Hearts Through History Romance Writers

RTTA First Round Judge Sign-Up

We’ve taken feedback from last year’s contest into consideration and made adjustments to our judging and timeline. 

PUBLISHED: You will have from June 1 – September 1 to read and judge 2 books (word length of each varies from novella (40k) to historical novel (90k)). Because these books have already been published, we will require less detailed scoring.

UN-PUBLISHED: You will have from July 1 – August 22 to read and judge 3 twenty-five page entries. Scoring will be more detailed.

All categories accept worldwide settings unless otherwise indicated:

  • Ancient/Medieval/Renaissance
    Time period: BC – 1600
  • Revolution/Enlightenment
    Time period: 1600 – 1800
  • Colonial/Western/Civil War
    Setting: North America
    Time period: 1600 – 1865
  • Georgian/Victorian 
    Time period: 1714 – 1901
  • Regency
    Time period: 1800 – 1830
  • Post-Victorian/World Wars/Modern 
    Time period: 1901 – 1980s
  • Time Travel/Historical Paranormal
    Time period: prehistory through 1980
Contest 1st Round Judge Sign Up

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PUBLISHED: You will have from June 1 - September 1 to read and judge 2 books. Scoring is less detailed as theses are already published.

UN-PUBLISHED: You will have from July 1 - August 22 to read and judge 3 twenty-five page entries. Scoring will be more detailed.

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