2017 Winners and Finalists
Contemporary Romance – Long
1st: Homecoming by Jo Anne Banker* (full request – editor; partial request – agent)
2nd: Running From A Rock Star by Jami Albright*
3rd: Trial Run by Masha Levinson (full request – editor)
Contemporary Romance – Short
1st: Ten by Amanda Bidnall (full request – editor; partial request – agent)
2nd: Tracing Ursa by Kailynn Jones*
3rd: Miracle on Tenth Avenue by Gabrielle Luthy (full request – editor)
Fantasy, Futuristic & Paranormal Romance
1st: Serious Moonlight by J. Keely Thrall (full request – editor)
2nd: Jinn on the Rocks by Kay Hudson*
3rd: Praetorian Rising by Lisa Knight* (partial request – editor & agent)
Historical Romance
1st: Confess, Your Grace by Scarlett Peckham (full request – editor; partial request – agent)
2nd: The Rescue of Lord Grange by Elizabeth Everett (full request – editor)
3rd: Dangerous Moonlight by Genevieve LaViolette
Romantic Suspense
1st: Beyond Paradise by Barbara Forlenza (full request – editor)
2nd: Of Shadow & Sin by Sloane Calder (full request – editor)
3rd: Shutter by S.A. Taylor
Young Adult Romance
1st: A Whisper of Death by Yanicke Forfang
2nd: Covenant Park by Christine Gunderson
3rd: The Girl with the Sun on Her Heart by Denise Trowbridge
BEST OF THE BEST Winner
Serious Moonlight by J. Keely Thrall