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"Contests can be the quickest route to an editor or agent, particularly one such as Great Expectations that has category-specific score sheets.  I credit contests with helping me sell and establishing my name.”

Diana Love Snell

 

WORTH EVERY RISK

Silhouette Intimate Moments, March 2005

2006 RITA® FINALIST

 

2005 GREAT EXPECTATIONS CONTEST WINNERS


 HISTORICAL CATEGORY
FINAL ROUND EDITOR: Mara Sorkin with Pocket Books

First: Forever Yours  by Janmarie Pizzanello
Second: A Kiss Before
Midnight  by Tami Cowden
Third: Lady Patriot  by Laurie Hahn
Fourth: A Kiss Before Dawn  by Tami Cowden
Fifth: To Be A Countess  by Omolara Biggs


 LONG CONTEMPORARY CATEGORY
FINAL ROUND EDITOR: Laura Shin with Silhouette Books

First - request for full: Trust Me, Trust You  by Ellen Hartman
Second: Leap of Faith  by Sharon Calvin
Third: Out of the Ashes  by Sharon Calvin
Fourth: Love By Bequest  by Anna Sugden
Fifth: Forever Kind of Guy  by Carol Burnside
Honorable Mention: Riding For A Fall  by Katie McGuinness


 ROMANTIC SUSPENSE CATEGORY
FINAL ROUND EDITOR: Serena Jones with New American Library

First - request for partial: The Ritual  by Cassondra Murray
Second: Murder, Mayhem and Mama  by Christie Craig
Third: Finding Trouble  by Laurie Kellogg
Fourth: Oracle  by Liz Roadifer
Fifth: Stolen Moments  by Andrea Giest
Honorable Mention: No Forever Promises  by Sandra Ferguson

 

 SHORT CONTEMPORARY CATEGORY
FINAL ROUND EDITOR: Anna Corey-Watson with Silhouette Books

First - request for partial: Angel In Training  by Kimberly Duffy
Second - request for full: Maggie's Makeovers  by Lee McKenzie McAnally
Third: Affairs of the Heart  by Patricia Vermeire
Fourth: Sweet Surrender  by Yvonne Harris
Fifth: Forever Her Hero  by Kimberly Duffy

 

 SINGLE TITLE CATEGORY
FINAL ROUND EDITOR: Melanie Murray with Warner

First: The Cook and the Playboy  by Edie Ramer
Second: Iron Rainbow  by Yvonne Harris
Third: No Promises  by Doris Rangel
Fourth: Fool Me Once...  by Sherry Davis
Fifth: Passion's Cup  by Donna Gimarc


 SPECIALIZED CATEGORY
    FANTASY, FUTURISTIC, PARANORMAL & TIME TRAVEL

FINAL ROUND EDITOR: Louisa Edwards with Berkley / Jove

First-request for full: By Any Other Name  by Shannon Canard
Second - request for full: Dead Girls Are Easy  by Terri Garey
Third - request for full: The Relic's Gift  by Cheryl Alldredge
Fourth: Once Bitten, Never Shy  by Sharie Kohler
Fifth: Telling Time with the Heart  by William Haggart


 STEAMY HOT CATEGORY
FINAL ROUND EDITOR: Kathryn Lye with Harlequin Blaze

First-request for full: Private Dancer  by Tami Cowden
Second: Destination True Love  by Carla Williard
Third (tie): Tempt Me  by Linda Ingmanson
Third (tie): Who's On Top  by Darese Cotton
Fourth: Beauty & the Billionaire  by Kelle Riley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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