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The Windy City Romance Writers Present the
2008 Four Seasons Awards

The Finalists:

Single Title

Margaret Knudsen, Small Town Secrets
Heidi Luchterland, Once Upon A Margarita
Corina Lavitt, Burying the Lede
E. Alkhateb, Best Served Cold

Historical

Marie-Elaine (Malena) Abel, A Moment of Joy
Mary A. Murray, Remember
Victoria Whitaker, Maiden Widow

Short/Long Contemporary

Kimberly Wenger, Where There's a Will
Heidi Howard, Entrance Wounds
Cat Schield, Bending to Blackmail

Futuristic/Fantasy/Paranormal

Robin Perinni, Dark Guardian
Cathy Leming, Fallen Angels in Paradise
Kristin Welker, Chains of Honor
Pamela Kopfler, Better Dead



First-round judges: Experienced critiquers and published authors of the Windy City Romance Writers. (Only Windy City members judge this contest, and Windy City members are not eligible to enter.)

Final-round judges: One editor and one agent for each category. Scores from both judges are averaged to determine the winners:

Single Title Contemporary: Lindsay Nouis, NAL
Danielle Egan-Miller, Brown & Miller Agency
Short/Long Contemporary: Diana Ventimiglia, Harlequin
Jennifer Schober, Spencerhill Associates
Historical: Rebecca Vinter, Penguin/NAL
Kristen Nelson, Nelson Agency LLC
Fantasy/Futuristic/Paranormal: Leah Hultenschmidt, Dorchester Publishing Co.
Kelly Harms, Jane Rotrosen Agency



Winners in each category will receive an engraved plaque. All finalists will receive certificates and will be mentioned in the RWR. All contestants will receive a score sheet from each judge. In addition, judges are encouraged (but not required) to write comments on the manuscript.

Entry Deadline: March 1, 2008 (postmark date)

Questions? Contact Wendy Byrne, Four Seasons Contest Chairperson, WTByrne@sbcglobal.net



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