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Gateway To the Best Contest


The Gateway to the Best 2011 Contest Winners Announced!
Dec 10, 2011


2011 Gateway to the Best contest.

Grand Prize Winner:
Elizabeth Lanston for “Leaving Eden”

Our judges have ranked the finalists. Thanks to all the editors who served as our final judges!

Single Title: (Judge - Katherine Pelz – Berkley)
1st: Jamie Disterhaupt for "Games People Play"
2nd: Susanne Frost for "Don't Look"
3rd: Tanith Dean for "Rock Bottom"

Historical: (Judge – Esi Sogah - Harper Collins)
1st: Alyssa Marble for “To Tempt A Smuggler”
2nd: Miranda Liasson for “The Spy Who Loved Me”
3rd: Leigh Stites for “Taming Huck Finn”

YA: (Judge - Adam Wilson – Galley and Pocket Books)
1st: Elizabeth Lanston for “Leaving Eden”
2nd: Romily Bernard for “Wired”
3rd: Cecily Cornelius-White for “The Snatchers” **

Paranormal: (Judge - Latoya Smith – Grand Central Publishing)
1st: Peta Crake for “Harbinger”
2nd: Michele Esslinger for “Mated by Magick
3rd: Sharon Bills for “By Some Gibbous Moon”

Romantic Suspense: (Judge – Margo Lipschultz – Harlequin)
1st: Ellen Parker for “Morgan’s Angel”**
2nd: Diane Garner for “Redemption”
3rd: Michelle Sharp for “The Dreamer” **

Contemporary Series: (Judge – Laura Barth – Harlequin)
1st: June Love for “Undercover Father” ****
2nd: Lateia Elam Sandifer for “Coach Maddie and The Marine”
3rd: Jan Schliesman for “Mari’s Match”

**MORWA member
***Full requested