CHICKLIT 
Final Judge - Paige Wheeler -
Creative Media Agency

1. Christie Craig - Shut Up And Kiss Me
2. Michelle Pucci Giles - Fashionably Correct
 

  MAINSTREAM/SINGLE TITLE  
Final Judge - Susan McCarty
Berkley/Jove

  1. Terry McLaughlin - Wide Open Spaces
  2. Alan Chaput - The Foundation
  3. Marlene P. Noles - Don't Say A Word
  4. Debby Conrad - Every Breath You Take

 
  ROMANTIC SUSPENSE 
Final Judge - Julie Barrett
Silhouette

  1. Christie Craig - Hostage To Love
  2. Louise Cobb & Karen Daughtry - Once And Again
 

  INSPIRATIONAL  
Final Judge - Diane Dietz
Steeple Hill

  1. Tina Novinski - Trouble In Paradise
  2. Ruth Logan Herne* - The Prodigal
  3. Julie Lessman - A Chasing After The Wind

 
  SHORT CONTEMPORARY  
Final Judge - Patience Smith
Silhouette

  1. Janice Lynn - Her Mr. Right Now
  2. Kathy Coatney - Wooing Emma
 

  HISTORICAL  
Final Judge - Cindy Hwang
Penguin/Putnam

  1. Christie Craig - Loving Heart
  2. Haley Hughes - Prairie Fire
  3. Elizabeth Stock - Secrets And Seduction
  4. Kelly Gottuso Mortimer - Moment of Glory

 
  PARANORMAL  
Final Judge - Anna Genoese
TOR

  1. Natasha Staton - A Taste Of Magic
  2. Sonja Goedde - A Love For All Time
  3. Jewelann Butler - A Dangerous Enchantment