Celebrating 50 years of Romance

People's Choice Award

Pure Passion Awards 2010

To help celebrate the modern nature of the Pure Passion Awards, the RNA has created a special ‘current award’ to recognise key new or developing authors in the romantic genre. Publishers of romantic fiction are invited by the RNA Chair to submit one or two selected authors they believe in passionately.

Expert romantic writing buyers at key retailers are then asked to select their favourites for the shortlist. The winner of this award, however, is chosen by the public, with readers invited to participate in a website vote.

For latest information about the awards, please visit our News pages.

It's a fact

The RNA's first president Denise Robbins wrote more than 180 books, the second, Mary Burchell 110 and the third and current, Diane Pearson, six so far.