RESOURCES: CONTEST & AWARDS
See below for a list of contests that include published & unpublished romance categories.
| CONTEST | ENTRY TIME | GENRE(S) | WEBSITE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Booksellers Best | January | published romance | https://www.gdrw.org/our-contest |
| LAMBDA LGBTQ+ Literary Awards | January | published lgbtq+ stories *romance category included | https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/ |
| Paranormal Romance Guild Reviewers Choice Awards | January *only for books reviewed by PRG reviewers the prev year | published paranormal romance | https://paranormalromanceguild.com/prg-reviewers-choice-awards/ |
| PRISM | January | published paranormal, scifi, fantasy romance | https://ffprwa.com/contests/prism-contest/ |
| Passionate Plume Awards | February | published erotic/ertoica romance | https://passionateink.org/about-contests/ |
| Stiletto Contest | March | published & unpublished contemporary romance | https://contemporaryromance.org/2022-stiletto-contest/ |
| RONE Awards | May *voting in May, books selected from those reviewed by InD’Tale | published romance | https://indtale.com/rone-eligibility-and-rules |
| RSJ Aspiring Author Contest | May | unpublished romance | https://rsjconvention.com/aspiring-author-contest-enter-now-promoting-diversity-in-literature/ |
| RSJ EMMA Awards | May | published romance | https://rsjconvention.com/emma-awards-romance-books-promoting-diversity-in-literature-2/ |
| Golden Leaf | June | published romance | https://www.njromancewriters.org/contests.html |
| On the Far Side | June | unpublished paranormal, scifi, fantasy romance | https://ffprwa.com/contests/on-the-far-side-contest/ |
| Put Your Heart in a Book | June | unpublished romance | https://www.njromancewriters.org/contests.html |
| Romantic Novel Awards | June | published romance | https://romanticnovelistsassociation.org/awards/ |
| The Emily | September | unpublished romance | https://leagueromwriters.com/theemily/ |
| IPPY Awards | September | published indie only all genres *romance category included | https://ippyawards.com/ |
| The Swoon Awards (Swoonies) | November *nomination process, rather than entry process | published romance | https://www.theswoonawards.com/ |
| Goodreads Choice Awards | November *no submission, voting starts in Nov | published all genres *romance category included | https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/ |
| #ReadRChatAwards | ? hosted on twitter | published all genres | https://twitter.com/hashtag/readrchatawards |
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