Congratulations to Kathleen Kay Chalmers of Newport News for winning first place in the 2009 Best Unpublished Novel Contest, co-sponsored by Richmond Magazine. Read this article to find out more about Kathleen and to read the first two chapters of her book.

Here are all of the 2009 winners:

First Place:

Murder in a Good Neighborhood
by Kathleen Kay Chalmers of Newport News, VA

Finalists:

Kinlock Shelter
Nicole Anderson Ellis of Richmond

Bright Coin Moon
Kirsten Lopresti of Oak Hill

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