Announcing the Winners of the True Romance Writing Prize

Earlier this year, we were lucky enough to team up with Emma Roberts and Karah Preiss of Belletrist to bring you this very special contest. Today, we're announcing the winners!

Each time we host a prize — and this is now our fifth run — we have a mere moment of worry at some point in the process along the lines of, What if we don’t receive enough great essays to choose the winner? Followed immediately by a slew of essays so fantastic that narrowing it down is the difficult part, not the other way around. This time, of course, was no different — one of our first-round readers shared early on that we were “getting thrilling love stories” — and we are happy to share the winners with you today.

Shout out to actor Emma Roberts, acclaimed producer Karah Preiss and their production company/book club, Belletrist, for dreaming up — and collaborating on — this prize with us, and to Emma and Karah for helping us pick the final winners. We’re so grateful for your keen eyes and sharp taste.

Thank you again to everyone who submitted and shared their writing with us — we really enjoyed reading your pieces and we hope to hear from you again soon in some capacity, whether it’s…