Congratulations to the top three winners from this year's Literary Harvest:
First Place: Cameron Prow with her Memoir "Someday Came"
Second Place: Denice Hughes Lewis with her Fiction "The Kite Builder"
Third Place: Katherine Benson with her Memoir "Burial at Sea"

Rounding out the top ten (with a tie for tenth place) in the order in which they delivered their readings were: Julie O'Neill, Lisa Nordell-Detres, Susan Frank, Ginger Dehlinger, Susan Noyes, Sara Rishforth, Mary Pax and Johanna M. Premble.

A special thanks goes out to the judges Paty Jager, Kristen Hall Geilser and Kristi Miller as well as the efforts of the Literary Harvest Committee: Mike Rettig (chairman), Paty Jager, Mary Krakow, Ruth Colter, Lindy Jacobs, Mary Pax, Dennis Strachota, Julie Drey, Cameron Prow, Anita Lanning, Cindy Murphy and Jo Ann Senior. 

Thank you to all those who submitted their writings and to all those who attended this standing room only event. It was a huge success and you all made it possible!

Ginger Dehlinger’s short story, “The Embroidered Sheets,” received an honorable mention at the Women Writing the West conference held in Kansas City, MO October 11-13.

The judge, Mary Rosenblum from The New Writers Interface, had this to say about Ginger’s entry.

“This story has a lovely core; two women find that loneliness allows them to put their differences in perspective and become friends once again. It is a good message, good writing, and has a very strong potential.”

We're Proud of you, Ginger!

Halsey Brothers Series - Five historical western romance novels set in Oregon in the 1800's.

Marshal in Petticoats

After accidentally shooting a bank robber, Darcy Duncan becomes marshal of a town as accident prone as herself.  And she’s not about to take orders from a corrupt mayor or a handsome drifter.

Gil Halsey discovers the new marshal is a passionate woman hell bent on proving the mayor is corrupt and dodging outlaws to clear her name.

Outlaw in Petticoats

Maeve Loman accepts Zeke Halsey’s offer to help her discover the truth behind her father's disappearance even though she hasn’t met a man who can keep his promise.

Zeke Halsey has wanted Maeve Loman since he first set eyes on the prickly schoolteacher. Offering to help her find her father, he hopes to prove he’s not going anywhere.

Miner in Petticoats

Ethan Halsey is determined to fulfill his father’s wishes to provide for his brothers. The only drawback is a feisty woman who refuses to part with the land he needs.

Aileen Miller has had two husbands. She isn’t about to allow another man to dictate her life or the lives of her two children.

Doctor in Petticoats

Dr. Rachel Tarkiel gave up on love after a devastating accident and settled for a life healing others. 

Blinded by a person he considered a friend, Clay curses his circumstances and his limitations. Can their love overcome their internal fears and the obstacles life throws at them or will a mysterious man keep them apart forever?

Logger in Petticoats

Hank Halsey believes he’s found the perfect logging crew—complete with cooks—until he discovers Kelda Nielson would rather swing an axe than flip eggs.

Strong and stubborn, Kelda Nielsen grew up falling trees, and resents any man who believes she’s not capable, until Hank.

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"My query letter to a publisher yielded a solicitation for my 50 page book proposal on my memoir, Life without Walls,  I am working on...this week they solicited me for the full manuscript! So this is the furthest my book has gone so far. It is sitting in a publisher's hands now, the full manuscript, and in the next few months I should know if they want to publish it or not."

Way to Go, Julie!

Store keeper Quinn O’Bannon falls for Tru McAdam,
a thieving, sloe-eyed vixen out for revenge, in This
Oregon Historical Romance
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