2008 Divas - Four Seasons Winners

Single Title:

First Place: Once Upon a Margarita, Heidi Luchterhand
Second Place: Burying the Lede, Corrina Lavitt
Third Place: Small Town Secrets, Marge Knudsen
Fourth Place: Best Served Cold, E. Alkhateb

Short/Long Contemporary:

First Place: Bending to Blackmail, Cat Schield
Second Place: Where There's a Will, Kimberly Wenger
Third Place: Entrance Wounds, Heidi Howard

Historical:

First Place: Remember, Mary A. Murray
Second Place: A Moment of Joy, Marie-Elaine (Malena) Abel
Third Place: Maiden Widow, Victoria Whitaker

F/F/P:

First Place: Better Dead, Pam Kopfler
Second Place: Dark Guardian, Robin Pernini
Third Place: Chains of Honor, Kristin Welker
Fourth Place: Fallen Angels in Paradise, Cathy Leming

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Upward movement in blue...
Pamela Kopfler just hit a Grand Slam with 'Better Dead' - 1st - 2nd - 3rd
Kristin Welker also did a Grand Slam with 'Chains of Honor' - 1st - 2nd - 3rd
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Six Finals......
Amy Atwell
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Five Finals.....
Vannetta Chapman
Pamela Kopfler
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Four Finals....
Cathy Leming
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Three Finals...
Cynthia Arends
Julie Bensen
Pamela Bolton-Holifield
Caroline Fyffe - SOLD!
Donna Hall
Yvonne Harris
Heidi Luchterhand
Jean Mason
Courtney Milan - SOLD!
Susan Newman
Averil Reisman
Stephie Smith
Kristin Welker
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Two Finals..
Laura Graham Booth
Tina Butts
Vannetta Chapman
Rachelle Chase
Kathy Coatney
Lauren Darcey
Sarah Elizabeth Davis
Kimberly Duffy
Ann Fischer
Ruth Logan Herne
Ann Hinnenkamp
Jamie Kersten
Marge Knudsen
Michelle Lauren
Melinda Leigh
Kathy Lowry Logan - SOLD!
Linda Lovely
Greta MacEachern
Virginia McCullough
Deborah Nemeth
Robin Pernini
Lori Philbin
Theresa Ragan
Jodi Redford
Shauna Roberts
Cat Schield
Ann Siracusa
Lori Sowell
Anna Sugden
Kimberly Wenger
Victoria Whitaker
Julie Whitby
Deb Yates
Jennifer Ziros
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Divas Who Sold...
Carla Capshaw
Caroline Fyffe
Sandy James
Beverley Kendall
Elaine Levine
Kathy Lowry Logan
Courtney Milan
Tracey O'hara
Susan Shay

2007 Divas - Four Seasons Winners

The Windy City Romance Writers would like to congratulate the winners in the
2007 Four Seasons Contest:

SINGLE TITLE, judged by Michele Bidelspach, Warner Books and Pam Ahearn, The Ahearn Agency:
1st Place: THE TARGET by Beverley Bateman
2nd Place: HERE COMES THE BRIDE by Theresa Ragan
3rd Place: BETTER LATE THAN NEVER by Theresa Ragan
4th Place: HOME FIRES by Suzanne Welsh

SHORT/LONG CONTEMPORARY, judged by Margo Lipschultz, HQN and Michelle Grajkowski, Three Seas Literary Agency:
1st Place: RULES OF NEGOTIATION by Inara Scott (Agent Request)
2nd Place: THREE AND A HALF WEEKS by Heather Foeh (Agent Request)
3rd Place: BAD BOY, GOOD MAN by Anna Sugden
4th Place: SEEING DOUBLE by Carol R. Wood

HISTORICAL, judged by Tessa Woodward, Avon Books and Elaine English, Elaine English Literary
1st Place: MORGAN'S FOLLY by Dawn Treland Monsees (Agent Request)
2nd Place: DESIRE & BRIMSTONE by Kelly Boyce
3rd Place: LONG ODDS OF LOVE by Alleyene Dickens
4th Place: HEAVEN SENT by Deb Yates

FANTASY/FUTURISTIC/FANTASY/FUTURISTIC/PARANORMAL, judged by Leah Hultenschmidt, Dorchester Publishing and Roberta Brown
1st Place: THE ACCIDENTAL DEMON SLAYER by Angie Fox Gwinner (Editor Request)
2nd Place: UNDO THE NIGHT by Brenda Nelson-Davis
3rd Place: SHADOWALKER by Sena Conway

HERO GUARANTEED TO BLOW YOU AWAY, judged by Pattie Steele-Perkins, Steele-Perkins Literary Agency:
1st Place: ORACLE MOON by Maria Martin
2nd Place: DESIRE & BRIMSTONE by Kelly Boyce
3rd Place: THE SHAPESHIFTER'S SECRET by Kelly Moore
4th Place: SHADOWALKER by Sena Conway

Congratulations to everyone!
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Upward movement in blue...

Eight Finals........
Abigail Strom
Deb Yates
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Six Finals......
Cathy Leming
Cat Schield
Lisa Marie Wilkinson - SOLD!
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Five Finals.....
Yvonne L. Harris
Cathy Leming
Annie Oortman
Beth Watson
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Four Finals....
Vanetta Chapman
Gail Foreman - SOLD!
Kristina McMorris
DeAnne Wildes-Mickelson - SOLD
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Three Finals...
Amy Baldwin
Margaret Batschelet
Laurel Bradley
Angie Fox Gwinner
L. Faye Hughes
Donna Kowalczyk
Lorrie Kruse
Nancy Lytle
Virginia McCullough
Laurel O'Donnell
Bobbie O'Keefe
Cathy Perkins
Erica Ridley
Leslie Tentler
Victoria Wasserman
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Two Finals..
Kelly Boyce
Kerensa Brougham
Shirley Cayer
Sena Conway
Lisa Cooke
Suzan Dickinson
Danica Favorite-McDonald
Mary Fechter
Joan Goodman
Robin Haseltine
Carla Hughes
Sandy James
Heather Logan Kaufman
Lesli Muir Lytle
Barbara Longley
Donna Maloy
Anitra McLeod
Micqui Miller
Kelly Moore
Patricia Morgan
Brenda Nelson-Davis
Pamela Nissen/Nissin
Cindy Nord
Tracey O'Hara
Kiki Opdenberg
Elaine Powell
Theresa Ragan
Donna Rosenbloom
Jan Scarbrough
Inara Scott
Kaki Warner
Suzanne Welsh
Kit Wilkinson
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