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Welcome to the RNA website
Welcome to the Romantic Novelists' Association web site. We hope you enjoy clicking through the various pages of information about us and about the romantic fiction we love to read and write. Perhaps you, like our members, are a writer as well as a reader.
Romantic fiction is the best selling, most widely read type of fiction, universally enjoyed because everyone knows something about love. If you write or work with books and want to join us, we welcome published and unpublished writers, agents and editors, and other people involved in publishing or connected to books. President - Diane Pearson New site launched!
The RNA site has been completely updated and refreshed. New features include event listings, meeting reports, website searching, and centralised author details.
If you are a published member of the RNA and would like your website added, or if anything you do/have done for the RNA has not been put on your profile (if you have one), please contact Jan Jones. If you have any problems viewing this site, please send as full a report as possible to the webmaster. Recent News:RNA Romance Prize 2009 Shortlist Announced! 6th January, 2009
The shortlist for the RNA Romance Prize 2009 has been announced!
View the press release View the shortlist Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2009 Longlist Announced! 14th December, 2008
The longlist for the for the Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2009 has been announced!
View the press release View the longlist The 5th Women's Fiction Festival 12th August, 2008
The Women's Fiction Festival is a writers' conference with a difference offering an exclusive view into the international world of publishing.
Uniquely, the Festival also offers a chance for writers to meet editors and agents to chat about their work over a drink. Individual and group appointments to discuss books, markets and trends are available in the most amenable and relaxing setting possible. Read more Giselle Green wins 2008 Joan Hessayon Award 18th May, 2008
Pandora's Box by Giselle Green (published by Avon), has been announced as the Romantic Novelists' Association NWS winner for 2008.
Click here for a full report of the Summer Party Joan Hessayon contenders 2008 27th April, 2008
The list of contenders for the 2008 Joan Hessayon Award can be found here.
Book your Summer Party tickets now! Romance Prize 2009 Now Accepting Entries 24th March, 2008
Rules and entry form for the Romance Prize 2009 are now up on the website. Please
note that the qualifying dates for the Romance Prize only have been changed. Download Entry Rules (Microsoft Word format) Download Entry Form (Microsoft Word format) Valentine's Day Romantic Hero Poll 14th February, 2008
Johnny Depp and Pierce Brosnan make Romantic Novelists' hearts throb
Members of the Romantic Novelists' Association have voted Johnny Depp as the Number One Perfect Romantic Hero in a poll to mark Valentine's Day. A second poll, taken by members of the RNA admitting to being over a certain age, voted for male celebrities over fifty who've 'still got it'. Remarkable for his appearance on both polls, Pierce Brosnan took the crown for the over fifties by a huge margin. Read more Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2008 Winner Announced! 5th February, 2008
Romance Prize 2008 Winner Announced! 5th February, 2008
RNA Romance Prize 2008 Shortlist Announced! 17th January, 2008
Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2008 Shortlist Announced! 17th December, 2007
Pure Passion Voting Open 15th September, 2007
Voting is now open on the Pure Passion shortlist.
Pure Passion is a romantic fiction promotion coordinated by the North West Libraries' Reader Development partnership 'Time To Read', in partnership with the Romantic Novelists' Association and sponsored by Bertrams Books. Visit their site to vote Joan Hessayon Award Winner 2007 2nd June, 2007
The winner of the 2007 Joan Hessayon Award is Phillipa Ashley with Decent Exposure
Read about the award winner here Read about the Summer Party here The Melissa Nathan Award For Comedy Romance 3rd May, 2007
All of Melissa Nathan's novels are both heart-warmingly romantic and very, very funny. The Nanny and The Waitress were also in the Top Ten bestseller lists. So it's highly appropriate that, following her death from cancer at the age of just 37 in April 2006, a new literary award is being established in her memory.
The Melissa Nathan Award For Comedy Romance has been set up by Melissa's husband, Andrew Saffron - honouring the criteria that Melissa drew up herself very shortly before she died. She wanted to encourage and reward writers who can combine in a novel the magical, life-enhancing elements of humour and love. The Award Committee has put together a stellar line-up of judges for the very first award: comedian Jo Brand, author Joanna Trollope, actress Jessica Stevenson, author Sophie Kinsella and Gaynor Allen, Head Book Buyer for Tesco. A list of contenders for the award has been compiled with the extraordinary help of the readers from the Romantic Novelists Association. A shortlist will be announced on 15th May 2007 and the winner will be announced at an Awards Ceremony in London on 13th June - Melissa's birthday. The winner will receive a trophy and a cheque for £5000. Nominations for the 2008 Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance should be submitted by 1st December 2007 to . Books published between January and December 2007 will be eligible. More information about Melissa, the award and the newly formed Melissa Nathan Foundation can be found by visiting http://www.melissanathan.com Pure Passion Initiative 25th March, 2007
The RNA is delighted to be associated with the latest promotion by Time To Read - the North -West Libraries reader development partnership. The promotion is called Pure
Passion, and features a recommended list of contemporary romantic writing. Read more RNA Romance Prize Shortlist Released 28th January, 2007
The Romantic Novelists' Association is delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2007 RNA Romance Prize for short romantic fiction.
It was a strong and varied field, resulting in a shortlist comprising four novels set in the modern world and three set in different periods of history. All the short-listed authors are to be congratulated. The winner will be announced on 27th April 2007 at the RNA Awards Luncheon at the Savoy Hotel in London. View the press release View the shortlist Public Lending Right and Romantic Fiction 2004/5 23rd September, 2006
The Registrar of Public Lending Right has published the 20 most borrowed titles classified by publishers as romantic fiction and the top 10 titles classified as historical romantic fiction.
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