May 20
The top 5 finalists for each category were announced on 5/14/2009. As you can see from the following list, my entry did not make the finals.
Yes. it is a little frustrating, but I did receive a great amount of positive and constructive feedback on my manuscript.
Now to wait another year for the 2010 Genesis!
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CONTEMPORARY FICTION: (total entries: 44) Sharon Ball David W. Fry Jennifer Griffith Ane Mulligan Patty Slack CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE: (total entries: 75) Cathy Bryant Kathleen Haynes Lisa Jordan Christy LaShea Smith Eileen Astels Watson HISTORICAL FICTION: (total entries: 39) Nancy Herriman D'Ann Mateer Christina Miller Sandi Rog Christine Schmidtke 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) Lisa Richardson Connie Stevens Gina Welborn Lacy Williams MYSTERY/SUSPENSE/THRILLER: (total entries: 45) David Fry Anne Greene Dineen Miller Lynda Schab Alan Schleimer ROMANTIC SUSPENSE: (total entries: 50) Mary F. Allen Wenda Dottridge Danica Favorite-McDonald Kelly Ann Riley Janet Warren SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY/SPECULATIVE FICTION: (total entries: 45) Valerie Comer Megan Ebba David Fry Suzanne Krein Lisa Tuttle WOMEN'S FICTION: (total entries: 62) Cathleen Armstrong Marie Wells Coutu Candee Fick Julie Garmon Ashely Weis YOUNG ADULT: (total entries: 37) Kasey L. Heinly Gretchen Hoffman Susan Miura Diana Sharples (double finalist with two entries) This year, the Genesis had a whopping 454 entries!
