Ask An Industry Expert – Isobel Akenhead.

...find hardest is when a brilliant book gets an inexplicably negative review, or most infuriatingly “1 star – this didn’t download properly”. It can be so personal and hurtful to...

Access grants

...eligible to apply for an RNA access grant? We would need to review the writing and synopsis, to be sure, but on the basis of your story including a romance...

Kate Ryder: Summer In A Cornish Cove

...the human condition. However, I didn’t leave her wallowing, and out of her deep sorrow a poignant love story emerges. I was so pleased when one reviewer commented, “This is...

2021 RNA Industry Award Winners

...offer the entire British publishing catalogue online while still remaining true to their roots as a physical and customer-friendly bookshop.     LIBRARY OR LIBRARIAN OF THE YEAR This award...

Kate Baker: Awards First Timer

...chapters meetings, and online. * Kate Baker lives in Suffolk with her husband of 25 years on his family farm. She has two grown up children and is ‘between pets’...

New Writers’ Scheme

...romantic fiction Access to both regional and online RNA chapters Access to RNA Facebook groups, including a dedicated NWS group Free access to the RNA’s digital magazine, Romance Matters RNA...

Meet The 2020 Joan Hessayon Contenders

...online follower who might be her soulmate, and a lot of cocktails, Liv’s dating life is about to be shaken up …               “The...

Meet The #UKRomChat Team

...final question is always: “What do you love about creating Happily Ever Afters?” The chat was the brainchild of Jeanna, who saw a gap in the online writing community for...

April 2018: Competition Monthly

...cover sheets are requested, or your details will go on an online form or on your email. If a competition has a theme, stick to it. That may sound obvious,...

July 2018: Competition Monthly

...Love. 1,500 – 1,700 words Prize: £200 plus magazine publication / £50 plus online publication Closing date: 15 September 2018 Entry: £4 for subscribers / £6 non Details   Mere...

New Releases: February 2021

...bell ropes.               Janet Gover: Close to Home Contemporary women’s fiction MIRA (Aust) Ebook, Paperback, and Audio, February 3rd.   Two households, both alike...

June 2019: Competition Monthly

...online publication Closing date: 15 August 2019 Entry: £4 subscribers / £4 non Details     September Competitions SiWC Short Story Competition Theme: Open. 2,500 – 5,000 words Prize: $1,000...