Rita Award - Short Contemporary Series Romance (Awarded by Romance Writers of America)

Awards List

2013

A Night of No Return
(Winner)
Sarah Morgan

We'll Always Have Paris
(Finalist)
Jessica Hart

The Tycoon's Secret Daughter
(Finalist)
Susan Meier

Cowboy in the Crossfire
(Finalist)
Robin Perini

The Last Single Maverick
(Finalist)
Christine Rimmer

A Marriage Worth Fighting For
(Finalist)
Lilian Darcy

Surgeon Sheik's Rescue
(Finalist)
Loreth Anne White

Becoming Dante
(Finalist)
Day Leclaire

2005

Miss Pruitt's Private LIfe
(Winner)
Barbara McCauley

Tall, Dark and Texan
(Finalist)
Jane Sullivan

Hers for the Weekend
(Finalist)
Tanya Michaels

Like a Hurricane
(Finalist)
Roxanne St. Claire

A Family of His Own
(Finalist)
Liz Fielding

Meeting at Midnight
(Finalist)
Eileen Wilks

We've Got Tonight
(Finalist)
Jacquie D'Alessandro

When He Was Bad...
(Finalist)
Jane Sullivan

2004

The Knight's Kiss
(Winner)
Nicole Burnham

Baby, Be Mine
(Finalist)
Emily McKay

Wicked & Willing
(Finalist)
Leslie Kelly / Leslie A. Kelly

Show & Tell
(Finalist)
Rhonda Nelson

Summer Gold: A Wolf River Summer
(Finalist)
Barbara McCauley

Fringe Benefits
(Finalist)
Nancy Warren

One Naughty Night
(Finalist)
Joanne Rock

Mistletoe Over Manhattan
(Finalist)
Barbara Daly

2003

Taming the Outlaw
(Winner)
Cindy Gerard

Good Time Girl
(Finalist)
Candace Schuler

Private Investigations
(Finalist)
Tori Carrington

Taming Blackhawk
(Finalist)
Barbara McCauley

Two Catch a Fox
(Finalist)
Isabel Sharpe

Two to Tangle
(Finalist)
Leslie Kelly / Leslie A. Kelly

The Doctor's Mistress
(Finalist)
Lilian Darcy

Take Me
(Finalist)
Cherry Adair

Lazaro's Revenge
(Finalist)
Jane Porter

2002

A Long Hot Christmas
(Winner)
Barbara Daly

The Matchmaker's Mistake
(Finalist)
Jane Sullivan

The Inconvenient Bride
(Finalist)
Anne McAllister

Fortune's Secret Daughter
(Finalist)
Barbara McCauley

Jingle Bell Bride?
(Finalist)
Jennifer LaBrecque

Sinclair's Surprise Baby
(Finalist)
Barbara McCauley

Under the Covers
(Finalist)
Jamie Denton

In Dante's Debt
(Finalist)
Jane Porter

2001

It Takes a Rebel
(Winner)
Stephanie Bond

The Taming of Tyler Kincaid
(Finalist)
Sandra Marton

Rough and Rugged
(Finalist)
Colleen Collins

Callan's Proposition
(Finalist)
Barbara McCauley

Moonlighting
(Finalist)
Heather MacAllister

In Name Only
(Finalist)
Peggy Moreland

First Comes Love
(Finalist)
Elizabeth Bevarly

Out of the Blue
(Finalist)
Jill Shalvis

1998

Nobody's Princess
(Winner)
Jennifer Greene

Mr. Valentine
(Finalist)
Vicki Lewis Thompson

Daddy by Accident
(Finalist)
Paula Detmer Riggs

Bride Overboard
(Finalist)
Heather MacAllister

Finn's Twins!
(Finalist)
Anne McAllister

A Hard-Hearted Hero
(Finalist)
Pamela Burford

Look What the Stork Brought
(Finalist)
Dixie Browning

1997

Charlie All Night
(Finalist)
Jennifer Crusie

Angel on a Harley
(Finalist)
Janis Reams Hudson

Family First
(Finalist)
Marcia Evanick

Spring Bride
(Finalist)
Sandra Marton

The Cinderella Deal
(Finalist)
Jennifer Crusie

Christmas with Eve
(Finalist)
Elda Minger

Award Categories

Best Romance

Contemporary Romance: Long

Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length

Contemporary Romance: Short

Contemporary Series Romance

Contemporary Series Romance: Suspense/Adventure

Contemporary Single Title

Erotic Romance

Erotica

First Book

Futuristic/Fantasy/Paranormal

Historical Romance

Historical Romance: Long

Historical Romance: Short

Historical Series

Historical Single Title

Inspirational Romance

Long Contemporary Romance

Long Contemporary Series

Long Historical Romance

Novel with Strong Romantic Elements

Paranormal Romance

Regency Romance

Romance Novella

Romantic Novella

Award Years

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

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2005

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2003

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2001

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1996

1995