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AWARD TO THE WISE Mentoring VPA winners

the

VALERIE PARV AWARD

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

Open to all writers unpublished in book-length romance fiction, this award was established in Valerie Parv's honour by RW America, and is now run by Romance Writers of Australia.

Entrants submit

the first three chapters
OR
prologue and two chapters

PLUS a 2-page single-space synopsis of a novel aimed at any accepted category of romance including single title.

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

Closing date for the 2008 VALERIE PARV AWARD is April 4, 2008 Enquiries to Andrea McNally

or send SSAE to:
RWA Contests,
PO Box 437
Katoomba
NSW 2780 Australia

SO START WRITING and
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Closing date for entries in the 2008 award is April 4, 2008 Enquiries to Andrea McNally

Congratulations to BARBARA JEFFCOTT GERIS winner of this year's VPA

Congratulations to previous VPA winners BRONWYN CLARKE and MELANIE SCOTT who both finalled in the (Golden Heart) unpublished section of Romance Writers of America awards.

Melanie and Bronwyn also scooped all three places in the Romance Writers of Australia 2006 Single Title Contest.

1st MELANIE SCOTT 2nd and 3rd BRONWYN CLARKE

NEWS FLASH BRONWYN CLARKE also won the US Golden Heart Award for best romantic suspense

Further congratulations go to 2006 runner-up PAULA ROE who sold her VPA entry to Harlequin Desire