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The Winner of the 2009 Suzannah Writing Contest is ...

A Very Patient Man by Susan Shellabarger w/a Susan Sabin

 Congratulations to our 2009 Runners-Up!

The Gavel’s Echo by Anne-Marie Carroll (Romantic Suspense)
My Shackled Marquess by Rhea Ference (Historical)
Night Walker by Lisa Kessler (Paranormal)
Betrothed by Alyssia Kirkhart (Historical)
Odin’s End by Dawna Rand (Novel with Romantic Elements)
 

And the Winner of the 2008 Suzannah Writing Contest is ...

Whiskey Rebellion by Leah Hodge 

Congratulations to our 2008 Runners-Up!

• Pleasent Lake P.D. by Kelly Fitzpatrick (Single-Title)
• Big Shoes To Fill by Maggie Forsythe (Contemporary)
• Hijacked by Leslie Lynch (Romantic Suspense)
• Sex, PIs, & Packing Tape by Cindy Procter-King (Single-Title)
• Reclaiming Daisy Doe by Ramona Richards (Romantic Suspense)

With a special thank you to our 2008 panel of Final Judges:

• Michelle Grajkowski - ThreeSeas Literary Agency
  Leah Hultenschmidt -- Dorchester
  Margo Lipschultz -- HQN
  Alex Logan -- Grand Central
  Erin Niumata - Folio Agency
  Leis Pederson -- Berkley
  Dr. Julie Nelson, sponsor of The Suzannah
  

And the Winner of the 2007 Suzannah Writing Contest is ...

The Patrician's Fortune by Joan Kayse

Congratulations to all six of our six finalists, listed alphabetically by author:

• All In by Garthia Anderson
• Thrillchaser by Anne Marie Becker
• Jayhawk Down by Sharon Calvin
• The UnWilling by Diana Groe
• The Patrician’s Fortune by Joan Kayse
• For Better, For Worse by Joyce Mullen
   

A special thank you go to our 2007 panel of final round industry judges:

• Michele Bidelspach, Grand Central Publishing (formerly Warner Books)
• Nadia Cornier, Firebrand Literary Agency
• Rose Hilliard, St. Martin's Press
• Caren Johnson, Caren Johnson Literary Agency
• Esi Sogah, Avon Books
• Michelle Grajkowski, Three Seas Literary Agency
• Dr. Julie Nelson, sponsor of The Suzannah
• The 2007 contest garnered three requests for full manuscripts by our panel of final round judges.