RITA®: Best Short Historical Romance
The Historical category was one of the original Golden Medallion categories when the RWA established their awards. Historical Series was established in 1990. This appears to be a resurrection of the former Category Historical category. In 1991, the title of the category was flipped to Series Historical. After much back and forth, the title returned to Historical Series in 1994. It appears that in 1995, the designation Historical applied to shorter historical romances. The Historical category became Short Historical in 1996. In 2002, the category name made a brief foray into the world of Short Historical Romance. The name change did not take. After a hiatus in 2002, the Short Historical category name returned. In 2004, the name of the RITA category became Best Short Historical Romance.
Winners
- Jodi Thomas - 2006 - The Texan's Reward, Berkley Books
- Susan Kay Law - 2005 - A Wanted Man Avon Books
- Lisa Kleypas - 2004 - Worth Any Price
- Cheryl Reavis - 2003 - Bride Fair, The
- Barbara Dawson Smith - 2002 - Tempt Me Twice
- Susan Wiggs - 2001 - Mistress, The
- Judith Ivory - 2000 - Proposition, The
- Patricia Coughlin - 1999 - Merely Married
- Barbara Samuel - 1998 - Heart of a Knight
- Lorraine Heath - 1997 - Always to Remember
- Loretta Chase - 1996 - Lord of Scoundrels
- Jodi Thomas - 1995 - To Tame A Texan’s Heart
- Jo Beverley - 1994 - My Lady Notorious
- Cheryl Reavis - 1993 - The Prisoner
- Jodi Thomas - 1992 - The Tender Texan
- Penelope Williamson - 1991 - Wild Yearning, A
- Patricia Gardner Evans - 1990; - Silver Noose
- Julie Jeffries - 1984
- Maura Seger - 1983
- Constance Ravenlock - 1982 - Rendezvous At Gramercy
