2008 Divas - Show Me The Spark! Winners

Heartland Romance Authors is pleased to announce the winners of our 2008 Show Me The Spark! Contest.

First Place: The Masquerading Duke by Stephie Smith
Second Place: Better Dead by Pamela Kopfler
Third Place: Over Easy by Becke Davis
Fourth Place: Love on a Limb by Lauren Darcey
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Honorable Mention: Murders, Curlers, and Cream by Arlene McFarlane

Upward movement in blue...

Five Finals.....
Amy Atwell
Vannetta Chapman

Three Finals...
Yvonne Harris
Courtney Milan

Two Finals..
Laura Graham Booth
Tina Butts
Vannetta Chapman
Rachelle Chase
Kathy Coatney
Donna Hall
Melinda Leigh
Kathy Lowry Logan - SOLD!
Linda Lovely
Heidi Luchterhand
Greta MacEachern
Jean Mason
Deborah Nemeth
Susan Newman

Divas who sold...
Sandy James - SOLD!
Elaine Levine - SOLD!

2008 Divas - Fire and Ice Winners

Winners of the 10th Annual Fire and Ice Contest.

Historical
1 - Defensive Measures, Alyssa Fernandez
2 - The Making of Jenny Keeble, Courtney Milan
3 - Breath of Honor, Courtney Milan

Paranormal
1 - Blood, Smoke, and Mirrors, Robyn Bielawski
2 - In the Hidden Kingdom, Jennifer Bernard
3 - Fallen, Amanda Freeman

Series
1 - Catch Me if You Can, Kathy Coatney
2 - Second Chance for a Family, Kim Grooms
3 - A Place at the Table, Patricia O'Dea-Rosen

Single Title
1 - Once Upon a Margarita, Heidi Luchterhand
2 - The Cost of Love, Vannetta Chapman
3 - Stalked, Jody Payne

Women's Fiction
1 - Guardian Angel, Donna Hall
2 - Sahara Downpour, Jennifer R. Black
3 - Anna's Legacy, Marge Knudsen

Young Adult
1 - No Fat Chicks, Gaill Lockmiller Wills
2 - Magic Pill, Shoshana Brown
3 - So NOT My Fairy Godmother! A Diary, Rhonda Russell

Upward movement in blue...

Five Finals.....
Amy Atwell
Vannetta Chapman

Three Finals...
Yvonne Harris
Courtney Milan

Two Finals..
Laura Graham Booth
Tina Butts
Vannetta Chapman
Rachelle Chase
Kathy Coatney
Donna Hall
Melinda Leigh
Kathy Lowry Logan - SOLD!
Linda Lovely
Heidi Luchterhand
Greta MacEachern
Jean Mason
Deborah Nemeth
Susan Newman

Divas who sold...
Sandy James - SOLD!
Elaine Levine - SOLD!

2007 Divas - Fire and Ice Winners

Single Title Contemporary

            (Final Judge:  Laura Cifelli, NAL)

1. Longing  -   by Victoria Wasserman
2. October Surprise  -   by Victoria Wasserman
3. The Weight of Love  -   by Vanetta Chapman

      Honorable Mentions:

          Breaking Daylight  -   by Mary Fechter
          Missionary Position  -   by Kit Wilkinson

 

Series Contemporary

            (Final Judge:  Melissa Jeglinski, Silhouette Desire)

1. Caitlin's Cowboy  -   by Patricia Morgan
2. The Christmas Bargain  -   by Cat Schield
3. Blown Away  -   by Kim Wenger

 

Paranormal Romance

            (Final Judge:  Nephele Tempest, The Knight Agency)

1. Into the Dark  -   by Abigail Strom
2. Hedda's Sword  -   by DeAnne R. Wildes-Mickelson
3. True  -   by Barbara Longley

 

Chick Lit

            (Final Judge:  Kathryn Lye, Red Dress Ink)

1. No Strings Attached  -   by Beth Watson
2. Swimming in the Shallow Pool  -   by Patrice Wilton
3. I Do, Don't I  -   by Beth Watson

 

Historical Romance

            (Final Judge:  Megan McKeever, Pocket Books)

1. The Dakota Kid  -   by Lisa Cooke
2. My Dangerous Duchess  -   by Tamyra Novinger
3. A Secret Heart  -   by Deb Yates

 

 

......Upward movement in blue...

 

Grand Slam Award

Abigal Strom - Into the Dark - 1st-2nd-3rd Placements

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Six Finals

Deb Yates
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Five Finals....

Abigail Strom

Beth Watson
Lisa Marie Wilkinson - SOLD!
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Four Finals....
Gail Foreman - SOLD!
Cathy Leming

Cat Schield
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Three Finals...
Amy Baldwin
Margaret Batschelet

Laurel Bradley

Vanetta Chapman

Donna Kowalczyk

Nancy Lytle

Virginia McCullough
Bobbie O'Keefe

Annie Oortman
Victoria Wasserman

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Two Finals.....

Shirley Cayer

Lisa Cooke
Danica Favorite-McDonald

Mary Fechter
Joan Goodman

Angie Fox Gwinner
Robin Haseltine
L. Faye Hughes

Heather Logan Kaufman
Lorrie Kruse

Barbara Longley
Donna Maloy
Kristina McMorris
Micqui Miller

Patricia Morgan
Laurel O'Donnell
Kiki Opdenberg
Jan Scarbrough
Kaki Warner

DeAnne Wildes-Mickelson - SOLD
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