Pocono Lehigh Romance Writers

PLRW is now accepting entries for the 2009 Write Hook Query Letter Contest!

This year’s Grand Prize Winner will win the opportunity to send his or her full manuscript to Allison Brandau of Berkley Publishing. All entrants will receive feedback.

Polish that query letter and e-mail it to plrwcontest@gmail.com. Mail your check for $15 made out to Pocono Lehigh Romance Writers to:
Mitzi Flyte, 530 Cedar Hill Drive, Allentown, PA 18109

Note: Do not put your name or other identifying information on your letter.

With your check, include a SASE large enough and with enough postage for us to return your letter and three score sheets.

Your e-mailed query letter will become “active” when your check is received and you will be notified via e-mail.

Eligibility: Anyone not published in novel-length romance fiction in the past three years. Contest closed to PLRW members.

Deadline for receipt of check and query letter is August 1, 2009. For more information, e-mail plrwcontest@gmail.com.

Kensington Publishing has invited Terri Brisbin to write a novella as part of a Brava anthology of historicals, with Susan Johnson as the lead author and Terri second. Release date will be May 2010.

HOTTER THAN HELL by MK Mancos, writing as Katherine Scott, will be released June 5, 2009, by The Wild Rose Press.

Rosemary Goodwin’s short story, “The Old Curio Shop,” won honorable mention in Deadly Ink’s short story contest and is the # 2 story in the Deadly Ink 2009 anthology.

Rosemary Goodwin sold FLEECED IN STONINGTON to Samhein Publishing. It’s the second in the Kate Bart Mystery series.

Janice Curran sold a short story, “Fun House Fling” to True Love Magazine for their August 2009 issue.