The Cupid Prize Long Lists

And the Series finalists... some writer recognition, too....

Dec 13, 2024

As promised, here are the long listed pieces per category, except for Short & Sweet, because there are still several scheduled for publication this month and except for Individual noms, because they’re open until the 31st… they'll be announced just after the holiday…

Congratulations to everyone who made it to this first plateau… good luck moving forward!

Quickies:

Perfect in Love - Karen Kahnke

Lemon Sorbet - Chris Cottom

A Man Who Chases Butterflies - Iqra Abbas

Fracture Lines - Karen Baumgart

First Time Tasting - Frank Jackson

There's No Going Back To Louisiana - Jonathan Cant

Colour Your Way Back To Me - Saira Rashid Khan

Loved A Boy - HN Roberts

The Next Step - Katie Kent

Apparently Not - Emily Dixon

A Christmas Card Crush - Katie Fitzgerald

Sweet Nothings:

Iguana Companion - Johannah Simon

Learning Curves - Owen Townend

Sweet Nothing - Linette Rabsatt

Whamageddon Love Story - Katie Fitzgerald

Love Me Tinder - Laura Turner

One of the Moments - Charlie Chow

Let's Get Physical - Liam Kerry

Odds and Sods - Liam Kerry

Anything's Possible - Lori Cramer

Liminal Space - Cheryl Snell

Pop, Pinch and Spark - Johannah Simon

Poetry:

Roses In Bloom - Linette Rabsatt

Love Is… - Ash Douglas

Open Sesame - Joseph Ogbonna

You Are Forever Mine - Stacy Zappala

Napoleon and Josephine Triptych - Joseph Ogbonna

Let Me Be - Joseph Farina

Dirty Dare - Ash Douglas

Bookworm Beauties - Sam Hendrian

Ryoko - Tamiko Dooley

On Track To Philly - Anthony Vernon

Hint of Sweetness - Jason Beam

Poseidon - Pam Martin-Lawrence

Series:

Blowing It - Nina Miller

A Winterberry Christmas - Mina Beckett

Mistletoe's For Kissing Under - Pam Martin-Lawrence

A Cozy Christmas - Elise Gilmore

A Sweet Collision - HN Roberts

He Sees You When You're Sleeping - HN Roberts

Contributor Recognitions

Every single person who has submitted to Micromance is greatly appreciated, and whether pieces were accepted or not, there is no Micromance without writers submitting - as of the writing of this newsletter, I've received 373 submissions from talented writers from all over the world. It wasn't easy making decisions. Only 2 pieces I can think of were outright rejected because they were not romance/love stories. The rest have not made my job as EIC easy, and I thank you for that. Having such top-notch talent choose to submit their remarkable stories and poems to Micromance is beyond humbling. Thank you all. But of all the work that's been published there have been some standouts, and I wanted to take this time to also recognize those writers and pieces.

I have created these little graphics - not the fanciest or the coolest - but I thought it was a nice idea in case any of the “honorees” would like to download them for their own sites - by all means feel free to download and use them…

Top Contributor, Flash/Micro

Top Contributor Poetry

Most Read Writer

Most Read Poet

Congratulations to all of the above. You are a huge part of the success of Micromance and most of you have been with me since day one… thank you!!

Reminder: long list for Short & Sweet and Individual categories will be announced just after Christmas. There will be some other announcements dropping soon as well - hint: is there a best of poetry anthology in the works? Well that was more than just a hint…lol…details soon… There will also be a call for Micromance’s One Year Anniversary Anthology (details coming soon), as well as some details on Micromance's…. sister publication?…. This one I'm really excited about!!

Lots of good stuff coming in 2025… so think happy thoughts…

Gail Lynn, EIC 🥰