RWNZ can now announce the WINNERS for the Koru Contest for 2018.
Long Romance
The Currency Lass – Tea Cooper – FIRST EQUAL
Ruining Miss Wrotham – Emily Larkin – FIRST EQUAL
The Modern Woman’s Guide To Finding a Knight – Anna Klein – THIRD
Worth The Risk – Holly James
Trusting Miss Trentham – Emily Larkin
Short Romance
Devoted – JC Harroway – FIRST
Hollow – Steffanie Green – SECOND
Under The Stars- Kendra Delugar- THIRD
The Baby Merger – Yvonne Lindsay
Her Outback Cowboy – Annie Seaton
Novella
Road Trip Baby – Fiona Marsden – FIRST EQUAL
Runaway Christmas Bride – Isabella Hargreaves – FIRST EQUAL
A Scot for Christmas – Bronwen Evans – THIRD EQUAL
Forbidden River – Brynn Kelly – THIRD EQUAL
Best First Book
The Modern Woman’s Guide To Finding a Knight – Anna Klein – FIRST
Under The Stars – Kendra Delugar -SECOND
Masked – Marija Greenhill – THIRD
Overall Award for Excellence – this year was a three way tie
Devoted – JC Harroway
The Currency Lass – Tea Cooper
Ruining Miss Wrotham – Emily Larkin
Huge congrats to the finalists and to everyone who entered!
The finalists for the 2018 Pacific Hearts Award are as follows (in alphabetical order):
Ashlee Dolamore – SECOND
Amy Paulussen – THIRD
Adrienne Smith – FIRST
Congratulations and best of luck with the final round of judging.
It gives me great pleasure to announce the results of the Chapter Short Story Contest.
Congratulations to the placegetters and all the finallists.
And thank you to all the entrants and the judges who made running this contest possible!
1st K.A. Servian – Seeing Him Again For the First Time
2nd Jackie Rutherford – The HR Handbook
3rd Kellie Hailes – A Man of His Word
The RWNZ is thrilled to be able to announce the finalists for the 2018 Chapter Short Story Contest.
They are as follows (in alphabetical order):
Susie Frame
Kellie Hailes
Jackie Rutherford (x2)
K.A. Servian
Yvonne Walus (x2)
Congratulations everyone and best of luck in the final round!
It gives me great pleasure to announce the results of the Daphne Clair de Jong First Kiss contest 2018!
1. Mako Bay by Stephanie Ruth
2. Claim to the Heart by Lyssa Randolph
3. Ruby Island by Stephanie Ruth
Well done to the place getters–and to Kendra Delugar and Susan Frame, the remaining finalists.
It gives RWNZ great pleasure to announce the finalists in the First Kiss Contest. They are (in the order their entries were received):
Kendra Delugar.
Stephanie Ruth (x2)
Lyssa Randolph
Susan Frame
Please join me in congratulating them!
And the winners are….
Editor’s choice:
1. Conquering Nick / Jennifer Raines
2. Finding Solace / Catherine Hudson
3. Taylor’s Law / Jennifer Raines
4. Beyond Heat / Ashley Logan
Agent’s choice:
1. Conquering Nick / Jennifer Raines
2. Taylor’s Law / Jennifer Raines
3. Beyond Heat / Ashley Logan
4. Finding Solace / Catherine Hudson
A special thanks to our professional judges:
Editor: Kathleen Scheibling
Executive Editor, Harlequin Global (Toronto Office)
Agent: Elaine Spencer
The Knight Agency
The RWNZ is thrilled to be able to announce the finalists for the 2017 Great Beginnings Contest.
They are as follows (in alphabetical order):
Catherine Hudson
Ashley Logan
Erin Moira O’Hara
Jennifer Raines (x2)
Congratulations everyone and best of luck in the final round!
We had an unprecedented number of entries this year, so we want to give a huge shout out to all the judges who made running this competition possible (we literally could not do it without you).
