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News:
June 2008
"Undercover Marriage" wins 2nd place in the Dixie First Chapter Contest and receives Honorable Mention in the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Supense Contest.

May 2008
"Tread Softly: A Want Ad Mystery" wins 1st place Romantic Suspense in the Sheila Contest--Valley Forge Romance Writers.

"Undercover Marriage" finals in the Inspirational Category of the Daphne Du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense. Winners will be announced at the National RWA Conference in July 08.

April 2008
"A Cowboy's Prayer" finals in ACFW's Genesis Contest in Romantic Suspense.

March 2008
"Kitty's Fire" finals in RWA's Golden Heart Contest in the Contemporary Series Romantic Suspense/Adventure Category.

"Tread Softly" finals in the Sheila Contest (Valley Forge Romance Writers)

July 2007

Kelly Ann signs with the Mortimer Literary Agency. (Mortimer Literary Agency)

While attending RWA's National Conference in Dallas, TX, Kelly Ann met and signed with Kelly Mortimer of the Mortimer Literary Agency. She had been cooresponding with Kelly for several months about her writing projects. Kelly Mortimer is a terrific agent and a fun, inspiring person to work with.

"Kitty's Fire" Wins in the Dixie First Chapter Contest.

"Kitty's Fire" wins first place in the Inspirational Category and the full manuscript is requested by an editor at Steeple Hill.

March 2007

Tread Softly: A Want Ad Mystery finals in Romance Writers of America's Golden Heart Contest, Romantic Suspense Category.

January 2007

The Daphne du Maurier Award Contest opens January 15th

On January 15th the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence Contest will begin. Kelly is the co-coordinator for the published division. Novels with a 2006 copywrite that meet the contest criteria can be entered. Deadline for entries is March 15th. There is also an unpublished division. For more information visit the Mystery Suspense Chapter of the RWA's web site at www.rwamysterysuspense.org and/or contact Kelly at PubbedDaphne@aol.com for information for the published side of the contest.

September 2006

"Kitty's Fire" wins 3rd place in the ACFW Genesis Contest

In September, Kelly Ann attended the American Christian Fiction Writer's conference in Dallas, TX, where she got to meet with other writers, agents and editors. The theme of the conference was New Beginnings. An extra special highlight of the trip was the announcement of the 2006 Genesis Contest winners. "Kitty's Fire" won 3rd place in the Romantic Suspense Category.

July 2006

"Cargo to Die For: A Want Ad Mystery" wins 2nd place in Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence Contest

July 25-30 Kelly Ann traveled to Atlanta, Georgia to attend the national conference of the Romance Writers of America. The conference offered wonderful workshops and networking with other writers and publishing professionals.

On Thursday, July 27th, Kelly Ann attended KOD's Death by Chocolate party. As Co-Coordinator of the published Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence contest, she had the privilege of announcing winners and handing out awards to the published contestants. She also received an award in the unpublished side of the contest for "Cargo To Die For: A Want Ad Mystery," "Cargo To Die For" won 2nd place in the Inspirational category.