Well, how about that!
I just received a call from the Winter Rose contest coordinator. Faith of the Heart won the Series Contemporary category. What a nice surprise!
I think I mentioned before that the Winter Rose was the first contest I entered. There was a mix up over scores, and I was notified I finaled when I didn’t. The coordinator was very nice about it and invited me to enter free this year to make up for the mistake. I was pretty much done contesting, but I figured — free. Might as well. So I sent in Faith of the Heart.
I’ve only entered that story in two contests. It finaled in both. I’m within about a chapter of finishing it. Now, I have plenty of motivation to do so. It really is a sweet story about an honest-to-God faith healer and an investigative reporter. My number one beta reader (love you, Mom) thinks it’s my best story yet. Of course, she’s not prejudiced or anything. 
I’ll write up a quick blurb about the story and get it added to my “Current Projects” page soon. Probably when the book is done.
With the exceptions of Golden Heart and PASIC’s Book of Your Heart, I am done contesting. (I can hear my Critters snorting laughs from the other three sides of Indianapolis.) Honest. Cross my heart. Just Golden Heart and BOYH. No more. Really. 
But what a way to retire!