{"id":206,"date":"2011-07-14T10:32:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T10:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/congrats-to-the-2011-carol-award-finalists.html"},"modified":"2011-07-14T10:32:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-14T10:32:00","slug":"congrats-to-2011-carol-award-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/congrats-to-2011-carol-award-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Congrats To The 2011 Carol Award Finalists! :-)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Congratulations to the 2011 Carol Award finalists. The Carol Award is sponsored by American Christian Fiction Writers. The winners will be announced at the annual ACFW conference in September! <\/p>\n

~Cecelia Dowdy~<\/a>
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<\/i>Debut Novel:<\/p>\n

The Preacher\u2019s Bride by Jody Hedlund (Bethany House – Dave Long\/Sharon Asmus, Editors)<\/p>\n

Crossing Oceans by Gina Holmes (Tyndale Publishers – Kathryn Olson, Editor)<\/p>\n

Rooms by James L. Rubart (B&H Publishing – Julee Schwarzburg, Editor)<\/p>\n

Long Contemporary:<\/p>\n

The Choice by Suzanne Woods Fisher (Revell – Andrea Doering, Editor)<\/p>\n

Red Ink by Kathi Macias (New Hope Publishers – Randy Bishop, Editor)<\/p>\n

Never Say Never by Lisa Wingate (Bethany House – Dave Long, Editor)<\/p>\n

Long Contemporary Romance: <\/p>\n

Plain Jayne by Hilary Manton Lodge (Harvest House – Kim Moore, Editor)<\/p>\n

Anna\u2019s Return by Marta Perry (Berkley – Ellen Edwards, Editor)<\/p>\n

Plain Paradise by Beth Wiseman (Thomas Nelson – Natalie Hanemann, Editor)<\/p>\n

Long Historical:<\/p>\n

Here Burns My Candle by Liz Curtis Higgs (Waterbrook Press – Laura Barker, Editor)<\/p>\n

Petra: City in Stone by T.L. Higley (B&H Publishing – Karen Ball, Editor)<\/p>\n

Sons of Thunder by Susan May Warren (Summerside Press \u2013 Susan Downs, Editor)<\/p>\n

Long Historical Romance:<\/p>\n

The Husband Tree by Mary Connealy (Barbour – Rebecca Germany, Editor)<\/p>\n

Love Finds You In Homestead, Iowa by Melanie Dobson (Summerside – Rachel Meisel\/Connie Troyer, Editors)<\/p>\n

Courting Morrow Little by Laura Frantz (Revell – Andrea Doering, Editor)<\/p>\n

Mystery:<\/p>\n

Mirrored Image by Alice K. Arenz (Sheaf House – Joan M. Shoup, Editor)<\/p>\n

Muslin Mystery by Vera Dodge (Guideposts – Beth Adams, Editor)<\/p>\n

The Camera Never Lies by Elizabeth Goddard (Barbour \u2013 Rebecca Germany, Editor)<\/p>\n

Novellas (Contemporary and Historical were combined into one category):<\/p>\n

The Prodigal Groom by Vickie McDonough (Barbour \u2013 Rebecca Germany, Editor)<\/p>\n

Ride With Me Into Christmas by Rachael Phillips (Barbour \u2013 Rebecca Germany, Editor)<\/p>\n

A Trusting Heart by Carrie Turansky (Barbour \u2013 Rebecca Germany, Editor)<\/p>\n

Romantic Suspense:<\/p>\n

The Silent Order by Melanie Dobson (Summerside Press – Rachel Meisel\/Susan Downs, Editors)<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t Look Back by Lynette Eason (Revell – Andrea Doering, Editor)<\/p>\n

Pursuit of Justice by DiAnn Mills (Tyndale Publishers – Karen Watson, Editor)<\/p>\n

Short Contemporary:<\/p>\n

The Wedding Garden by Linda Goodnight (Love Inspired – Allison Lyons)<\/p>\n

A Father for Zach by Irene Hannon (Love Inspired – Melissa Endlich, Editor)<\/p>\n

Winter\u2019s End by Ruth Logan Herne (Love Inspired – Melissa Endlich, Editor)<\/p>\n

Short Contemporary Suspense:<\/p>\n

Night Prey by Sharon Dunn (Love Inspired Suspense – Emily Rodmell, Editor)<\/p>\n

Legacy of Lies by Jill Elizabeth Nelson (Love Inspired Suspense – Emily Rodmell, Editor)<\/p>\n

Firestorm by Kelly Ann Riley (Love Inspired Suspense – Tina James, Editor)<\/p>\n

Short Historical:<\/p>\n

Her Healing Ways by Lyn Cote (Love Inspired Historical – Tina James, Editor)<\/p>\n

Promise of Tomorrow by S. Dionne Moore (Barbour – JoAnne Simmons, Editor)<\/p>\n

The Columns of Cottonwood by Sandra Robbins (Barbour – JoAnne Simmons, Editor)<\/p>\n

Speculative Fiction:<\/p>\n

The Wolf of Tebron by C. S. Lakin (AMG Publishers – Rick Steele, Editor)<\/p>\n

Rooms by James L. Rubart (B&H Publishing – Julee Schwarzburg, Editor)<\/p>\n

K\u00f6nig\u2019s Fire by Marc Schooley (Marcher Lord Press \u2013 Jeff Gerke, Editor)<\/p>\n

Suspense\/Thriller:<\/p>\n

Predator by Terri Blackstock (Zondervan – Sue Brower\/Dave Lambert, Editors)<\/p>\n

Fear No Evil by Robin Caroll (B&H Publishing \u2013 Karen Ball, Editor)<\/p>\n

Medical Error by Richard L. Mabry (Abingdon Press \u2013 Barbara Scott, Editor)<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s Fiction:<\/p>\n

Beaded Hope by Cathy Liggett (Tyndale Publishers – Jan Stob\/Lorie Popp, Editors)<\/p>\n

They Almost Always Come Home by Cynthia Ruchti (Abingdon \u2013 Barbara Scott, Editor)<\/p>\n

Beyond Summer by Lisa Wingate (NAL – Ellen Edwards, Editor)<\/p>\n

Young Adult:<\/p>\n

Anything But Normal by Melody Carlson (Revell – Lonnie Hull Dupont, Editor)<\/p>\n

Healer\u2019s Apprentice by Melanie Dickerson (Zonderkidz – Jacque Alberta, Editor)<\/p>\n

Katy\u2019s New World by Kim Vogel Sawyer (Zonderkidz – Jacque Alberta, Editor)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to the 2011 Carol Award finalists. The Carol Award is sponsored by American Christian Fiction Writers. The winners will be announced at the annual ACFW conference in September! ~Cecelia Dowdy~Debut Novel: The Preacher\u2019s Bride by Jody Hedlund (Bethany House – Dave Long\/Sharon Asmus, Editors) Crossing Oceans by Gina Holmes (Tyndale Publishers – Kathryn Olson, […]<\/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":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paovYP-3k","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206","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=206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}