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NTRWA’s Great Expectations
2008 Contest Finalists
 Historical
--Tessa Woodward
Editorial Assistant,
Avon Books
Harper Collins Publishers, 10 East 53rd St.
New York, NY 10022
Midnight Promises by
Anne Barton Ardizzone
The
Duchess Competition by Vicky
Dreiling
The Making of Jenny
Keeble by Courtney Milan
Passionate
Persuasions by Jennifer
Ziros
Inspirational –
Melissa Endlich
Editor,
Harlequin Books
233 Broadway, Suite 1001
New York, NY 10279
Sarah's Rainbow
by Margaret Brownley
Miranda's Mistake
by Jessica R.
Ferguson
Sourdough Creek
by Caroline Fyffe
New Hope
by Yvonne Harris
Contemporary
Series Category--
Megan Long
Editorial
Assistant, Harlequin Books
255 Duncan Mill Road
Don Mills, Ontario, Canada, M3B 3K9
The Goblin's Trick
by Ella Drake
Diner
Girl
by Mary Duncanson
The
Cleopatra Secret
by
Greta MacEachern
The
Nanny's Secret
by
Ami Weaver
Mainstream with Romantic Elements –
Liza Schwartz
Editorial
Assistant, New American Library
375 Hudson Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10014
Kingdom
of Fire
by Yvonne Harris
All
for One
by
Chris Keniston
Heart
Wishes
by
Edie Ramer
Twisted
Snare of Fate
by
Gracie Stanners
Romantic Suspense --
Allison
Brandau
Editorial Assistant,
Berkeley/Jove
375 Hudson Street, !5th Floor
New
York, NY 10014
Lying
Eyes
by
Amy Atwell
The
Chameleon Effect
by
Tina Butts
The
Surrogate
by Tina Butts
See
Jane Run
by
Angi Platt
Single Title --
Alex
Logan
Editorial
Assistant,
Grand Central Publishing
237
Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Saints and Sinners by
Catherine Chant
The
Cost of Love
by Vannetta Chapman
The Weight of Love by Vannetta Chapman
Once
Upon a Margarita by Heidi Luchterhand
Specialized
-- Chris Keeslar
Senior Editor,
Dorchester/Leisure
200
Madison Avenue, Suite 2000, New York, NY 10016
Futuristic / Fantasy /
Time Travel / Paranormal
Love Bites...Literally by
Michelle Lauren
The
Night Caller by L. A. Mitchell
The
Slayer's Circle by Michelle Odell
To
Tame His Heart by Lori Sowell
Erotic
Romance--
Raelene Gorlinsky
Publisher and Senior Editor,
Ellora's Cave
1056 Home Avenue
Akron, Ohio 44310-3502
Wings of Desire by Cynthia Arends
Running From the Past by Katie Reus
Eternally Three: Perfection by Lee Swift
Young Adult
--
Karen Chaplin
Associate Editor, Puffin/Speak Books
345 Hudson Street, 15th Floor
New York, NY 11014
Super Chick
by Kimberly Duffy
Fear
of Falling
by
Amber Royer
The
Art of Selling My Sister
by
Shana Silver
Megan Delaney, Psychic Misfit
by
Bonnie Staring
What people are saying about the GE.
2008
Contest Rules
2008 Entry
Form
Category Coordinators
Please send
all questions to:
Marty
Tidwell Contest Coordinator.
Please mail
all paper copies and checks to:
Angi Platt, NTRWA Treasurer.
Address is on the contest rules form.
E-Mail
entries to the appropriate category coordinator.
Historical
Category:
Nikki Duncan
Inspirational
Category:
Shelley
Kaehr
Contemporary
Series Category:
Wendy
Watson
Mainstream with Romantic Elements
Category:
Laura Martello
Romantic Suspense Category:
Gina Nelson
Single Title Category:
Mary Ann Gruhlke
Specialized Category (Futuristic/Fantasy/Time Travel/Paranormal):
Shelley Bradley
Erotic Romance Category:
Juliet Burns
Young Adult
Category:
Jackye Plummer
2007 Sample Query Letters
Example # 1: How to format your letter
for our contest
Example # 2: How to write a query
letter by Victoria Chancellor
Example # 3: A requested query letter
by
the 2003 GE RS Winner
eHarlequin Suggestions: Query Letter
Do's and Don'ts, sample letter
2007
Great
Expectations Score Sheets
The category score sheets for
Inspirational and Steamy Hot are currently being reviewed.
Historical
Category
Inspirational
Category
Contemporary
Series
Category
Mainstream with Romantic Elements
Category
Romantic Suspense Category
Single Title Category
Specialized
Category (Futuristic/Fantasy/Time Travel/Paranormal)
Erotic Romance
Category
(updated to reflect Erotic Romance)
Young Adult
Category
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Frequently Asked Questions
Q. What makes Great
Expectations special?
A. We believe in email and stay in touch with our contestants.
Each entrant receives:
- an email confirmation when their entry arrives,
- notification when packets are returned and mailed to judges,
- notification when checks are scheduled for deposit,
- notification of their category’s finalists, and
- notification of all winners.
All finalists have the opportunity to update their query letter,
addressing their finalist status.
We believe that each contest category deserves its own
specific score sheet and have developed questions pertaining to
individual romance sub-genres. Example score sheets are available year
round.
We have a judges’ loop for Q&A. When a question is
asked about a particular genre, we ask published authors within that
genre for their opinion and advice.
Q. I do not live in the United States. Should I send
return postage?
A.
International
contestants must enter electronically. Imagine, you’ll receive your
packets back within days instead of weeks and it won’t cost you all the
extra postage. You can even volunteer to judge.
Q. Is electronic entry only for
international participants?
A. Electronic entry is open to ALL contestants.
Q. Why
does it matter if I include my personal information on the query letter?
A. Since we have judges from around the world, we want everyone to
have the same playing field. Therefore, we’d like the query letter
personal info to be as generic as possible. See our contest example on
our website. If a query letter for the contest includes personal
information, Great Expectations will make every effort to contact the
entrant and ask that they email a corrected copy OR we reserve the right
to mark through the information (using a very black marker) before
sending it to judges.
For final round judging, all finalists will be given
the opportunity to email an updated query letter. Updated letters may
include contest and chapter information, but should still withhold names
and contact particulars.
Q. If Great Expectations is a
"first chapter" contest, can I send my prologue and / or part of my
second chapter?
A. Yes. The Great Expectations contest will accept up to the first
25 pages of your manuscript, including the prologue or part of your second
chapter. Make certain the pages are numbered consecutively. AND please
make certain your entry ends with a completed sentence on a good “hook.”
Q. I have a 25,000-word
manuscript. May I enter it in the Great Expectations contest?
A. The 2005 Great Expectations contest does not include a category
for projected word counts of less than 40,000.
Q. I’m writing a romantic suspense,
but the final round editor/agent is not from the publisher I'm
targeting. Which category should I enter?
A. The
Great Expectations contest does not deduct points for entering a "wrong
category."
Our Romantic Suspense final round judge may be a single title
publisher or from Harlequin/Silhouette. First, the main objective of
entering a contest is to get your work in front of an appropriate editor
or agent. Choose the category that is most appropriate for your work.
Secondly, take a look at the score sheets for Long Contemporary, Single
Title and Romantic Suspense. Which will benefit your writing the most?
Q. I’m targeting Silhouette
Intimate Moments but the story is not a mystery/suspense and won’t
benefit from the RS score sheet. Which category should I enter?
A. Feel free to enter our Long Contemporary category. Check out our
examples of subgenres.
Q. I'm supposed to bind my entry ONLY
with a small binder clip. What is that, and where can I find one?
A. You can find binder clips at most office supply stores, probably
next to the paper clips. The very small binder clips fit better into a
Priority Mail envelope. To see a picture of a binder clip, check the
Office Depot website at
www.officedepot.com and search for
"binder clip."
Q. Contest
rules suggest using a Priority Flat Rate envelope. Is this important?
A. We are all for minimizing the cost of contests. Priority Flat Rate
envelopes are free at the post office, easily hold four 25-page entries
and cost a flat rate of $4.05 (as of January 2007) for 2 to 3 day
delivery. It is by far the easiest and cheapest way to return entries.
IF you choose NOT to use a Priority Flat Rate
envelope, please verify you have included enough return postage on your
SASE.
Q. What is RWA®? And do I really
have to be a member?
A. Yes, you need to be a member of Romance Writer’s of America®. North Texas Romance Writers of America is a chapter of RWA®. For more information on RWA®, visit their
national website.
If you have additional questions, please email our 2008 contest
coordinator,
Marty
Tidwell.
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