Contest Winners and Finalists 2022

Koru Award of Excellence (Published Book) 2022

Contest Manager – Anna Klein

 

Long Category 2022 (Book over 65,000 woads)

  1. Shirley Wine – Autumn Shadows (trophy)
  2. Amy Blythe – What’s Italian For Yummy
  3. Jax Calder – Playing Offside
  4. Alexa Rivers – Safe In His Arms

 

Short Romance 2022 (40,000 TO 65,000 words)

  • Fiona Marsden – A Matter of Trust (trophy)
  • Fiona McArthur – Second Chance In Barcelona
  • D. Line – An Ear to the Ground
  • Kris Pearson – Promise You Nothing

 

Novella 2022 (Under 40,000 words)

  • Jayne Castel – Highlander Pledged (trophy)
  • Barbara DeLeo – My Big Fat Greek Christmas
  • Megan Mayfair – Season for Second Chances

 

Best First Book 2022

  • Frances Dall’Alba – Little Blue Box (trophy)
  • Dani Maclean – Love and Rum
  • Stephanie Ruth – Mako Bay

Overall WINNER Koru Award of Excellence 2022 – Highlander Pledged by Jayne Castel (trophy)

 

Great Beginnings 2021

Contest Manager – Megan Mayfair

Finalists

What’s Welsh for Wild, by Amy Blythe

Girls of the USO, by Nancy Cunningham

City of Souls, by Melanie Harding-Shaw

Placings – Great Beginnings Editor’s Choice 2021

  • Girls of the USO, by Nancy Cunningham
  • City of Souls, by Melanie Harding-Shaw
  • What’s Welsh for Wild, by Amy Blythe

Placings – Great Beginnings Agent’s Choice 2021

  • City of Souls, by Melanie Harding-Shaw
  • What’s Welsh for Wild, by Amy Blythe
  • Girls of the USO, by Nancy Cunningham

 

Daphne Clair de Jong First Kiss 2022

Contest Manager – Shelagh Merlin

Finalists

All’s Fair In Love and Tequila, by Gabriella Margo

One Wicked Night, by Colette Rivera

Tulips From My Neighbour’s Dog, by Gabriella Margo

It’s Okay To Change Your Tune, by Susie Frame

Protecting His Princess, by Courtney Clark Michaels

Placings

  • One Wicked Night, by Colette Rivera
  • Protecting His Princess, by Courtney Clark Michaels
  • It’s Okay To Change Your Tune, by Susan Frame

 

Chapter Short Story 2022

Contest Manager – Shelagh Merlin

Finalists

Carly Writes A New Chapter, by Susie Frame

Me and Lizzie D, by Susie Frame

Sprinkled With Memories, by Amy Hutton

Heaped Teaspoons, by Stephanie Ruth

Pretty In Pink, by Pamela Swain\

Placings

  • Pretty In Pink, by Pamela Swain
  • Sprinkled With Memories, by Amy Hutton
  • EQUAL Me and Lizzie D, by Susan Frame

3)    EQUAL Heaped Teaspoons, by Stephanie Ruth

5)    Carly Writes A New Chapter, by Susan Frame

 

Pacific Hearts Award 2022

Contest Manager Jill Batty

Finalists
A Right Royal Homecoming, by Katrina Gailyn

The Dating Ban, by Jacinta Peachey

The Duke’s Kitchen, by Wendy Reid

Placings

  • The Dating Ban, by Jacinta Peachey (trophy)
  • The Duke’s Kitchen, by Wendy Reid
  • A Right Royal Homecoming, by Katrina Gailyn
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