Contests - WISCONSIN Romance Writers of America

2009 Fab Five Contest Winners Announced

The final placement was announced at WisRWA's chapter conference, Love is the Cards III, in Green Bay, Wisconsin, June 5-7, 2009. Congratulations to all our winners!

Fab Five winners Jamie Kersten, Betsy Norman, Cat Scheild, Kathleen Irene Paterka, Kate MacEachern, Nancy Evertz and Kate Bowman

*** indicates WisRWA member

Historical
Final Judge: Kerry Donovan , Associate Editor, New American Library
First Place: Dangerous Desires – Sharon Calvin
Second Place: The Anchoress and the Fifth Knight – Elaine Powell
Third Place: And Then I Loved Him – Kathleen Bittner Roth
Fourth Place: Pyramus Lost – Lisa Sullivan
Honorable Mention: Charity for a Ranger – Terry Irene Blain
Honorable Mention: Dangerous Waters – Bev Irwin

Paranormal
Final Judge: Latoya C. Smith, Grand Central Publishing
First Place: The Defective Demon – Kate MacEachern ***
Second Place: Dawn's Shadow – Deborah Gilbert
Third Place: Stone Kissed – Keri Kaeding
Fourth Place: Blood Rule – Christina Peruzzi Lopes
Honorable Mention: The Painted Spellcaster – Shawntelle Madison

Romantic Suspense
Final Judge: Julie Keenan, Editor, The Wild Rose Press
First Place: Kira's Keeper - Jan Schliesman
Second Place: Smokescreen - Kathleen Irene Paterka
Third Place: Stealing Best in Show - Elizabeth Pina
Fourth Place: Black Swan - Jean Tara Ownbey
Honorable Mention: A Heart on Hold - Sherry Foley

Series Contempory (Long/Short)
Final Judge: Keyren Gerlach, Assoc. Editor, Harlequin Enterprises
First Place: Getting Lucky – Katie Graykowski
Second Place: The Consultant's Heartbreak Emergency – Kamy Chetty
Third Place: Redemption – Nancy Evertz
Fourth Place: Hardy's Triple Play – Jamie Kersten ***
Honorable Mention: When Jonny Came – Elizabeth Pina

Woman's Fiction
Final Judge: Paige Wheeler, Agent, Folio Literary Management
First Place: Worth the Weight – Patricia Walters-Fischer
Second Place: Rogue Angel – Tamra Baumann
Third Place: Lakota Dreaming – Constance Gillam
Fourth Place: The Spin I'm In – Kate Bowman***
Honorable Mention: Home at Last – Janet K Jones

Young Adult
Final Judge: Alyssa Eisner Henkin, Agent, Trident Media Group
First Place: Adventures of a Teenage Truthseer - Cat Schield ***
Second Place: Another Will Die - Laura Byrne
Third Place: My Life in the Void - Betsy Norman ***
Fourth Place: Light of Truth - Sheri Boeyink
Honorable Mention: Stunt Princess - Emily Marshall

Thank you to our published author judges:

Name	Recent Title	ISBN Number
Barbara Raffin www.BarbaraRaffin.com	The Visitor	978-1587495311

J L Wilson www.jayellwilson.com	Mayhem, Marriage, and Murderous Mystery Manuscripts	1-60154-530-4


Lynnette Baughman	Love with a Welcome Stranger	1-60154-314-X
www.RainshadowRomance.com

Rebecca Savage	Coincidence
www.geocities.com/grgiall

A. Y. Stratton www.aystratton.com	Buried Heart (October 2009)	1-60154-572-X

Hank Phillippi Ryan	Prime Time (July 2009)	978-0-7783-2717-2
www.hankphillippiryan.com

2009 Write Touch Readers' Award Contest Winners Announced

The Wisconsin Romance Writers (WisRWA) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 Write Touch Readers' Award Contest. The final placement was announced at WisRWA's chapter conference, Love is the Cards III, in Green Bay, Wisconsin, June 5-7, 2009.

Write Touch winners: Lara Santiago, Donna Rogers, Shari Anton and Ann Voss Peterson.

**indicates member of WisRWA:

Short & Long Contemporary
First Place: **Helen Brenna, Finding Mr. Right
Second Place: **Ann Voss Peterson, Christmas Awakening
Third Place: Lisa Childs, Finally a Bride

Mainstream with Romantic Elements
First Place: JD Tynan, Who Killed Walter Dobbs?
Second Place: Gemma Halliday, Alibi in High Heels
Third Place: Rhonda Pellero, Knock `em Dead

Single Title Contemporary
First Place: **Lynette Baughman, Love With a Welcome Stranger
Second Place: Christine Carroll, The Senator's Daughter
Second Place: **Christie Craig, Weddings Can be Murder
Second Place: Susan Mallery, Sweet Trouble
Third Place: Susan Mallery, Sweet Spot
Third Place: **Donna Marie Rogers, There's Only Been You

Inspirational/ Traditional
First Place: Debby Guisti, MIA: Missing in Atlanta
Second Place: Debby Guisti, Countdown to Death
Second Place: Sandra Bricker, Love Finds You in Snowball Arkansas
Second Place: Trish Wylie, The Millionaire' s Proposal
Second Place: Carla Rossi, Almost Home
Third Place: Deeanne Gist, Deep in the Heart of Trouble
Third Place: Valerie Hansen, Nowhere to Run
Third Place: Roxanne Rustand, Wildfire
Third Place: Lisa Wingate, Talk of the Town

Romantic Suspense
First Place: **Martha Powers, Conspiracy of Silence
Second Place: Jennifer Morey, The Secret Soldier
Third Place: Brenda Novak, Watch Me

Erotica/Romantica
First Place: Lara Santiago, Menagerie
First Place: Lacey Alexander, Seven Nights of Sin
Second Place: Sharon Page, Black Silk
Third Place: Elizabeth Amber, Lyon, The Lords of Satyr
Third Place: Jess Michaels, Something Reckless

Paranormal
First Place: Catherine Mulvany, Wicked is the Night
Second Place: Patti O'Shea, In Twilight's Shadow
Second Place: Candance Sams, Electra Galaxy's Mr. Intersteller Feller
Third Place: Shayla Black, Tempt Me with Darkness
Third Place: Claire Delacroix, Fallen
Third Place: Ann Macela, Your Magic or Mine?

Historical
First Place: Trish Albright, Siren's Song
First Place: Deb Marlowe, An Improper Aristocrat
Second Place: **Shari Anton, Magic in His Kiss
Third Place: **Ann Schmidt, Seaside Cinderella

Congratulations to all our winners!

Questions regarding Write Touch should be directed to contest coordinator
Virginia McCullough at vemccullough@earthlink.net