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The Romance Writers of America was founded in 1980 in Houston, Texas, by romance editor Vivian Stephens and 37 authors in the romance genre, including the original co-founders Rita Clay Estrada and Parris Afton Bonds, first President and Vice President, [7] [12] According to their by-laws, the organization's purpose is to “advance the ...
Wesleyan Writers Conference, Middletown, Connecticut [144] West Coast Writers Conference, July 20–22, 2012, Los Angeles Valley College, Los Angeles [145] White County Creative Writers Conference, Searcy, Arkansas [146] Willamette Writers conference, Willamette Writers' annual conference, first weekend in August, Portland, Oregon [147]
The hotel that hosted RWA’s most recent conference has sought more than $700,000 from RWA because it sold fewer rooms than RWA had reserved, and the group expects to lose money on its upcoming ...
Vivian Lorraine Stephens (born September 23, 1932) is an American editor of romance novels, literary agent, and founder of Romance Writers of America (RWA). While at Dell Publishing, she created and was the editor of Candlelight Ecstasy, a romance line that revolutionized the genre in the 1980s.
The Romance Writers of America filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy on May 29, after years of membership decline, money issues, and claims of racism. This organization was a behemoth of romance writing ...
In February 2014, MacLean began writing a monthly romance review column for The Washington Post. [10] In July 2019, she hosted the Romance Writers of America RITA Awards. [ 11 ] In 2021, MacLean appeared on the popular podcast 99% Invisible where she discussed the importance of the romance genre and its history (which co-aired on Fated Mates).
Rita Gallagher was born September 1, 1921. She was crowned Miss Michigan at age nineteen, and married a U.S. Air Force pilot, her second husband, in 1949. She is the mother of the writer Rita Clay Estrada from her first marriage, and two sons, Jeffrey and Gregory, from her second.
The RITA Award, presented by the Romance Writers of America (RWA) from 1990 to 2019, was the most prominent award for English-language romance fiction. [1] [2] [3] It was named for the RWA's first president, Rita Clay Estrada.