News for November

Congratulations to our members on their achievements!

• Edwina Kiernan, writing as Vivien Kiernan, reached the semi-finals in Spark Flash Fiction’s Love in Disguise contest issue, in which her suspense flash fiction story, “Secret Delivery”, was published.
• Jennifer Chastain signed a contract with Sunrise Publishing for a romantic suspense novel.
• Charlsie Estess is thrilled to now be represented by Lynette Eason of The Steve Laube Agency.
• Beth Vogt’s novel, Dedicated to the One I Love, won first place in the 2024 Angel Book Awards for Contemporary Fiction.
• Silver Prairies by Pegg Thomas won the Will Rogers Silver Medallion Award for Traditional Western.
• Cobalt Skies by Pegg Thomas won the Will Rogers Bronze Medallion Award for Historical Western Romance.
• Heidi McCahan recently signed a 5-book contract with Sunrise Publishing followed closely by a 4-book deal with Love Inspired.
• Justice Delayed by Sarah Hamaker placed second in the mystery/suspense category at the Angel Book Awards 2024/Faith and Fellowship Book Festival.
• Laura Conner Kestner’s book, Fair Haven, recently won the gold medallion in the inspirational category of the Will Rogers Medallion Awards.
• Darlene Corbett became a finalist in the Inspirational Fiction Category for the 2024 Best Book Awards sponsored by the American Book Festival.
• Chris Maday Schmidt recently sold a short story, “Fall Risk” to Chicken Soup for the Soul to be published in its 2025 edition of Laughter’s Always the Best Medicine.
• Lori DeJong’s debut novel Love’s True Calling, tied for the Scrivenings Press Book of the Year (2023) in the Contemporary category.
• Louise M. Gouge signed a three-book deal with Love Inspired for Western Romance.
• Denise M. Colby’s When Plans Go Awry book cover won the Best in Genre Cover at the OCRW (Orange County Romance Writers) annual birthday bash.