ORANGE COUNTY ROMANCE WRITERS
OCRW is very excited that the Book Buyers Best contest is running in 2023. However, we are greatly saddened that the Orange Rose Contest for unpublished authors will be on hiatus for 2023. The Orange Rose has been an exemplary contest providing authors with valuable feedback and contacts for many years. We are hopeful that 2024 will see a resurgence of energy and put the Orange Rose back on target! See below for our 2022 finalists!
2022 FINALISTS
Category Title Name
First Place – Historical The Skull & The Lute Jennifer Travis
Second Place – Historical * How to Ditch a Duke Victoria Elliot
Third Place – Historical The Prodigal Countess Alexa Santi
First Place – Contemporary Mountains of Dough Jana Vandelaar
Second Place – Contemporary Missed Opportunity C.S. Smith
Third Place – Contemporary The Price of Revenge Mandi McGuire
First Place – Paranormal Impossible Tasks Alexa Santi
Second Place – Paranormal 2033: Ancestor Resurrection Deborah DeHaemer
Third Place – Paranormal The Shadow of Death Trisza ay
*Full MS Request from Editor Erin Molta, Entangled Publishing