Koru Award of Excellence (Published Book) 2022
Contest Manager – Anna Klein
Long Category 2022 (Book over 65,000 woads)
- Shirley Wine – Autumn Shadows (trophy)
- Amy Blythe – What’s Italian For Yummy
- Jax Calder – Playing Offside
- Alexa Rivers – Safe In His Arms
Short Romance 2022 (40,000 TO 65,000 words)
- Fiona Marsden – A Matter of Trust (trophy)
- Fiona McArthur – Second Chance In Barcelona
- D. Line – An Ear to the Ground
- Kris Pearson – Promise You Nothing
Novella 2022 (Under 40,000 words)
- Jayne Castel – Highlander Pledged (trophy)
- Barbara DeLeo – My Big Fat Greek Christmas
- Megan Mayfair – Season for Second Chances
Best First Book 2022
- Frances Dall’Alba – Little Blue Box (trophy)
- Dani Maclean – Love and Rum
- Stephanie Ruth – Mako Bay
Overall WINNER Koru Award of Excellence 2022 – Highlander Pledged by Jayne Castel (trophy)
Great Beginnings 2021
Contest Manager – Megan Mayfair
Finalists
What’s Welsh for Wild, by Amy Blythe
Girls of the USO, by Nancy Cunningham
City of Souls, by Melanie Harding-Shaw
Placings – Great Beginnings Editor’s Choice 2021
- Girls of the USO, by Nancy Cunningham
- City of Souls, by Melanie Harding-Shaw
- What’s Welsh for Wild, by Amy Blythe
Placings – Great Beginnings Agent’s Choice 2021
- City of Souls, by Melanie Harding-Shaw
- What’s Welsh for Wild, by Amy Blythe
- Girls of the USO, by Nancy Cunningham
Daphne Clair de Jong First Kiss 2022
Contest Manager – Shelagh Merlin
Finalists
All’s Fair In Love and Tequila, by Gabriella Margo
One Wicked Night, by Colette Rivera
Tulips From My Neighbour’s Dog, by Gabriella Margo
It’s Okay To Change Your Tune, by Susie Frame
Protecting His Princess, by Courtney Clark Michaels
Placings
- One Wicked Night, by Colette Rivera
- Protecting His Princess, by Courtney Clark Michaels
- It’s Okay To Change Your Tune, by Susan Frame
Chapter Short Story 2022
Contest Manager – Shelagh Merlin
Finalists
Carly Writes A New Chapter, by Susie Frame
Me and Lizzie D, by Susie Frame
Sprinkled With Memories, by Amy Hutton
Heaped Teaspoons, by Stephanie Ruth
Pretty In Pink, by Pamela Swain\
Placings
- Pretty In Pink, by Pamela Swain
- Sprinkled With Memories, by Amy Hutton
- EQUAL Me and Lizzie D, by Susan Frame
3) EQUAL Heaped Teaspoons, by Stephanie Ruth
5) Carly Writes A New Chapter, by Susan Frame
Pacific Hearts Award 2022
Contest Manager Jill Batty
Finalists
A Right Royal Homecoming, by Katrina Gailyn
The Dating Ban, by Jacinta Peachey
The Duke’s Kitchen, by Wendy Reid
Placings
- The Dating Ban, by Jacinta Peachey (trophy)
- The Duke’s Kitchen, by Wendy Reid
- A Right Royal Homecoming, by Katrina Gailyn