3/12/10
The Rock
and Roll Queen of Bedlam by Marilee Brothers
is a finalist for the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence,
a contest
for published authors sponsored by the RWA chapter, Southern
Magic!
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2/22/10
Wild Magic by author Ann Macela, has won a coveted CataNetwork
Reviewers' Choice Award for 2009. CataNetwork reviewers considered
it one of the best that they have read and reviewed for Single
Titles this year.
..............................................................................................................................................
1/27/10
Dangerous
Lies,
by author Anna Louise Lucia, received favorable mention in
the 2009 Reviewers' Choice column as runner-up best book of
the year!
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1/22/10
Hollywood
Actor Doug Jones Signs Book Deal With Medallion Press!
From
Thai Refugee Camp Captive to 2007 World Series of Poker
Champion!
"Precious" Paul
Ellering to write foreword for The Road Warriors:
Danger, Death, And The Rush Of Wrestling!
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12/9/09 Devil's
Gold by Julie Korzenko was nominated Best
Romantic Suspense of 2009 by the Romantic Times Book
Review.
..............................................................................................................................................
12/7/09 Shannon
Drake's book Emerald
Embrace receives a starred
review from Publisher's Weekly.
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12/1/09
D.P Lyle receives a review from Lee Child for Stress
Fracture.
"Lyle
writes what he knows—and what he knows is terrific.
Dub Walker is a keeper."
~ Lee Child (December
2009) ..............................................................................................................................................
11/19/09 Windswept by Ann Macela wins first
place in the Volusia County Romance Writers
Laurel
Wreath Contest:Long Contemporary / Romantic Elements
..............................................................................................................................................
11/10/09 Fire
At Midnight by Lisa Marie Wilkinson won
in the Fiction & Literature:
Romance category of the National “Best Books” 2009
Awards!
..............................................................................................................................................
11/03/09 Windswept wins
first place in the Single Title division of First Coast
Romance Writers’ Beacon
Contest
..............................................................................................................................................
11/03/09 Your Magic Or Mine? wins first place in the Paranormal
division of First Coast Romance Writers’ Beacon Contest
..............................................................................................................................................
11/03/09 Darkscape:
Redemption received a top pick from the
reviewer at Night Owl Romance
..............................................................................................................................................
11/02/2009 “Gray
overcomes clichés and tired sci-fi tropes to create
a remarkably entertaining space-faring romance.”
~ Diana Tixier Herald, Booklist (Issue
Date, November 15, 2009)
..............................................................................................................................................
10/28/09 Windswept by
Ann Macela won first place in the Single Title Category
of the 2009 First Coast Romance
Writers Beacon Contest.
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10/28/09 Your
Magic or Mine? won first place in the
Paranormal category of the First Coast Romance Writers
Beacon Contest.
SingleTitles.com
raves about Ann Macela’s Wild Magic!
“This is a great book for those who love magic, the fight between
good and evil and soul mates finding each other.” ~
Karen, SingleTitles.com
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10/28/09 Jasper
Mountain by Kathy Steffen won first place
in the Romantic Elements category in the First Coast Romance
Writers Beacon
Contest.
..............................................................................................................................................
10/21/09 Snow Blind by Lori G. Armstrong won Best Paperback Original
in
the 2009 Shamus Awards!
..............................................................................................................................................
Snow
Blind by Lori G. Armstrong has been nominated for the 2009
Shamus Awards in the category of Best Paperback
Original! This is Lori’s third Shamus award nomination.
..............................................................................................................................................
A
Knight’s Temptation by Catherine Kean
made the Romance Junkies Reviewers’ Favorite Reads of
2009 list!
View the entire
list: http://www.romancejunkies.com/rjblog/?p=534 ..............................................................................................................................................
8/07/09 Hot
Flash by Kathy Carmichael will be
featured as a Top 10 Romance Fiction title in the September
15, 2009
issue of Booklist!
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8/05/09
Road Warrior Animal:
Former WWE wrestler, Joe “Animal” Laurinaitis,
signs book deal with Medallion Press!
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8/05/09
Big John:
UFC referee, “Big” John McCarthy signs book deal
with Medallion Press!
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7/30/09
Windswept by Ann Macela is a finalist in the
2009 Aspen Gold contest of the Heart of Denver Romance Writers
in the Single Title category. .............................................................................................................................................. 7/27/09
Fire At
Midnight by Lisa Marie Wilkinson is on the list of “Debut
Novels that Rock” from Romance Junkies Book Club.
To see the full
list: http://www.romancejunkies.com/rjblog/?p=540
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7/27/09
Your
Magic or Mine? by Ann Macela is a finalist in
the 2009 Georgia Romance Writers Maggie Awards for Excellence.
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7/1/2009
Medallion
Press authors are racking up the nominations this month
in the First Coast Romance Writers
2009 Published Beacon contest! Here is a list of our finalists: Windswept by Ann
Macela in the Single Title Category
Your Magic
or Mine? by Ann
Macela in the Paranormal/ Fantasy/
Sci-fi
Dark Harvest by Lynda
Hilburn in the Novel with Romantic
Elements Category
Jasper
Mountain by Kathy
Steffen in the Novel with Romantic
Elements Category
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6/17/2009
Raymond L. Atkins was named 2009
Georgia Author of the Year for his first novel The
Front Porch Prophet.
View article here ..............................................................................................................................................
6/16/2009
Dark Harvest by Lynda Hilburn is a finalist in the Romantic
Suspense/Mystery w/Romance Elements category of the 2009 Book
Buyers Best contest!
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The
Legacy is a finalist in the Greater Detroit
RWA 2009 Booksellers Best Award in the categories of Long
Historical and Best First Book.
..............................................................................................................................................
The
Front Porch Prophet won the gold medal
in the IPPY Awards for the Southeast Best Regional Fiction
category!!!!
..............................................................................................................................................
Vanquished received an Honorable Mention in the General Fiction category
for
the 2009 San Francisco Book Festival.
..............................................................................................................................................
Windswept by Ann Macela won the 2009 Romantic Times Book Reviews Reviewer’s
Choice Award for Best Romance, Small Press!
Windswept by Ann
Macela is a finalist in the 2009 Oklahoma RWA’s National Readers’ Choice
Awards in the Single Titles category!
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Jasper
Mountain is a 2009 Benjamin Franklin finalist in the category of Best Historical: Fiction!
.............................................................................................................................................. Johnny
Gruesome is a 2009 Benjamin Franklin finalist in the category of Best Cover Design: Fiction
..............................................................................................................................................
A
Knight's Reward by Catherine Kean is a finalist in the 2009 National Readers' Choice Awards!
..............................................................................................................................................
Windswept by Ann Macela is a finalist in the
Oklahoma RWA's 2009 National Readers' Choice Awards!
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Thy
Kingdom Come by Don Helin was featured in the Carlisle,
PA Sentinel! Larissa Boyer states, "Thy
Kingdom Come is a superb suspense/thriller novel--I couldn't
even put it down when waiting in line to be seated at the
Rainforest Cafe down here in Walt Disney World."
Read more here
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Windswept by Ann Macela won First Place in
the Single-Title category of The Lories Best Published Contest
for 2009.
.............................................................................................................................................. Dark Harvest by Lynda Hilburn won First Place in the Mainstream
Category of The Lories Best Published Contest for 2009.
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Your
Magic or Mine? is a finalist in the Paranormal
Category of the 2009 Write Touch Readers' Award contest from
the Romance Writers of America Wisconsin chapter.
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Johnny
Gruesome by Gregory Lamberson is nominated
for the 2009 Bram Stoker Awards in the Superior Achievement
in a Novel category.
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Darwin’s
Race by Brian Ullmann is named
an “impressive debut thriller” by Publishers
Weekly!
..............................................................................................................................................
Fire
At Midnight by Lisa Marie Wilkinson has
been named as one of the best books published in Chicago for
March 2009 by Publish Chicago.
..............................................................................................................................................
The
Legacy by TJ Bennett is a finalist in
the 2009 Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence Contest in the Historical
category
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The
Front Porch Prophet by Raymond L. Atkins
is nominated for the 2009 SIBA Awards in the Fiction category.
..............................................................................................................................................
Broken Wing by Judith James and The
Legacy by TJ Bennett have been named as Buried Treasures for 2008
by All About Romance!
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Chernobyl
Murders by Michael Beres is nominated
for Best Thriller for the 2009 Lovey Awards!
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Johnny
Gruesome by Gregory Lamberson won the Readers’ Choice “Best Small Press Chill” Black
Quill Award.
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Devil's Gold
"
Fans of Alex
Kava, Shannon, McKenna, and Suzanne Brockmann will hope
to see more of Cassidy and Jake."
~ Publishers Weekly, January 12, 2009
..............................................................................................................................................
 Starred Review
"The road to true love has many twists and turns, and Jill
stumbles across all of them in Carmichael 's delightful romantic
comedy."
~ Shelley Mosley, Booklist, January 1, 2009
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Your Magic Or Mine by
Ann Macela has been named as one of the CataNetwork Reviewers’ Choice
Awards for 2008 Single Titles!
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Broken
Wing by Judith James won the 2008 Best Books of the
Year Award from Romance Novel TV for Best Debut Book.
..............................................................................................................................................
Lake Of
Fire by
Linda Jacobs is a finalist in the 2008 Spur Award from Western
Writer's of America.
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Jasper
Mountain by Kathy Steffen is an honorable mention
in the 2008 London Book Festival in the Fiction category.
..............................................................................................................................................
Cry Of
Sorrow by
Holly Taylor has been nominated for the 2008 Romantic Times
Reviewers Choice Awards in the Small Press
Contemporary Paranormal/Futuristic category.
..............................................................................................................................................
Windswept by
Ann Macela has been nominated for the 2008 Romantic Times
Reviewers Choice Awards in the Small Press Romance category.
..............................................................................................................................................
Johnny
Gruesome by Gregory Lamberson has been nominated for
the 2008 Black Quill Awards in the Best Small Press Chill
category.
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Lake of
Fire Awards:
Wins third
place in the 2008 National Federation of Press Women’s
Communications Contest.
Finalist in the
2008 WILLA Awards.
Was the Las Cruces,
New Mexico Friends of the Branigan Library Book of the Year
for 2008.
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The
Senator’s
Daughter by Christine Carroll is a finalist in the 2008
New Mexico Book Awards.
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Paint It
Black by Michelle Perry is nominated for the 2008 Night Owl Romance
Reader’s Choice Awards in the Best
Suspense/Mystery Romance category! You can support Michelle
by going to www.nightowlromance.com and clicking on the logo
for the NOR Awards and voting!
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Run Among
Thorns by Anna Louise Lucia is nominated for the 2008 Night Owl
Romance Reader’s Choice Awards in the
Best Suspense/Mystery Romance category! You can support Anna
by going to www.nightowlromance.com and clicking on the logo
for the NOR Awards and voting!
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First,
There is a River wins Honorable
Mention
First,
There is a River by Kathy Steffen won an Honorable
Mention at the 2008 Hollywood Book Festival
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Robert
Spiller will be discussing his novel A
Calculate Demise at www.dearreader.com on
July 11th. He will be answering questions about the book
and his other novels in the Bonnie Pinkwater
series.
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Shallow
Grave by Lori G. Armstrong has been nominated for
the 2008 RWA Kiss of Death Daphne du Maurier Award in the
Mainstream Mystery/ Suspense Category.
Shallow
Grave by Lori G. Armstrong has been selected as a
finalist in the 2008 High Plains Book Awards in the Fiction
Category.
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My
Lady’s
Treasure by Catherine Kean is a finalist in the 2008 Next
Generation Indie Book Awards in the Romance
Category.
..............................................................................................................................................
First, There Is A River by
Kathy Steffen is a finalist in the 2008 HOLT Medallion
Awards in the Best First Book
Category.
First,
There Is A River by Kathy Steffen is a finalist
in the 2008 Desert Rose Golden Quill Contest in both the
Mainstream
with Romantic Elements Category and the Best First Book
Category.
First,
There Is A River by Kathy Steffen is a finalist
in the 2008 First Coast Romance Writers Beacon Contest
in the
Women’s Fiction/ Chick Lit/ Mainstream Category.
..............................................................................................................................................
Do You Believe
In Magic by
Ann Macela is a finalist in the 2008 First Coast
Romance Writers Beacon Contest
in
the Paranormal/
Fantasy/ Sci-fi Category.
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Something
Bad is a semi-finalist
Something
Bad by Richard Satterlie is a semi-finalist in
the Horror category of the Independent Publisher 2008 IPPY
Book Awards.
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First,
There Is A River is up for Best Historical Cover
First,
There Is A River is up for Best Historical Cover in the 2008 Cover
Café Annual Best Cover Contest. Come
out and vote for Kathy’s beautiful cover at: http://www.covercafe.com/contest/2007/coverintro.shtml
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First,
There Is A River is a
finalist
First,
There Is A River by Kathy Steffen is
a finalist in the PMA 2008 Benjamin Franklin Awards
for Best New Voice (Fiction)!
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The
Vampire Shrink is a finalist
The Vampire
Shrink by Lynda Hilburn is a finalist in the
PMA 2008 Benjamin Franklin Awards for Best New Voice (Fiction)!
..............................................................................................................................................
My
Lady’s
Treasure by Catherine Kean wins first place!
My
Lady’s Treasure by Catherine Kean won first place
in the Historical Category of the Southern Magic RWA’s
Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence Contest.
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Paint It
Black by Michelle Perry recieves a 5 Ribbon Rating from Romance
Junkies!
"Paint It Black is
the best romantic thriller I have read all year. Michelle
Perry proves again why she is the
queen of suspense. . . . If you like a suspense thriller with
unexpected twists and turns, then I highly recommend Paint
It Black by Michelle Perry!"
~ Billie Jo, Romance Junkies
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