Contest Update
We are delighted to announce the finalists for the 2011 Sheila Contest!
We’d like to send a special thanks to all our judges who helped make The Sheila Contest possible.
Historical: Final Round Judge – Holly Blanck, St. Martin’s Press
1st Place: Secrets of a Wedding Night – Valerie Bowman
2nd Place: Saving Callie – Cindy Nord
3rd Place: A Whisper to the Wild – Eileen Emerson *
4th Place: Rebel’s Invasion – Lisa Chaplin
5th Place: Starling – Virginia Taylor
Women’s Fiction: Final Round Judge – Alex Logan, Grand Central Publishing
1st Place: The Sweet Spot – Laura Drake
2nd Place: Chasing Rainbows – Kathleen Long ++
3rd Place: How to Say No and Mean It -Abby Gaines
4th Place: Reconstructing Eve – Lisa Helleren
5th Place: The Sweet Road Home – Jacqueline Harris *
Paranormal: Final Round Judge – Leah Hultenschmidt, Sourcebooks
1st Place: The Devil of Whitechapel – Rebecca Skrabl++
2nd Place: In the Service of Shadows – Lisa Ruff *
3rd Place: Graveyard of the Immortals – Janet Gover
4th Place: Kindred of the Fallen – Isis Rushdan
5the Place: Demon’s Advocate – Jill McCullough
Romantic Suspense: Final Round Judge – Leis Pederson, The Berkley Publishing Group
1st Place: Locked, Loaded and Lying – Sarah Andre
2nd Place: The Lies that Bind – Susanna Rogers
3rd Place: Bride by Chocolate – Alexis Montgomery
4th Place: Twisted Justice – Jerrie Alexander
5th Place: Hook Line and Sink Her – Leslie Anne Lighton *
Single Title/Contemporary: Final Round Judge – Emilia Pisani, Gallery Books, Simon and Schuster
1st Place: Harmony Island – Dawn Temple
2nd Place: In Deep – Meredith Clark
3rd Place: Windburn – Sarah Andre
4th Place: Second Chances – Dana Beth Weinberg
5th Place: Blackjack and Moonlight – Magdalen Braden
6th Place: Nine Dates – Shanyn G. Hosier
++ Indicates request for full manuscript
* Indicates VFRW member