2014 Winners and Finalists

Contemporary Single Title Romance:

1st:  Susan J. Bickford – The House of D’innocenzi – full request – agent

Honorable Mention:  Chris Campillo – Sail Away

Honorable Mention:  Megan Coakley – Second Chance in Sweetgrass

Fantasy, Futuristic & Paranormal Romance:

1st:  Vivien Jackson – On The Squezze – full request – agent

Honorable Mention: Buffy M. Armstrong – The Dark Man

Honorable Mention: Crystal Stone w/a Jade O’Dunne – Uncaged – full request – agent

Historical Romance:

1st:  Louisa Cornell – Wicked In His Arms – full request – agent, full request – editor

Honorable Mention:  Laura Trentham – A Wild And Wicked Wind –partial request – agent

Honorable Mention: J. Wachowski – Chicago & Western – partial request with revision – agent

Romantic Suspense:

1st:  Natalie Meg Evans – The Kissing Stones –full request – agent

Honorable Mention:  Susan Dunn w/a Susan Drake – Jaws of A Trap – full request – editor

Honorable Mention:  Kate Freiman – Haunting Secrets

Young Adult/New Adult Romance:

1st:  T.R. Allardice – The Queen’s Gift

Honorable Mention:  Amy Paulshock – Alien And The Beast

Honorable Mention:  Mary Strand – Pride, Prejudice, And Push-up Bras

Best of the Best:

T.R. Allardice – The Queen’s Gift