My Local Romance Writers of America chapter, the San Franscisco Bay Area RWA, (SFA-RWA) has a great contest. Check out the final judges; they're some of the best agents in the business. FYI, yours truly will be judging in this contest. If you enter, you could get lucky and have me as one of your first round judges! Or not. Depends on your point of view, I guess.

Here's the deets:

The 2008 Heart To Heart Contest sponsored by the San Francisco Area Romance
Writers is open for entries.

WHAT'S NEW for 2008

• This year, entries will be accepted electronically ONLY. Save on paper and
  postage!


• All entries will be judges by at least 2 published authors!


• Scoring based on 20 key areas guaranteed to make your entry shine!


• All entries will receive 4 scores. The lowest score will be dropped and the
  average of the remaining 3 scores will constitute the final score!


• Contest entry fees will be accepted by Paypal or check!

CONTEST CATEGORIES: Paranormal, Romantic Suspense, Single Title, and
Historical

WHAT TO ENTER:
The magical scene in which your hero and heroine meet for the first time,
maximum 15 pages (optional one-page set-up, unjudged)

ENTRY DEADLINE: June 6, 2008

FINAL ROUND JUDGES
Historical -- Jessica Faust
Single Title -- Jennifer Jackson
Paranormal -- Lucienne Diver
Romantic Suspense -- Kim Whalen
Tie Breaker -- Roberta Brown

FIRST ROUND JUDGES:
All first-round judges are trained, experienced critiquers and published
authors.

For contest overview, official rules, entry form, and score sheets go to:
http://www.sfarwa.com/

Questions?? -- Contact Regan Taylor, Contest Coordinator at:
Taylorheart2heart AT gmail.com (remove spaced and replace with the @ sign.)

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