2013 Winners and Finalist

Contemporary Series Romance:

1st:  Anne-Louise Dubrawski – w/a Eloise Shanno – The Marriage Merger – full editor request

Honorable Mention:  Kristin Noel Fischer – Lilly’s Secret

Honorable Mention: Regina Kyle – Triple Threat

 

Contemporary Single Title Romance:

1st:  Leigh Duncan – Castle Grove full request – agent, partial request – editor

Honorable Mention:  Claire Boston – What Goes On Tourfull request – agent

Honorable Mention:  Katie Graykowski – Place Your Betts

 

Fantasy, Futuristic & Paranormal Romance:

1st:  India Powers – Demon’s Banefull request – editor, partial request – agent

Honorable Mention:  Harris Fischer – Queen of Hearts

Honorable Mention:  Melanie McCarthy – A Time of Secrets

Historical Romance:

1st:  Barbara Bettis – Miss Chesley’s Secret Night full request – agent, full request – editor

Honorable Mention:  Jackie Horne – A Man Without A Mistress

Honorable Mention:  Jacqui Nelson – The Shadow Hour

Novel with Romantic Elements:

1st:  Virginia Kelly – Just One Look

Honorable Mention:  Sandra Tilley – Someone Like You

Honorable Mention:  LynneRose Cannon – Doing Good

 

Romantic Suspense:

1st:  CJ Warrant – Forgetting Jane

Honorable Mention:  Chris Taylor – The Predatorfull request – editor

Honorable Mention:  Virginia Kelly – Another Herofull request – editor

 

Young Adult Romance:

1st:  Joy McConnell – Season of The Soulless partial request – agent

2nd:  Rebecca Sampson – Fake

3rd:  Diana Reep – The Dangerous Summer of Jesse Turner
 

Best of the Best:

Barbara Bettis – Miss Chesley’s Secret Night