US romance writers' group seeks loving embrace of bankruptcy court
NEW YORK - Hang up the ripped bodices, give Fabio the bad news and cue the lawyers: the Romance Writers of America, a nonprofit devoted to helping romance writers build their careers, is headed to bankruptcy court.
Before 2019, RWA had 10,000 members, but membership has dropped to about 2,000. The organization's declining membership meant that its long-term conference commitments were"threatening RWA's ability to continue to operate," according to its court filings. The organization signed a long-term contract for its flagship annual writers' conference in 2018, locking it in to agreements with Marriott hotels around the U.S. But as membership declined, RWA tried to cancel or renegotiate its now-excessive contracts, with only partial success.
RWA reconstituted its board, canceled its 2020 awards program and pledged to improve its record on diversity after it suffered backlash for ousting a board member who had criticized other writers' work for containing negative racial stereotypes. The organization also renamed its annual awards program to emphasize its connection to RWA founder Vivian Stephens, a Black editor who championed women of color in the romance writing community.
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