And now, the list you’ve been waiting for: the 2015 Royal Palm Literary Award (RPLA) finalists, and the short and long works spanning the 45 genres that qualify them, in alphabetical order by author last name. The winners will be announced at the Royal Palm Literary Award Banquet at the Florida Writers Conference in October.
2015 RPLA Adult Finalists
Sharon Olsen Abrams
To Be One With The Sky
Laura Andrews [writing as Elle Andrews Patt]
Billie Mae
Manteo
Daco Auffenorde [writing as Daco] The Pisces Affair
Linda Barbosa
Leap of Faith
Madame Amore
The Cortical Reaction
Gino Bardi
Cow in the Doorway
Patricia Bellomo
The Prince of Mafia Princes
Liz Boeger
AppleJacked!
Darryl Bollinger
The Care Card
Susan Boyd
Grey to Black
Jeff Boyle
Identities, Concealed
Margaret Browning [writing as Micki Browning] Adrift
Tracy Bryan
Eating For Energy
A Gift to Myself
Sometimes….I Blurt!
Put Away Your Phone
Cindy Farrar Bryan
Seven Palms
Switch Plate
Lisa Buie-Collard
Evangeline’s Miracle
Bria Burton
Little Angel Helper
Sprinter
Joseph Kuhn Carey
Postcards From Poland
John Chaplick
The Rivergrass Legacy
Dennis Cooper
The Hero Engine (2 genres)
Suzanna Crean [writing as Suzanna Myatt Harvill] Through a Glass Deadly
Bette Lee Crosby
Passing through Perfect
Patricia A. Crumpler
Eclipse of the Souls
Steak
Joan C. Curtis
The Clock Strikes Midnight
Karen Dillon
On a Winter Shore
Spring, Lisa’s First
Virago Key
J.M. Dolphin [writing as Syliva Malcolm] Great White Hunter
Mark Dossey
XC97: The Quest for the Cure
Daniel Dundon
Diamond Ridge
David C. Edmonds
Lily of Peru
The Girl in the Glyphs
Darlyn Finch Kuhn
Sewing Holes
Ray Flynt
Lady on the Edge
Vic DiGenti [writing as Parker Francis]
The Strange Case of Lord Byron’s Lover
Hurricane Island
Jane Ellen Freeman
The Whispering Chimney
Keith Gockenbach
Deadly Loop
C.J. Godwin
Lie Very Still
C.J. Godwin & Marie Vernon
Graceland Express
Fern Goodman
Subby Says
Allen Gorney
The Tire Swing
Kim Hackett
We All Fall Down
Heather Hamel
Within Emerald Forests
Under Sapphire Skies
Chris Hamilton
The Bathroom Door
Michael Hanson [writing as M. Anthony Hanson] Icicles in Death Valley
Joan J. Harris
The Royal Dragon Goes to School
Charles M. Harris
The Old Swimming Hole
Robert Z. Hicks
Mouse In The Manger
John Hope
Thunder Crashes
The Divide
The Madison Project
The Drive
Scaling
Autumn
Darrell House
Bennie & Bonnie
Michael R. Howard
Breath of the St. Johns
Jennie Jarvis
Crafting the Character Arc
Expectation Blvd
Sharon E. Johnson
The Milky Way Rising
Patrick Kendrick
Acoustic Shadows
Stephen Kindland
I Beg Your Pardon, But This Is My Garden!
Joan King
Mother of Pearl
Carol Kline
Ananais and the Sawgrass Mysteries
T.W. Krueger
Apple Annie Small Is Special
Art Lefkowitz
Accidental Millionaire
Linda Leggett
Say hey is that gray
That thing in the hole
Joan Levy
A Prom Dress for Elizabeth
Maddie Lock
Ethel the Backyard Dog
C.K. Mallick
Valthea: I Read People
Russell Mangum
The Color of Skim Milk
The Vacation Game
White Shirts
Lawrence Martin [Lawrence Martin, MD] The Audition
Karen McBride
Amanda Panda
Phyllis McKinley
I Core an Apple
Repetitions of the Insignificant
Alison McMahan
The Saffron Crocus
Aimee McPartlan [writing as Aimee Taylor] Don’t You Tell
Mark McWaters
Overcooked
The Writing On the Wall
Carrie Morgan
The Road Back From Broken
Dianna Dann Narciso
Wayward Cat Finds a Home [writing as Dana Trantham]
Dive [writing as Dianna Dann]
Always Magnolia [writing as Dianna Dann]
Kate Newton
Pearl
Joan North
Sparklings
A Distasteful Display of Emotion
Virginia Nygard
In the Eye of the Beholder
Bloodflowers
Clean Air
Seeing Life
Anu Varma Panchal
Elegy for Manny
Kimberly Park
The Purple Canary
Ken Pelham
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: A Writer’s Guide to Mastering Viewpoint
Roberta-diane Perna [writing as Robbi Perna] The Roman Phalera
Thomas H. Pine [writing as T.H. Pine] Season of the Vigilante
Roger Poppen
The Cat With Three Legs
Miriam Potocky [writing as Miriam Auerbach] Boca Undercover (2 genres)
Dana Ridenour
Learning the Art of Deception
Meredith A. Rutter [writing as Meredith Marple] The Year Mrs. Cooper Got Out More
Evelyn Sabbag [writing as E. Sabbag]
Workshop Til You Drop
Allure of the Incubus
Faun Joyce Senatro
First Class to America
Antonio Simon, Jr.
Lilith
Phyllis Smallman
Martini Regrets
William Speir
The Saga of Asbjorn Thorleikson
Sam Staley [writing as SR Staley] St. Nic, Inc.
D.G. Stern
Ship Shape
Dana J. Summers
Requiem
Charlie Trantham [writing as C.E. Trantham] The 12th Disciple
Nadine Vaughan Williams
Native Land: Lost in the Mystery of Time
Marie Vernon
Lilith
Patricia Walker
Bald Thunder Mountain
Amelia Waters [writing as Jade Kerrion]
Insecurity Complex
Always a Part of You
Desired
Carnival Tricks
Judith Weber & Marie Vernon
[writing as Amber Adams]
Deadly Listings
James Weis [writing as J.H. Weis] Death at Low Tide
Lynn E. Welsh
Everything I Ever Wanted
Valeria Wenderoth
Bad by the Numbers
Shelley Westbrook
Upside Down Mr. Brown
Marilyn Murray Willison
One Woman, Four Decades, Eight Wishes
Christine Yarbour
Opal Octopus
2015 RPLA Youth Finalists
Paige Daniela Banks
Q’s Rebellion
Mikaela Bender
Asleep
Katherine P. Cohen
Woven
Linea Marshall
Illusion
Sarina Patel
Hunger
Yasmin Vuong
The Moon Locket
