2023 Winners and Finalists
CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE – LONG
The Reality of Us – Emma Mugglestone
Delightful Mess – Holly Brunnbauer (partial request – editor)
Unaware – Allie J. Rae*
CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE – SHORT
Playing With Fire – Dianne Jensen (partial request- agent)
Rural Rendevous – Elizabeth Pina (full request – editor & partial request – agent)
Waltzing Matilda – Katy Jakes (full request – editor & partial request – agent)
FANTASY, FUTURISTIC & PARANORMAL ROMANCE
Serendipitous: Book One – Delilah Ross (partial request- editor)
Switch – R.M. Scott (full request – agent)
Cross My Werewolf Heart – Esther Del Zuanne
HISTORICAL ROMANCE
A Duke in Hand – Kate Happ (full request- agent & editor)
Lottie’s War – Jeanne M. Dickson (partial request – editor)
With Love, Lolianna – Josie Johns (partial request – editor)
ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
Change in Plan – Mia Kay (full request – agent)
High Altitude – Victoria Elliot (full request – editor)
Under The Surface – Karen Lieversz (full request – editor)
YOUNG ADULT ROMANCE
Geek Magic – John Olson (full request – editor & agent)
The First Time I Saw You – Jennifer Britt
Middle of Somewhere – Ann Thurber (full request – agent)