RWA Chapter Contests The Washington Romance Writers 2012 Marlene Awards close January 15, 2012. Open to unpublished manuscripts. Categories and judges: Series Contemporary – Johanna Raisanen, Harlequin; Single Title – Megan Records, Kensington; Paranormal – Heather Osborn, Samhain Publishing; Historical – Esi Sogah, Avon; Romantic Elements – Latoya Smith, Grand Central; Young Adult – Holly [...]
RWA Chapter Contests Maine Chapter, RWA’s 2011 MERWA Synopsis Contest closes Oct. 1, 2011. Categories: Contemporary Romance, Historical Romance, Romantic Suspense, Paranormal, Strong Romance Elements (women’s fiction, young adult, chicklit, fantasy, erotica, for example). Final judge: Shana Smith of Harlequin. FMI, entry form, and rules RWA Chapter Workshops STARRWA presents Deep Story Techniques with Carol [...]
RWA Chapter Contests The Golden Network is offering the Golden Pen contest, open until August 15, but if you enter by July 15, you’ll get $5 off of your entry fee. Categories and judges: Historical – Deb Werksman, Sourcebooks; Inspirational – Melissa Endlich, Steeple Hill; Novel with Strong Romantic Elements – Valerie Gray, MIRA Books [...]
RWA Chapter Contests The Kiss of Death Chapter’s 2011 Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in mystery/suspense closes for entries on March 15, 2011. Published and unpublished categories. Unpublished categories and judges: Category (Series) Romantic Mystery/Suspense, Allison Lyons – Harlequin Intrigue and Jennifer Schober – Spencerhill Associates; Historical, Tessa Woodward – Avon and Alexandra Machinist [...]
RWA Chapter Contests Yellow Rose Romance Writers announces the 2011 Winter Rose contest for writers not published in book-length fiction in the last 5 years. Deadline: January 22, 2011, enter the prologue/first chapter (25 pages max), electronic entries only. Categories and judges: Contemporary Single Title, Margo Lipschultz, HQN; Historical (Includes Regency), Deb Werksman, Sourcebooks; Mainstream [...]
RWA Chapter Contests NTRWA’s Great Expectation Contest has an earlybird registration date of December 11, contest closes December 30. Categories and judges: Contemporary Series – Victoria Curran, Harlequin Books; Erotic Romance – Katherine Pelz, Berkley Heat; Historical – Megan Records, Kensington Books; Inspirational – Natalie Hanemann, Thomas Nelson; Mainstream with Romantic Elements – Emilia Pisani, [...]
RWA Chapter Contests Ohio Valley Romance Writers’ 2010 Enchanted Words Contest deadline has been extended to November 15! The contest is particularly low on entries in the historical category. Submit your query letter, synopsis and first five pages of your manuscript. Finalists in each category will be judged by an editor and an agent. Judges: [...]
RWA Chapter Contests The New England Chapter of RWA has added the category “Mainstream with Romantic Elements” to its 2011 Bean Pot Contest for published authors. Check it out Hudson Valley RWA announces the 25th Annual Hook, Line & Sinker contest. Submit the first three pages of your manuscript. The five entries with the highest [...]
RWA Chapter Contests Missouri Romance Writers’ Gateway to the Best contest closes at midnight on September 10. Categories and judges: Single Title – Katherine Pelz, Berkley; Romantic Suspense – Margo Lipshultz, HQN; Contemporary Series – Laura Barth, Harlequin; Paranormal – LaToya Smith, Grand Central; Historical – Esi Sogah, Avon; YA – Kathy Dawson, Dial Books/Penguin. [...]
RWA Chapter Workshops Heart of Carolina Romance Writers presents Muse Therapy, taught by D. D. Scott, online August 1-31. The workshop is about injecting life into tired and/or stressed out muses. Writers will gain tools to analyze their muses’ funks, reign in their creative divas and up their page counts. Register here Yosemite Romance Writers [...]