Announcing the Winner of our Love to Write competition!

Announcing the Winner of our Love to Write competition!

Mills & Boon is delighted to announce that Faye Acheampong has won Love to Write, a competition to find new series romance authors from underrepresented ethnic backgrounds. As the winning entry, Acheampong’s romance novel will be published by Mills & Boon in our True Love series in autumn 2023! Acheampong will also receive a grant … Read more


Announcing our Love To Write shortlisted authors!

Announcing our Love To Write shortlisted authors!

Back in July, Mills & Boon launched Love to Write in collaboration with Amber Rose Gill, a competition to find new series romance authors from underrepresented ethnic backgrounds. The winner of this competition will get the chance to publish their romance novel with Mills & Boon! We invited aspiring authors to submit their manuscripts for … Read more


Love to Write: Meet the Judges for our brand-new romance writing competition!

Love to Write: Meet the Judges for our brand-new romance writing competition!

As we approach the shortlist announcement for our Love to Write competition, we’re excited to introduce the judges of our search for a brand-new voice in romance. We’ve partnered with Love Island 2019 winner, Amber Rose Gill to find new romance writers from under-represented ethnic backgrounds. The winner of Love to Write will receive a … Read more


Announcing the Winner of our LGBTQI+ Romance Competition!

Announcing the Winner of our LGBTQI+ Romance Competition!

Mills & Boon is delighted to announce that Emma Denny has won Romance Includes Everyone, a competition to find new romance novels featuring LGBTQI+ protagonists hosted in collaboration with the Romantic Novelists’ Association. As the winning entry, Denny’s historical romance novel will be published by Mills & Boon. Romance Includes Everyone was open to anyone … Read more


Announcing our Romance Includes Everyone shortlisted authors!

Announcing our Romance Includes Everyone shortlisted authors!

Back in May, Mills & Boon launched Romance Includes Everyone in collaboration with the Romantic Novelists’ Association (RNA), a competition to find new standalone romance novels that celebrate LGBTQI+ characters. The winner of this competition will get the chance to publish their book with Mills & Boon! We ran a social media Pitch Day in … Read more


Love To Write: What Representation in Fiction Means to Our Book Community

Love To Write: What Representation in Fiction Means to Our Book Community

As part of our campaign for the Love To Write competition, we’ve spoken to our amazing book community about what representation in fiction means to them. Find out below! * @aminasbookshelf As a writer with #Thrive Hachette and a longlisted author for Penguin’s #WriteNow competition, Amina knows a thing or two when it comes to … Read more


Love To Write: Writing Tips From Mills & Boon Authors!

Love To Write: Writing Tips From Mills & Boon Authors!

We asked some of our AMAZING Mills & Boon authors to share their writing tips and advice for aspiring authors entering our LOVE TO WRITE competition. For Love To Write, we’ve partnered with Love Island 2019 winner, Amber Rose Gill to find new romance writers from under-represented ethnic backgrounds. The winner will receive a book … Read more


The Romance Includes Everyone pitch event is almost here!!

The Romance Includes Everyone pitch event is almost here!!

We are delighted to be launching Romance Includes Everyone in collaboration with the Romantic Novelists’ Association – a competition to find new standalone romance novels that celebrate LGBTQI+ characters. The competition is open to anyone who writes romances focusing on LGBTQI+ characters, including published and unpublished authors both agented and un-agented. If you have a … Read more


THE MEDICAL ROMANCE INCLUDES YOU PITCH EVENT IS HERE!

THE MEDICAL ROMANCE INCLUDES YOU PITCH EVENT IS HERE!

  Welcome to Harlequin’s #MedicalRomanceIncludesYou pitch event! From 8am until 8pm GMT today, Friday March 26th, two of our Harlequin Medical Romance editors will be eagerly awaiting pitches for our Medical Romance series from underrepresented authors (underrepresented voices includes, but is not limited to, authors who identify as Black, Indigenous or people of color (BIPOC), members of … Read more