FAB 5:  Only 16 days left until deadline, March 1^st, 11:59 PM CST.  Wisconsin Romance Writers of America (WisRWA) sponsors this contest for unpublished writers or writers unpublished in novel length fiction in the last five years.

Get those first 10 pages of your ms. polished and spit-shined to grab the attention of our first round judges.  If you final, those same 10 pages will land before an agent or editor as the final judge. 

            Historical, Shauna Summers, Senior Editor, Bantam Dell Publishing.

Series Contemporary Long/Short, Wanda Ottewell, Senior Editor, Harlequin SuperRomance.

Single Title, Deb Werksman, editor, Sourcebooks Publishing

Women’s Fiction, Hilary Teeman, editor, St. Martin’s Press

Romantic Suspense, Kim Whalen, agent, Trident Media.

Paranormal/Fantasy/Futuristic/Time Travel, Nephele Tempest, agent, The Knight Agency,

Erotic Romance, Diane Carlile, Senior Editor, Wild Rose Press.

New this year:  accepting electronic entries and paper.

See the WisRWA website www.wisrwa.org for rules, entry form, and sample scoresheet.

Mary Jo Scheibl

Fab 5 Contest Coordinator