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2025 NEST Unpublished Scene Contest Winners​​​​

NON-ROMANCE

First Place

The Sound of Silence by Brenda Clark Thomas

Second Place (tie)

A Lady in Pieces by Robert Herold

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Learning to Live Again by Linda Trout

Third Place (tie)

Embassy Row by Katherine McLellan

AND

The Tell-Tale Art: Prologue by Lawrence Rothstein

Fourth Place (tie)

Prequel to The Tell-Tale Art by Lawrence Rothstein

AND

Embargo! By Mark Reutlinger

Fifth Place

No Pain Wasted by Mark Jones

  

ROMANCE  

First Place

The Courtesan's Christmas Redemption by Kathy L Wheeler

Second Place

The Selkie and the Viking by Joan Koster/Zara West

Third Place

Breaking the Heart's Walls by Annette Miller

Fourth Place

A Duke She Couldn't Refuse by Victoria Elliot

Fifth Place

Beautiful Mess by Mary Cope

Officers:

(Contact us at: Crow.OWFI.group@gmail.com)
President: Jon Minton
Vice President: Krysta Scott
Secretary: Anna Kittrell
Programs: Alicia Dean
Delegate: Winona Cross

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Meet the CROWs:

Alicia Dean writes horror, suspense and paranormal. She lives in Edmond, OK and is an obsessed Elvis fan. Find her here: https://linktr.ee/AliciaDean1835

Anna Kittrell is a prize-winning multi-genre author and screenwriter. When the audience embraces her characters, she embraces success.

Brenda Clark Thomas is an award-winning author who writes primarily speculative fiction with a literary bent.

Brooke Taylor is an award-winning author of edge of your seat Romantic Suspense novels. Filled with daring locales and sizzling chemistry, Brooke’s stories inspire her readers to live life to the fullest and to love without limits.

USA Today best selling author Callie Hutton has penned more than sixty-eight historical romance books and Victorian Cozy Mysteries with humor and “historic elements and sensory details.” (The Romance Reviews). Ms. Hutton’s cozy mystery book, The Sign of Death was a finalist in the Simon and Schuster Mary Higgins Clark award in 2022. With close to a million novels sold and translated into several languages, she continues to entrance readers with her heartfelt stories.

Jon Minton is an American speculative fiction writer based in Oklahoma City. He is a software developer but has always been passionate about a great story.

He reads and writes everything from horror to historical, but his primary genres are science fiction and fantasy. A few of his favorite authors include Stephen King, Anne Rice, James S.A. Corey, N.K. Jemisin, and George R.R. Martin.

Jude Bayton

Julia Mozingo

Kit McKenna is an award winning author who crafts romance books that have a slice of danger blended with strong, seasoned women and are steamed to perfection.

Krysta Scott

Kysha Williams has published 1 children’s book “Jason’s Gift”. She currently working on a murder mystery romance trilogy.

Lisbeth L. McCarty is an author and an attorney. When speaking to CROW members, she was fascinated by the typewriter CROW offers in one of their contests, so she joined to try to win one. Of course, that wasn't the only reason She also loved all the CROW people she met. www.lisbethmccarty.com

Mark Jones specializes in mysteries, paranormal, and sci-fi. His work has been recognized in multiple writing contests and published in anthologies.

Marty Ludlum

Maxine Douglas Hailing from Wisconsin, Maxine Douglas is now an Okie who writes American historical and contemporary romances. These books are always written with heart and may or may not have an added splash of mystery. Find her here: https://linktr.ee/maxinedouglasauthor

Myloe Wilson

Patricia Jellerson

Tamrie Foxtail writes cozy mysteries, young adult, and contributes to the Friday the 13th series. She has a SLIGHT obsession with carousels and anyone who travels with her knows--we stop for carousels.

Tina Fausett

Winona Cross writes mostly historical fiction with romantic elements. She is the author of three books--Dianne's Destiny, Rebecca's Journey, and Winter at Journey's End.

She is an avid reader but prefers historical and women's fiction.

She is a member of the Central Region Oklahoma Writers, the Oklahoma Romance Writers Guild, and the Oklahoma Writer’s Federation, Inc.

Tashia L. Fugate is a Kentucky author who’s putting a spin on the traditional werewolf tale. She writes paranormal fantasy romance with a strong female main character that rises up when the world’s beaten her down. Add in some witty and hilarious side characters and you can’t go wrong.

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