2016 Winners and Finalists
Contemporary Romance – Long:
1st: Vicki Tharp* – A Warrior’s Heart – full request – editor
2nd: Lisa Hayden – Living on a Dare – full request – editor
3rd: Barbara Heintz – Secrets in the Walls – full request – editor
Contemporary Romance – Short:
1st: Abigail Owen – Saving the Sheriff – full request – agent
2nd: Barbara Gerry – Saving Grace – full request – agent
3rd: Christine Poe – Heart to Heart
Fantasy, Futuristic & Paranormal Romance:
1st: Michelle Pike – Fae Favored
2nd: Harris Fischer – Queen of Hearts
3rd: Julie Pitzel* – Gwendolyn’s Story
Historical Romance:
1st: Janna MacGregor – The Secret Affair of A Duke’s Daughter – full requests – editor, agent
Kathryn E. Crawford – Rocky Mountain Runaway – full requests – editor, agent
Eleri Grace – This is Us – partial request – agent
Linda Locke – The Grand Duke – full requests – editor, agent
Lisa Marie Wilkinson – The Red Parrot
Romantic Suspense:
1st: Vicki Tharp* – In Her Defense
2nd: Susan Drake – Betrayed
3rd: Harris Fischer – The Keys to Her Heart
Young Adult Romance:
1st: Christine Gunderson – Soren’s Resistance – partial request – editor, full request – agent
Rae-Dawn Brightman – Tic – full request – agent
Christina Delay – Nocturne – partial request – editor, full request – agent
Julie Glover – Daring Charlotte
Best of the Best:
Vicki Tharp* – In Her Defense