Young Adult Romance Writers of America (YARWA) is proud to announce the Rosemary Contest for Unpublished Young Adult and New Adult manuscripts, in all genres.

New Adult
YA Contemporary
YA Historical
YA Fantasy, Futuristic & Paranormal
YA Fusion (Any YA novel that doesn’t fit into one of the above categories.)

*Romantic Elements in the novel are NOT required to enter this contest and RWA Membership is NOT required to enter. All authors, regardless of publishing status, are welcome to enter this contest.*

Submitted manuscripts must be new, original YA or NA fiction that has not been published, self-published, or contracted to be published. Manuscripts must have a word count of at least 40,000 words.

Fee: $15 YARWA members/$25 non-members

The contest will run from March 1 – March 31, 2014. Finalists will be announced by June 1 and winners will be announced at the 2014 Day of YA event in San Antonio, TX.

For a complete list of rules and a list of final round judges, visit http://yarwa.com/contest-2014/

While there is no remuneration, contest finalists in each category will have their work read by an agent, and 2 editors, and has the potential for a manuscript request.