Best First Book

• The Healer’s Apprentice by Melanie Dickerson (Inspirational)

• Publisher: Zondervan

• Editor: Jacque Alberta

Inspirational

• Maid to Match by Deeanne Gist

• Publisher: Bethany House

• Editors: David Long and Julie Klassen

Short Contemporary

• Expecting the Rancher’s Heir by Kathie DeNosky

• Publisher: Silhouette Desire

• Editor: Charles Griemsman

• Agent: Ethan Ellenberg

Romantic Suspense

• Cold Sight by Leslie Parrish

• Publisher: NAL/Signet

• Editor: Laura Cifelli

• Agent: Pamela Harty

Single Title

• Sugar Creek by Toni Blake
• Publisher: Harper Collins/Avon
• Editor: May Chen
• Agent: Meg Ruley

Paranormal

• Don’t Kill the Messenger by Eileen Rendahl
• Publisher: Berkley Sensation
• Editor: Leis Pedersen
• Agent: Pamela Ahearn

Historical

• Whisper of Scandal by Nicola Cornick

• Publisher: HQN
• Editor: Kimberly Young
• Agent: Pamela Dean Strickler

Novella

• "The Wrong Brother" in Under the Millionaires Mistletoe by Maureen Child

• Publisher: Silhouette Desire
• Editor: Krista Stoever
• Agent: Donna Bagdasarian

Mainstream (with romantic elements)

• On Folly Beach by Karen White

• Publisher: NAL/Accent
• Editor: Cindy Hwang
• Agent: Karen Solem

Long Contemporary

• Skylar’s Outlaw by Linda Warren
• Publisher: Harlequin SuperRomance
• Editor: Kathleen Scheibling

Traditional

• Killer Headline by Debby Giusti
• Publisher: Steeple Hill/Love Inspired Suspense
• Editor: Emily Rodmell
• Agent: Deidre Knight

Young Adult

• Pull by B. A. Binns

• Publisher: WestSide Books
• Editor: Evelyn Fazio
• Agent: Andrea Somberg

Erotic Romance

• Hers for the Evening by Jasmine Haynes

• Publisher: Berkley Heat
• Editor: Wendy McCurdy
• Agent: Lucienne Diver