And the winners are...
2007 MERWA SYNOPSIS CONTEST
GRAND PRIZE WINNER:
THE EARL'S CHRISTMAS GIFT by Donna Rosenbloom
WINNERS CONTEMPORARY:
1st - RESCUE ME by Linda Hurtado Figueredo
2nd - BURN, BABY, BURN by Corrina Lavitt
3rd - THE NATURE OF LOVE by JoAnn Weatherly
WINNERS HISTORICAL:
1st - THE EARL'S CHRISTMAS GIFT by Donna Rosenbloom
2nd - GARNET GALE GETS HER MAN by Nancy Arnold
3rd - THE RUBY BROOCH by Katherine Lowry Logan
WINNERS ROMANTIC ELEMENTS:
1st - THE PATH TO FREEDOM by Lisa M. Pietsch
2nd - ALTERNATE ENDING by Julie Whitby
3rd - HITTING THE HIGH NOTES by Nancy Arnold
And TOUCHSTONE by Jill McCullough (tie)
2006 GOLDEN SYNOPSIS
WINNER: THE LOST MOUNTAIN by Rita St. Clair
FINALISTS: RULING EDEN by Michelle Pressma
ROSES AND THORNS by Nancy Litzau
2005 GOLDEN SYNOPSIS
WINNER: DANCE WITH ME by Nancy Bacon
FINALISTS: LETHAL MEDICINE by Victoria Wasserman
2004 GOLDEN SYNOPSIS
WINNER: ONE FOR THE ROAD by Janet Maarschalk
Contemporary: A WANTED WOMAN by Karen E. Foley
Romantic Suspense: JADE SHADOWS by Kathy Kulig
Historical: SEAHAWKE'S BRIDE by Karen E. Foley
Other: ONE FOR THE ROAD by Janet Maarschalk
2001 GOLDEN SYNOPSIS
WINNER: EVERY PRECIOUS MEMORY by AMY LOUISE ELLIS
CATEGORY FINALISTS:
CONTEMPORARY: DOUBLE TALK by KAREN SWEENY-JUSTICE
HISTORICAL: RANSOMED BRIDE by KAREN FOLEY
OTHER/INSPIRATIONAL/PARANORMAL: EVERY PRECIOUS MEMORY by AMY LOUISE ELLIS
2000 GOLDEN SYNOPSIS
WINNER: THE EXPERIMENT by WENDY GIFFORD
CATEGORY FINALISTS:
CONTEMPORARY:
1ST - STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART by Kate WEICHELT
2ND - A FAMILY FOR JOE by BEVERLY LONG
3RD - CHASING A MEMORY by DONNA WRIGHT
HISTORICAL:
1ST - THE EXPERIMENT by WENDY GIFFORD
2ND - REDEMPTION by MARY A. DICKERSON
3RD - EXTREME MEASURES by RENEE MARIE HALVERSON
OTHER WITH ROMANTIC ELEMENTS:
1ST - WITCHWAY by SHERYL DAVIS
2ND - THE LOVE OF A LIFETIME by NANCY KELLEY
3RD - A BRIDGE ACROSS TIME by JENNIFER STONE
1999 GOLDEN SYNOPSIS
WINNER: SHADES OF HONOR by WENDY BORES
CATEGORY FINALISTS:
CONTEMPORARY: WILD HORSES by NANCY LYNN MCLANE
HISTORICAL: SHADES OF HONOR by WENDY BORES
OTHER/INPIRATIONAL/PARANORMAL: TEMPTING FATE by KAY HUDSON
1998 GOLDEN SYNOPSIS
WINNER:
THE SHERIFF AND THE STRIP TEASE by PATRICIA S. WHITE
CATEGORY FINALISTS:
CONTEMPORARY: THE SHERIFF AND THE STRIP TEASE by PATRICIA S. WHITE
HISTORICAL: BELOVED ENEMY by NAN THOMPSON METER
OTHER/INPIRATIONAL/PARANORMAL: HEART OF A LION by SHERRY G. SPENCER
1997 GOLDEN SYNOPSIS
CATEGORY FINALISTS:
SHORT CONTEMPORARY: PASSION'S TRAP by TAMMY FORD-FALKNER
LONG CONTEMPORARY: PILGRIM'S SOUL by PATRICIA O'DEA ROSEN
TIME TRAVEL/PARANORMAL: GHOST OF A CHANCE by JUDITH P. PHILLIPS
HISTORICAL/REGENCY: IF ONLY THIS NIGHT by EMILY COTTER