Terri Gibson for Violet Camberwell*
The Royal Ascot was a highly competitive contest this year. In the end, our finalists received 12 requests for more material made, 8 fulls and 4 partials. All of our final round judges noted the quality of this year's entries.
Warm congratulations and best wishes to Terri and to the rest of this year’s finalists:
Eileen Emerson, Embracing an Unloved Earl*
Anna Genest, The Duchess and Mr. Smith
Sandra Owens, The Letter*
Joanna Shupe, Drawn to the Earl*
and Amy Villalba, To Pluck a Rose*
The Royal Ascot chairs, Sarah Tormey and Wendy La Capra, would like to thank you to our entrants, our first round judges, and our final round judges:
Stephany Evans, Fine Print Literary
Louise Fury, L Perkins Agency
Pam Hopkins, Hopkins Literary Associates
Lauren Plude, Hachette Book Group
Angela Polidoro, Random House
Deb Werksman, Sourcebooks
*indicates multiple requests
