2015 Winners and Finalists
Contemporary Romance – Long:
1st: Kimberly Buckner – Call Me Mrs. Whitlock
Lisa Creane – You Only Fall
Jilly Wood – Dealing with McKenzie
Contemporary Romance – Short:
1st:Stephanie Blakeway – Role of A Lifetime – full requests – editor & agent
Lynn Graeme – Hold Me Down – partial request – editor & full request – agent
Irene Vartanoff – Captive of The Cattle Baron – full request – agent
Fantasy, Futuristic & Paranormal Romance:
1st: Jillian David – Hell to Pay – full request – editor
Kathy Hills – Haunting Highland House – partial request – editor
Michelle Pike – Witch Way Down – partial request – editor
Historical Romance:
1st: Crystal Eliot – Lessons in Scandal – full requests – editor & agent
Callie Russell – The Forbidden Kiss – full request – editor
Amanda Bidnall – Design for Living – full request – agent
Romantic Suspense:
1st: Susan JP Owens – Wrong Side Right Love – full request – editor & partial request – agent
Barbara Gerry – Reel Power – full request – agent
Kairee Taylor – Worth Running For – partial request – agent
New Adult Romance:
1st: Emily Foster – How Not to Fall – full request – agent
Suzanne Kaufman Kalb w/a Erika Kelly – Mine for Now – full requests – editor & agent
Colleen Thompson* – Dark Matters – partial request – agent
Rosie Rivera w/a Roe Valentine – Deviant Heiress
Young Adult Romance:
1st: Caroline Leech – Never Met, Never Parted – full requests – editor & agent
Angela N. Blount – Ares Bound – partial request – agent
Bonnie Staring – Granted
Best of the Best:
Jillian David – Hell To Pay