Best Contemporary Romance Novel --- Kate Douglas for On Wings Of Love
Best Historical Romance Novel --- Denise Agnew for Love From The Ashes
Best Paranormal Romance Novel --- Melinda Rucker Haynes for The Eternal Trust
Best Romantic Suspense Novel --- Kate Douglas for Honeysuckle Rose
Best Mainstream Novel --- Vickie Delany for Whiteout
Best Anthology --- Loren W. Cooper for Lives Of Ghosts
Best Children's Book --- Nancy Coffelt for Fred Stays With Me
Best Historical Novel --- E.L. Noel for The Threshing Floor
Best Science Fiction Novel --- Dr. Bob Rich for Sleeper, Awake
Best Action/Adventure Novel --- Nick Mandilas for The Post Office
Best Thriller Novel --- Joan Hall Hovey for Nowhere To Hide
Best Horror Novel --- T.K Sheils for Butterfly House
Best Non-Fiction Book ---Karen Wiesner for Electronic
Publishing: The Definitive Guide 2000
Best Young Adult Novel --Jeff Strand for Elrod McBugle On The Loose
Best Fantasy Novel --- Megan Sybil Baker for Wintertide
Best Mystery Novel --- Ellen Anthony for Search For The Sun
Best Poetry Collection --- Lissa Mitchell for Just Something I Said
Best Inspirational Novel --- Deborah Milton for Joy To The World
Spectrum Award went to Trace Edward Zaber for Walk In Moonlight
The Florence Moyer Service Award went to Ginny McBlain, whose work for Epic is profound, incredible, and appreciated.
Plans are already being formed for the next Eppie Awards which will be held in March 2002 in Bellevue, WA, in conjunction with the EPIC Conference
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Jeff Strand, locking in his permanent position as EPPIES emcee.
Jeff is the 2001 EPIC Prez~~otherwise known as "the supreme ruler of all that is EPIC."
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Intrepid photographer Pam Ripling, who is obviously much better at her job than I am. Check out Pam's photos here.
Sitting behind Pam is Barbara Mary Johnson, EPPIE finalist and author of CYCLING TO THE SOURCE OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
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Betty K. and Linda Slater receiving "thank you" gifts from EPIC Prez Michele Bardsley for all their work on the EPPIES. Patricia White, who arranged for the awards, was not in attendance.
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Terry Sheils (T.K. Sheils) receiving his EPPIE for Best Horror Novel, BUTTERFLY HOUSE,
from Valerie Hardin.
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Anita Gustafson presents Melinda Rucker Haynes with her EPPIE for Best Paranormal Romance Novel --- THE ETERNAL TRUST
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Connie Crow presents
Ginny McBlain with the Florence Moyer Service Award...and it's not NEARLY enough for everything Ginny has done to promote EPIC. CONGRATULATIONS, GINNY!
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My critique partner, Kathy Awe/Kathryn North, and her husband, Ralph. I've always said, I've got the better partner of the two of us! I can never thank her enough.
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No, not the Three Stooges...it's just Kathryn North, Pam Ripling and Kate Douglas...winding down after a wonderful evening.
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