Judges

MWA 2005 Novel Contest Winners

Grand Prize

Sound of Silence
(from Mystery / Suspense / Horror)
Theresa RizzoNiwot, Colorado

Action / Adventure / Horror

First Prize

Scars on the Face of God
Christopher G. Bauer
Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Second Prize

President Peter and the Inflation Creation Monster
(A YA novel)
John Marske
Carmel, Indiana

Historic / Romance

First Prize

Twilight Empress
Faith L. Justice
Brooklyn, New York

Second Prize

Taming the Raven
Mrs. N Merchant
Ringoes, New Jersey

Literary

First Prize

Silent Echoes
Theresa Rizzo
Niwot, Colorado

Second Prize (a tie)

The Body of Helen Tracy Koretsky Berkeley, California

Force of Nature Karen S. Mittleman Owings, Maryland

Mainstream

First Prize

Rediscovering Lone Pine
Andrew Popper
Washington, District of Columbia

Second Prize

No Right Way
Mary Anne Wright
Panama City, Florida

Mystery

First Prize

The Morgue and Me
John C. Ford
Washington, DC

Second Prize

Brush Back
Richard Hinkemeyer
Lothian, MD

Suspense

First Prize

No Coincidences
Donald W. Lehrkinder, Jr.
Media, Pennsylvania

Second Prize

The Elimination of Annie
Mary Beth Creighton
Street, Maryland

Science Fiction / Fantasy / Speculative

First Prize

(S)leaper
Tony L. Hines
Billings, Montana

Second Prize

Jason and the Third Guardian
(a YA novel)
David W. Carmichael
Fayetteville, Georgia