RWA 2011 | RITA Awards and Golden Heart Honors

RITA Awards for best Romance publishing announced at RWA annual conference

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By Bette-Lee Fox Jul 5, 2011

The Romance Writers of America (RWA®) took a huge bite out of the Big Apple with its 31st annual conference, held at the Marriott Marquis hotel in New York, June 28–July 1, 2011. The culmination of the week's events was the presentation of the RITA® Awards for best romance of 2010 in 12 categories and the Golden Heart® Awards for best manuscript.

And the RITA® winners are:

REGENCY HISTORICAL ROMANCE: The Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren Willig (Dutton) (LJ 10/1/10)

HISTORICAL ROMANCE: His at Night by Sherry Thomas (Bantam) (LJ 6/15/10)

INSPIRATIONAL ROMANCE: In Harm's Way by Irene Hannon (Revell) (LJ 4/15/10)

YOUNG ADULT ROMANCE: The Iron King by Julie Kagawa (Harlequin Teen) (SLJ 4/10)

CONTEMPORARY SERIES ROMANCE: Welcome Home, Cowboy by Karen Templeton (Silhouette Special Edition)

CONTEMPORARY SERIES ROMANCE: SUSPENSE/ADVENTURE: The Moon That Night by Helen Brenna (Harlequin Superromance)

NOVEL WITH STRONG ROMANTIC ELEMENTS: Welcome to Harmony by Jodi Thomas (Berkley: Penguin Group [USA])

ROMANCE NOVELLA: "Shifting Sea" by Virginia Kantra in Burning Up (Berkley Sensation: Penguin Group [USA])

ROMANTIC SUSPENSE: Silent Scream by Karen Rose (Grand Central)

PARANORMAL ROMANCE: Unchained: the Dark Forgotten by Sharon Ashwood (NAL/Signet Eclipse: Penguin Group [USA])

BEST FIRST BOOK: Pieces of Sky by Kaki Warner (Berkley Sensation: Penguin Group [USA])

CONTEMPORARY SINGLE TITLE ROMANCE: Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis (Forever: Grand Central) (LJ 10/15/10)