ROMANCING THE NOVEL PUBLISHED AUTHORS CONTEST 2015 - INVITATION TO JUDGES
Romancing the Novel Published Authors Contest 2015 - Invitation to Judges
The 2015 Romancing the Novel Published Authors Contest, sponsored by Hearts Through History Romance Writers, RWA Chapter #189, was conceived to award excellence in published—especially historical—romance fiction. The contest has opened to a great start and HHRW is now searching for avid readers of romance to read and judge the published novels of the authors who have entered their books and novellas.
The authors’ deadline for submission of their book/s is June 15, 2015.
Novels and novellas will be distributed to reader-judges in late June 2015. The deadline for scoring the entries will be August 31st, 2015. Entries will be in electronic format (PDF, Kindle, or epub). Authors will provide DRM-free digital copies of the entered book/s, which will be given to reader-judges as a gift for their efforts. No print copies will be available.
Scoring: This will be a simple form to be completed for each book entry. Judges will be asked to give a numerical score between 1 (the lowest score) and 10 (the highest score).
Categories to be judged: HHRW is all about history. Therefore, the historical romances have several defined categories.
Historical Romance Categories:
Ancient/Medieval/Renaissance
Georgian/Regency/Victorian
Colonial/Civil War/Western
Post-Victorian/WWII/up to 1960
Historical Inspirational
Time Travel/Historical Paranormal
Historical Young/New Adult
Historical Novella (less than 40,000 words)
Best First Historical Romance Novel
Other Categories:
Contemporary
Romantic Suspense
Inspirational
Paranormal/Fantasy/Futuristic/Time Travel
Young Adult / New Adult
Novella (less than 40,000 words)
Best First Romance Novel
Judging: HHRW is looking for at least four judges for each entry. The decision of the judges will be final. Judge’s Information Form: In order to ensure that judges receive the books they most enjoy reading, HHRW has prepared a form so that each judge has an opportunity to let the Coordinator/s know their preferences.
The Reader-Judge’s form is located here: Romancing the Novel Published Authors Contest 2015-Judge’s Information (http://tinyurl.com/HHRWJudge). If you have questions, please contact me at vp2@heartsthroughhistory.com.
Winners will be informed via email at the close of the contest, after all judges have reported their votes by August 31, 2015. Winners will be publicly announced in Fall 2015.
Leigh Verrill-Rhys, VP HHRW, Romancing the Novel Published Authors Contest Coordinator
The 2015 Romancing the Novel Published Authors Contest, sponsored by Hearts Through History Romance Writers, RWA Chapter #189, was conceived to award excellence in published—especially historical—romance fiction. The contest has opened to a great start and HHRW is now searching for avid readers of romance to read and judge the published novels of the authors who have entered their books and novellas.
The authors’ deadline for submission of their book/s is June 15, 2015.
Novels and novellas will be distributed to reader-judges in late June 2015. The deadline for scoring the entries will be August 31st, 2015. Entries will be in electronic format (PDF, Kindle, or epub). Authors will provide DRM-free digital copies of the entered book/s, which will be given to reader-judges as a gift for their efforts. No print copies will be available.
Scoring: This will be a simple form to be completed for each book entry. Judges will be asked to give a numerical score between 1 (the lowest score) and 10 (the highest score).
Categories to be judged: HHRW is all about history. Therefore, the historical romances have several defined categories.
Historical Romance Categories:
Ancient/Medieval/Renaissance
Georgian/Regency/Victorian
Colonial/Civil War/Western
Post-Victorian/WWII/up to 1960
Historical Inspirational
Time Travel/Historical Paranormal
Historical Young/New Adult
Historical Novella (less than 40,000 words)
Best First Historical Romance Novel
Other Categories:
Contemporary
Romantic Suspense
Inspirational
Paranormal/Fantasy/Futuristic/Time Travel
Young Adult / New Adult
Novella (less than 40,000 words)
Best First Romance Novel
Judging: HHRW is looking for at least four judges for each entry. The decision of the judges will be final. Judge’s Information Form: In order to ensure that judges receive the books they most enjoy reading, HHRW has prepared a form so that each judge has an opportunity to let the Coordinator/s know their preferences.
The Reader-Judge’s form is located here: Romancing the Novel Published Authors Contest 2015-Judge’s Information (http://tinyurl.com/HHRWJudge). If you have questions, please contact me at vp2@heartsthroughhistory.com.
Winners will be informed via email at the close of the contest, after all judges have reported their votes by August 31, 2015. Winners will be publicly announced in Fall 2015.
Leigh Verrill-Rhys, VP HHRW, Romancing the Novel Published Authors Contest Coordinator