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RITA Award
DescriptionExcellence in romantic fiction
CountryUnited States
Presented byRomance Writers of America
Websitehttp://www.rwa.org/p/cm/ld/fid=528

The RITA Award is the most prominent award given throughout the genre of romance fiction.[1][2] It is presented by Romance Writers of America (RWA). The purpose of the RITA Award is to promote excellence in the romance genre by recognizing outstanding published novels and novellas. It is named for the RWA's first president, Rita Clay Estrada.

Procedure

The RITA Award opens for entries in the fall. Entrants must supply five printed books by the posted deadline. Each title is judged by five separate judges during the preliminary round. Finalist are announced in mid-March. Winners are announced at the annual award ceremony, held on the last day of RWA's National Conference, which is normally held in July.[3][4] Winners receive a gold statuette, book editors receive a plaque.

Current contest rules may be found on the RWA website (www.rwa.org), in the Awards section.

Categories

Current award categories are:

  • Best First Book
  • Long Contemporary Romance
  • Mid-Length Contemporary Romance
  • Short Contemporary Romance
  • Erotic Romance
  • Long Historical Romance
  • Short Historical Romance
  • Inspirational Romance
  • Paranormal Romance
  • Romance Novella
  • Romantic Suspense
  • Young Adult Romance

Best First Book

Contemporary Romance

Past winners:

Erotic Romance

Historical Romance

Inspirational Romance

Novel with Strong Romantic Elements

This award may correlate to:

  • Best Romance from 1990 to 1996
  • RWA's Favorite Book in 1998
  • Best Novel With Strong Romantic Elements from 2004 to 2008

Past winners are:[5]

Paranormal Romance

This award may correlate to:

  • Best Futuristic/Fantasy/Paranormal Romance from 1992-1994

Winners:

Romance Novella

Romantic Suspense

This may correlate to:

  • Best Suspense 1989

Past winners:

Young Adult Romance

References

  1. ^ Vineyard, Rebecca (2004). The Romance Writer's Handbook: How to Write Romantic Fiction & Get it Published. Watson-Guptill. p. 122. ISBN 0-87116-204-0.
  2. ^ Brown, Janelle (September 29, 1999). "Forbidden romance?". Salon.com. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
  3. ^ Clay, Pat (August 8, 2007). "Authors earn respect of romance writers". Florida Today. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-08-13.
  4. ^ Bouricius, Ann (2000). "The Romance Readers' Advisory: The Librarian's Guide to Love in the Stacks". Chicago: American Library Association: 69. ISBN 0-8389-0779-2. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference ritapast was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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