates
Dianna Benson
Donan Berg
Jaimie Bergeron
Robin Bielman
Linda Bond
Roxy Boroughs
Kelly Boyce
Susan Breeden
Shoshana Brown
Reece Butler
Boone Brux
Elizabeth Bysiek
Martha Catt
Lisa Chaplin
C.J. Eernisse Chase
Kristina Coi
Gina Conkle
Lisa Connelly
Meredith Conner
Kelly Conrad
Cecily Cornelius-White
Robin Covington
Mary Culver
Cera Daniels
Lisa Deon
Amy DeTrempe
Jenny Douglas
Alice Fairbanks-Burton
Jamie Farrell
Sharon Lynn Fisher
Lori Sanders Foley
Louise Foster
Joe Fraser
Donna Frelick
December Gephart
Micki Gibson
Gina Grant
Roni Griffin
Lynn Gutierrez
Patty Smith Hall
Sharon Hamilton
Jean Harrington
Jennifer Harrington
Lyndee Henderson
Marona Hewitt
Nancy Holland
Jennifer Hopkins
Sharron Houdek
Jan Jackson
Ruth Kaufman
Elizabeth Kelley
Rashda Khan
Sally Kilpatrick
Marne Ann Kirstatter
Priscilla Kissinger
Elizabeth Knowles-Palladino
Suzanne Lazear
Philip L. Levin
Barbara Longley
Natalie Lorenzi
Linda Lovely
Aislinn MacNamara
Wendy Marcus
Madeline Martin
Lee McClain
Jennifer McQuiston
Theresa Monsey
Danielle Mulcahy
Walt Mussell
Nancy Naigle
Brenda Nelson-Davis
Eleanor Nystrom
Laurel O'Donnell
Karen Papandrew
Kate Parker
Cathy Perkins
Caroline Phipps
Helen Pilz
Carol Post
Katie Reus
Camryn Rhys
Lisa Karon Richardson
Kit Riordan
JoAnn Robisheaux
Kelly Rucker
Mary SeRine
Paula Sharon
Diana Sharples
Claudia Shelton
Merry Simmons
Coreene Smith
Dara-Lee Snow
Katrina Snow
Rita St. Claire
Bronwyn Stuart
Denise Swank
Dawn Temple
Bobbye Terry
Sandra Tilley
Phyllis J. Towzey
Krissee Vanderverff
Tina Edwards Vaughn
Amy Villalba
Laurel Wanrow
Judith Whitmore
Sharon Wray
Mia Zachary
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SOLD!
Anne K. Albert - Defending Glory
Amy Atwell - Lying Eyes
Alyessa Everett - A Tryst with Trouble
Lexi George - Demon Hunting In Dixie
Keli Gwyn - A Bride Opens Shop in El Dorado, California
Kimberly Killion - Educating Aphrodite
Barbara Longley - Heart of the Druid Laird
Dale Mayer - Tuesday's Child
Nancy Naigle - Out of Focus
J. S. Nichols - Come Back to Me
Edie Ramer - Cattitude
Jo Ramsey - Cluing In
Cat Schield - Meddling with a Millionaire (Harlequin Desire)
G. Jillian Stone - The Yard Man
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

2008 Divas - Emily Contest Winners

West Houston RWA is very proud to announce the results of The 2009 Emily:  (Contest deadlne was in October, 2008)

Best of the Best Results

1. Witch Ever Way You Can by Deborah Blake
2. Better Dead by Pamela Kopfler
3. The Border Laird's Bride by Allison Withers
4. Missing by Christine Barth

Single Title

  1. Missing by Christine Barth
  2. Something Old, Something New, Something Dead by Cher Gorman
  3. Kingdom on Fire by Yvonne Harris w/a Leslie Lacoste
  4. Tuesday's Child by Dale Mayer
  5. How Internet Dating Ruined My Life: A Love Story by Vivi Andrews
  6. Desperate Situations by Angela Abderhalden

Paranormal

  1. Better Dead by Pamela Kopfler
  2. Ghost Planet by Sharon Fisher
  3. Touch of Twilight by Clarissa Ellison
  4. Deyrolle by Lark Howard
  5. Carpe Diem by Pamela Callow
  6. Jinn and Tonic by Kay Hudson

Historical

  1. Border Laird's Bride by Allison Withers
  2. Hidden Beauty by Tiffany Chalmers
  3. Vigilante's Bride by Y.L. (Yvonne) Harris

Series

  1. Witch Ever Way You Can by Deborah Blake
  2. Second Chance For a Family by Kim Grooms
  3. This Child Is Mine by Jo Anne Banker
  4. Where There's a Will by Kimberly Wenger
  5. The Lawman's Baby by Lyn Wagner

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Nineteen Finals............
Kelly Fitzpatrick
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Seventeen Finals...........
Clarissa Ellison
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Sixteen Finals............
Robin Perini
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Twelve Finals...........
Cathy Leming
Pamela Kopfler
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Eleven Finals...........
Amy Atwell
Elizabeth Pina - SOLD!
Sally Orr
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Ten Finals..........
Cynthia Arends
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Nine Finals.........
Deb Yates
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Eight Finals........
Pamela Bolton-Holifield
Caroline Fyffe - SOLD!
Michelea Moore
Averil Reisman
Cat Schield
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Seven Finals......
Kathy Coatney
Yvonne Harris
Sandy James - SOLD!
Diane O'Brien Kelly
Jodi Redford
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Six Finals......
Vicki Bendau
Lauren Darcey
Jeanne Dickson
Ella Drake
Greta MacEachern
Courtney Milan - SOLD!
Donna Rosenbloom
Cate Rowan
Stephie Smith
Sarah Tregay
Laura Williams
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Five Finals.....
Joanne Barnaba
Melanie Card
Vannetta Chapman
Amanda Collins
Ruth Logan Herne
Beverley Kendall - SOLD!
Barbara Longley
Linda Lovely
Jean Mason
Virginia McCullough
Donna L. Meier
R. Ann Siracusa
Candace Wall
Robin Weaver
Sharon Wray
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Four Finals....
Deborah Blake
Tina Joyce Butts
Sheryl Carpenter
Tiffany Chalmers
Melanie Dickerson
Ann Fischer
Diane Garner
Kerri-Leigh Grady
Katie Graykowski
Kim Grooms
Leah Hodge
Victoria LeBlanc
Heidi Luchterhand
Deborah Nemeth
Susan Newman
Bev Pettersen
Kelly Ann Riley
Alexis Walker
Kimberly Wenger
Julie Whitby
Skyler White - SOLD!
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Three Finals...
Louise Knott Ahern
Elizabeth Alkhateb
Maree Anderson
Anne Barton
Margaret Batschelet
Linda Baxter
Julie Bensen
Nikki Benyon
Jennifer Bray-Weber
Rachel Brimble
Carol Burnside
Sharon Calvin
Anne-Marie Carroll
Anna Clevenger
Laurie Cooper
Elizabeth Copeman
Lecia Cotton Cornwall
Sam Cromartie III
Becke Davis
Sarah Elizabeth Davis
Sandra De Tarento
Alleyne Dickens
Kimberly Duffy
Kristen D. Duke
Margaret Golla
Deborah Gross
Donna Hall
Helen Hardt
Caren Crane Helms
Ann Hinnenkamp
Linda Hurtado
Christine Keach
Mary Lou Keller
Michelle Lauren
Corinna Lavitt
Melinda Leigh
Nancy Litzau
Debra Marvin
Heather McCollum
Erica Miles
Rosie Murphy
Debora Noone
Nancy Northcott
Nina Paules
Danielle Pettrey
Edie Ramer
Shauna Roberts
SG Shellabarger
Roxanne Sherwood
Sandra S. Sookoo - SOLD!
Lyn Wagner
Kristin Welker
Victoria Whitaker
Jennifer Ziros
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Two Finals..
Jerol Anderson
Anne Barton Ardizzone
Elizabeth Baldwin
Libby Banks
Vanessa Barneveld
Christine Barth
Julie Revell Benjamin
Mary Biebel - SOLD!
Robin Bielman
Kara Bonnevie
Laura Graham Booth
Shoshana Brown
Kelsey Browning
Sherri Buerkle
Dianne K. Burns
Diane Burke
Darcy Carson
Vannetta Chapman
Rachelle Chase
Kathleen Cherry
Kirsty Cleverly
Wyndemere Coffey
Katey Coffing
Ann Collins
Shelley Coriell
Jessica Darago
Jessica Dawson 
Tamara DeStefano
Jaclyn V. Di Bona
Anita Mae Draper
Nancy Evertz
Alyssa Fernandez
Nikki Figueiredo
Keri Ford
Anna Hackett
Gwen Hayes
Tiffanie Helmer
Rita Henuber
Pamela Hodges
Celesta Hoffmann
Rita Horiguchi
Sharron Houdek
Lark Howard
Kimberley Howe
Anna Lee Huber
Tamara Hughes
Susan Diane Johnson
Sandi Jones
Jeffe Kennedy
Kris Kennedy
Shannon M. Kennedy
Lora Kenton
Jamie Kersten
Tiffany Kinerson
KC Klein
Marge Knudsen
Ash Krafton
Kathy Krevat
Barbara Kroon
Virginia Lester 
Joanne Levy
Kathy Lowry Logan - SOLD!
Regan Loyd
Leslie Lynch
Nara Malone
Wendy Marcus
Constance Marquise
Ann Marsh-Flores - SOLD!
Dale Mayer
Elizabeth McCord
Karyn Mendoza
Susan McGeown
Barbara Monajem - SOLD!
Steven Moores
Kelli Ann Morgan
Mary A. Murray
Lenore Nash
Cindy Nielsen
Chi Nguyen-Rettig
Janice Olson
Annie Oortman
Jean Tara Ownbey
Elyssa Papa
Jodie Pearson
Belinda Peterson
Alison Pion
Tina M. Radcliffe
Theresa Ragan
Katie Reus
Mary Rhyan
Christina Rich
Catherine Roach
Lee Roland
Cathleen Ross 
Marilyn Shank
Liese Sherwood-Fabre
Sarah Sinclair
Kristal Hinds Singletary
Susan Sipal
Glynna Sirpless
Dara-Lee Snow
Kate Sohl
Robin S. Sorrentino
Lori Sowell
Lori Stacy
Pamela Strout
Anna Sugden
Carla Swafford
Kelley Swan
Lisa Tapp
Billie Jean Te
Laurie Thompson
Jane Thornton
Pat Trainum
Tracy Truman
Ginny Vermillion
Erica Vetsch
Ellis Vidler
Evonne Wareham
Beth Watson
Kate Weichelt
Kayla Westra
Allison Withers
Kimberly Wollenburg
Barbara Zukowski
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Divas Who Sold...

Tuesday, July 08, 2008

2007 Divas - Emily Winners

Best of the Best

  1. AN EARLY FROST by Tanya Holmes
  2. THE DEVIL'S VIRTUE by Laura Williams
  3. BREAKING DAYLIGHT by Mary Fechter
  4. PROJECT HONEYMOON by Becke Turner

    The winner will receive a detailed critique of the first three chapters and synopsis of her manuscript by Patience Smith of Silhouette Books.

    Single Title

    1. BREAKING DAYLIGHT by Mary Fechter
    2. DANGEROUS CHOICES by Donna Meier
    3. A BRIGHT HOT LIGHT by Karen King
    4. JUSTICE IN THE BARREL by Linley Maroney
    5. THE BLESSING by Janice Martin
    6. RAWK MY WORLD by Brenda Kranz

    Historical

    1. THE DEVIL'S VIRTUE by Laura Williams
    2. THE DUCHESS COMPETITION by Vicky Dreiling
    3. A BRIDE FOR ANGEL by Karen Seaton

    Series

    1. PROJECT HONEYMOON by Becke Turner
    2. REMEMBER THIS by Jeannine Ramey
    3. HER TROPHY HUSBAND by Laura Fasick

    Paranormal

    1. AN EARLY FROST by Tanya Holmes
    2. HUNGRY HEART by Fran Abram
    3. LOVE CAME HOWLING by Carolyn Matkowsky

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Upward movement in blue...

Twenty-four Finals..........
Cathy Leming

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Fourteen Finals............
DeAnne Wildes-Mickelson - SOLD!
Deb Yates
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Thirteen Finals.............
Kristina McMorris
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Twelve Finals............
Donna Rosenbloom
Beth Trissel
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Eleven Finals...........
Donna Meier
Cat Schield
Cathy Perkins
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Ten Finals.........
Vanetta Chapman
Kimberly Price - SOLD!
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Nine Finals.........
Jeanne Dickson
Linda Yoshida
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Eight Finals........
Laurel O'Donnell
Marian Stevens
Abigail Strom
Lisa Marie Wilkinson - SOLD!
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Seven Finals.......
Cynthia Arends
Kathleen Cherry
Tanya T. Holmes
Sandy/Sandra James - SOLD!
Greta MacEachern
Debra K. Maher
Anitra McLeod
Kit Wilkinson
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Six Finals......
Amy Baldwin

Alleyne Dickens
Suzan Dickinson
Mary Fechter
Annie Oortman
Theresa Ragan
Mary Rhyan
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Five Finals.....
Margaret Batschelet
Sena Conway
Laura Cumbie
Gail Foreman - SOLD!
Angie Fox Gwinner - SOLD!
Keli Gwyn
Yvonne L. Harris
Carla Hughes
Jacqui Jacoby
Barbara Longley
Cindy Nord
Anna Perrin
Lee Roland
Inara Scott
Leslie Tentler
Beth Watson

JoAnn Weatherly
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Four Finals....
Pamela Bolton-Holifield
Jennifer Brassel
Sharon Calvin
Wendi Christner
Nicole Collins
Lynda J. Cox
Laurie DeSalvo
Melanie Dickerson
Kimberly Duffy
Donna Hall
Lorrie Kruse
Joanne Lockyer
Nancy Lytle
Virginia McCullough
Kathryn Parker
Diane Ramsay/Ramsey
Jodi Redford
Jan Scarbrough
Stephie Smith
Linda Steinberg
Becke Turner
Kaki Warner
Victoria Wasserman

Laura Williams
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Three Finals...
Nancy Arnold
Narelle Atkins
Lynnette Baughman
Kelly Boyce
Laurel Bradley
Debbie Brehens
Kerensa Brougham
Wendy Burge
Cynthia D'Alba
Caroline Dunsheath
Leah Farrin
Linda Hurtado Figueredo
Kelly Ann Fitzgerald
Gail Francis
Sonja Goedde
Melissa Haack
Audra Harders

Kimberley Howe
L. Faye Hughes

Yvonne/Vonnie Kennedy
Donna Kowalczyk

Shelia Langley
Barbara Cool Lee
Madeline McBride
Renee Munoz
Pamela Nissen
Bobbie O'Keefe

Susan Peek
Bev Pettersen
Elaine Powell

Erica Ridley
Susan Seyfarth
Debbie Swanson
Helen Scott Taylor - SOLD!
Pamela Varnado
Kristin Wallace
Suzanne Welsh
Julie Whitby
Sharon Wray
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Two Finals..

Judie Aitken

Kathy Altman
Carmine V. Anderson
Sarah Andre
Sharon Arkell
Amy Artwell
Tyuana Bailey
Jacqueline Barbour - SOLD!
Joanne Barnaba
Anne Marie Becker
Laura Graham Booth
E. J. Brighton
Marilee Brothers
Shoshana Brown
Darcy Burke

Tina Joyce Butts
Evie Byrne

Sarah Castleberry
Shirley Cayer
Catherine Chant
Julie Charles
CJ Chase
Caroline Comito
Vivienne Constable
Lisa Cooke

Laurie Cooper
Jessica Davidson
Sandra De Taranto
Jaclyn DiBonna/Di Bona
Karen Docter
Karen Dood
Wenda Dottridge
Vicky Dreiling
Danica Favorite-McDonald
Joya Fields
Barbara Fraire
Sherry Foley
Marsha Garcia

Diane Gerber
Deborah Gilbert
Kristin Gillenwater
Janice Goodfellow
Deborah Gross
Anna Hackett
Bill Haggart
Ann Hinnenkamp
Magie Jaimeson
Noel Jamisey

Frances Karkosak
Heather Logan Kaufman

Ruth Kaufman
Joan Kayse
Christine Keach
Joanne Kennedy
Babe King
Kathleen Krevat
Barbara Kroon

Mary LaHood
Thalia Leigh
Lesli Lent
Elaine Levine - SOLD!
Jo Lewis-Robertson

Lisa Lindsay
Nancy Litzau
Carrie Lofty
Lesli Muir Lytle

Frances Mallary
Donna Maloy

Linley Maroney
Courtney Milan
Trish Milburn
Micqui Miller
Kelly Moore
Patricia Morgan

Sherri Neilson
Brenda Nelson-Davis
Deborah Nemeth
Jill Nutter
Michelle Odell
Tracey O'Hara

Carolyn O'Neill
Kiki Opdenberg

Eve Ortega
Tina Pennica
Robin Perini

Tina Radcliffe
Lynn Reynolds-Burkins
Terri Richison
Cate Rowan
Julie Rowe
Karen Seaton
Gail Shelton
Susan Sipal
Glynna Kaye Sirpless
Carolyn Ray Stradinger

Julie Stevens
Carla Swafford
Sarah Tregay
LindaTrout
Philine Tucker
Lynn Wagner
Ami Weaver
Tamra Westberry
Teresa Wilde
Betty Woods
Yvonne Yirka
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Divas who sold...
Katherine Lowry Logan - SOLD!