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VALERIE PARV AWARD

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The Australian chapter of Romance Writers of America paid Valerie a great compliment when they established the Valerie Parv Award in her honour.

This award was established in Valerie Parv's honour by RW America, and is now run by Romance Writers of Australia.

The winner is mentored by Valerie Parv for the year of the award, and the entry is read by a senior romance editor.

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Congratulations to MICHELLE DE ROOY on winning the 2011 Valerie Parv Award.
Michelle writes fantasy and contemporary romance. She wins an engraved medallion, a cash prize and a year of mentoring with Valerie.

Congratulations to KYLIE GRIFFIN on winning the Golden Heart Award from Romance Writers of America for her unpublished manuscript, Blood Born . Kylie was the 2009 winner of the Valerie Parv Award and I wish her every success in her writing career. Look for her name in lights!

The 2012
Valerie Parv Award Time to start
working on
this year's entry ! Opens: April 23
Closes: May 4 limited to first 80 entries received Enquiries

Congratulations to Michelle de Rooy 2011 winner of the Valerie Parv Award

AWARD TO THE WISE Mentoring VPA winners

Congratulations also to previous VPA winners

Kylie Griffin Her VPA-winning book
Vengeance Born Book #1 in the
Light Blade Series debuts in February 2012 in the US/Canada Book #2 - Alliance Forged
- in July 2012

Bronwyn Parry Dead Heat,
her latest
romantic suspense novel
is scheduled for
April 2012 with Hachette

Erica Hayes who has sold a 2-book
dark paranormal romance series
to Berkeley Books.
Look for Book #1, Redemption
in late 2012

Rachel Bailey whose latest
Harlequin Desire novel,
What Happens in Charlestone,
will be published
in February 2012

2010 WINNER ANNA COWAN for
The Three Loves
of Miss Beatrice Sutherland
. Anna won an engraved medallion
and a year of mentoring with me
for her highly original
and entertaining novel.

2009 WINNER KYLIE SHORT also won the Clendon Award
at the New Zealand
romance writing conference! I can pick em!

2008 WINNER ERICA HAYES on her two-book deal with St Martin’s Press.

2007 WINNER RACHEL ROBINSON whose book was accepted by
Silhouette Desire