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OK-RWA History

If you're interested in joining or learning more about OK-RWA, please contact the current OK-RWA President.

May 11, 1989, twelve Oklahoma City area members of Romance Writers of America (eleven in person, one in spirit) met and formed OK-RWA. Three more meetings followed, all open to interested RWA members, in which we discussed and decided upon things such as chapter goals, bylaws, and basic policies and procedures.

Three short months later, Oklahoma Romance Writers of America was ready to roll. We had adopted a set of bylaws, we were in the process of filing for Federal tax-exempt status with the IRS, we were incorporating as a non-profit organization within the State of Oklahoma, we published the first edition of our newsletter, the OK CORRAL, and we had grown to 35 members, 15 of which were already published Romance novelists.

Some of our Founders and Charter Members have left us over the years, but this is who we were when we began:

CHARTER MEMBERS	FOUNDING MEMBERS	PAST PRESIDENTS
Mary Beadles Sonya Birmingham Irene Black Charlene Buerger Maureen Bullinger Sherry Bynum Deborah Camp Jackie Casto Debra Cowan Elizabeth Dew Jean Hager Brenda Hamilton Barbara Kaye Jacqueline King Curtiss Ann Matlock Deborah Morris Sara Orwig Elaine Quinn Barbara Shelton	Nancy Berland Alma Blair Willena Ferguson Marie Golloway Georgina Gentry Janis Reams Hudson Patsy Klingstedt Peggy Moreland Cheryl Anne Porter Karren Radko Wendy Rego Pat Shaver	1989 - Peggy Moreland 1990 - Karren Radko 1991 - Karren Radko 1992 - Pat Shaver 1993 - Sharon Sala 1994 - Cheryl Anne Porter 1995 - Merline Lovelace 1996 - Merline Lovelace 1997 - Debra Cowan 1998 - Sharon Sala 1999 - Rinda Elliott 2000 - Rinda Elliott 2001 - Jill Floyd 2002 - Jill Floyd 2003 - Donnell Epperson 2004 - Ammanda McCabe 2005 - Terri Schaefer 2006 - Deb Behrens 2007 - Vicki Hudoba

 

Romance Writers of America is a non-profit organization for those interested in writing Romance fiction. Our purpose is to promote excellence in Romance fiction; to support and encourage our unpublished members in their efforts to become published; and to support, encourage, and promote the works and careers of our members published in Romance fiction.

OK-RWA meets monthly in the Oklahoma City area. At our meetings we share news about our writing and the latest happenings in the publishing world, and we have a program focused on one of the many aspects of writing Romance novels.