Monday, May 16, 2011

RWANYC CELEBRATES ITS 25th YEAR & ANNOUNCES GOLDEN APPLE AWARD WINNERS

      
The Romance Writers of America New York City Chapter celebrates its 25th Anniversary. Founded in 1986, the Chapter’s mission then and now continues to be to support its members and promote the romance industry as a whole. RWANYC has close to 100 members, including publish and non-published authors.

Part of the year-long celebration includes RWANYC’s Golden Apple Awards reception to honor editors, agents and other industry professionals. Chapter President Karen Cino is pleased to announce this year’s Award Honorees. They include:


Lifetime Achievement Award: Sherrilyn Kenyon aka Kinley MacGregor


Publisher of the Year: Grand Central Publishing


Editor of the Year: Leah Hultenschmidt, Senior Editor, Sourcebooks


Agent of the Year: Kate Folkers, Martin Literary Management



Author of the Year: Elizabeth Mahon





This year’s Author of the Year, Elizabeth Mahon, is a past RWANYC President.  Past GAA winners have included the late Walter Zacharius, Founder of Kensington Books; Lady Kathryn Falk of Romantic Times magazine; New York Times bestselling author Mary Jo Putney; Harlequin Enterprises and Sourcebooks.

For an invitation to RWANYC’s Golden Apple Awards reception on September 15, please email President Karen Cino at Karencino@aol.com.  For more information on the Chapter and its members, visit http://www.rwanyc.com/ and http://www.rwanycblogginginthebigapple.blogspot.com/.

   

6 comments:

  1. Congrats Elizabeth and all the other honorees!

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  2. Congrats to all! Squee!!!

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  3. Congrats, Elizabeth and all the rest of the honorees..NYC is so lucky to have you! xo

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  4. Congratulations to all the honorees! Very good company to keep!

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  5. Excellent! Toasting the honorees and best wishes to all in the various endeavors!

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