Countdown to Entry Deadline!

The deadline for entering the Great Expectations is fast approaching ... don't forget to submit your entry by the end of the day on December 30.

Please note that the coordinator (Wendy) is going to be away from e-mail (yes, there are still places where the internet does not reach) until Wednesday, December 28.  If you have questions, go ahead and e-mail them ... but don't be alarmed if you don't receive an answer until Wednesday evening.

Happy holidays!

2012 Editor Judges - Updated!

North Texas RWA is thrilled to announce that Libby Murphy from Entangled Publishing will be our new final round judge for the romantic suspense category.   Our revised list of final round judges for the 2012 Great Expectations Contest is:

Contemporary Series ~ Denise Zaza, Harlequin

Single Title Contemporary ~ Meredith Giordan, Berkley

Erotic Romance ~ Katherine Pelz, Berkley

Historical Romance ~ Sue Grimshaw, Random House

Inspirational Romance ~ Natalie Hanemann, Thomas Nelson

Specialized (FFTP) ~ Talia Platz, NAL

Mainstream with Romantic Elements ~ Emilia Pisani, Pocket Books

Romantic Suspense ~ Libby Murphy, Entangled

Young Adult ~ Elizabeth Bistrow, NAL

We Need Judges!

If you are entering the Great Expectations Contest (or even if you aren't), please consider serving as a judge!  We need both published and pre-published writers of romance and women's fiction who are willing to provide constructive feedback to their fellow writers.  Don't worry if you've never judged before; we'll provide you with informative training and answer all of your questions via our judges' Yahoo group.

If you are interested in judging, please take a few minutes to fill out the information form here:



Within about 48 hours of the submission of your form, we'll send you an e-mail invitation to join the Yahoo Group.  We ask that all judges join the group (if you don't want to receive the messages, you can set your preferences to "daily digest" or even just receive "special notices" from your friendly neighborhood coordinator).

As always, thank you for supporting the Great Expectations!

2012 Editor Judges!

North Texas RWA is pleased to announce the final round judges for the 2012 Great Expectations Contest:

Contemporary Series ~ Denise Zaza, Harlequin

Single Title Contemporary ~ Meredith Giordan, Berkley

Erotic Romance ~ Katherine Pelz, Berkley

Historical Romance ~ Sue Grimshaw, Random House

Inspirational Romance ~ Natalie Hanemann, Thomas Nelson

Specialized (FFTP) ~ Talia Platz, NAL

Mainstream with Romantic Elements ~ Emilia Pisani, Pocket Books

Romantic Suspense ~ Adam Wilson, MIRA
(Update:  Adam Wilson has moved to Gallery Books.  As soon as we determine whether he's still acquiring romantic suspense, we'll update this list.)

Young Adult ~ Elizabeth Bistrow, NAL