SORMAG – Shades Of Romance
Magazine was started because of LaShaunda Hoffman’s love of AA romance novels
and the lack of support for them. SORMAG was an extension of an online forum
called Aspiring African-American Romance Writers she started on delphiforums.com
in 1999.
In 2000 SORMAG became a bi-monthly online magazine. We featured our first online
conference in 2001 and now we host one every other year. Our next one is
scheduled for 2009. As the romance writers began to expand into the mainstream
market the magazine evolved to feature not only romance but all literature. In
2005 we advanced to the blog concept and fell in love with the interactive
freedom it gave us.
We celebrate eight years online this year and will continue to feature the
hottest books and authors on the literary scene.
Vision To be a guide for those on
the path to publication and help make their path a smooth path and not a bumpy
one.
Mission
To be a guide that provides:
Interviews from authors who have achieved their publishing goals
Information regarding the craft of writing and the business part of writing
Listing literary events or programs for readers and writers
Offer workshops for readers and writers
Offer an avenue to publish short stories or promote new book releases
SORMAG Awards
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Selected by Writers Digest as One of the
101 Best Websites for Writers 2002! ::
featured in the August 2003 issue of
ESSENCE Magazine.
Selected as: ::
Top Ten Non-fiction Publication -
Preditor’s Editors Awards - 2003 ::
Top Ten Publication Editor - . LaShaunda
C. Hoffman – Preditor’s/Editors Awards -2003 ::
The YOUnity Reviewers Guild Best Online
Literary Magazine - 2004
