{"id":2484,"date":"2014-06-25T21:02:13","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T01:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/?p=2484"},"modified":"2014-06-25T21:02:13","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T01:02:13","slug":"congrats-to-the-carol-award-finalists-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/congrats-to-the-carol-award-finalists-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Congrats To The Carol Award Finalists!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congrats to the 2014 Carol Award Finalists! The Carol Award is given by ACFW. The winners will be announced at the ACFW conference in September.<\/p>\n<p><center><b>Debut Novel<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><em><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"15760508\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1346808351l\/15760508.jpg\" \/><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><em>The Heiress of Winterwood\u00a0<\/em><\/b>by Sarah Ladd (HarperCollins Christian Publishing, editor Natalie Hanemann)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<b><em><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"16281225\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1354867469l\/16281225.jpg\" \/><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><em>Jasmine<\/em><\/b>\u00a0by April McGowan (WhiteFire Publishing, editor Roseanna White)<br \/>\n<b><em><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"17657649\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1364231994l\/17657649.jpg\" \/><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em>Dear Mr. Knightley<\/em><\/b>\u00a0by Katherine Reay (HarperCollins Christian Publishing, editors Becky Monds, Natalie Hanneman, L.B. Norton)<\/p>\n<p><center><b>Contemporary<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"18877667\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1385046423l\/18877667.jpg\" \/><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em>The Language of Sparrows<\/em><\/b>\u00a0by Rachel Phifer (David C. Cook, editor Tonya Osterhouse)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<b><em><b><em><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"17657649\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1364231994l\/17657649.jpg\" \/><\/em><\/b><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em>Dear Mr. Knightley<\/em><\/b>\u00a0by Katherine Reay (HarperCollins Christian Publishing, editors Becky Monds, Natalie Hanneman, L.B. Norton)<br \/>\n<b><em><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"15863529\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1359980869l\/15863529.jpg\" \/><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em>The Dance<\/em><\/b>\u00a0by Gary Smalley and Dan Walsh (Revell \u2013 A Division of Baker Publishing Group, editor Andrea Doering)<\/p>\n<p><center><b>Historical<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"16280977\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1361786371l\/16280977.jpg\" \/><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em>When Mountains Move<\/em><\/b>\u00a0by Julie Cantrell (David C. Cook, editors Ingrid Beck, John Blase)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"16122787\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1359646044l\/16122787.jpg\" \/><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em>Snow on the Tulips<\/em><\/b>\u00a0by Liz Tolsma (HarperCollins Christian Publishing, editors Becky Philpott, Julee Schwarzburg, Jodi Hughes)<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"16113005\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1351553009l\/16113005.jpg\" \/><b><em><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em>Claudia, Wife of Pontius Pilate<\/em><\/b>\u00a0by Diana Wallis Taylor (Revell &#8211; A Division of Baker Publishing Group, editor Lonnie Hull Dupont)<\/p>\n<p><center><b>Historical Romance<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"16109788\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1351226639l\/16109788.jpg\" \/><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em>Into the Whirlwind<\/em><\/b>\u00a0by Elizabeth Camden (Bethany House [Baker] Publishing, editor Raela Schoenherr)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"15726461\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1340901127l\/15726461.jpg\" \/><b><em><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em>A Noble Groom<\/em><\/b>\u00a0by Jody Hedlund (Bethany House [Baker] Publishing, editor Dave Long)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"17288762\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1390168462l\/17288762.jpg\" \/><b><em><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em>The Governess of Highland Hall<\/em><\/b>\u00a0by Carrie Turansky (Waterbrook Multnomah [Random House], editors Shannon Marchese, Karen Ball)<\/p>\n<p><center><b>Mystery\/Suspense\/Thriller<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"15739201\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1347709355l\/15739201.jpg\" \/><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em>Truth Stained Lies by <\/em><\/b>Terri Blackstock\u00a0(HarperCollins Christian Publishing, editors Dave Lambert, Sue Brower, Ellen Tarver)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"17414656\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1361869696l\/17414656.jpg\" \/><b><em><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em>Dark Justice<\/em><\/b>\u00a0by Brandilyn Collins (B&amp;H Publishing, editors Karen Ball, Julie Gwinn)<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"15815078\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1349878448l\/15815078.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em>Fear Has a Name<\/em><\/b>\u00a0by Creston Mapes (David C. Cook, editors L.B. Norton, Jack Campbell)<\/p>\n<p><center><b>Novella<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"19246360\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1386373014l\/19246360.jpg\" \/><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em>An Ever After Summer<\/em><\/b>\u00a0from\u00a0<em>A Bride for all Seasons<\/em>\u00a0by Debra Clopton (HarperCollins Christian Publishing, editor Ami McConnell)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"18401516\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1377972483l\/18401516.jpg\" \/><b><em><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em>Love by the Letter<\/em><\/b>\u00a0by Melissa Jagears (Bethany House [Baker] Publishing, editor Raela Schoenherr)<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"18801738\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1384297497l\/18801738.jpg\" \/><b><em><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em>A Christmas Prayer<\/em><\/b>\u00a0by Linda Wood Rondeau (Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas, editor Amberlynn Noelle)<\/p>\n<p><center><b>Romance<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"17569763\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1362948138l\/17569763.jpg\" \/><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em>Silver Bells<\/em><\/b>\u00a0by Deborah Raney (Summerside Press [Guideposts], editor Rachel Meisel)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"15802375\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1359402878l\/15802375.jpg\" \/><b><em><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em>Catch a Falling Star<\/em><\/b>\u00a0by Beth K. Vogt (Howard [Simon &amp; Schuster], editor Jessica Wong)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"16110337\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1351261432l\/16110337.jpg\" \/><b><em><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em>Undeniably Yours<\/em><\/b>\u00a0by Becky Wade, Bethany House [Baker] Publishing, editors Sarah Long, Charlene Patterson)<\/p>\n<p><center><b>Romantic Suspense<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"17384592\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1373998817l\/17384592.jpg\" \/><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em>Trapped\u00a0<\/em><\/b>by Irene Hannon (Revell \u2013 A Division of Baker Publishing Group, editor Jennifer Leep)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"15863526\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1388371017l\/15863526.jpg\" \/><b><em><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em>Vanished<\/em><\/b>\u00a0by Irene Hannon (Revell \u2013 A Division of Baker Publishing Group, editor Jennifer Leep)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"16100927\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1351145928l\/16100927.jpg\" \/><b><em><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em>Jungle Fire<\/em><\/b>\u00a0by Dana Mentink (River North [Moody Publishers], editor Deb Keiser)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><center><b>Short Novel<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"17164230\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1361195472l\/17164230.jpg\" \/><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em>Seaside Blessings<\/em><\/b>\u00a0by Irene Hannon (Love Inspired [Harlequin], editor Melissa Endlich)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"17570310\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1370214349l\/17570310.jpg\" \/><b><em><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em>The Doctor\u2019s Family Reunion<\/em><\/b>\u00a0by Mindy Obenhaus (Love Inspired [Harlequin], editor Melissa Endlich)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"16116256\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1356513034l\/16116256.jpg\" \/><b><em><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em>Mending the Doctor\u2019s Heart<\/em><\/b>\u00a0by Tina Radcliffe (Love Inspired [Harlequin], editor Rachel Burkot)<\/p>\n<p><center><b>Speculative<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"15781726\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1343864157l\/15781726.jpg\" \/><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em>A Cast of Stones<\/em><\/b>\u00a0by Patrick W. Carr (Bethany House [Baker] Publishing, editors Dave Long, Karen Schurrer)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"16234269\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1367786818l\/16234269.jpg\" \/><b><em><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em>The Hero\u2019s Lot<\/em><\/b>\u00a0by Patrick W. Carr (Bethany House [Baker] Publishing, editors Dave Long, Karen Schurrer)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"17657644\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1364232211l\/17657644.jpg\" \/><b><em><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em>The Sinners\u2019 Garden<\/em><\/b>\u00a0by William Sirls (HarperCollins Christian Publishing, editors Natalie Hanemann, Lisa Bergren)<\/p>\n<p><center><b>Young Adult<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"16153439\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1353098486l\/16153439.jpg\" \/><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em>A Simple Song<\/em><\/b>\u00a0by Melody Carlson (Revell \u2013 A Divison of Baker Publishing Group, editors Lonnie Hull Dupont, Wendy Wetzel)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"16103816\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1350985332l\/16103816.jpg\" \/><b><em><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em>Captives<\/em><\/b>\u00a0by Jill Williamson (HarperCollins Christian Publishing, editors Jacque Alberta, Jeff Gerke)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"18040375\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1370400631l\/18040375.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><em>Project Gemini<\/em><\/b>\u00a0by Jill Williamson (Marcher Lord Press, editor Jeff Gerke)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8211; See more at: http:\/\/www.acfw.com\/carol\/2014_carol_finalists#sthash.3RiYktjs.dpuf<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congrats to the 2014 Carol Award Finalists! 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