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<p>New page: <a href="/index.php/Category:Romance_Writers_of_America" title="Category:Romance Writers of America">Category:Romance Writers of America</a> The <a href="/index.php/Romance_Writers_of_America" title="Romance Writers of America">Romance Writers of America</a> established a grant program in 2004 to develop and support academic research devoted to genre romance novels, wri...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Category:Romance Writers of America]]<br /> The [[Romance Writers of America]] established a grant program in 2004 to develop and support academic research devoted to genre romance novels, writers, and readers. Fields for consideration include: anthropology, communications, cultural studies, education, English language and literature, gender studies, linguistics, literacy studies, psychology, rhetoric, and sociology. Interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary studies are also welcome. The ultimate goal of proposals should be significant publication in major journals or as a monograph from an academic press.<br /> <br /> The $5,000 grant covers a year of research.<br /> <br /> This grant does not fund creative work (such as novels or films). <br /> <br /> * [http://www.rwanational.org/cs/academic_research_grant/overview Academic Research Grant Overview]<br /> <br /> == Honorees ==<br /> * 2008 - Sarah S. G. Frantz, Fayetteville State University, &quot;The Rare Tears of a Strong Man&quot;: Power Exchange and the Construction of Masculinity in Popular Romance Fiction<br /> * 2007 - Jayashree Kamble, University of Minnesota &quot;Love in the Time of Globalization: A Reassesment of Popular Romance&quot;<br /> * 2006 - Eric Selinger, DePaul University &quot;Teach Me Tonight: The Art of Reading Romance Fiction, One Book at a Time&quot;<br /> * 2005 - Stephanie Harzewski, University of Pennsylvania &quot;The New Novel of Manners: Chick Lit and Postfeminist Sexual Politics&quot;<br /> * 2004 - University of Missouri-Columbia, &quot;Librarian’s Perception of Romance Readers &amp; Romance Novels&quot;</div>

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