Difference between revisions of "RITA®: Best Contemporary Single Title"

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* [[Diane Chamberlain]] - [[1990 RITA® Winners|1990]] - ''[[Private Relations]]''
 
* [[Diane Chamberlain]] - [[1990 RITA® Winners|1990]] - ''[[Private Relations]]''
 
* [[Linda Barlow]] - [[1989 Golden Medallion Winners|1989]] - ''[[Leaves Of Fortune]]''
 
* [[Linda Barlow]] - [[1989 Golden Medallion Winners|1989]] - ''[[Leaves Of Fortune]]''
* [[Barbara Delinsky]] - [[1988 Golden Medallion Winners|1988]] - ''[[Twilight Whispers]]''
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* [[Barbara Delinsky]] - [[1988 Golden Medallion Winners|1988]] - ''[[Twilight Whispers - Barbara Delinsky|Twilight Whispers]]''
 
* [[Tom and Sharon Curtis]] - [[1987 Golden Medallion Winners|1987]] - [[Sunshine And Shadow|''Sunshine and Shadow'']]  
 
* [[Tom and Sharon Curtis]] - [[1987 Golden Medallion Winners|1987]] - [[Sunshine And Shadow|''Sunshine and Shadow'']]  
 
* [[Anne Stuart]] - [[1986 Golden Medallion Winners|1986]] - ''[[Banish Misfortune]]''
 
* [[Anne Stuart]] - [[1986 Golden Medallion Winners|1986]] - ''[[Banish Misfortune]]''

Revision as of 03:13, 10 December 2007

The Mainstream category was one of the original Golden Medallion categories when the RWA established their awards. In 1983, the name of the category became Contemporary Mainstream. The category was not included in the 1984 competition as RWA tried to refine categories by word count. In an unsurprising twist, the name of the category once again became Mainstream in 1985.

The RITA Single Title Release Category was introduced in 1986, replacing the Mainstream Category. In 1989, RWA settled on Single Title as the name for longer, standalone romance novels. It didn't last. The name of the Single Title category was changed to Single Title Contemporary in 1990 as part of an effort to create more discrete categories for the awards. In 1994, Single Title Contemporary became Contemporary Single Title. In 2004, the word "Best" was added to the title.

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