2010 Genesis Finalists

The Genesis contest is sponsored by ACFW for unpublished writers. The finalists were announced earlier in the month, and the winners of each category will be announced at the awards banquet in September. (During the annual conference held this year in Indianapolis.)

CONTEMPORARY FICTION:
(total entries: 47)

Cindy  Hays
Lynnette P. Horner
Chris Kraft
Mark Lundgren
Christina S. Nelson

CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE:
(total entries: 63)

Jeannie Campbell
Sarah Forgrave
Janice LaQuiere
Rebecca Syme
Linda Yezak

HISTORICAL FICTION:
(total entries: 35)

Lori Benton
Brenda Jackson
Robert Kaku
Lisa Karon Richardson
Katie-Marie Stout

HISTORICAL ROMANCE:
(total entries: 65)

Susanne Dietze
Anne Greene
Pam Hillman
Lisa Karon Richardson
Ruth Trippy

MYSTERY/SUSPENSE/THRILLER:
(total entries: 45)

Rich Bullock
Barbara Early (double finalist with two entries)
Lynda Schab
Chawna Schroeder

ROMANTIC SUSPENSE (there was a two-way tie for the fifth finalist slot):
(total entries: 50)

Valerie Goree
Mindy Obenhaus
Leslie Pfeil
Dianna Shuford
Teri Dawn Smith
Terri Weldon

SPECULATIVE FICTION:
(total entries: 49)

Ben Erlichman
Suzanne Krein
Shelley Ledfors
Andra Marquardt
Holly Smit

WOMEN'S FICTION (there was a three-way tie for the fifth finalist slot):
(total entries: 76)

Lisa Buffaloe
Jennifer  Fromke
Terri  Haynes
Fay Lamb
Christina S. Nelson
Melissa Tagg
Michelle Ule

YOUNG ADULT:
(total entries: 56)

Angela Bell
Lin Harris
Kasey Heinly
LoraLee Kodzo
Stefanie Morris

ACFW Genesis Contest Finalists

These are the finalists in ACFW's annual Genesis contest for unpublished writers. The winners will be announced at the 2009 ACFW Conference in Denver in September.

CONTEMPORARY FICTION:
(total entries: 44)

Sharon Ball, Clay Pigeon Falling
David W. Fry, Eester Egg
Jennifer Griffith, Magpies in Trees
Ane Mulligan, Chapel Springs Revival
Patty Slack, No Other Gods

CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE:
(total entries: 75)

Cathy Bryant, These Roads Lead Home
Kathleen Haynes, A Mismatch Made In Heaven
Lisa Jordan, Draw Me Close
Christy LaShea Smith, The Bridge Between
Eileen Astels Watson, The Unlikely One

HISTORICAL FICTION:
(total entries: 39)

Nancy Herriman, A Heart So Fine
D'Ann Mateer, In Flew Enza
Christina Miller, The Lantern
Sandi Rog, Mark of the Sword
Christine Schmidtke, Unveiled

HISTORICAL ROMANCE (six finalist entries due to a tie, but one is a
double finalist):
(total entries: 57)

Jody Hedlund (double finalist with two entries), My Elizabeth, My
Beloved & My Katharina, My Empress
Lisa Richardson, Magistrate's Folly
Connie Stevens, Leave Me Never
Gina Welborn, The Promise
Lacy Williams, Marrying Miss Marshal

MYSTERY/SUSPENSE/THRILLER:
(total entries: 45)

David Fry, Drop Bled
Anne Greene, Holly Gardens, PI, Red is for Rookie
Dineen Miller, The Soul Saver
Lynda Schab, Dead Weight
Alan Schleimer, Q.doc

ROMANTIC SUSPENSE:
(total entries: 50)

Mary F. Allen, A Wilderness Like Eden
Wenda Dottridge, Under Cover
Danica Favorite-McDonald, Through the Shadows
Kelly Ann Riley, Kitty's Fire
Janet Warren, Katherine Octavia, C.I.A.

SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY/SPECULATIVE FICTION:
(total entries: 45)

Valerie Comer, Majai's Fury
Megan Ebba, Doorkeepers
David Fry, Lies To See
Suzanne Krein, Lucifer Planet
Lisa Tuttle, Daughter of Paradise

WOMEN'S FICTION:
(total entries: 62)

Cathleen Armstrong, The Church of Last Chance
Marie Wells Coutu, For Such A Time
Candee Fick, Serving Up Love
Julie Garmon, One for the Road
Ashely Weis, Under an April Sky

YOUNG ADULT:
(total entries: 37)

Kasey L. Heinly, Cranked Up
Gretchen Hoffman, Rewind
Susan Miura, Show Me a Sign
Diana Sharples (double finalist with two entries), The Fifth
Generation & Out at Home