2009 New England Reader's Choice Bean Pot AwardAnnouncing FinalistsFinalists are listed in alphabetical order.
***NEC Member
Short Contemporary Finalists
The Ride of Her Life - Natasha Moore
The Catcher and The Lie - Rita Oberlies
A Christmas Wedding – Tracy Wolff
Long Contemporary Finalists
Blame It On Paris – Jennifer Greene
Just One of the Guys – Kristan Higgins***
Just Breathe – Susan Wiggs
Historical Finalists
Enticing the Prince – Patricia Grasso***
Frontier Courtship – Valerie Hansen
A Knight Well Spent – Jackie Ivie
Romantic Suspense Finalists
Bed of Lies – Pam Champagne***
Under Fire – Beth Cornelison
Pitch Black – Susan Crandall
Erotica Finalists
Prince's Fire – Cara Carnes
Immortal Kiss – J.K. Coi
Forbidden: The Revolution – Samantha Sommersby
Future/Fantasy/Time Travel/Paranormal Finalists
Red Fire: A Gods of Midnight Novel – Deidre Knight
Prey – Melina Morel
King of Sword and Sky – C.L. Wilson
Winners and the second and third place entries will be announced and awards presented at our 2009 Let Your Imagination Take Flight Conference on March 27-28, 2009. So be sure to join us at the conference to congratulate the winners.
Valerie Harris
Bean Pot Contest Coordinator
2009 New England Reader’s Choice Bean Pot Award
2009 New England Reader's Choice Bean Pot Award
The 2009 New England Reader's Choice Bean Pot Award. A *provisional contest for published authors to award excellence in published romance fiction. The contest is judged exclusively by readers, librarians and booksellers. The first place winners in each category are awarded $50.00 and a certificate. The second and third place winners in each category are awarded a certificate.
Eligibility:
- Open to any member in good standing of the Romance Writers of America (membership verified).
- Books must have a 2008 copyright date and must be received by January 7, 2009.
- Entry fee is $25 for each title submitted. An author may submit more than one 2008 released book with separate entry form and fee for each title.
- Author must submit three autographed copies of the entered book. Books will not be returned.
- E-books accepted in printed form-loose. No short stories, novellas or anthologies, please.
- Finalists will be notified by February 27, 2009.
- Winners announced at our 2009 Let Your Imagination Take Flight Conference, March 27-28, 2009.
Categories for entry:
Short Contemporary (50,000 to 70,000 words)
Long Contemporary (over 70,000 words)
Romantic Suspense
Historical
Erotic Romance
Futuristic; Fantasy; Paranormal or Time Travel
- Any category with less than ten entries will be incorporated into another category if possible. Entrants should suggest an alternate category.
Judging:
- All entries will be judged by readers, librarians or booksellers.
- Judges give each entry a score of 3-10 (10 being the highest).
- Different judges rank entries in the event of a tie.
- The books are given to the judges as thank you gifts for judging. They are not returned to the author.
- The judges’ decisions are final.
For the entry form, more information, and further contact details
download the contest entry form in .doc format.
*Provided this contest is successful it will become an annual event.
Eligibility:
- Open to any member in good standing of the Romance Writers of America (membership verified).
- Books must have a 2008 copyright date and must be received by January 7, 2009.
- Entry fee is $25 for each title submitted. An author may submit more than one 2008 released book with separate entry form and fee for each title.
- Author must submit three autographed copies of the entered book. Books will not be returned.
- E-books accepted in printed form-loose. No short stories, novellas or anthologies, please.
- Finalists will be notified by February 27, 2009.
- Winners announced at our 2009 Let Your Imagination Take Flight Conference, March 27-28, 2009.
Categories for entry:
Short Contemporary (50,000 to 70,000 words)
Long Contemporary (over 70,000 words)
Romantic Suspense
Historical
Erotic Romance
Futuristic; Fantasy; Paranormal or Time Travel
- Any category with less than ten entries will be incorporated into another category if possible. Entrants should suggest an alternate category.
Judging:
- All entries will be judged by readers, librarians or booksellers.
- Judges give each entry a score of 3-10 (10 being the highest).
- Different judges rank entries in the event of a tie.
- The books are given to the judges as thank you gifts for judging. They are not returned to the author.
- The judges’ decisions are final.
For the entry form, more information, and further contact details
download the contest entry form in .doc format.
*Provided this contest is successful it will become an annual event.
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