RWA Valerie Parv Award 2011

I hope all you unpublished writers have brushed up your category or single title manuscripts and are ready to enter them into the Valerie Parv Award - the only competition on the Romance Writers of Australia contest circuit that allows members and non-members to enter!

If not, why not? How can you pass up the chance of winning a 12 month mentorship with the incredibly generous and knowledgeable Valerie Parv?

Here are some of the details:

The Valerie Parv Award 2011

Opens:  25 February 2011
Closes: 8 April 2011, midnight Sydney time
Entries arriving before or after these times will not be accepted.

Enter: first 12500 words (max) + 1000 word (max) synopsis of your unpublished romance/romantic elements manuscript by email only.

Maximum three entries per person
Open to RWAustralia members and non-members 

Final judges: Valerie Parv will rank the 6 finalists and the top prize winner will also be read and critiqued by Mary Theresa Hussey, Executive Editor of Silhouette Books

Prizes:
1st - 1 year mentorship with Valerie Parv, plus $300
2nd - $200
3rd - $100

For the entry form and more information, click here.

Valerie Parv & Kylie Griffin

Check out some of the past winners:
2010 - Anna Cowan
2009 - Kylie Griffin (yep, that's me! - published with Berkley)
2008 - Erica Hayes (published with St.Martin's Press)
2007 - Barbara Jeffcott-Geris
2006 - Rachel Bailey (published with Harlequin Desire)

The VPA is your last chance to enter a contest for this RWA season - so don't miss out!

Will you be the VPA 2011 winner?