Feel the Heat Competition Winners!
57 Comments October 1st, 2008 in editor, writing contest Posted by Amyby Joanne Carr, editor
This is the moment you have all been waiting for – the announcement of our Feel the Heat Writing Competition winners!
We ploughed through 150 entries, whittled them down to a shortlist of the most promising entries, before getting together in a small meeting room in the Richmond office to debate and chose our winners. We all fought for our favourites but we were unanimous in our choice of winner, who is:
Lucy Roberts with her entry A Bid for Love
Congratulations to Lucy – she wins the first prize of an editor for a year!
Once we’d decided on our winner, we had the tough job of choosing two runners-up, but the standard was so high, and the voices so diverse, that decided to award three joint runners-up, and they are:
The Who’s Who of Matt McKinnell by Rachael Blair
Chasing Kate by Jackie Coates
Sleeping With The Enemy by Felicity Roger
Congratulations to Rachael, Jackie and Felicity! They each receive an editorial consultation.
Thank you to everyone who entered the competition – we were thrilled to have such talent to read through. Do not lose heart if you were not one of our winners – in the following weeks, editors will be getting in touch with writers who we felt showed the most promise with some encouraging words. Sadly, we cannot give individual feedback on every single one of the entries, but we will be sending an email to all those who entered one way or the other.
We will also be posting bits of the winning entries and some editorial feedback on the winning chapters over the next few weeks.
Please join the editorial team in congratulating our winner Lucy and the runners up Rachael, Jackie and Felicity!
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Congratulations to all the winners!
Just like with the Instant Seduction contest, we’ll hopefully have more about the winners and the submissions in the weeks to come.
~Amy, Harlequin Digital
Congratulations to all the Winners!!! I’m extremely excited and wish all of you well on this new journey. Embrace it! You’re gifts will be a gift to many others who hear from you. Can’t wait for your responses.
Karen in California
Major congrats to Lucy and to the three runners up. I can’t wait to read more about your work.
Congratulations to the winners!! I know how excited you feel right now, and I know you’re probably celebrating and thinking about what comes next. Enjoy the feeling.
Lucy, good luck and I know you’re going to learn so much in your year to come. It’s a great experience!!
Congrats winners! I know you must be floating.
I can’t wait to read your chapters and hope to welcome one or more of you to the MH family soon! (Then I won’t be the newbie anymore!)
Congratulations to Lucy and also to Rachael, Jackie and Felicity. You must be so thrilled. I’ll be eagerly awaiting the chance to read your work. Glad that your entry made it through Rach, I know you were worried it might’ve veered off into cyberspace.
Robyn
Congrats to the four amazing winners!!! How exciting. I hanging from Cloud Nine with you.
WTG, ladies!! Congratulations!!
Hey Everyone!!
Well… I’m still shaking but have slightly calmed down since receiving my joyous email from Joanne this morning!
I can’t wait to read Lucy’s entry and the other two runners-up and just wanna say thanks again to M&B and the editors for running such a fantastic competition. I can’t wait to get the feedback on my chapter and get stuck into finishing the book!!
Rach!
Thanks so much for the congratulations!
Yikes, I can’t believe it! Have been in a state of shock since yesterday and am black and blue from pinching myself…
Congratulations to all four winners!
Longing to read your entries!
Congrats to all the winners!
Lucy, Rach, Jackie and Felicity. Looking forward to reading all of your entries.
I have to say this has been a fun competition for me. I hooked up with a few from the group and hope we continue writing together.
Thanks to Joanne and all of the editorial staff for holding and working on the competition.
Gotta go. Annie West’s Greek Tycoon is calling me. . .
Barbara
Big congrats to the winners!
HUGE and very quick congrats to all the winners!
(Must get off to work.)
But I wanted to send warm, delighted hugs to you all and say I can’t wait to read your entries!
Cheers,
d
Massive congratulations from Ireland to the lucky winners. I truly am feeling very Irish as I’m head to foot green with envy!!
The very best of luck and I can’t wait to read the wonderful chapters. Fingers crossed for the completed works to follow.
Aideen.
Congratulations Lucy, Rachael, Jackie and Felicity!
Really looking forward to reading your entries
Sue Child
Congratulations ladies!!!! You deserve it and I can’t WAIT to read your entries!
Cheers to you all!
Congratulations to 4 obviously very talented winners.
Power to the girls I say!
Lucy, can’t wait to read your chapter.
I’m with Barbara, Annie West’s latest Sheikh, Khalid is calling me, can’t wait to join him this evening, when I get home from work, YIPPEE.
xx Karen
CONGRATULATIONS LADIES!
Embrace and enjoy the ride! Can’t wait to read your entries!
Way to go!
Hugs,
MARIAN
Congratulations Lucy, Rachael, Jackie, and Felicity! Such wonderful news. I can’t wait to see the entries!
Wow, well done ladies. Looking forward to reading your entries.
But also to those who didn’t get picked, don’t be down hearted. Rejection’s all part of the deal. I’ve been there, and so I’m sure have all the other Mod Hot authors at some time or another. Getting to the stage of submitting anything at all is a big first step… So well done the rest of you lot too.
Quick post to say thanks for the congratulations and am still coming back down to earth after hearing!
Congrats to the other runners-up and also to Lucy for her win! Fantastic stuff.
Jackie
Huge congratulations to Lucy and Jackie, Rachael and Felicity! (If I’m not mistaken there are a couple of DownUnder bods in there, right?!). What a wonderful opportunity – best of luck and I’m looking forward to hearing more about your winning entries.
To everyone else, congratulations on entering and do keep on reading, writing and subbing – that slush pile does still work remember
~Natalie
Have now just about come off the ceiling! Jackie, Rachael and Felicity, many congrats – can’t wait to read your entries.
Big thank yous to the editors at HMB for running the contest in the first place!
Lucy
Yep, Natalie, I’m from NZ like you! Is there another Southern Hemisphere gal there too?
Lucy, I’m with you – BIG thanks to HMB for this contest. Such a great opportunity for everyone.
Jackie
Congrats to Lucy and the THREE runners-up – what a pity it couldn’t be stretched to 149!! See, Rach? Didn’t I tell you not to panic?
The dream starts here, guys. Go for it, cherish it, but most of all enjoy every minute of it!!
The absolute best to every single one of you.
Jilly
Wow! That was the word of the day in the Roger household yesterday and I am thinking it will probably carry me through for a few more weeks. I received the email that I was a runner-up at 4.30 am (I live in Hobart, Tasmania) in the morning, so by the time it was appropriate to start phoning people (at 5.30 am) shock had firmly established itself. Now that the fever has passed and the celebratory lunch and dinner is over, I have finally got around to reading the blog. Thank you for your congrats everyone. I am sure the race was incredibly close, so I feel incredibly humbled that my entry was chosen.
Cheers, Felicity
And I forgot to congratulate Lucy, Rachael and Jackie. I look forward to reading your chapters. Cheers, Felicity
Big congrats to Lucy, Rachael, Jackie, and Felicity. I bet you all are overjoyed. Good job!
Congratulations Lucy, Rachael, Felicity and Jax! What an awesome accomplishment.
Sorry I am late getting in here, but 3 password resets later, I finally got in. I can’t wait to read the winning entries.
Congrats!!!!!! to the four ladies who won the contest. How excited you must all be. I am sure the kudos were well deserved.
Thanks again to the editorial staff for providing us an opportunity to submit.
Congrats Ladies and well done (esp to my wonderfully talented CP, Rach!)
Looking forward to reading your entries
Many thanks to HMB for running this comp – what a great experience it has been
Cheers, Joanne
Hey Congrats to Lucy, and to Rach and Felicity – go Aussies…. and to Jackie ( apparently NZ – nearly an Aussie!!) Well done ladies.
Thank you to the judges/editors at M&B for organising this competition, and giving us all an unquestionable fantastic opportunity, just to get our work in front of you all.
Good luck with your year Lucy, and cross finger for you we see a book on the other end of that.
Bye 4 now
Tina
Huge congratulations Lucy, Rach, Felicity and Jackie!
Well done! Enjoy your rewards, gals. Rach, I can see your charming grin from here.
And good luck to all the other entrants as well.
Don’t be too disappointed if you didn’t make the list–every comp makes you stronger and better, same as every new book you start.
It’s been great fun for us all.
cheers
anna
Morning everyone
Just jumping on to say thanks for all those wonderful congrats – somehow I managed to get some sleep last night
And yep… I’m definately from down under! Western Australian in fact.
Rach!
Oh wow, congratulations Lucy! What an honour to win this comp, when the standard is so high. And to fellow Aussies, Rachael and Felicity, and neighbour Jackie, all the best with your consultation, I hope it opens your eyes to the power of your manuscripts, and you proceed to write selling novels!
I look forward to the updates of your success!
Cheers,
Madeline
Huge congrats to Lucy, Jackie, Rachael and Felicity! That’s fantastic–way to go, girls! And as Anna Cleary said, good luck to all the other entrants as well–this isn’t the end, it’s just the beginning!
Jennie
Congratulations to all the winners! I can’t wait to read the entries. I knew there would be some gems in there. Three runners up instead of two proves it.
LOL.
Congratulations to Lucy, Rachael, Jackie and Felicity! WTG, ladies!
I look forward to following your progress.
It was great fun entering this contest. Thanks so much!
All the best,
Gail
Just to add what others have said, I entered the Instant Seduction contest (at the beginning of the year) and didn’t get anywhere – but I got a request for more work out of it, so definitely keep your hopes up for that…
Jackie
Thanks to all the editors for your time and giving us this great opportunity.
Congratulations Lucy Roberts — Well done Lucy! I have to say my heart stuttered for a fraction when I read your name. Have a great year with the editor. Wishing you the best outcome — a contract
Congratulations also to:
Rachael Blair, Jackie Coates, Felicity Roger.
To have come through 150 entries is really something … well done ladies. You too could go all the way.
Cheers — Lucy
Congratulations to all the winners! I look forward to hearing more about your works in progress.
Congratulations to Lucy and to runners up Rachael, Jackie and Felicity. I hope that this is the start of great things for your writing careers.
Lucy is the name of my current heroine so I hope that’s a great omen -for both of us!
Kate
Congratulations Lucy, Rachael, Felicity and Joanne. Yay. Downunderers. How exciting to know you’re on the right track with the right voice for Mod Heat. Hope you all get fulls requested.
Sharon
Congratulations to Lucy, Rachael, Jackie and Felicity! And may this be the start of wonderful things to come.
all best
Kate H x
Oops sorry that was meant to be congrats to Jackie, not Joanne. But thanks Joanne and all the other eds for running this competition. Much appreciated.
Sharon
Congratulations, Lucy – what a prize! Rachael, Jackie and Felicity must be delighted, too. To have three runners-up shows just how high the standard was.
Mega congrats to Lucy, Rach, Felicity and Jackie! That’s *such* exciting news! Best of luck to all of you!!!
Robbie
Chiming in late (have been busy with revisions) to say CONGRATULATIONS to Lucy, Felicity, Rachael and Jackie. Fantastic news for you all and a wonderful opportunity to work with the great editorial team in Richmond.
And to those who entered but didn’t win, congratulations too. Getting a submission ready for editorial review is an achievement in itself and one more step on the road to publication.
Cheering from Australia.
Annie
Have just caught up with the thread. Belated congratulations to those who won! Looking forward to reading the winning chapters.
Phew, finally made it after a week of family health stuff.
Rachael, Jackie and Felicity, a huge congratulations!!!
Really looking forward to reading your entries.
And to those who didn’t win, keep researching. Read loads of Mod Heats. Keep writing. Keep honing your voice and your craft and keep submitting!
Okay, can you tell my kinder kid is at my elbow wanting to play?
I left off Lucy’s name!
Huge congrats, Lucy
MEGA congrats to Lucy! You must be floating high!
Congrats also to Rachael, Jackie and Felicity – a big wave to Rachael
Hugs
Serena (who is still having PC problems, hence the delayed congrats)
xx