{"id":393,"date":"2010-07-18T10:31:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-18T10:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/carol-award-finalists.html"},"modified":"2010-07-18T10:31:00","modified_gmt":"2010-07-18T10:31:00","slug":"carol-award-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/carol-award-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Carol Award Finalists!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Congrats to the following Carol Award Finalists! The Carol Award was formerly known as ACFW’s Book Of The Year Award! The winners will be announced at the ACFW Conference in September<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Debut Author
Bonnie Grove – Talking to the Dead (David C. Cook Publishing)
Liz Jonson – The Kidnapping of Kenzie Thorn (Steeple Hill)
Kirk Outerbridge – Eternity Falls (Marcher Lord Press)
Jill Eileen Smith – Michal (Revell)
Dan Walsh – The Unfinished Gift (Revell)<\/p>\n

Contemporary Novella
6 Finalists due to a tie<\/p>\n

Barbara Cameron \u2013 One Child (Thomas Nelson)
Barbara Cameron \u2013 When Winter Comes (Thomas Nelson)
Debra Clopton \u2013 A Mule Hollow Match (Steeple Hill)
Susan May Warren \u2013 The Great Christmas Bowl (Tyndale House)
Beth Wiseman \u2013 A Change of Heart (Thomas Nelson)
Beth Wiseman \u2013 A Choice to Forgive (Thomas Nelson)<\/p>\n

Historical Novella<\/p>\n

Victoria Bylin \u2013 Home Again (Steeple Hill)
Vickie McDonough \u2013 A Breed Apart (Barbour Publishing)
Vickie McDonough \u2013 Beloved Enemy (Barbour Publishing)
Janet Tronstad – Christmas Bells for Dry Creek (Steeple Hill)
Carrie Turansky – A Shelter in the Storm (Barbour Publishing) <\/p>\n

Long Contemporary
6 Finalists due to a tie<\/p>\n

Christina Berry – The Familiar Stranger (Moody Publishers)
Mary Ellis – A Widow’s Hope (Harvest House Publishers)
Joyce Magnin – The Prayers of Agnes Sparrow (Abingdon Press)
Susan Meissner – White Picket Fences (Waterbrook Press)
Marlo Schalesky- If Tomorrow Never Comes (Multnomah)
Susan May Warren – Nothing But Trouble (Tyndale House) <\/p>\n

Long Contemporary Romance<\/p>\n

Candace Calvert – Critical Care (Tyndale House)
Denise Hunter – Seaside Letters (Thomas Nelson)
Jenny B. Jones – Just Between You and Me (Thomas Nelson)
Beth Wiseman – Plain Promise (Thomas Nelson)
Cindy Woodmsall – The Hope of Refuge (Waterbrook Press) <\/p>\n

Mystery<\/p>\n

A.K. Arenz – The Case of the Mystified M.D. (Sheaf House)
Mindy Starns Clark – Under the Cajun Moon (Harvest House Publishers)
Darlene Franklin – A String of Murders (Heartsong Mysteries)
S. Dionne Moore – Polly Dent Loses Grip (Heartsong Mysteries)
Janice Thompson writing as Janice Hanna – Pushing up Daisies (Heartsong Mysteries)<\/p>\n

Long Historical<\/p>\n

Deeanne Gist – A Bride in the Bargain (Bethany House)
Robin Lee Hatcher – Fit To Be Tied (Zondervan)
Maureen Lang – Look to the East (Tyndale House)
Siri Mitchell – Love’s Pursuit (Bethany House)
Allison Pittman – Stealing Home (Multnomah) <\/p>\n

Long Historical Romance
8 Finalists due to a tie<\/p>\n

Amanda Cabot – Paper Roses (Revell)
Mary Connealy – Cowboy Christmas (Barbour Publishing)
Mary Connealy – Montana Rose (Barbour Publishing)
Laura Frantz – The Frontiersman’s Daughter (Revell)
Ann Gabhart – The Believer (Revell)
Julie Lessman – A Passion Denied (Revell)
Janice Thompson writing as Janice Hanna – Love Finds You in Poetry, Texas (Summerside Press)
Kathleen Y\u2019Barbo – The Confidential Life of Eugenia Cooper (Waterbrook Press) <\/p>\n

Short Contemporary<\/p>\n

Debra Clopton – His Cowgirl Bride (Steeple Hill)
Myra Johnson – Autumn Rains (Heartsong Presents)
Vickie McDonough – A Wagonload of Trouble (Heartsong Presents)
Mae Nunn – A Texas Ranger’s Family (Steeple Hill)
Glynna Sirpless writing as Glynna Kaye – Dreaming of Home (Steeple Hill)<\/p>\n

Short Contemporary Suspense
6 Finalists due to a tie<\/p>\n

Jill Elizabeth Nelson – Evidence of Murder (Steeple Hill)
Sandra Robbins – Final Warning (Steeple Hill)
Virginia Smith – Murder at Eagle Summit (Steeple Hill)
Virginia Smith – Scent of Murder (Steeple Hill)
Jenness Walker – Double Take (Steeple Hill)
Lenora Worth – Code of Honor (Steeple Hill) <\/p>\n

Short Historical<\/p>\n

Lyn Cote – Her Patchwork Family (Steeple Hill)
Laurie Alice Eakes – The Glassblower (Heartsong Presents)
Laurie Kingery – The Outlaw’s Lady (Steeple Hill)
Lynette Sowell – All That Glitters (Heartsong Presents)
Dan Walsh – The Unfinished Gift (Revell) <\/p>\n

Speculative (includes Science Fiction, Fantasy, Allegory)
6 Finalists due to a tie<\/p>\n

Kirk Outerbridge – Eternity Falls (Marcher Lord Press)
Donita K. Paul – The Vanishing Sculptor (Waterbrook Press)
Steve Rzasa – The Word Reclaimed (Marcher Lord Press)
Stuart Vaughn Stockton \u2013 Starfire (Marcher Lord Press)
Fred Warren – The Muse (Splashdown Books)
Jill Williamson – By Darkness Hid (Marcher Lord Press) <\/p>\n

Suspense\/Thriller<\/p>\n

Terri Blackstock \u2013 Intervention (Zondervan)
Colleen Coble – Lonestar Secrets (Thomas Nelson)
Brandilyn Collins \u2013 Exposure (Zondervan)
Harry Kraus – Salty Like Blood (Howard\/Simon & Schuster)
DiAnn Mills – Breach of Trust (Tyndale House)<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s Fiction
7 Finalists due to a tie<\/p>\n

Julie Carobini – Sweet Waters (B&H Publishing)
Kathryn Cushman \u2013 Leaving Yesterday (Bethany House)
Sara Evans & Rachel Hauck – Sweet By and By (Thomas Nelson)
Rene Gutteridge & Cheryl McKay – Never the Bride (Waterbrook Press)
Deborah Raney – Yesterday’s Embers (Howard\/Simon & Schuster)
Deborah Raney – Above All Things (Steeple Hill)
Lisa Wingate – The Summer Kitchen (New American Library\/Penguin)<\/p>\n

Young Adult<\/p>\n

Shelley Adina – Who Made You a Princess? (Hachette FaithWords)
Brandilyn & Amberly Collins – Always Watching (Zondervan)
Jenny B. Jones – I’m So Sure (Thomas Nelson)
Jenny B. Jones – So Not Happening (Thomas Nelson)
Booker T. Mattison – Unsigned Hype (Revell) <\/p>\n

~Cecelia Dowdy~<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congrats to the following Carol Award Finalists! The Carol Award was formerly known as ACFW’s Book Of The Year Award! The winners will be announced at the ACFW Conference in September! Debut AuthorBonnie Grove – Talking to the Dead (David C. Cook Publishing) Liz Jonson – The Kidnapping of Kenzie Thorn (Steeple Hill)Kirk Outerbridge – […]<\/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":[24,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-acfw-conference","category-awards"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paovYP-6l","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393","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=393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}