{"id":689,"date":"2009-03-22T11:43:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-22T11:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/christy-award-nominations.html"},"modified":"2009-03-22T11:43:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-22T11:43:00","slug":"christy-award-nominations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/christy-award-nominations\/","title":{"rendered":"Christy Award Nominations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_l0Jv-SLk81k\/ScYmPVF-XGI\/AAAAAAAACW0\/zoFy237-chI\/s1600-h\/christy+award.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_l0Jv-SLk81k\/ScYmPVF-XGI\/AAAAAAAACW0\/zoFy237-chI\/s400\/christy+award.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315978454959545442\" \/><\/a><br \/>Congrats to the Christy Award Nominees:<\/p>\n<p><strong>CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE: <\/strong><br \/>Beyond the Night by Marlo Schalesky (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group) <br \/>Finding Stefanie by Susan May Warren (Tyndale House Publishers) <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/zora-and-nicky-novel-in-black-and-white.html\">Zora and Nicky: A Novel in Black and White by Claudia Mair Burney (David C. Cook)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contemporary Series, Sequels &#038; Novellas:<\/strong> <br \/>Sisterchicks Go Brit! by Robin Jones Gunn (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group) <br \/>Summer Snow by Nicole Baart (Tyndale House Publishers) <br \/>You Had Me at Good-bye by Tracey Bateman (FaithWords)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contemporary Standalone:<\/strong> <br \/>Dogwood by Chris Fabry (Tyndale House Publishers) <br \/>Embrace Me by Lisa Samson (Thomas Nelson) <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.blogspot.com\/2008\/06\/tuesday-night-at-blue-moon.html\">Tuesday Night at the Blue Moon by Debbie Fuller Thomas (Moody Publishers)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>First Novel:<\/strong> <br \/>Blue Hole Back Home by Joy Jordan-Lake (David C. Cook) <br \/>Rain Song by Alice J. Wisler (Bethany House Publishers) <br \/>Safe at Home by Richard Doster (David C. Cook)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Historical category: <\/strong><br \/>Shadow of Colossus by T.L. Higley (B&#038;H Publishing Group) <br \/>Until We Reach Home by Lynn Austin (Bethany House Publishers) <br \/>Washington\u2019s Lady by Nancy Moser (Bethany House Publishers)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Historical Romance category:<\/strong> <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.blogspot.com\/2008\/07\/calico-canyon.html\">Calico Canyon by Mary Connealy (Barbour Publishers) <\/a><br \/>From a Distance by Tamera Alexander (Bethany House Publishers) <br \/>The Moon in the Mango Tree by Pamela Binnings Ewen (B&#038;H Publishing Group)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Suspense category:<\/strong> <br \/>By Reason of Insanity by Randy Singer (Tyndale House Publishers) <br \/>The Rook by Steven James (Revell) <br \/>Winter Haven by Athol Dickson (Bethany House Publishers)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Visionary category:<\/strong> <br \/>The Battle for Vast Dominion by George Bryan Polivka (Harvest House Publishers) <br \/>Shade by John B. Olson (B&#038;H Publishing Group) <br \/>Vanish by Tom Pawlik (Tyndale House Publishers)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Young Adult category:<\/strong> <br \/>The Fruit of My Lipstick by Shelley Adina (FaithWords) <br \/>I Have Seen Him in the Watchfires by Cathy Gohlke (Moody Publishers) <br \/>On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)<\/p>\n<p>The press release can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/ajast.com\/ChristyNominationsPR2009.pdf\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heartsongpresents.com\/book\/detail\/9781602602557\/\">~Cecelia Dowdy~<\/a><\/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 Christy Award Nominees: CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE: Beyond the Night by Marlo Schalesky (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group) Finding Stefanie by Susan May Warren (Tyndale House Publishers) Zora and Nicky: A Novel in Black and White by Claudia Mair Burney (David C. 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