The list is out! The list of Royal Palm Literary Awards (RPLA) finalists, that is.
What’s next? Winners will be announced at the RPLA Awards Banquet October 22, 2016, during the annual Florida Writers conference at the Hilton Orlando Altamonte Springs. The Banquet is included in the full conference and the Saturday-only conference packages. Or you may attend the Banquet a la carte.
To get in on the fun, please click here. You may register for the full conference, Saturday only, or Banquet only.
The RPLA Youth finalists and winners will be announced during the general session luncheon on Saturday, October 22, 2016. You may register here.
Cheer on your friends and celebrate writers and writing. Details of both conferences are available at floridawriters.net. We hope to see you!
2016 Adult RPLA Finalists
In Alpha Order by Last Name
(If pen names were submitted, pen names appear below)
Deborah A. Allen
Stephen Arseneault
Gino B. Bardi
Beverly Johnson Biehr
Leonard Birdsong
Nancy Blanton
Jennifer Boddicker
Jeff Boyle
Michael Brim
Tez Brooks
Marina Brown
Amy Brown
Tracy Bryan
Bria Burton
Marsha Butler
Scott Causey
Linda J. Chapman
Jennifer Leigh Cook
Charles A Cornell
Patricia A. Crumpler
Janet D’Andrea
Dianna Dann
Agnes Deglon
Ellinore Jensen
Victor DiGenti
Melody Dean Dimick
Kathy Connor Dobronyi
Bill Dougherty
Bill Dougherty
Arthur M. Doweyko
David C. Edmonds
Jan Eldredge
Kim English
Judith Erwin
Linda Feist
Joni M. Fisher
JaneEllen Freeman
Timothy Freriks
K E Garland
Amber Garr
Richard Gartee
Amina Lolita Gautier
Pattie Glenn, Pondhawk Productions
Keith Gockenbach
Susan Woods Golder
Joshua Aaron Jones
Carolyn Greeley
Marti Green
Christopher Hamilton
David-Michael Harding
Charles M. Harris
Veronica H. Hart
Robert Hart
Suzanna Myatt Harvill
DL Havlin
Jack L. Hayes
Rebecca Heflin
Sarah Hendess
Ann Henry
A.K. Hicks
John Hope
Steve Hulsey
Julie Ann James
Ellinore Jensen
Jean Sullivan Johnson
Henry James Kaye
Patrick Kendrick
Laura Kennedy
Jade Kerrion
Joan King
E. Landress
Russel Lazega
Linda Leggett
Stephen Leitschuh
Susan Lindsley
Janet Franks Little
Maddie Lock
Gene Luke
Robert M Lynch
John Marling March
Helaine Mario
Lawrence Martin
Zeke Mattheus
Claire Hamner Matturro
Joseph Mazerac
Susan Carol McCarthy
Kenneth R. McClelland
Patricia A. McGehee
Phyllis McKinley
Sheila McNaughton
Mark McWaters
Mark McWaters
Donna Meredith
Jackie Minniti
G.A. Minton
Carding Mor
Elizabeth Nebergall
Mark H. Newhouse
Alison Nissen
Joan North
John D. Ottini
G. Ovitz
Elle Andrews Patt
William Peace
David Pearce
P.T.L. Perrin
A. Peters
Tricia Pimental
Carol J. Post
Scott Michael Powers
Kerryn Reid
Anne Nichols Reynolds
A. Richards
Dana Ridenour
Matthew A. Rieder
C.S. Royce
Vanessa Russell
Mary Lois Sanders
Benjamin Seeley
Faun Joyce Senatro
Deborah Shlian
Antonio Simon, Jr.
David A. Snively
SR Staley
Dana J. Summers
Aimee Taylor
Bruce Thomason
Dana Trantham
Marie Vernon
Mary T. Wagner
Patricia Walker
Christina Waymreen
Judy Weber
Lynn Welsh
J. Wenstrom
J.J. White
Gerry Wolfson-Grande
Christine Yarbour
Sarah A. Younger