Thank you for the wonderful proposals and the compelling letters explaining why you want a retreat in New Zealand. This grant is full of talented people! It was a pleasure to read your stories and to get to know you. The following is the list chosen as finalists for this year.

Please do not be disappointed if your name is not on this list, we had an amazing number of applications and all of you are very talented so it was a most difficult decision.

I promised to give you a personal consultation so please email me with a time that you can call me in California, preferably from 2 to 5PM. I need your name and the grant you entered and I will email back a confirmation. Caroleedean@att.net

The top 5 finalists are highlighted in yellow. Richard Kaufman is the winner for the 2007 writing grant. Project title Genera Writer email Death Watch Doc Martha R. Conley marcon71@msn.com The Flood Novel Elissa Elliott El Poeta Feature Michael Ryan Covert iconixfilms@yahoo.com The Kindness runner Feature Andrew Gillis grammarrodeo@hotmail.com TheCoiled One Feature Alexandra Steele xelapop@gmail.com Tubman, Gala Dali & Virgin Feature Gwen Cassidy gwenmcassidy@yahoo.com Resonance: The Odyssey of Bells Doc Paul Creager resonancefilm@gmail.com Blood of the Lamb Feature Kristina Sanborn Kristina@quillqueen.com Stories of our Mothers Feature Erica Gimpel womansparadise@earthlink.net Spellbound Feature Richard Kaufman richka@sbcglobal.net Canary Murders Feature Lee Payton paytonproductions@hotmail.com