Congratulations to the
2010 Sandy Writing Contest Winners!
Mainstream Adult Fiction
Final Judge, Christine Pride, editor, Broadway Books/ Random House
1st Place - Doubting River - Melissa Alexander
2nd Place - Switch-A-Roo - Martha L. Catt
3rd Place - Family Obligations - William Mays
Honorable Mention - The Color of Silence - Sally Clark
Romance
Final Judge, Megan McKeever, Editor Pocket Books
1st Place - Passion - Jeanell Bolton
2nd Place - A Daring Proposal - Sandra Kerns
3rd Place - Conundrum - Patricia Coleman
Honorable Mention - Black Rocks - Elysia Whisler
Fantasy / Science Fiction
Final Judge, Ginger Clark, Agent at Curtis Brown
1st Place - Fairy Tales - Elizabeth Roadifer**
2nd Place - Mourn Their Courage - Victoria Dixon
3rd Place - Marked - Kerri-Leigh Grady
Honorable Mention - Paradox - Isis Rushdan
Thriller / Suspense
Final Judge, Mark Tavani, Sr. Editor at Ballantine
1st Place - Naked Choke - Susanna Rogers**
2nd Place - The Miser Who Bought The Farm - Kendel Flaum
3rd Place - Papyrus - John Oehler
Children / Young Adult
Final Judge, Julie Scheina, Assistant Editor at Little, Brown Books
1st Place - Fifteen Forever - Tracy St. Hilaire**
2nd Place - A Following Sea - Krista Russell
3rd Place - Demons of Aether - Cheryl Coupe'
Honorable Mention - Vetsy Strikes: Surviving 4th Grade With a Brain Hamster - Vanessa Appleby
Honorable Mention - A Common Language - Emilie Bishop
** Full manuscript requested by final judge