Saturday, March 22, 2008

Whitney Awards Announced

Tonight was the 1st Annual Whitney Awards for LDS writers, and I'm excited to say my critique group was well-represented.

The first award of the evening, Best Romance/Women's Fiction went to Michele Paige Holmes for "Counting Stars." Michele was up against such heavy-hitters as Rachel Nunes and Stephenie Meyer (yes, the one from Twilight fame). Michele was also a finalist in the Best New Author category.

Next was H. B. (Heather) Moore who won Best Historical for "Out of Jerusalem Book 4: Toward the Promised Land." Annette Lyon (Spires of Stone) was also a finalist for this award, and Heather was also a finalist for Book of the Year.

Congratulations to you all!

To see photos and read the blog about the rest of the evening, visit:
The Whitney Awards.

2 comments:

Michele Holmes said...

Thanks, LuAnn. We owe it all to you . . . and your continued harping about adverbs :)
It was so fun to have you at the conference. I hope you're there full time next year.

Julie Wright said...

Was that an awesome weekend or what??? Your group was very well represented. I'd give anything to live closer and join your group!