Land of Enchantment Romance Authors (LERA)
The New Mexico Chapter of Romance Writers of America
Contest
Reviews of the Rebecca 2009:
"Land of Enchantment: Making Dreams Come True...because of this contest, my writing career is getting its start." ~Gabriella Edwards
"The Rebecca is one of the best-run contests I've entered." ~Danielle
"Entering this contest has been the best thing I've done so far to improve my writing skills." ~Donna Baker
Two of our finalists' entries are being published by the final judge!
~~The Rebecca 2009 Final Results~~
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| Historical | TJ Bennett | Dark Angel - 1st Place | ||
| Sharon Calvin | Dangerous Desires - 2nd Place | |||
| Kayla Westra | The Cavalryman - 3rd Place | |||
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| Rosie Murphy, w/a Gabriella Edwards | Until Emie - 2nd Place (sold manuscript!) | |||
| Brenda Schetnan, w/a Tami Sinclair |
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LERA wants to thank all its hard-working judges!
Some of our judges are listed here:
Final round judges are:
Category |
Final Judge |
Series contemporary |
Patience Smith (Silhouette) |
Single-title contemporary |
Laura Cifelli (NAL) |
Historical |
Becky Vinter (NAL) |
Paranormal |
Leah Hultenschmidt (Dorchester) |
Erotica |
Theresa Stevens (Red Sage) |
Contest Timeline:
- May 30, 2009 - Deadline for submissions.
- July 31, 2009 - Finalists notified by e-mail on or before this date. **Update: finalists will be notified by August 10th! (Sorry for the delay -- we had lots of entries, but we're almost there!)**
- November 14, 2009 - Winners announced at the LERA conference.
For additional information, please contact:
Sarah Baker at
sarah@sarahstorme.com
The Rebecca 2007 Contest Winners
Congratulations!