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22/8/2020

2020 Emerald Award Winner

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I'm thrilled to announce that my manuscript Reunited with the Millionaire has won the 2020 Emerald Award for best unpublished romance manuscript with Romance Writers of Australia! Tonight, I attended the virtual awards dinner at home in Townsville with my mum and the puppies, Isabella and Jacob. I threw a tropical themed party to keep in theme with the Whitsunday setting in the novel.

I am equally thrilled that Reunited with the Millionaire came highly commended in RWA's Valerie Parv Award and RWNZ's Pacific Hearts Award.

25/6/2020

Short Story Published in The Outback Vol. 5

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I'm is pleased to announce that my short story Father of the Bride has been shortlisted for the Outback Writers Festival's Short Story Competition and will be featured in The Outback: An Anthology of Short Stories Volume 5.

This book is a collection of short stories that celebrate the vast Australian Outback. All proceeds go towards the Outback Writers Festival.
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12/6/2020

Finalist in the Valerie Parv Award

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I'm pleased to announce that I've been named a finalist in the 2020 Valerie Parv Award with Romance Writers of Australia.

A big thank you goes to the dedicated judges for their consideration and feedback.

​Best of luck to all the finalists!

1/6/2020

Finalist in the 2020 Pacific Hearts Award

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Reunited with the Millionaire is a finalist in the Pacific Hearts Award with Romance Writers of New Zealand!

Thank you to the dedicated readers who have taken the time to read these full manuscripts and provide feedback. 

Best of luck to all the finalists.

19/4/2020

Finalist in the 2020 Emerald Contest

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Reunited with the Millionaire is a finalist in the 2020 Emerald Award with Romance Writers of Australia!

Thank you to the dedicated readers for their feedback.

​Best of luck to all the finalists!

31/1/2020

Second Round of 2020 Emerald Contest

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After submitting the first 10,000 words of my latest manuscript, it has reached the second round of Romance Writers of Australia's Emerald Contest!

Thank you to the judges for their first round feedback.

​Congratulations to all the second round winners!

2/1/2020

Second Place in the Pages From the Heart Contest

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I'm proud to announce that Reunited with the Millionaire has placed second in the Pages From the Heart Contest with From the Heart Romance Writers.

Congratulations to all the winners, the full list of which can be found below.
List of Winners

8/11/2019

Finalist in the Pages From The Heart Contest

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I'm excited to announce that my manuscript Reunited with the Millionaire is among the top three finalists in the Pages From The Heart contest in the Short Contemporary Novel category. This contest is run by From the Heart Romance Writers, a chapter of Romance Writers of America. Entries consisted of the first 6,000 words.

Congratulations to all the finalists!
List of Finalists

4/11/2019

Loving Nalini - Published in 'Allsorts'

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My short story Loving Nalini is to be published in Hawkeye Books' new anthology Allsorts, a collection of jolly good tales that celebrates diversity in Australia. Allsorts features 43 short stories that were submitted to the inaugural Sydney Hammond Memorial Short Story Competition. The guidelines for this competition needed to fit the theme 'Together in Diversity' where the main character needed to cross paths with somebody who was different to them.

Loving Nalini is a romantic short story about Brad, a white Australian medical student who is struggling with his feelings for his Indian best friend Nalini, whose father expects her to return to India with her medical degree and enter an arranged marriage. Rachel is proud to be part of this socially important anthology along with many talented writers.
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1/3/2019

Second Round of RWA's Emerald Contest

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After submitting the first 10,000 words of two manuscripts to Romance Writers of Australia's Emerald Contest, both of these works have advanced to round two!

I'm really looking forward to receiving feedback on these two books.
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