Children's
First Place:
Candace Paugh - Colorado Springs, CO - Zeke in Command
Second Place:
Pamela Mingle - Littleton, CO - No Place Like Home
Third Place:
Cheryl Reifsnyder - Boulder, CO - The Last Violin
Creative Non-Fiction
First Place:
Karen Lin - Longmont, CO - American Moon
Historical Fiction
First Place:
Donna Conrad - Crestone, CO - The Lost and the Holy
Second Place:
Joyce & Michael Duff - Aurora, CO - The Kidnapping of Abraham Lincoln
Third Place:
Elysia Jones - Manassas, VA - Black Rocks
Mainstream
First Place:
Lisa Stormes Hawker - Littleton, CO - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Second Place:
Karen Lin - Longmont, CO - Hot Flash
Third Place (tie):
Bruce Hayden - Arvada, CO - Lushan's Way
Jedeane MacDonald - Denver, CO - Thursdays
Mystery/Suspense/Intrigue
First Place:
Benjamin Weinberg - Denver, CO - Killer Cabernet
Second Place (tie):
Elizabeth Roadifer - Pine Bluffs, WY - Oracle
Christopher Boswell - Warrenton, VA - White Bird
Romance
First Place:
Tanya Holmes - Waldorf, MD - Shadow of the Butcher Boy
Honorable Mention:
Karen Mihaljevich - Ashland, OR - Digging Holes in Paradise
Screenplay
First Place:
Karen Lin & Christian Lyons - Longmont, CO - Knock on Wood
Honorable Mention:
Cheri Gillard - Colorado Springs, CO - Son of Thunder
Science Fiction/Fantasy
First Place:
Benjamin Weinberg - Denver, CO - Magic is My Business
Second Place:
Deborah Lightfoot - Crowley, TX - Waterspell
Third Place:
Karen Newton - Rockville, MD -Tribes
Short Story
First Place:
Karen Lin - Longmont, CO - Sushi In Bed
Second Place:
Laura Reeve - Colorado Springs, CO - A Node in Time
Third Place (tie):
Katie Arnsteen - Colorado Springs, CO - Canyon Country
Ellen Campbell - Rockville, MD - Fall Foliage Princess
Young Adult
First Place:
Ceil Boyles - Parker, CO - Awakening at Spirit Lake
Second Place:
Olgy Gary - Colorado Springs, CO - Island of my Heart
Third Place:
Sandy Meckstroth - Centennial, CO - Gorgon
