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The Romantic Novel of the Year Awards

The RNA’s Romantic Novel of the Year Awards are presented annually, recognising and celebrating the very best in romantic fiction.

The Shorter Romantic Novel Award

For shorter romance novels, serials or novellas. These may range from magazine serials, short stories, novellas, or shorter novels of no less than 30,000 words and no more than 60,000 words. Novels may be independently or traditionally published.

Current holder

The cover for "Camera Shy", by Julia Boggio. The cover shows an illustration of a woman in a long, dark pink dress sitting at a bistro table with the eiffel tower in the background. She is covering her face with a book, and her long blonde hair blows in the breeze.
Author Julia Boggio. Woman with dark brown hair, smiling, brown eyes, dress with hearts on it

Camera Shy

Julia Boggio

Self-published

The Romantic Novel of the Year Awards

The Shorter Romantic Novel Award 2025

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