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October Contests
**Beacon Award 2008: Unpublished Receipt Deadline: October 1, 2008 Fee: $25 Sponsor: First Coast Romance Writers Enter: Prologue/first chapter (30 pages max), optional synopsis (3 pages max, not judged) Categories: Paranormal, historical, short contemporary, ST contemporary, romantic elements Final Judges: Editors For more information, go to www.firstcoastromancewriters.com **18th Annual Duel on the Delta Postmark Deadline: October 1, 2008 Fee: $25 Sponsor: River City Romance Writers Enter: Prologue/first chapter Final Judges: Agents/editors For more information, go to www.rivercityromancewriters.org 18th Annual Hold Me, Thrill Me Postmark Deadline: October 1, 2008 Fee: $25 Sponsor: Southwest Florida Romance Writers Enter: First chapter, optional symopsis Final Judge: Editor For more information, go to www.swfrw.org Kathryn Hayes Love and Laughter 2008 Postmark Deadline: October 1, 2008 Fee: $25-$30 Sponsor: RWA/NYC Enter: Humorous scene between H & H (10 pages max), story/background summary (not judged, 2 pages max) Final Judge: Agent/editor For more information, email inforwanyc@yahoo.com 10th Annual MERWA Synopsis Contest Postmark/E-Deadline: October 1, 2008 Fee: $20 Sponsor: Maine Chapter RWA Enter: Synopsis (10 pages max) Final Judge: Editor For more information, go to www.mainerwa.com **The Emily 2009 Postmark/E-Deadline: October 7, 2008 Fee: $20-$30 Sponsor: West Houston RWA Enter: First 35 pages Final Judges: Agents/editors For more information, go to www.whrwa.com Romancing the Tome Receipt/E-Deadline: October 11, 2008 Fee: $20 Sponsor: Coeur de Louisiane Enter: First 5 pages Final Judges: TBA For more information, go to www.geocities.com/coeurdelouisiane/Contest.html November Contests **14th Annual Enchanted Words Deadline: November 1, 2008 Fee: $20 Sponsor: Ohio Valley RWA Enter: Query letter, synopsis, first 5 pages Final Judges: Editors For more information, go to www.ovrwa.com **Happily Ever After Last Chapter Contest Postmark/E-Deadline: November 1, 2008 Fee: $20-$30 Sponsor: Mid-Michigan RWA Enter: Last chapter, epilogue, synopsis For more information, go to www.midmichiganrwa.org 22nd Annual Hook, Line and Sinker Postmark Deadline: November 1, 2008 Fee: $10 Sponsor: Hudson Valley RWA Enter: First 3 pages Final Judge: Editor For more information, go to www.hvrwa.com **11th Annual GOTCHA! E-Receipt Deadline: November 12, 2008 Fee: $25 Sponsor: Silicon Valley Romance Writers Enter: First 15 pages Final Judges: Editors For more information, go to www.svrwa.com/gotcha-contest December Contests **Linda Howard Award of Excellence 2008 E-Deadline: December 28, 2008 Postmark/E-Deadline: November 22, 2008 Fee: $25-$30 Sponsor: Southern Magic, Inc. Enter: Beginning of ms. Final Judges: Agents/editors For more information, go to www.southernmagic.org **Great Expectations 2009 E-Deadline: December 28, 2008 Receipt Deadline: January 2, 2009 Fee: $20-$30 Sponsor: North Texas RWA Enter: First 25 pages, query letter Final Judges: TBA For more information, go to www.ntrwa.org January 2009 Contests *Award of Excellence 2009 Deadline: January 9, 2009 Fee: $20 Sponsor: Colorado Romance Writers Enter: 2008 books. Bound ebooks eligible. Final Judges: Booksellers/published authors For more information, go to www.coloradoromancewriters.org *Golden Quill 2009 Receipt Deadline: January 9, 2009 Fee: $25 Sponsor: Phoenix Desert Rose RWA Enter: 2008 books. Bound ebooks eligible. Final Judges: Romance readers/librarians For more information, go to www.desertroserwa.org *Write Touch Readers Award 2009 Deadline: January 12, 2009 Fee: Free-$25 Sponsor: WisRWA Enter: 2008 novel-length romances. Final Judges: Romance readers For more information, go to www.wisrwa.org *Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence 2009 Receipt Deadline: January 15, 2009 Fee: $15-$20 Sponsor: Southern Magic Chapter Enter: 2008 romances. Bound ebooks eligible. Final Judges: Romance readers/booksellers/librarians For more information, go to www.southernmagic.org *Judge A Book By Its Cover E-Receipt Deadline: January 15, 2009 Fee: $15 Sponsor: Houston Bay Area RWA Enter: 2008 cover of book or novella. Final Judges: Booksellers For more information, go to www.hbarwa.com Marlene 2009 Deadline: January 15, 2009 Fee: $25-$30 Sponsor: Washington Romance Writers Enter: 35 pages, synopsis. Final Judges: Editors For more information, go to www.wrwdc.com *Open to Published Authors **Open to Published and Unpublished Authors |
