SFRSS congratulates all the winners of the 2017 RITAs, including the special Prism Awards handed out by the Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal Chapter of the RWA. The award winners were announced during the national RWA conference in late July.
Special recognition goes to amazing author Jeffe Kennedy who won the RITA for Best Paranormal Romance with her novel The Pages of the Mind. Woohoo! The novel also placed 2nd in Prism’s Fantasy category, while her novel The Edge of the Blade placed 2nd in Prism’s Dark Paranormal category. If you haven’t read her writing yet, you’re missing out.
We’re also really pleased for past SFRSS author (one of the authors in our 2016 anthology, Baby, It’s Cold in Space), Margo Bond Collins for her placement in the Urban Fantasy Category for Under her Skin. Congratulations, Margo! Well done.
…and the FF&P Chapter Prism Awards went to:
BEST FIRST BOOK
The Golden Spider by Anne Renwick
BEST OF THE BEST
Must Love Kilts by Angela Quarles
SCI FI & FUTURISTIC
Prism Award Winner: Warrior Wench by Marie Andreas
2nd Place: Don’t Let Me Forget You by Cara Crescent
3rd Place: Sky Raiders by Michelle Diener
STEAMPUNK
Prism Award Winner: The Golden Spider by Anne Renwick
2nd Place (tie): Blood and Sorcery by Ann Gimpel
2nd Place (tie): Mission: Improper by Bec McMaster
3rd Place: The Seer’s Secret by Mikea Howard
URBAN FANTASY
Prism Award Winner: Skin Deep by Marissa Doyle
2nd Place: Blue Moon by Lisa Kessler
3rd Place: Under Her Skin by Margo Bond Collins
DARK PARANORMAL
Prism Award Winner: Mated in Mist by Carrie Ann Ryan
2nd Place (tie): The Edge of the Blade by Jeffe Kennedy
2nd Place (tie): To Win a Demon’s Love by Nadine Mutas
3rd Place: Awakening Kiss by Sharon Kay
EROTIC
Prism Award Winner: The Spirit by Harper Jameson
2nd Place (tie): Deadly Silence by Rebecca Zanetti
2nd Place (tie): Heart’s Master by Elizabeth Schechter
3rd Place: A Dark and Dirty Tale by Kristin Miller
FANTASY
Prism Award Winner: Must Love Kilts by Angela Quarles
2nd Place: The Pages of the Mind by Jeffe Kennedy
3rd Place: Zoraida Grey and the Family Stones by Sorchia DuBois
HISTORICAL
Prism Award Winner: Hexbound by Bec McMaster
2nd Place: Shadowbound by Bec McMaster
3rd Place: Stealing Ula by Rebecca Rivard
LIGHT PARANORMAL
Prism Award Winner: Warrior Untamed by Shannon Curtis
2nd Place: Dryad’s Vine by Cynthia Diamond
3rd Place (tie): For the Bear’s Eyes Only by Kathy Lyons
3rd Place (tie): The Haunted Heist by Angie Fox
YOUNG ADULT & NEW ADULT
Prism Award Winner: Traveller by Abigail Drake
2nd Place: Elfhame by Anthea Sharp
3rd Place (tie): Moon Chosen by P.C. Cast
3rd Place (tie): Scarlet Rain by Kristin Cast
NOVELLA
Prism Award Winner: Rock Hard by Kathy Lyons
2nd Place: Her Demigod Complex by Abigail Owen
3rd Place: A Secret Rose by Debra Jess
For more information on the FF&P Chapter of the RWA and its members please go to: Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal Romance Writers of America.