{"id":1036,"date":"2007-09-26T23:07:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-26T23:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/announcing-acfws-book-of-the-year-winners.html"},"modified":"2007-09-26T23:07:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-26T23:07:00","slug":"announcing-acfws-book-of-year-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/announcing-acfws-book-of-year-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing ACFW’s Book Of The Year Winners!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I would like to congratulate ACFW’s Book of the Year Contest winners! <\/p>\n

Contemporary Novella:
3rd Place: Diamond Place by Robin Lee Hatcher
2nd Place: A Carol for Christmas by Robin Lee Hatcher
1st Place: Home for the Holidays by Christine Lynxwiler\u2026Barbour Publishing, Rebecca Germany, editor.<\/p>\n

General Fiction, which includes Sci-Fi and Young Adult:
3rd Place: Feather by Susan Page Davis
2nd Place: A Bigger Life by Annette Smith
1st Place: DragonKnight by Donita K. Paul\u2026.WaterBrook Press, Shannon Hill, editor<\/p>\n

Historical Novella
3rd Place: Reuben’s Atonement by Lynette Sowell
2nd Place: To Do Justice by Cathy Marie Hake
1st Place: Joie de Vivre by Lynette Sowell\u2026Barbour Publishing, Rebecca Germany, editor<\/p>\n

Lits
3rd Place: Front Porch Princess by Kathryn Springer
2nd Place: The Secret Life of Becky Miller by Sharon Hinck
1st Place: Hot Tropics and Cold Feet by Diann Hunt.\u2026Westbow Press, Ami McConnell, editor<\/p>\n

Long Historical
There was a tie for second place in this category.
2nd Place: The Measure of a Lady by Deeanne Gist
2nd Place: William Henry is a Fine Name by Cathy Gohlke
1st Place: Waiting for Summer’s Return by Kim Vogel Sawyer, Bethany House, Charlene Patterson, editor<\/p>\n

Short Contemporary Suspense
3rd Place: Strictly Confidential by Terri Reed
2nd Place: Stormcatcher by Colleen Coble, writing as Colleen Rhoads
1st Place: Hearts on the Line by Margaret Daley, Steeple Hill, Diane Dietz, editor<\/p>\n

Short Contemporary
3rd Place: That Wilder Boy by Kim Vogel Sawyer
2nd Place: My So-Called Love Life by Allie Pleiter
1st Place: A Season for Grace by Linda Goodnight, Steeple Hill, Allison Lyons, editor<\/p>\n

Short Historical
3rd Place: Bayou Dreams by Kathleen Miller Y’Barbo
2nd Place: Spoke of Love by Cathy Marie Hake
1st Place: The Prisoner’s Wife by Susan Page Davis, Heartsong Presents, Tracie Peterson, editor.<\/p>\n

Suspense
3rd place winners with a three-way-tie are:Hazardous Duty by Christy Barritt, Fire Dancer by Colleen Coble, and Alaska Twilight by Colleen Coble
2nd Place: Widows and Orphans by Susan Meissner
1st Place: Dangerous Depths by Colleen Coble, Westbow Press, Ami McConnell, editor<\/p>\n

Women’s Fiction
There was a two way tie for second place in this category.
2nd Place: Reclaiming Nick by Susan May Warren
2nd Place: Watching the Tree Limbs by Mary DeMuth
1st Place: The Fragrance of Roses by Nikki Arana, Revell\/Baker Books, Jennifer Leep, editor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I would like to congratulate ACFW’s Book of the Year Contest winners! Contemporary Novella:3rd Place: Diamond Place by Robin Lee Hatcher 2nd Place: A Carol for Christmas by Robin Lee Hatcher 1st Place: Home for the Holidays by Christine Lynxwiler\u2026Barbour Publishing, Rebecca Germany, editor. General Fiction, which includes Sci-Fi and Young Adult:3rd Place: Feather by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writing-related-posts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paovYP-gI","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}