2010 Divas - Sandy Writing Contest Winners

2010 Sandy Writing Contest Winners!

Mainstream Adult Fiction
Final Judge, Christine Pride, Editor, Broadway Books/ Random House
1st Place - Doubting River - Melissa Alexander
2nd Place - Switch-A-Roo - Martha L. Catt
3rd Place - Family Obligations - William Mays
Honorable Mention - The Color of Silence - Sally Clark

Romance
Final Judge, Megan McKeever, Editor, Pocket Books
1st Place - Passion - Jeanell Bolton
2nd Place - A Daring Proposal - Sandra Kerns
3rd Place - Conundrum - Patricia Coleman
Honorable Mention - Black Rocks - Elysia Whisler

Fantasy / Science Fiction
Final Judge, Ginger Clark, Agent at Curtis Brown

1st Place - Fairy Tales - Elizabeth Roadlife

2nd Place - Mourn Their Courage - Victoria Dixon

3rd Place - Marked - Kerri-Leigh Grady

Honorable Mention - Paradox - Isis Rushdan

Thriller / Suspense

Final Judge, Mark Tavani, Sr. Editor at Ballantine

1st Place - Naked Choke - Susanna Rogers

2nd Place - The Miser Who Bought the Farm - Kendel Flaum

3rd Place - Papyrus - John Oehler

Children / Young Adult

Final Judge, Julie Scheina, Assistant Editor at Little, Brown Books

1st Place - Fifteen Forever - Tracy St. Hillaire

2nd Place - A Following Sea - Krista Russel

3rd Place - Demons of Aether - Cheryl Coupe

Honorable Mention - Vetsy Strikes: Surviving 4th Grade With a Brain Hamster - Vanessa Appleby

Honorable Mention - A Common Launguage - Emilie Bishop

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Movement upwards listed in Blue...

Five Finals

Sylvia McDaniel

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Four Finals

Nancy Evertz

Kendel Flaum
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Three Finals

Jeanell Bolton

Kathleen Cherry
Alyssa Fernandez

Katie Graykowski

Kylie Short

Tracy St. Hilaire

Robin Weaver

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Two Finals

Amy Atwell - Sold!

Kelly Conrad

Brenda Nelson-Davis

Jamie Farrell
Bill Haggart

Marona Hewitt

Tamara Hughes

Patrice Kavanaugh

Lisa Kessler

Marne Ann Kirstatter

Rebecca Lees
Jean Mason

Tracy Mastaler

Crista McHugh
Danielle Mulcahy

Nancy Naigle

Mary Oldham

Connie Queen

Kelly Rucker

Heather Snow

Bonnie Staring

Anna Sugden
Bobbye Terry

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SOLD!

Anne K. Albert - Defending Glory

Amy Atwell - Lying Eyes

Lexi George - Demon Hunting In Dixie

Barbara Longley - Heart of the Druid Lord

Nancy Naigle - Out of Focus

J. S. Nichols - Come Back to Me

Edie Ramer - Cattitude

Cat Schield - Meddling with a Millionaire (Harlequin Desire)

G. Jillian Stone - The Yard Man

2009 Divas - Sandy Writing Contest Winners

Mainstream Adult Fiction
Final Judge, Katherine Nintzel editor at Harper Collins

1st Place— Pleasant Lake P.D.—Kelly Fitzpatrick
2nd Place— Cub Creek—Grace R. Green
3rd Place—Shadow of The Sun—Merrie Wycoff


Romance
Final judge, Adam Wilson, editor at MIRA

1st Place— Broken Souls—Elysia Whisler
2nd Place—Black Swan—Tara Owens
3rd Place—Swarm—Heidi Khun


Fantasy/ Science Fiction
Final judge, Cameron McClure, Agent at Donald Maass Agency

1st Place—Broke Heart—Kevin Wolf
2nd Place—Ghost Planet—Sharon Fisher
3rd Place—Windborne—Brenda Nelson-Davis


Thriller/ Suspense
Final Judge, Alex Logan editor at Grand Central

1st Place—Dream Stalker—Sandra Kerns
2nd Place—Blackhood—Geoffrey Saign
3rd Place—Working For The Dead Man—Judith Cobb Dailey

Children / Young Adult
Final judge, Kaylan Sdair, editor at Candlewick Press

1st Place— Charm School—Deanna Caryle
2nd Place—Liar—Beverly Esch
3rd Place—The Last Fairy Godmother—Shonna Slayton

Crested Butte Friends of the Library
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Contest Diva Leaders:
Advancement from one final upward is highlighted in blue:
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Eight Finals:

Nancy Evertz

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Seven Finals:

Diane O'Brien Kelly

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Six Finals:

Kelly Fitzpatrick
Yvonne Harris

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Five Finals:

Christine E. Johnson - SOLD!

Elaine M. Powell

Laura Williams
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Four Finals:
Jeanell Bolton

Deanna Carlyle

Susan Newman

Elizabeth Pina - SOLD!

Cat Schield
Michal Scott
Tracy St. Hilaire

Beth Watson
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Three Finals:
Sara Avellino

Elizabeth Bemis
Deborah Blake

Martha Ferris

Sherry Foley

Constance Gillam
Alison Henderson

Virginia McCullough

Chi Nguyen-Rettig

Kathleen Bittner Roth

Gail Zerrade
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Two Finals:
Drue Allen

Maree Anderson

Rylee Andrews
Melanie Card

Anne-Marie Carroll
Meredith Clark

Louisa Cornell
Denise Cychosz

Beth Davis

Sharon Fisher
Katie Graykowski
Grace R. Green
Deborah Gross

Keli Gwyn

Celesta Hofmann
Linda Hurtado

Suzanne Kalb
Jeffe Kennedy

Lisa Kessler

Barbara Cool Lee

Sherri Lee
Cathy Leming

Mary Lindsey

D'Ann Linscott-Dunham
Barbara Longley

Heidi Luchterhand

Kate MacArthur

Jennifer Mackin

Sarah Marshall
Carolyn Martin

Jean Mason

Judy Mills
Laurel O'Donnell

Tara Owens

Allison Pang

Lateia Sandifer

Susan Shellabarger

Susan Speers

Sandra van den Bogerd
Beatriz Williams

Teri Wilson

Sharon Wray

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SOLD!
Amanda Berry

Christine E. Johnson

Elizabeth Pina
Arianna Skye
Amy Talley
Penny Watson

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