The hardest time for me as a writer was the second time I was a finalist in
the Golden Heart contest, a Romance Writers of America contest for unpublished writers.
I had entered (for the first time) the Romance Writers of America's (RWA)
Golden Heart contest for aspiring authors and had been named a finalist.
Not exact matches
The deadline of the 2013
contest was Jan. 2, but check out the RWA's
Golden Heart page when the
contest reopens next fall.
Today Romance Writers of America announced their annual
contest nominees for the Rita award for published romance, and the
Golden Heart for unpublished manuscripts.
Award - winning romance author Lindsey Brookes is a four - time RWA
Golden Heart finalist, as well as a past American Title III finalist, and winner of Harlequin's Great American Romance Novel
contest.
December 1, 2012 Wishing You Were Here, my young adult time travel romance that finaled in the RWA
Golden Heart ®
contest, is now available in Kindle format from Amazon.com.
And indeed this can be true, if the
contest is prestigious — the First Crime Novel
contest run by St. Martin's Press, for instance, where winning includes a book contract, or the
Golden Heart Awards, a
contest for unpublished book - length manuscripts conducted by the Romance Writers of America.
Many
Golden Heart finalists sell their manuscripts to publishers as a result of the exposure from the
contest.
My young adult paranormal, Liminal, has finalled in the published division of From The
Heart Romance Writers «
Golden Gateway»
contest — woohoo!