2011 Divas - Weta Nichols Contest Winners

WINNERS:

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1st Place — Lily Herman ~ "Out the Backdoor" ~ Young Adult
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2nd Place — Linda Carroll Brad ~ "Hannah's Promise" ~ Historical Romance
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3rd Place — Cecily Cornelius-White ~ "Snatchers" ~ Young Adult Paranormal Romance
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HONORABLE MENTION RECOGNITION:
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Allison Merritt ~ "The Treasure Hunter's Lady" ~ Fantasy Romance
Clarissa Soutwick ~ "The Patriarch" ~ Mainstream
Normandie Ward Fischer ~ "Heavy Weather" ~ Mainstream
Rebecca Davis ~ "The Goddess of Michigan Avenue" ~ Paranormal Romance
Brenda Littau ~ "Love and Zombies" ~ Romance/Horror

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Upward movement on Diva List is in blue...
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Seven Finals...
Nan Dixon
Averil Reisman
Robin Weaver
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Six Finals...
Camryn Rhys
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Five Finals...
Jeanell Bolton
Louisa Cornell

Marni Donnelly-Folsom
Ash Krafton
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Four Finals...
Kathleen Rice Adams
Jerrie Alexander
Robin Covington
Eileen Emerson
Sarah Elizabeth Ladd
Caro LaFever
Ellen Lindseth
Jennifer McQuiston
Isis Rushdan
Rebecca Sampson
Kristine B. Thompson
Stephanie Winkelhake
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Three Finals...
Veronica Blade
Jennifer Bray-Weber
Elizabeth Bysiek
Tamara Carr
Cecily Cornelius-White

Vivienne Courtoise
Laura Drake
Anita Mae Draper
Michaela Moore
Janet Nickoles
Linda O'Dwyer
Ellen Russell
Jane Sevier
Rebecca Skrabl
Bronwyn Stuart
Virginia Taylor
Marlene Urso
Casey Wyatt
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Two Finals...
Sarah Andre
Colette Auclair
Lynda Bailey
Rachael Blair
Valerie Bowman
Susan Breeden
Harley Brooks
Kimila Bowling
Lisa Chaplin
Kathleen Cherry
Meredith Allen Conner
Stefani de Ravin
Jeanne Dickson
Caroline Dunsheath
Alice Fairbanks-Burton
Leanne Farrell
Normandie Ward Fischer

Stanalei Fletcher
Chris Anna Fullerton
Diane Garner
Pamela Gibson
Jan Gurney
Richard Hacker
Jacqueline Harris
Karen Dale Harris
Lily Herman

Gwen Hernandez
Lisa Hilleren
Shanyn Hosier
Monique Insalaco
Kimila Kay
Samantha Ann King
Melissa Landers
Vanessa Lee
Rebecca Lees
Leisl Leighton
Heather Leonard
Sara Leyton
Miranda Liasson
Katherine Lowry Logan
Debra Maher
Hanna Martine
Kathryn Matzen
Virginia McCullough
Arlene McFarlane
Maggie McGinnis
Crista McHugh
Donna Meier
Susan Muller
Virginia Munoz
Jacqui Nelson
Cindy Nord
Naomi Rawlings
Elizabeth Roadifer
Susanna Rogers
Kathleen Bittner Roth
Elaine Schwetz
Sherri Shackleford
PJ Sharon
Michelle Sharp
Laura Sheehan
Eva Siedler
Madeline Smyth
Sharon Struth
Carla Swafford
Sarah Tanner
Janis Thereault
Wanda Thomas
Beth Watson
Chris Weston
Lynn Wilson
Judith Wherett
Barbara Claypole White
Kevin Wolf
Sharon Wray
Christine Wunch
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2010 Divas - Weta Nichols Contest Winners

The winners this year are:

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· First place: Crista McHugh, Lessons From a Scoundrel (regency romance)

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· Second place: Cecily Cornelius-White, Half Past Heavenly (young adult paranormal romance)

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· Third place: Meg Mims, Double Crossing (young adult)

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· Honorable Mentions:

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A. R. Cummings, The Convict & the Cattleman (historical romance)

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Jennifer Tanner, Heart on a String (contemporary romance)

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Movement upwards listed in Blue...
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Eighteen Finals

Isis Rushdan

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Fifteen Finals

Madeline Smyth

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Thirteen Finals

Jeanell Bolton

Crista McHugh

Tracy St. Hilairy

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Ten Finals
Robin Weaver
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Nine Finals

Elisa Beatty

Nan Dixon
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Eight Finals
NJ Litz

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Seven Finals
Robin Haseltine

Kimberly Killion - Sold

Dora Mekouar

Stacy Monson

Suzanne Webb
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Six Finals
Jennifer Beane

Katrina Crew

Katie Graykowski

Kay Hudson

Kim Law

Connie Queen

Susanna Rogers

Rebecca Sampson

Jennifer Tanner

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Five Finals
Peter Andrews
Linda Bond

Kathleen Cherry

Jeanne Dickson
Kelly Fitzpatrick
Kendel Flaum
Laurie Green

William Haggart

Tamara Hughes

D'Ann Linscott-Dunham

Barabara Longley - SOLD!
Sylvia McDaniel
Jacqui Nelson

Mary Oldham
Sally Orr

Sandy Parks

Heather Snow

Clarissa Southwick
Bonnie Staring

Ciara Stewart

Carla Swafford

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Four Finals
Jerrie Alexander

Sarah Anderson
Claire Ashgrove

Jo Anne Banker

Terri Bolyard
E. J. Brighton

Sarah Cannon

Kathy Coatney
Alyssa Fernandez

Kendell Gray
Leah Hodge
Patrice Kavanaugh
Lisa Kessler

Pamela Kopfler

D'Ann Linscott-Dunham
Heather Leonard

Katie McGarry
Meg Mims

Cindy Nord
L. Pepper Norris
Jane Sevier

G. Jillian Stone

Olivia Ventura
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Three Finals
Roxy Boroughs

Kelley Bowen

Christine Canada

Lexi Connor

Cecily Cornelius-White

Robin Covington
Stefani de Ravin

Kimberly Dias
Sarina Dorie
Anne-Louise Dubrawski
June Faver

Sharon Lynn Fisher

Barbara Jeffcott Geris
Trudi Seery Gilligan

Kendall Grey
Robert Hecker

Nancy Holland

Faye Hughes

Debbie Kaufman

Wendy La Capra
Helen Lacey
Rebecca Lees
Sandy Loyd

Heidi Luchterhand

Heather Marshall
Jean Mason
Tracy Mastaler
Dale Mayer - SOLD!

Jennifer McQuiston

Pepper O'Neal

Karen Papandrew

Barbara Reed
Kylie Short
Jennifer Stroka
Anna Sugden
Laura Templeton

Kayla Westra

Dawn Marie Hamilton Wolzein

Sharon Wray
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Two Finals
Kathy Altman
Susan Anderson
Iris Astres
Amy Atwell - Sold!
Sarah Baker
Joanne Barnaba

Anne Barton

Jennifer Lynn Bates
Dianna Benson
Donan Berg
Jaimie Bergeron

Robin Bielman
Kristen Boe
Kelly Boyce
Susan Breeden
Shoshana Brown
Reece Butler
Boone Brux
Elizabeth Bysiek

Martha Catt
Lisa Chaplin

C.J. Eernisse Chase
Meredith Clark

Kristina Coi
Gina Conkle
Lisa Connelly

Meredith Conner
Kelly Conrad
Mary Culver
Cera Daniels
Lisa Deon

Amy DeTrempe
Jenny Douglas
Eden Elgabri
Alice Fairbanks-Burton
Jamie Farrell
Lori Sanders Foley
Louise Foster

Joe Fraser
Donna Frelick
December Gephart
Micki Gibson
Deborah Gilbert

Gina Grant
Wendy Gray

Grace Greene

Roni Griffin
Lynn Gutierrez
Patty Smith Hall
Sharon Hamilton
Jean Harrington

Jennifer Harrington
Lyndee Henderson
Marona Hewitt
Jennifer Hopkins

Sharron Houdek

Constance Hussey
Jan Jackson
Suzanne Kaufman Kalb

Ruth Kaufman
Elizabeth Kelley
Rashda Khan

Sally Kilpatrick
Marne Ann Kirstatter
Priscilla Kissinger
Elizabeth Knowles-Palladino
Suzanne Lazear
Philip L. Levin

Ellen Lindseth

Natalie Lorenzi
Linda Lovely
Aislinn MacNamara
Wendy Marcus
Madeline Martin
Lee McClain
Ava Milone
Theresa Monsey

Allison Morse
Danielle Mulcahy
Walt Mussell
Nancy Naigle
Brenda Nelson-Davis
Janet Nickoles

Eleanor Nystrom

Laurel O'Donnell
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
Jennifer Slattery

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

Lynn Ward

Ami Weaver

Denise Weeks
Kate Weichelt
Elysia Whisler

Judith Whitmore
Karen Witwer

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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