RWA 2011 RITA® & Golden Heart® finalists

A huge congratulations to all of the 2011 RWA RITA® and Golden Heart® finalists!

What a thrilling ride you're all embarking on in the build up to the Nationals in New York in July. Enjoy and make the most of it!

RWA® Golden Heart necklace

A special shout out to my RWA® 2010 Unsinkable Sisters who made it through again:

• Sharon Lynn Fisher (Paranormal Romance)
• Clarissa Southwick (aka Gail Zerrade - Novel w/Strong Romantic Elements)
• Lisa Connelly (Contemporary Single Title)
• Shelley Coriell (Young Adult Romance)
• Nan Dixon (aka Nancy Evertz - Contemporary Series Romance)
• Sharon Wray (Romantic Suspense)
• Laurie Kellogg (Inspirational Romance)

And a huge woohoo to my fellow Science Fiction Romance Brigade members who made the lists:

Laurie Green

Golden Heart® dual finalist (Paranormal Romance)

Sharon Lynn Fisher

Golden Heart® finalist (Paranormal Romance)

RWA RITA® Award

Marcella Burnard

RITA® dual finalist (Best First Book & Paranormal Romance sections)



And the good news keeps coming! Congratulations to the DownUnder contingent for their RWA RITA® Award nominations:

Marion Lennox

(Contemporary Series Romance)

Kelly Hunter

(Contemporary Series Romance)

Sandra Hyatt

(Romance Novella)

For the full list of RWA RITA® & Golden Heart® finalists, click here.