2009 Divas - Gateway to the Best Contest Winners

Contemporary Series
Laura Barth, Harlequin, final judge
1st - The Lawman's Baby by Marilyn Wagner
2nd - A Dangerous Passion by Rebecca Moore
3rd - The Cupid Virus by June Bowen

Historical
Esi Sogah, Avon, final judge
1st - Rafe's Redemption by Jennifer Litteken
2nd - Lie, Lie Again by Romily Bernard
3rd - Promises by Jennifer Beane
4th - Between Heaven and Hell by Jacqui Nelson

Paranormal
Latoya Smith, Grand Central, final judge
1st - Desire Can Kill by Regan Loyd
2nd - Raven's War by Barbara Cool Lee
3rd - VIII by Lanita B. Joramo

Single Title
Katherine Pelz, Berkley, final judge
1st - Warrior King by Jennifer Brassel
2nd - Cinderolda by Janet Periat
3rd - In Deep by Meredith Clark

Suspense
Margo Lipschultz, Harlequin, final judge
1st - Buried Deep by Jean Mason
2nd - Hide 'N Go Seek by Dale Mayer
3rd - Missing Clayton by Beverly Irwin

Grand Prize Winner
Jennifer Litteken, Rafe's Redemption (historical)

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Contest Diva Leaders:
Advancement from one final upward is highlighted in blue:
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Fifteen Finals:
Nancy Evertz
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Twelve Finals:

Kathleen Bittner Roth

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Eleven Finals:
Diane O'Brien Kelly
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Ten Finals:
Kelly Fitzpatrick

Donna Meier

Gail Zerrade
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Nine Finals:
Anne-Marie Carroll

Deborah Gross

Christine E. Johnson - SOLD!

Cat Schield
Tracy St. Hilaire

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Eight Finals:
Constance Gillam

Gabrielle Luthy

Jean Mason

Laura Williams
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Seven Finals:
Keli Gwyn

Yvonne Harris
Barbara Longley

Patricia Patton

Elizabeth Pina - SOLD!
Michal Scott
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Six Finals:
Barbara Binns

Jeanell Bolton

Meredith Clark

Louisa Cornell
Kelly Fitzpatrick
Elaine M. Powell
Lisa Desrochers 

S. G. Shellabarger
Beth Watson
Robin Weaver
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Five Finals:
Deborah Blake

Linda Bond

Melanie Card

Denise Cychosz

Susanne Frost
Tiffinie Helmer

Kay Hudson

Barbara Cool Lee

Jeannie Lin

D'Ann Linscott-Dunham

Meghan Murphy

Susan Newman
Allison Pang

Cathy Perkins

Cathryn Pritchard
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Four Finals:
Susan Breeden

Tina Joyce Butts

Sharon Calvin
Deanna Carlyle
Jeanne Dickson
Martha Ferris

Katie Graykowski

Grace R. Greene
Jessica B. Hunt
Julie Johnstone

Lisa Kessler

Linda Lovely

Heidi Luchterhand

Mary Manners

Sylvia McDaniel
Brenda Nelson-Davis

Angi Platt - SOLD!

Tatia Talbot
Sandra van den Bogerd
Laurel Wanrow

Beatriz Chantrill Williams

Sharon Wray
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Three Finals:
Maree Anderson

Sheila Athens

Sara Avellino
Anne Barton

Jennifer Beane

Elizabeth Bemis

Amanda Berry - SOLD!

Jennifer Bray-Weber

Kelsey Browning
Dianne K. Burns

Carol Burnside

Sheryl Carpenter
Jennifer Conner

Ally Cowee 

Donna Cummings

Wenda Dottridge
Leslie Duvall

C. J. Ellisson

Sharon Fisher
Sherry Foley
Kate Freiman
Abby Gaines

Deborah Gilbert

Bernadette Hearne

Jennette Heikes

Alison Henderson

Beverly Irwin

Joan Kayse

Dee S. Knight
Maggi Landry
Kathy Lane

Kim Law
Virginia McCullough
Kaylin McFarren

Crista McHugh

Janet Periat

Gina Rosavin

Madeline Smyth

G. Jillian Stone

Jennifer Stroka
Quinn Tellier
Laurie Thompson
Ami Weaver
Ellen Wehle

Gina Welborn

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Two Finals:
Sheri Adkins

Drue Allen
Robyn Anders
Rylee Andrews
Alison Atwater

Stefani Catenzaro Baltar
Patricia Barletta
Hanna Rhys Barnes

Joyce Barton
Tamra Baumann

Jennifer Beckstrand
Mary A. Behre
TJ Bennett

Jenny Bernard

Romily Bernard

Robin Bielman
Ann Bleakley
Kara Bonnevie
Kelley Bowen
Jude Brown

Marie Campbell
Sarah Castleberry

Elise Chand

Kathleen Cherry
Zita Christian

Robin Constantine
Beth Davis
Laurie DeMarino
Tracey Devlyn - SOLD!
Kate Diamond
Alleyne Dickens
Ella Drake
Cheryl Draycott

Cat Dubie
Lee Rhuday Duncan
Kendra Elliot

Nikki Enlow

Tracy Falenwolfe
Gloria Ferguson

Louise D. Foster
Joe Fraser

Bethany Cunningham Gabbert
Laurie Green

Lottie Green
Anne Greene

Anna Hackett
Ashley Henderson
Molly Herwood

Laura Hirneisen

Celesta Hofmann

Jennifer Holden

Kinsey W. Holley

Sharon Houdek 
Sandy James

Susan Diane Johnson

Christine Johnson - SOLD!
Suzanne Kalb
Chris Keniston

Jeffe Kennedy
Sandra Kerns
Marge Knudsen

Barbara Kroon 

Sara LaBudda
Corrina Lavitt
Suzanne Lazear 

Alison Leake
Sherri Lee
Melinda Leigh

Jennifer Litteken
Mary Lindsey - SOLD!
Kate MacArthur
Greta MacEachern

Kate MacEachern
Jennifer Mackin

Sarah Marshall
Carolyn Martin

Dale Mayer
Dora Mekouar
Maureen McGowan

Jamie Michele
Imani Miller

Judy Mills
Gwen Mitchell

Jean B. Newlin
Laurel O'Donnell
Mary Oldham
Sally Orr

Tara Owens
Kathleen Irene Paterka
Alison Pritchard

Connie Queen

Dawna Rand
Jodi Redford
Shellee Roberts
Cate Rowan

Lynn Rush

Lateia Sandifer
Pamela Scheibe
Jan Schliesman

Catherine Marie Scott
Merry Simmons

Arianna Skye - SOLD!
Dina Sleiman

Coreene Smith
Heather Snow 

Susan Speers
Lori Dillon Stacy
Morgan Taylor

Sheila Tenold

Jean A. Therkelsen

Linda Trout

Tracy Truman

Jan Warren

Holly Watson
Kayla Westra
Hailey Williams
Teri Wilson
Kevin Wolf
Marilyn Yarbrough

Rebecca Zanetti 

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SOLD!
Amanda Berry
Tracey Devlyn

Christine E. Johnson

Mary Lindsey
Elizabeth Pina
Angi Platt
Tina Radcliffe

Arianna Skye
Liz Talley
Penny Watson
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2008 Divas - Gateway to the Best Contest Winners

MoRWA's Gateway to the Best Contest 2008 WINNERS

Contemporary Series

First Place- Julie Opdyke, Mr. Perfect's Best Friend
Second Place-Jeanne M. Dickson, His Nutcracker Sweets
Third Place-Kimberly Wegner, Where There's A Will
First Honorable Mention-Anita Mae Draper, Charley's Saint
Second Honorable Mention-Sarah Elizabeth Davis, Room for Two

Historical

First Place-Chi Nguyen-Rettig, Silk and Shadows
Second Place-Anna Clevenger, The Beekeeper and the Spy
Third Place-Jodie Pearson, A Scandalous Wife

Paranormal

First Place-Nina Roth Borromeo, Sweet Inspiration
Second Place-Cynthia Arends, Unleashing Your Inner Sex Demon
Third Place-Clarissa Ellison, Touch of Twilight

Single Title

First Place-Diane O'Brien Kelly, Death, Taxes, and a French Manicure
Second Place-Diane O'Brien Kelly, Busted
Third Place-Virginia McCullogh, The Jacks of Her Heart
Honorable Mention-Virginia McCullogh, Greta's Grace

Suspense

First Place-Melinda Leigh, Where There's Smoke
Second Place-Anne-Marie Carroll, The Gavel's Echo
Third Place-Elizabeth Pina, Stealing Best in Show

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Clarissa Ellison is the latest Grand Slammer
Touch of Twilight - 1st - 2nd - 3rd

Upward movement in blue...

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Fourteen Finals............

Robin Perini

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Eleven Finals...........

Amy Atwell

Kelly Fitzpatrick

Cathy Leming

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Ten Finals..........

Clarissa Ellison

Pamela Kopfler

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Eight Finals........

Caroline Fyffe - SOLD!

Michelea Moore

Elizabeth Pina

Averil Reisman

Deb Yates

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Seven Finals......

Cynthia Arends

Sally Orr

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Six Finals......

Vicki Bendau

Pamela Bolton-Holifield

Kathy Coatney

Sandy James - SOLD!

Courtney Milan - SOLD!

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Five Finals.....

Melanie Card

Vannetta Chapman

Amanda Collins

Jeanne Dickson

Yvonne Harris

Beverley Kendall - SOLD!

Greta MacEachern

Jean Mason

Virginia McCullough

Jodi Redford

Donna Rosenbloom

Cate Rowan

Cat Schield

Stephie Smith

Candace Wall

Sharon Wray

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Four Finals....

Lauren Darcey

Kerri-Leigh Grady

Victoria LeBlanc

Barbara Longley

Linda Lovely

Heidi Luchterhand

Donna L. Meier

Deborah Nemeth

Susan Newman

Ann Siracusa

Sarah Tregay

Robin Weaver

Julie Whitby

Skyler White - SOLD

Laura Williams

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Three Finals...

Louise Knott Ahern

Elizabeth Alkhateb
Maree Anderson

Joanne Barnaba

Anne Barton

Margaret Batschelet

Julie Bensen

Nikki Benyon

Jennifer Bray-Weber

Carol Burnside

Tina Butts

Sharon Calvin

Laurie Cooper

Lecia Cotton Cornwall

Sam Cromartie III

Becke Davis

Sarah Elizabeth Davis

Alleyne Dickens
Melanie Dickerson

Kimberly Duffy

Kristen D. Duke

Ann Fischer

Margaret Golla

Katie Graykowski

Donna Hall

Helen Hardt
Ruth Logan Herne

Ann Hinnenkamp

Leah Hodge

Mary Lou Keller

Diane O'Brien Kelly

Corinna Lavitt

Melinda Leigh

Nancy Litzau

Heather McCollum

Erica Miles

Nancy Northcott

Nina Paules

Bev Pettersen

Shauna Roberts

SG Shellabarger

Roxanne Sherwood

Lori Philbin

Kristin Welker

Kimberly Wenger

Jennifer Ziros

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Two Finals..

Anne Barton Ardizzone

Libby Banks
Julie Revell Benjamin

Mary Biebel

Robin Bielman

Kara Bonnevie
Laura Graham Booth

Rachel Brimble

Shoshana Brown

Kelsey Browning

Sherri Buerkle

Diane Burke

Anne-Marie Carroll
Darcy Carson

Tiffany Chalmers
Vannetta Chapman

Rachelle Chase

Anna Clevenger

Kirsty Cleverly

Wyndemere Coffey

Katey Coffing

Ann Collins
Elizabeth Copeman

Sandra De Tarento

Tamara DeStefano

Jaclyn V. Di Bona

Anita Mae Draper

Alyssa Fernandez

Nikki Figueiredo

Keri Ford

Diane Garner
Anna Hackett

Gwen Hayes

Tiffanie Helmer

Caren Crane Helms

Rita Henuber
Pamela Hodges

Celesta Hoffmann

Kimberley Howe

Anna Lee Huber

Sandi Jones

Jeffe Kennedy

Kris Kennedy

Lora Kenton

Jamie Kersten

Marge Knudsen

Ash Krafton

Kathy Krevat

Barbara Kroon
Michelle Lauren

Virginia Lester

Joanne Levy

Kathy Lowry Logan - SOLD!

Regan Loyd

Ann Marsh-Flores - SOLD!

Debra Marvin
Elizabeth McCord

Karyn Mendoza

Steven Moores

Kelli Ann Morgan

Mary A. Murray

Lenore Nash

Cindy Nielsen

Elyssa Papa

Belinda Peterson

Danielle Pettrey
Tina M. Radcliffe
Theresa Ragan

Edie Ramer
Katie Reus

Christina Rich

Kelly Ann Riley

Catherine Roach
Lee Roland

Cathleen Ross

Liese Sherwood-Fabre
Kristal Hinds Singletary

Susan Sipal

Dara-Lee Snow

Sandra S. Sookoo
Robin S. Sorrentino
Lori Sowell

Anna Sugden

Carla Swafford
Billie Jean Te
Laurie Thompson
Pat Trainum

Tracy Truman

Ellis Vidler

Lyn Wagner

Alexis Walker
Kate Weichelt
Victoria Whitaker

Kimberly Wollenburg
Barbara Zukowski
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Divas Who Sold...

Sharon Archer

Carla Capshaw

Evangeline Collins

Judi Fennell

Caroline Fyffe

Sandy James

Beverley Kendall

Elaine Levine

Cat Lindler

Kathy Lowry Logan

Ava March

Ann Marsh-Flores

Courtney Milan

Tracey O'hara

Susan Shay

Beth Trissel

Lisa Wells

Skyler White