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The Voice of Romance Writers Romance Writers of America RWA is a nonprofit trade association whose mission is to advance the professional and common business interests of careerfocused romance writers through networking and advocacy and by increasing public awareness of the romance genre. RWA is committed to providing all of its members with an environment free from discrimination and harassment. RWA does not discriminate against or allow harassment of any member based on race ethnicity religion color sex age national origin sexual orientation disability gender identity or expression ancestry pregnancy or any other basis prohibited by law. In order to create a safe and respectful environment discrimination and harassment of any sort is prohibited in RWA.