Madeline Smyth: Finalist in the 2011 Fabulous Five Contest!

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Finalist in the 2011 Fabulous Five Contest!

The results are in for the preliminary round of the 2011 Fabulous Five Contest. I have an entry that is a finalist. Here are the title and category:

Royal Prince, Reluctant Princess~Finalist, Series Contemporary (L/S) Category

Congratulations to all finalists!

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Most Recent Contest Results

2011 WALLFLOWER CONTEST:

The Loving of Lord Loxley ~ Finalist, The Rose Division (prior first place manuscript only category)

Royal Prince, Reluctant Princess ~ Finalist, Genres Division: Series Category

2011 GOLDEN GATEWAY CONTEST:

Beneath the Veil ~ First Place, Single Title Romance Category (FULL REQUESTED BY EDITOR)

2011 FABULOUS FIVE CONTEST:

Royal Prince, Reluctant Princess ~ Finalist, Series Contemporary (L/S) Category

2011 STROKE OF MIDNIGHT CONTEST:

The Loving of Lord Loxley ~ Honorable Mention, Historical Category (FULL REQUESTED BY EDITOR)

WRITING WITH THE STARS (SUCCESSOR TO AMERICAN TITLE):

Aliya Arabesque ~ Finalist, Rounds One, Two, and Three

2010 WALLFLOWER CONTEST:

The Playboy's Fake Fiancee ~ First Place, Scenes Division: Opening Hook Category (PARTIAL REQUESTED BY EDITOR)

Royal Prince, Reluctant Princess ~ Second Place, Genres Division: Contemporary Series Category

2010 GOLDEN GATEWAY CONTEST:

The Loving of Lord Loxley ~ Grand Prize Winner (highest score out of all entries in all categories)

2010 GOLDEN GATEWAY CONTEST:

Aliya Arabesque ~ Fourth Place, Single Title Category

The Loving of Lord Loxley ~ First Place, Historical Category

Deus ex Vampyre ~ Fifth Place, Historical Category

Royal Prince, Reluctant Princess ~ Fourth Place, Long/Short Contemporary Series Category

2010 FOUR SEASONS CONTEST:

Royal Prince, Reluctant Princess ~ Finalist, Short/Long Contemporary Category

2010 GOLDEN CLADDAGH CONTEST:

Aliya Arabesque ~ Third Place, Contemporary Category

2010 GOLDEN ACORN CONTEST:

Deus ex Vampyre ~ Second Place, Paranormal Category

The Loving of Lord Loxley ~ Fifth Place, Historical Category

2010 ROMANCE THROUGH THE AGES CONTEST:

The Loving of Lord Loxley ~ Second Place, Historical Category (FULL REQUESTED BY EDITOR), and Sixth Place (out of seven across six historical categories), The Legend Category (most memorable hero)

THE 2010 SHEILA CONTEST:

Aliya Arabesque ~ Second Place, Women's Fiction with Romantic Elements

2010 STROKE OF MIDNIGHT CONTEST:

Deus ex Vampyre ~ First Place, Novella Category (FULL REQUESTED BY EDITOR)

The Loving of Lord Loxley ~ Honorable Mention, Historical Category

For all contest results, click on the "My Contest Results" tab on the horizontal bar above.

Favorite Quotations

What lies behind us, and what lies before us, are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. Kahlil Gilbran

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelming grief...and unspeakable love. Washington Irving

We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender... Sir Winston Spencer-Churchill

Breaking News

My novel, The Playboy's Fake Fiancée, ranked in the top 25% of the 2012 Golden Heart® Contest, Contemporary Series Romance Category. Four of five judges gave the entry a perfect or near perfect score, but the fifth judge didn't. If the fifth judge had given a score three-tenths of one point lower, it would've triggered RWA's standard deviation scoring method, and RWA would've dropped the score.

My novel, The Shivering Sands, ranked in the top 25% of the 2012 Golden Heart® Contest, Contemporary Single Title Romance Category.

I've been named a finalist for the second time in The Rose Division of the Wallflower Contest. My novel, Aliya Arabesque, was a Rose finalist in the 2009 Wallflower. Now my novel, The Loving of Lord Loxley, is a Rose finalist in the 2011 Wallflower. In this contest category, manuscripts that have taken first place in other contests compete against one another.

My novel, Beneath the Veil, has won the 2011 Golden Gateway Contest, Single Title Romance Category.

All the contest results from 2010 have been tallied. I was a finalist for the 2010 Contest Diva Tiera Award, Author with the Most Contest Finals Category and Author with the Most Titles Category. This was my second year in a row named as a contest diva.

My novel, Aliya Arabesque, was a finalist in the 2011 Writing with the Stars Contest (the successor to American Title). To read the back cover book blurb, click HERE.

Comments about Aliya Arabesque (Writing with the Stars Finalist)

On the Kensington Brava Authors blog, Emma Lang, multi-published author and Kensington mentor, said this about Aliya Arabesque: "It's different, it's provocative, and most of all, it's a really good read."

In a call for support from her Facebook friends, Janice Lynn, multi-published author, Golden Heart® finalist, American Title I winner, and mentor, said: "Writing with the Stars is a contest that's very similar to the American Title contest that JANE MILLIONAIRE won back in 2005. A fabulously talented lady that I mentor, Madeline Smyth, is a finalist in this new contest! Let's help her...by voting for her novel. I've read it and can vouch that it's great!"

On the Kensington Brava Authors blog, Helen Scott Taylor, multi-published author, Golden Heart® finalist, and American Title IV winner, said: "I have my fingers firmly crossed that your story wins the Brava contest as I am looking forward to reading it."

In an e-mail, Kelly Fitzpatrick, published author and Golden Heart® finalist, wrote me: "About Aliya Arabesque...I think your mss could start so much buzz. People will love it and people will hate it (the message, not the writing). And people will argue about loving it and hating it."

On a writer's loop, Gail Zerrade, Golden Heart® finalist and author, wrote: "You got my vote...I judged this story in a contest once and was very impressed with it. Good luck!"

On Facebook, Amanda Usen, a multi-published author, wrote: "Madeline Smyth is an amazing WNY writer who deserves to win this contest for her contemporary romance 'Aliya Arabesque.' Her blurb is one of the best I've ever read. Made me want to run out and buy the book. If you are so moved, vote for her...

I am deeply moved by the words of these authors.

Madeline Smyth

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Saturday, April 16, 2011

Finalist in the 2011 Fabulous Five Contest!

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