Brigade member Kylie Griffin wins the Golden Heart!

Let's have a huge round of virtual applause for Brigade member Kylie Griffin, who WON THE 2010 GOLDEN HEART PARANORMAL CATEGORY with one of her fantasy manuscripts, Bloodborn: Book One in the Light Blade Series! Yay, Kylie!!!!!

Congratulations to our Golden Heart Finalist!

It's been a very exciting day for Brigade member Sharon Lynn Fisher who was just announced as a finalist in the RWA Golden Heart with a SFR novel titled SHADOWED!  Sharon also finaled in the 2009 Golden Heart. 

Sharon will be our first member to kick-off our Finals and Points contests.  Congratulations, Sharon!

Sharon, feel free to post an article or a comment to tell us a little about your experience in getting "the call" this morning?  What was going through your head?  Any immediate plans?  How does it feel to be a two-timer?  (The good kind of two-timer, I should say.)

Hearts in Space

The finalist announcements for RWA's 2010 RITA and Golden Heart Awards are just a few days away! We're hoping for a great showing of skiffy rommers this year. If you final with a sci-fi romance (SFR) manuscript in either contest, please drop by and leave a note in the comments so we can raise a glass to you!

Also be sure to check in on the Paranormalists blog (our mother ship), where we're kicking off our launch with a Rita/Golden Heart blog party.

By the way, the groovy pendant at right (from DannieGlam) is the first addition to our prize cache for our first contest year.