Gulf Coast Chapter Blog

2012 Silken Sands Self-Published Star Contest Finalists

Congratulations to all of the finalists in the 2012 Silken Sands Self-Published Star Contest.  Our judges reviewed some incredible entries, and we’d like to thank the judges for their time and consideration. We’d also like to thank all of our entrants–so many wonderful stories! So many talented authors.

And now, here are our finalists (congratulations!!):

Short Story:

Gaea’s Chosen: The Mayday Directive by Cara Michaels

New Money & Old Trouble by Jane Carver

Dragon In The Mist by Nancy Lee Badger

Novella:

All’s Fair In Love & Seduction by Beverley Kendall

Loving or Nothing by Cara Marsi

Deceive her With Desire by Nina Pierce

Single Title Contemporary:

Wife by Wednesday by Catherine Bybee

For the Love of a Woman by Christina James

Hardball by V.K. Sykes

Single Title Paranormal:

Bayou Legend by Janet Breakfield

Somebody Tell Aunt Tillie She’s Dead by Christiana Miller

Love by Accident by Michelle Beattie

Single Title Historical:

This Heart For Hire by Elysa Hendricks

Another Chance by Michelle Beattie

Her Secondhand Groom by Rose Gordon

Young Adult:

Pride’s Run by Cat Kalen

Freaks of Greenfield High by Maree Anderson

The Boyfriend Thief by Shana Norris

Winners will be announced at the Silken Sands Writers’ Conference in Pensacola, Florida, on March 17, 2012.  

Update: The location of the February 4th meeting has changed.  For directions and details on the new location, please email:  arabellastokes@ymail.com. 

The Gulf Coast Chapter is so excited about our plans for 2012! We’ll
be announcing finalists and winners for the inaugural year of our
Silken Sands Self-Published Star Contest at the 2012 Silken Sands
Conference in Penascola Beach. We’re also organizing a great line-up
of workshops and speakers for our monthly meetings. Plus, we like to
have a lot of fun. And good food. And we work hard too!

To kick off the year, we hope you’ll join us January 7, 2012, at 11 AM
for our meeting at the Moorer branch of the Mobile library, followed
by a fantastic workshop as Fran McNabb (aka Fran Fisher) talks to us
about organizing our writing. We’ll also be setting individual and
chapter goals, launching a Million-Word March program, doing group
critique sessions, having some yummy snacks, and getting excited as we
head into the home stretch of planning for the Silken Sands
Conference!

The Gulf Coast Chapter is going to have a great 2012! We hope to see you soon!

Saturday, December 3, 2011 will be the Christmas Party for the Gulf Coast Chapter RWA. We plan a short meeting and then a party  atmosphere. Anyone that may want to be part of this fun and informative group is welcome to attend and get to know us. Email us at the contact info at the bottom of this page for directions.

Our Chapter is proud of all of our writers and we have two more of our number that deserve praise this week.

CataNetwork has honored two of our authors with a 2009 Reader’s Choice Award:  Paige Tyler for Men of Alaska: Animal Instinct  and Cynthia Eden for Immortal Danger.   Congratulations, Ladies.

Allison Knight has just received word that her book,  A Treasure for Sara,  has been nominated as Best Historical of 2009 by Love Romances and More.   Many congratulations from your chapter members, Allison.