2011 BRMCWC Contest Results [Updated . . . again]

05/18/2011

[Updated. Thanks to everyone who reminded me that I had left off a few categories. I've added the categories to the Unpublished Authors Contest. I apologize for the oversight. --ALG

YA winners were added 5-22-11]

This year we held three contests: one for unpublished authors; one for conferees who had books published the previous year; one industry wide contest.

The contest for Unpublished Authors has been around for several years. The contest is meant to encourage conferees who have yet to be published in a particular category. This contest is judged my faculty volunteers. Submissions are made by conferees. Edie Melson provided oversight for this contest.

The Director's Choice award is meant to honor conferees who have published between conference dates. The conference director judges submissions for this contest. Submissions are made by the author or publisher.

The Selah Award is an industry wide contest open to anyone who has published in the Christian market. Judges were selected readers outside the rank and file of the conference. Submissions come from authors, agents, or editors. Eva Marie Everson designed and managed this contest.

Here are this year's winners.

Unpublished Authors Contest

Articles – Print and Web combined

First Place: Julie Webb Kelley, How Your Lifestyle Affects Your Breast Cancer
Second Place: La-Tan Murphy, Sweet Tea with Lemon
Third Place: Tawnya Shaffer, Joy of Humdrum

Devotions

First Place: Tawnya Shafer, A Bump in My Sock
Second Place: Jim Burke, Out of the Depths
Third Place: Dee Dee Parker, Beautiful Feet

Dramas/Plays/Scripts

First Place: Carlton Hughes, Where is He?
Second Place: Donnalyn Davis, A Real Christmas Blessing
Third Place: Dana Ketchum, The After Life

Non-Fiction Book

First Place: Christine Hoover, Cultivating Tender Soil
Second Place: Wendy Saxton, How to Forgive What You’ll Never Forget
Third Place: Aggi Stevenson, Upon My Tiny Shoulders

Bible Study

First Place: Katy Kauffman, 2 Timothy
Second Place: Aggi Stevenson, God’s Wounded Warriors
Third Place: Virginia Carr, Take Control of Your Thoughts

Novellas

First Place: Kimberli Buffaloe, Eternal Weight of Glory
Second Place: Kay Chandler, Unforgettable
Third Place: Mary Beth Dahl, 100 Days

Novel

First Place: Lori Roeleveld, The Overcomers
Second Place: Kay Chandler, Sweet Lavender
Third Place: D’Ann Renner, Normal is Just a Point of View

Blog

First Place: Alycia Morales, www.amoralesthinks.blogspot.com
Second Place: Lori Roeleveld, www.loristanleyroeleveld.blogspot.com
Third Place: Christine Hoover, www.hooverhousehold.blogspot.com

[Winners not listed in previous post:]

Poetry

First Place: Stacey Burke, My Lord, My Life
Second Place: Julie Webb Kelley, Listening through the Rain
Third Place: Cathy Baker, Soft Clover

Short Story/Flash Fiction

First Place: Lori Roeleveld, Through the Waters
Second Place: Kimberli Buffaloe, Saints and Sinners
Third Place: Dee Dee Parker, Gnarly Knotts

Childrens

First Place: Darlo Gemeinhardt, Abra-Cadaver Dog
Second Place: James Booth, Help Each Other
Third Place: Mitzi Smith, A Valentine for Lucy

Young Adult

First Place: Diana Sharples, Running Lean
Second Place: Kay Chandler, When the Tide Ebbs
Third Place: Darlo Gemeinhardt, The Heart of Dixie

Director's Choice Award 2011

First place: Marcia Gaddis, When God Comes Near, Longbranch Press
Second place: Ginny Dent Brant, Finding True Freedom, CLC Publications

Selah Awards 2011

FICTION: Amy Clipston, A Promise of Hope, Zondervan
YA FICTION: Larry Jones, The Curse of Captain LaFoote, Port Yonder Press
CHRISTIAN LIVING: Louise Looney, Hidden Treasure for Golden Years, XP Publishing
INSPIRATION & GIFT: Marcia Gaddis, When God Comes Near, Longbranch Press
CHILDREN'S: Dan & Ali Morrow, That's Where God Is, David C. Cook
WINNER OF THE 2011 SELAH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD: Marcia Gaddis, When God Comes Near, Longbranch Press

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Congrats to all! What about the Children's and YA category?

Posted by: Jeanette Edgar | 05/18/2011 at 09:14 AM

Yes, didn't Darlo Gemeinhardt (sp) win for Children's and Diane Sharples for young adult?

Posted by: Lori Stanley Roeleveld | 05/18/2011 at 12:59 PM

And the YA Fiction winner for the Selah should say "Eddie" Jones, not "Larry" Jones.

Posted by: Chila Woychik | 08/09/2011 at 07:07 AM

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