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Contents 1 Awards 2 Communities 3 Educational Programs 4 Organizations 5 Publications 6 Readers 7 Reviewers 8 Terms 9 Writers

[edit] Awards

Awards are given by various romance industry organizations, by review publications and websites, and writer associations. For a list of awards, go here.

[edit] Communities

These are website that provide a variety of information and forums for readers and writers to interact about romance! See also Author Hangouts for other sites maintained by authors.

• Access Romance - website with blogs, newsletters, etc.
• Blogging in Black - blog of authors as well as readers, reviewers and industry professionals
• Cata Network Readers Lounge - network of related websites, message board, reviews, awards
• Erotic Romance Writers Forum - forum (online bulletin board)
• Kissa's Karma Korner - A Reader's and Writer's Den (yahoo group) for discussion
• The Long And The Short Of It - promoting long and short romantic fiction through author interviews, contests, free books, and more
• Midnight Seductions Authors - An Author's Promotion Group
• ParaNormalRomance - a website with user groups featuring paranormal romance
• The Romance Studio - website with industry information, reviews, authors, readers, ads, chat rooms
• Romancing The Blog - blog of authors, readers, reviewers, and industry professionals
• Romance Writing Tips - a group listserv
• UK Historical Romance - blog by a group of historical romance authors
• Sheikhs and Desert Love - database of romance novels featuring sheikhs - features "Sheikhs and Desert Blog"

[edit] Educational Programs

• Romance Fiction Course at DePaul University
• RomanceScholar - A listserv dedicated to academic discussion about romance fiction.
• Romance Scholarship
• Romance Writers of America Grant Program
• Romance Novel TV - On-camera video interviews with romance novel authors
• Teach Me Tonight - The blog adjunct of the RomanceScholar listserv

See also Category:Writing Scholarships for other resources.

[edit] Organizations

• Canadian Romance Authors' Network
• Erotic Authors Association
• Manloveromance
• Romance Writers of America
• Romance Writers of Australia
• Romance Writers of New Zealand Inc.
• The Romantic Novelists' Association

[edit] Publications

• Forbidden Fruit Magazine
• LoveLetter Magazine
• MAS-Zine
• Romantic Times Magazine
• Romance Writers Report
• Shades of Romance

[edit] Readers

• Author Hangouts - includes author websites and blogs, author group blogs
• Events
• Review Sites
• Reference Sites
• Romance And Movies

[edit] Reviewers

See Review Sites for a list of online reviews. Also see Author Hangouts for sites that discuss writing and occasional reviews or information about books.

[edit] Terms

• For links to pages with information about terms often used when discussing romance, see Romance Terms.
• For links to pages with information about terms used in connection with the publishing industry, see Publishing Terms.

[edit] Writers

• Author Hangouts for sites maintained by authors
• Agents
• Editors
• Listservs