Vixen 2011 Winners Announced!

Maryland Romance Writers is proud to announce the finalists for this year’s contest!
Thank you to all of the entrants and to those who served as judges!

SINGLE TITLE

Final Judges: Katherine Pelz, Penguin/Berkley; Linda Ingmason, Samhain Publishing

1st Place: Living on Air by Maisie Bloom
2nd Place: Another Day in Paradise by Kelly Fitzpatrick
3rd Place: A New Kind of Crazy by Yvonne Yirba

SERIES CONTEMPORARY

Final Judges: Gail Chasan, Harlequin/Silhouette; Rhonda Penders, The Wild Rose Press

1st Place: Dear Lucy by Amie Louellen
2nd Place: All the Law Allows by Nancy Holland
3rd Place: Snow Job by Kelly Fitzpatrick

ALTERNATIVE

Final Judges: Amanda Barnett, The Wild Rose Press; Alicia Condon, Kensington

1st Place: Impetuous Amazon by Sandy James
2nd Place: When Angels Soar by Lana Douglas
3rd Place: Catalyst by Laura Thomson *

YOUNG ADULT

Final Judges: Krista Vitola, Delacorte; Lindsey Faber, Samhain Publishing

1st Place: Outworlders by Melissa Landers
2nd Place: Camp Awakening by Bonnie Staring
3rd Place: Not Fade Away by Yvonne Yirka

EROTIC ROMANCE

Final Judges: Raelene Gorlinsky, Ellora’s Cave; Angela James, Carina Press

1st Place: Tribe of the Mountain Screamer by Maggie Ryan
2nd Place: Wanted: Renegade by Carol Hedgepeth
3rd Place: Caught Between a Cowboy and an Alien by Randi Alexander

HISTORICAL

Final Judges: Meghan Conrad, Ellora’s Cave; Deb Werksman, Sourcebooks, Inc.

1st Place: Country Matters, Janet Mullany *
2nd Place: When Angels Fall, Tricia Lynne
3rd Place: A Knight’s Victory, Eliza Knight *

*MRW Member