2003 Jasmine Contest Winners

Erotic Romance

First Place: Marie Zahorick — Her Body of Work
Second Place: Patricia Crossley — The Game
Third Place: Jamie Disterhaupt — The Fifth Favor

F-F-P-TT Romance

First Place: Cynthia Friberg — Born of the Shadows
Second Place: Adrienne Regard — The Maid, the Wife and the Widow
Third Place: Jeanne Miraglia — Night Magic

Historical

First Place: Myretta Robens — The Course of True Love
Second Place: Sally Carroll — The Good Wife
Third Place: Sheila Conway — Stranger in Sovereignty

Inspirational

First Place: Sandra Petit — Montana Sunrise
Second Place: Kelly Riley — A Cowboy’s Prayer
Third Place: Jill Nelson — Shotgun Wedding

Mainstream with Romantic Elements

First Place: Karen Davenport — The Carnelian Cod
Second Place: Marianne Donley — Fiona’s Ghost
Third Place: Jan Snyder — While You Were Dead

Romantic Suspense

First Place: Robin Perini — In Her Sights
Second Place: Lisa Diaz — Deadly Alliance
Third Place (tie): Tanya Holmes — Shadow of the Butcher Boy
Third Place (tie): Laurie Wood — Black Angel

Series Contemporary Romance

First Place: Kate Rothwell — Unnatural Calamities
Second Place: Darlene Buchholz — Chasing Rainbows
Third Place: Georgie Phillips — Two Minutes ‘Till Midnight

Southern Theme

First Place: Teresa Brown - Bombshells
Second Place: Carla Hughes — The Fox
Third Place: Shelly Artello — The Battery

Single Title Contemporary

First Place: Lois Winston — Hooking Mr. Right
Second Place: Janet Edgar - Crescent Lake Inn
Third Place: Marlene Noles — Don’t Say a Word

First place winners each received a Jasmine medallion and certificate. Finalists received a certificate of award. All finalist entries were judged individually by editors from Berkley, Pocket, Avon, Bantam-Dell, Kensington, Harlequin, Silhouette, Steeple Hill, Multnoma, and Tyndale House.

Congratulations to all who entered!