RWA Veritas Award

The Romance Writers of America Veritas Award honors outstanding contributions in print or another media to the romance genre. The award was established in 1995.

Honorees

• 2008 - No award given
• 2007 - No award given
• 2006 - Mary Bly for her article "A Fine Romance" published in the New York Times.
• 2005 - Don O'Briant, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, for his article "Romantic Encounters-Romance Diversifies, Expands."
• 2004 - No award given
• 2003 - Teri Sprackland, UPI wire correspondent, for her article "Romancing Readers Worth Billions."
• 2002 - Nora Schoenberg for her article "Romance in the Classroom."
• 2001 - Patricia McLinn for her July 26, 2001 article in the Washington Post, "Go Ahead, Make Jokes. We'll Be Here with Our Fans."
• 2000 - John Charles, Shelley Mosley, and Ann Bouricius given for their February 1999 article in the Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA), "Romance the YA Reader."
• 1999 - No award given
• 1998 - Lucinda Dyer for her article "Roundup on Romance: Birds Do It, Bees Do It" which appeared in the November 10, 1997, edition of Publishers Weekly.
• 1996 - Betsy Carpenter for her article "Living the Fantasy - Romance Writers Get Some Respect, Scholarly Interest and Tons of Readers" published in the November 6, 1995, edition of U.S. News & World Report.
• 1995 - Shelley Mosley, John Charles, and Julie Havir for their article "The Librarian as Effete Snob: Why Romance?" which appeared in the May 1995 edition of Wilson Library Bulletin.