Speculative Romance Online...

...is open for entries in the Third Annual Zircon Contest for Short Speculative Romance! Visit www.specromonline.com for rules and electronic upload form.

<...posted a new article: Just A Whisper of Magic: Using Magical Realism in Contemporary Romance, by me.

...salutes the achievements of its members:

Zircon winner E. Catherine Tobler invites you to share her stories: "Indigo With Distance" is in the August 2006 Realms of Fantasy, and "Threads" is in issue #18 of Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet.

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Zircon winner Isabo Kelly is running a contest this month. "Guess that Movie Quote" for fun and prizes at www.isabokelly.com.

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Carol Berg announces that DAUGHTER OF ANCIENTS won the 2006 Prism Award for Best Romantic Fantasy from the RWA Fantasy, Futuristic, and Paranormal chapter. She's running a drawing for copies of DAUGHTER OF ANCIENTS and the other books in the Bridge of D'Arnath series on her website, www.carolberg.com.

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CJ Barry's UNMASKED won the FF&P chapter Prism Award for Best Futuristic, and the Kiss of Death Daphne Du Maurier Award for not only Best Paranormal but Best Overall (!!) for 2006. Congrats, CJ!

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Linnea Sinclair won a RITA with her futuristic GABRIEL'S GHOST. Congrats, Linnea!