2011 Winners and Finalists
Contemporary Single Title:
1st: Pamela Gibson –Tie: Perfect Balance – full request – editor
1st: Dawn Temple* – Tie: Harmony Island – full request – agent
2nd: Margaret Fisk – Heart of the Crystal
Erotic Romance:
1st: Kimberly Killion – My Sister’s Betrothed – partial request – agent
2nd: Carla Swafford – Out of The Shadows – partial request – editor
3rd: Kimberly Killion – Educating Aphrodite – sold
Fantasy, Futuristic & Paranormal Romance:
1st: Daryn Parke – Blue Moon – Hidden Assets
2nd: Heather Leonard – Spellbound
3rd: Isis Rushdan – Tie: Kindred of The Fallen
3rd: Isis Rushdan – Tie: Paradox
4th: Michelle de Rooy – Appleseed
5th: Janet Nickoles – Mark of The Moon
Historical Romance:
1st: Eileen Ramsay – A Whisper to The Wild
2nd: Barbara Bettis – The Black Dagger
3rd: Alyssia Kirkhart – Enraptured
4th: Marjorie Allen – Twice in a Lifetime
Novel With Romantic Elements:
1st: Laura Templeton – Appalachian Winter – partial request – agent
2nd: D. B. Reynolds – Shifter
3rd: Pepper O’Neal – Tie: Black Ops Chronicles: Dead Run – full request – agent
3rd: Sandy Parks – Tie: Touch of the Umbra
3rd: Gail Zerrade – Tie: From Baghdad with Love – full request – agent
4th: Christy Hayes – Aberration
5th: Elizabeth Stock – Wild Child
Romantic Suspense:
1st: Michele Dunaway* – Tie: Steele Justice – full request – editor
1st: Kaylie Newell – Tie: A Death That Lingers – full request – editor
2nd: Jean Harrington – Designed or Death – full request – agent
3rd: Stacey Purcell – The Devil’s Obsession
Young Adult Romance:
1st: Cecily Cornelius-White – Tie: Earth Angel – partial request – agent
1st: Robin Haseltine – Tie: Three Smooth Stones
2nd: Nancy Kay Bowden – Tie: Blackmailed
2nd: Darlene Gardner – Tie: Man of Steal
Contemporary Series:
1st: Jennifer Satterfield – Gambling With The Cowboy’s Heart – full request – agent & editor
2nd: Sarah Cannon – Tie: Yesterday’s Promise
2nd: Anne-Louise Dubrawsk – Tie: Hunter’s Prey
Best-of-the-Best:
Dawn Temple* – Harmony Island