Golden Rose Contest
The Golden Rose is a contest sponsored by RCRW for unpublished and non-PAN (within the RWA Organization) authors. It offers the opportunity to obtain high quality feedback and, for finalists, the chance to get your work in front of a publishing industry editor or agent. It is one of the few contests allowing a high word submission count which provides our entrants the greatest opportunity for feedback. In addition, many of our finalists receive requests from the final judges and many of those have gone on to be represented by the agents or published by editors.
The 2013 Golden Rose opens for submissions on June 1, 2013!
Check out our fabulous panel of final round judges!
| * | Golden Rose contestants receive three comprehensive score sheets from first round judges. Judges are highly encouraged to make detailed, constructive comments explaining their scores. |
| * | Category finalists are allowed one week after notification of status to review their entries before they are sent to the final round judges, thereby increasing the potential for a full request. |
| * | First Place Winners in each category will be offered a free one-year RCRW chapter membership. |
| * | All finalists receive a beautiful certificate as well as a lovely banner for their websites. |
| * | Winners will be announced on the RCRW website and in RWA’s Romance Writers Report. |
| * | The top score overall wins a gorgeous, gold-plated American Beauty rose. |
