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RITA Awards

former American literary award for English language romance fiction in several categories (1982–2019)
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RITA Awards

Summary

RITA Awards is an award[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of award entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (286 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • RITA Awards is in the country of United States[3].
  • RITA Awards's instance of is recorded as award[4].
  • RITA Awards's instance of is recorded as group of awards[5].
  • RITA Awards's instance of is recorded as literary award[6].
  • RITA Awards's founder is recorded as Romance Writers of America[7].
  • RITA Awards's founder is recorded as Vivian Stephens[8].
  • RITA Awards's founder is recorded as Rita Clay Estrada[9].
  • RITA Awards's founder is recorded as Parris Afton Bonds[10].
  • Rita Clay Estrada is named after RITA Awards[11].
  • RITA Awards's country of origin is recorded as United States[12].
  • RITA Awards comprises RITA Best First Book Award[13].
  • RITA Awards comprises RITA Contemporary Romance Award[14].
  • RITA Awards comprises RITA Erotic Romance[15].
  • RITA Awards comprises RITA Historical Romance[16].
  • RITA Awards comprises RITA Mainstream Fiction with a Central Romance[17].
  • RITA Awards comprises RITA Paranormal Romance[18].
  • RITA Awards comprises RITA Award Romance with Religious or Spiritual Elements[19].
  • RITA Awards comprises RITA Award Romantic Suspense Award[20].
  • RITA Awards comprises RITA Award Young Adult Romance[21].
  • RITA Awards comprises RITA Award Traditional Romance[22].
  • RITA Awards comprises RITA Award Novel with Strong Romantic Elements[23].
  • RITA Awards comprises RITA Award Regency Romance[24].
  • RITA Awards comprises Golden Medallion Award Mainstream Romance[25].
  • 1982 marks the founding of RITA Awards[26].
  • RITA Awards was dissolved in 2020[27].

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Geography

RITA Awards is in the country of United States[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include award[4], group of awards[5], and literary award[6].

History and Context

1982 marks the founding of RITA Awards[26]. Rita Clay Estrada is named after it[11].

Why It Matters

RITA Awards ranks in the top 3% of award entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (286 views/month).[2] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · ~2026-30749-56 · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → RITA Best First Book Award, RITA Contemporary Romance Award, RITA Erotic Romance +10
    Founded by → —
    Has parts → —
    Inception → +1982-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P856]]: https://www.rwa.org/rita-award"
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