Emma Merritt Service Award

The Emma Merritt Award is presented for the accumulated body of work a member has contributed as a volunteer to RWA. The award is not only for service to individual chapters, but is intended to honor major commitments of service to RWA. A member may receive the Emma Merritt Award only once in a lifetime. In the past, the Emma Merritt Award has also been known as the Golden Rose and the National Service Award.

2008 Emma Merritt Award Recipient
Linda Winstead Jones

Romance Writers of America is pleased to present the 2008 Emma Merritt Award to Linda Winstead Jones. Winstead Jones will receive her award at the 2008 RWA National Conference in San Francisco, California, on August 1, 2008.