Romance Writers of America® (RWA) is a nonprofit trade association whose mission is to advance the professional and common business interests of career-focused romance writers through networking and advocacy and by increasing public awareness of the romance genre.

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In an effort to provide the VIVIAN Task Force the time needed to thoroughly examine the 2021 VIVIANⓇ contest, the RWA Board has approved the task force’s recommendation to postpone the 2022 VIVIAN Contest...
 
Directors-at-Large Veronica Forand and Seressia Glass have resigned from the RWA Board of Directors. We thank Veronica and Seressia for their service to the association and wish them well. Louisa Cornell has been appointed to the Board of Directors t
 
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