Romance Writers of Australia

2019 RUBY CONTEST RULES & CONDITIONS

In Contests by webmistressDecember 18, 2018Leave a Comment

Romance Writers of Australia Inc is proud to present… The Romantic Book of the Year Awards 2019 RULES and CONDITIONS RWA Inc. reserves the right at any time to reject entries that do not comply with these conditions. The contest coordinator’s decision in this regard is final. The Ruby Award is for commercially available romance or romantic elements books of 10,000 words or more, first published between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2018 inclusive. For the purposes of this contest, RWA deems ‘commercially available’ to mean: any work of fiction (or part of) that is (or has been at …

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Where do you write? The winner!

In Contests, Uncategorised by RWA Blog CoordinatorDecember 9, 2018Leave a Comment

CONGRATULATIONS to Maya Linnell as the winner of the #wheredoyouwrite competition to promote our new Instagram! A big shout out and thanks to our community for participating and a reminder that you too can follow us on Insta #rwaaus!

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New Instagram Account!

In Contests by RWA Blog CoordinatorOctober 31, 2018Leave a Comment

Romance Writers of Australia is opening a new Instagram account. We’d love all members to support and follow the brand new, sparkly account so we’re running a competition just for members! Be in the running to win a Booktopia gift voucher worth $30! How to enter: Follow the new Instagram account @rwaaus Share a photo of where you write (use the hashtags as listed in the banner above) The photo with the most likes win! Opens 1st November and closes 2nd December 2018! *T&C You need to be both and #rwaaus instagram follower as well as a RWAus member. The competition …

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The Upcoming Famous and Fabulous Romance Writers | Contest is King

In Contests, Uncategorised by RWA Blog CoordinatorOctober 16, 20182 Comments

In the PR world, the catchphrase Content is King is often cited. However, among the Upcoming Famous and Fabulous Writers, we think Contest is King. All five of us enter humble, and not so humble, contests to gain maximum mileage from our writing efforts. This month we reveal our hands and let you see behind our competition poker faces.

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Are you ripping into your Ripping Start entry?

In Contests by webmistressSeptember 10, 20182 Comments

Did you know you can enter up to two (2) novels or novellas? So long as your story is 10000 words or more, you’re good to go! Get your entries in now! Go to Online Entry Form

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Ripping Start 2019

In Contests by webmistressSeptember 3, 2018Leave a Comment

Our first competition for the RWA year – the Ripping Start – opens 3 September 2018. Aspiring and Emerging Members – send in your first 1500 words for the chance to win: A 60K manuscript assessment from Word Witchery. Learn More

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Valerie Parv Finalists 2018

In Contests by Online ManagerJuly 20, 20181 Comment

AJ Blythe Jillian Jones Paquita Fadden Ree Andersson Sara Hartland Stella Quinn

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Ruby – Finalists 2018

In Contests by Online ManagerMay 22, 20186 Comments

Congratulations to our Ruby finalists for 2018!

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First Kiss | Finalists 2018

In Contests by Online ManagerMay 6, 2018Leave a Comment

Congratulations to our First Kiss finalists for 2018! Nicola Bernard Kathleen Smart Listya Elliott Sara Hartland Kristin Young Maya Linnell Joanne Edgar-Baker Entries have now been sent to the final judges. Good luck to all of our finalists!

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