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Bisexual Book Awards

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The Bisexual Book Awards are an annual literary award program, presented by the Bi Writers Association to honour the year's best works of literature addressing themes of bisexuality.[1] The awards were presented for the first time in 2013.[2]

Awards are presented in 11 categories, where any writer who has addressed bisexual themes in their work may be submitted for consideration regardless of their own sexual orientation. Two special awards are also presented: the Bi Book Publisher Award to the publishing company that has submitted the most books to the awards program that year, and the Bi Writer Award for the best book by an out bisexual writer.

Honorees

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Anthology

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Award winners and finalists[3]
Year Author Title Publisher Result Ref.
2014 Robyn Ochs and H. Sharif Williams (eds.) Recognize: The Voices of Bisexual Men[a] Bisexual Resource Center Winner
Rachel Kramer Bussel (ed.) Big Book of Submission: 69 Kinky Tales Cleis Press Finalist
2016 Sasha L. Miller (eds.) Enchanted Soles[b] Less Than Three Press Winner
Jon Macy and Tara Madison Avery (eds.) ALPHABET: The LGBTQAIU Creators from Prism Comics[c] Stacked Deck Press Finalist

Biography and Memoir

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Award winners and finalists[3]
Year Author Title Publisher Result Ref.
2013 Alden Jones The Blind Masseuse: A Traveler’s Memoir from Costa Rica to Cambodia Terrace Books/The University of Wisconsin Press Winner
Charles "Zan" Christensen (ed.) Anything That Loves: Comics Beyond Gay and Straight[d] Northwest Press Finalist
Marina Peralta with Penelope James Barriers to Love: Embracing a Bisexual Identity[e] Barriers Press Finalist
2014 Daisy Hernández A Cup of Water Under My Bed[f] Beacon Press Winner
Alan Cumming Not My Father’s Son[g] Dey Street Books / HarperCollins Publishers Finalist
Allison Moon Bad Dyke Lunatic Ink Finalist
Charles M. Blow Fire Shut Up In My Bones[h] Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Finalist
Daniel Schreiber Susan Sontag: A Biography Northwestern University Press Finalist
Edward White The Tastemaker: Carl Van Vechten and the Birth of Modern America[i] Farrar, Straus and Giroux Finalist
2015 Kate Evans Call It Wonder: An Odyssey of Love, Sex, Spirit, and Travel[j] Coyote Creek Books Winner
Chelsey Clammer BodyHome Hopewell Publications Finalist
Emily Bingham Irrepressible: The Jazz Age Life of Henrietta Bingham Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Macmillan Finalist [1]
2016 Juliet Nicolson A House Full of Daughters Farrar, Straus and Giroux / Macmillan Winner
Ira Nadel Virginia Woolf London: Reaktion Books/ Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press Finalist
2017 Monica Meneghetti What the Mouth Wants: A Memoir of Food, Love and Belonging[k] Dagger Editions/Caitlin Press Winner [4]
Peggy Seeger First Time Ever[l] Faber & Faber Winner
Miranda Pennington A Girl Walks Into a Book Seal Press/Hachette Book Group Finalist
2018 Sophie Lucido Johnson Many Love[m] Touchstone / Simon & Schuster Winner
Charlie Harmon On the Road and Off the Record with Leonard Bernstein: My Years with the Exasperating Genius Imagine Publishing/ Charlesbridge Finalist
2019 Carmen Maria Machado In the Dream House Graywolf Press Winner [5]
Jackson Bird Sorted Tiller Press / Simon & Schuster Finalist
2020 Molly Wizenberg The Fixed Stars[n] Abrams Press Winner
Celia Stahr Frida in America[o] St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Finalist
Raechel Anne Jolie Rust Belt Femme Belt Publishing Finalist
2021 Randa Jarrar Love Is an Ex-Country Catapult Finalist
Luke Turner Out of the Woods: Nature, Sexuality, and Faith in the Forest Greystone Books Finalist
Jen Winston Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much[p] Atria Books/Simon & Schuster Finalist

Erotica

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Award winners and finalists[3]
Year Author Title Publisher Result Ref.
2012 Basil Papademos Mount Royal, There’s Nothing Harder than Love[q] Tightrope Books Winner
Cecilia Tan The Poet and the Prophecy[r] Ravenous Romance Finalist
Mykola Dementiuk Times Square Queer: Tales of Bad Boys in the Big Apple[s] Renaissance eBooks Finalist
2013 Adriana Kraft The Reunion B&B Publishing Winner
Elizabeth Schechter House of Sable Locks Circlet Press Finalist
Jean Roberta The Flight of the Black Swan[t] Lethe Press Finalist
Livia Ellis Memoirs of a Gigolo Omnibus, Vol. 1-4[u] Riverdale Avenue Books/ Desire Finalist
Rachel Kramer Bussel (ed.) Twice the Pleasure: Bisexual Women’s Erotica[v] Cleis Press Finalist
2014 Julie Cox Capricious: A Texan Tale of Love and Magic[w] Circlet Press Winner
Jaime Fessenden Murder on the Mountain[x] Dreamspinner Press Finalist
Livia Ellis Memoirs of a Gigolo, Second Omnibus, Vol. 5-7[y] Riverdale Avenue Books Finalist
Megan Mulry Bound to Be a Groom Riptide Publishing Finalist
Shari Slade and Amber Lin One Kiss with a Rock Star[z] self-published Finalist
2015 Heidi Belleau and Sam Schooler Dead Ringer Riptide Publishing Winner
Avon Gale Let the Wrong Light In Dreamspinner Press Finalist
Lauren E. Mitchell The Triad Trial Less Than Three Press Finalist
Lauren Gallagher Kneel, Mr. President Samhain Publishing Finalist
Santino Hassell Sunset Park Dreamspinner Press Finalist
Tess Bowery She Whom I Love[aa] Samhain Publishing Finalist
2016 Lauren Gallagher The Best Laid Plans[ab] Samhain Publishing Winner
J A Rock 24/7 Riptide Publishing Finalist
Nicole Wood Club Trega Riverdale Avenue Books Finalist
Vanessa Clark The Man on Top of the World Bold Strokes Books Finalist
2017 TS Porter Rescues and the Rhyssa[ac] Less Than Three Press Winner [4][6]
Leandra Vane Cast from the Earth Self-Published Finalist [6]
Stephanie Bull The Shape of Veronica Tau Press Finalist
Tiffany Reisz Michael’s Wings 8th Circle Press Finalist [6]
2018 Lexi Mohney Carnal Knowledge: The Adoration of a Dangerous Woman and the Death of a Dream Independently Published Winner
M.K. Lee Whatever Comes First Less Than Three Press Finalist
2019 Lara Zielinsky We Three: One and One and One Makes Three Supposed Crimes Winner
Elia Winters Three for All Cecaelia Press Finalist
Rosalind Chase Lot’s Wife: An Erotic Retelling[ad] Under Hill Press Finalist
2020[ae] Erin McLellan Bottle Rocket Independently Published Honorable Mention

Fiction

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Award winners and finalists[3]
Year Author Title Publisher Result Ref.
2012 John Irving In One Person Simon & Schuster Winner
Annette Lapointe Whitetail Shooting Gallery[af] Anvil Press Publishers Finalist
Basil Papademos Mount Royal, There’s Nothing Harder than Love[q] Tightrope Books Finalist
Brit Mandelo (ed.) Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction[ag] Lethe Press Finalist
Catherine Lundoff Silver Moon[ah] Lethe Press Finalist
Ellis Avery The Last Nude Riverhead Books Finalist
Richard Mason History of a Pleasure Seeker Random House / Knopf Finalist
2013 Manil Suri The City of Devi W. W. Norton & Company Winner [7]
Arlene Schindler The Last Place She’d Look ExtravaGonzo Finalist [7]
Bushra Rehman Corona Sibling Rivalry Press Finalist [7]
David Leavitt The Two Hotel Francforts Bloomsbury Finalist [7]
Frank Anthony Polito The Spirit of Detroit Woodward Avenue Books Finalist [7]
Nicola Griffith Hild Farrar, Straus and Giroux Finalist [7]
Susan Choi My Education Viking Adult Finalist [7]
2014 Courtney Moreno In Case of Emergency McSweeney’s Publishing Winner
Emma Donoghue Frog Music Little, Brown/Little, Brown and Company Finalist
Sarah Waters The Paying Guests Riverhead Books /Penguin Random House Finalist
Sheela Lambert (ed.) Best Bi Short Stories Gressive Press/Circlet Press Finalist
Vivek Shraya She of the Mountains Arsenal Pulp Press Finalist
2015 Lidia Yuknavitch The Small Backs of Children Harper Books/Harper Collins Winner
Anna North The Life and Death of Sophie Stark Blue Rider Press/Penguin Random House Finalist
Jennifer Steil The Ambassador's Wife Doubleday Finalist
Kelly Gardiner Goddess Harper360/HarperCollins Finalist
Redfern Jon Barrett The Giddy Death of the Gays & the Strange Demise of Straights Lethe Press Finalist [1]
2016 Erin Judge Vow of Celibacy[ai] Rare Bird Books Winner
Georgia Clark The Regulars Emily Bestler Books/Atria/Simon & Schuster Finalist
Susan Wittig Albert Loving Eleanor Persevero Press Finalist
2017 Carmen Maria Machado Her Body and Other Parties[aj] Graywolf Press Winner [4][6]
A. M. Leibowitz Keeping the Faith Supposed Crimes Finalist
Amanda Kabak The Mathematics of Change Brain Mill Press Finalist
André Aciman Enigma Variations Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Macmillan Finalist
Karen Connelly The Change Room[ak] Random House / PenguinRandomHouse Finalist
Sylvia Brownrigg Pages for Her[al] Counterpoint Finalist
2018 Elaine Castillo America Is Not the Heart[am] Viking / Penguin Random House Winner
Alan Robert Clark The Prince of Mirrors Fairlight Books Finalist
Elizabeth J. Colen and Carol Guess True Ash Black Lawrence Press Finalist
Emily Strelow The Wild Birds A Barnacle Book / Rare Bird Books Finalist
Jennifer Natalya Fink Bhopal Dance FC2/University of Alabama Press Finalist
2019 Sarah Blake Naamah[an] Riverhead Books / Penguin Random House Winner
Jacqueline Woodson Red at the Bone Riverhead Books / Penguin Random House Finalist
Raymond Strom Northern Lights Simon & Schuster Finalist
Robin Page Small Silent Things Harper Perennial/ HarperCollins Finalist
Ruby Porter Attraction Text Publishing Finalist
2020 Emma Straub All Adults Here Riverhead Books Winner
Jennifer Steil Exile Music[ao] Viking / Penguin Random House Finalist
Katharine Coldiron Ceremonials Kernpunkt Press Finalist
Rowan Hisayo Buchanan Starling Days The Overlook Press / Abrams Finalist
Samantha Rajaram The Company Daughters[ap] Bookouture Finalist
Zaina Arafat You Exist Too Much Catapult Finalist

Graphic Novels and Memoirs

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Award winners and finalists[3]
Year Author Title Publisher Result Ref.
2016 Tyler Cohen Primahood: Magenta Stacked Deck Press / J.T. Avery Pacific Winner
Jon Macy and Tara Madison Avery (eds.) ALPHABET: The LGBTQAIU Creators from Prism Comics [c] Stacked Deck Press Finalist
2021 Alice Oseman Heartstopper, Vol. 3[aq] Graphix/Scholastic Inc. Finalist
Courtney Cook The Way She Feels: My Life on the Borderline in Pictures and Pieces Tin House Finalist

Literary Fiction

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Award winners and finalists[3]
Year Author Title Publisher Result Ref.
2021 Harrie Farrow Finding Bonita Independently Published Finalist
Joe Okonkwo Kiss the Scars on the Back of My Neck Amble Press/Bywater Books Finalist

Mystery

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Award winners and finalists[3]
Year Author Title Publisher Result Ref.
2014 Jamie Fessenden Murder on the Mountain[x] Dreamspinner Press Winner
AR Fiano The Book of Joel Astrid Fiano Finalist
2015 Michelle Moore and Reesa Herberth Peripheral People[ar] Riptide Publishing Winner
Casey Lawrence Out of Order[as] Harmony Ink/Dreamspinner Press Finalist
2016 Erica Cameron Assassins: Discord Triton Books/Riptide Publishing Winner
Casey Lawrence Order in the Court[at] Harmony Ink Press/Dreamspinner Press Finalist
2017 L. A. Witt and Cari Z Suspicious Behavior Riptide Publishing Winner [4]
L. A. Witt and Cari Z Risky Behavior Riptide Publishing Finalist
2018 Cari Z and L. A. Witt Reckless Behavior Riptide Publishing Winner
Rosalie Knecht Who Is Vera Kelly? Tin House Books Winner
Alexandra CH Nowakowski and J. E. Sumerau Other People’s Oysters Brill / Sense Finalist
Cat Clarke We Are Young[au] Quercus Children's Books / Hachette Childrens Group Finalist
Kristen Lepionka What You Want to See Minotaur Books / St. Martin’s Press Finalist
2019 L. A. Witt Blood & Bitcoin Independently Published Winner [5]
Georgette Gouveia Burying the Dead JMS Books Finalist
2020[av] Tanen Jones The Better Liar Ballantine / Penguin Random House Winner
2021 Benna Bos Investigating Helen Flashpoint Publications Finalist
Dea Poirier After You Died Agora Books / Polis Books Finalist

Non-fiction

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Award winners and finalists[3]
Year Author Title Publisher Result Ref.
2012 Cheryl Burke My Awesome Place: The Autobiography of Cheryl B[aw] Topside Signature Winner
Janet W. Hardy Girlfag: A Life Told In Sex and Musicals[ax] Beyond Binary Books Finalist
2013 Charles "Zan" Christensen Anything That Loves: Comics Beyond Gay and Straight[d] Northwest Press Winner
Jade Sylvan Kissing Oscar Wilde: A Love Story In The City Of Light Write Bloody Publishing Finalist
Maria San Filippo The B Word: Bisexuality in Contemporary Film and Television Indiana University Press Finalist
Marina Peralta with Penelope James Barriers to Love: Embracing a Bisexual Identity[e] Barriers Press Finalist
Shiri Eisner Bi Notes for a Bisexual Revolution[ay] Seal Press Finalist
2014 Robyn Ochs and H. Sharif Williams Recognize: The Voices of Bisexual Men[a] Bisexual Resource Center Winner
Jacob and Diane Anderson-Minshall Queerly Beloved: A Love Story Across Gender Bold Strokes Books Finalist
Breanne Fahs Valerie Solanas: The Defiant Life of the Woman Who Wrote SCUM (and Shot Andy Warhol) The Feminist Press Finalist
Charles M. Blow Fire Shut Up In My Bones[h] Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Finalist
Daisy Hernández A Cup of Water Under My Bed[f] Beacon Press Finalist
Edward White The Tastemaker: Carl Van Vechten and the Birth of Modern America[i] Farrar, Straus and Giroux Finalist
2015 Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli (ed.) Bisexuality in Education: Erasure, Exclusion and the Absence of Intersectionality Routledge Winner
Jillian Deri Love's Refraction: Jealousy and Compersion in Queer Women's Polyamorous Relationships University of Toronto Press Finalist
Surya Monro Bisexuality: Identities, Politics, and Theories Palgrave/Macmillan Finalist
2016 Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli Women in Relationships with Bisexual Men: Bi Men, Women Lexington Books Winner
Eric Anderson and Mark McCormack The Changing Dynamics of Bisexual Men's Lives: Social Research Perspectives Springer Finalist
Tiggy Upland Advice from a Wild Deuce: The Best of Ask Tiggy[az] Jennifer L. Bonardi Finalist
2017 Telaina Eriksen Unconditional: A Guide to Loving and Supporting Your LGBTQ Child Mango Media Winner [4]
Mary-Anne McAllum Young Bisexual Women’s Experiences in Secondary Schools Routledge Finalist
Sarah Prager Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World HarperCollins Finalist
2018 Sophie Lucido Johnson Many Love[m] Touchstone / Simon & Schuster Winner
Michael Amherst Go the Way Your Blood Beats: On Truth, Bisexuality, and Desire Repeater Books Finalist
2019 Esther Rapoport From Psychoanalytic Bisexuality to Bisexual Psychoanalysis: Desiring in the Real Routledge Winner
Corey E. Flanders (ed.) Under the Bisexual Umbrella: Diversity of Identity and Experience[ba] Routledge Finalist
2020 Emiel Maliepaard and Renate Baumgartner (eds.) Bisexuality in Europe: Sexual Citizenship, Romantic Relationships, and Bi+ Identities[bb] Routledge Winner
Carol A. Shepherd Bi the Way: Pastoring Bisexual Christians in Europe Easy Yoke Publishing Finalist
Nikki Hayfield Bisexual and Pansexual Identities: Exploring and challenging invisibility and invalidation[bc] Routledge Finalist

Poetry

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Award winners and finalists[3]
Year Author Title Publisher Result Ref.
2012 Erynn Rowan Laurie Fireflies at Absolute Zero[bd] Hiraeth Press Winner
Donnelle McGee Shine Sibling Rivalry Press Finalist
Yazmin Monet Watkins Love Without Limits: The Bi-Laws of Love Red Journal Publications Finalist
2014 Laura Foley Joy Street Headmistress Press Winner
James Franco Directing Herbert White: Poems Graywolf Press Finalist
2015 Jennifer Perrine No Confession, No Mass University of Nebraska Press Winner
Seaton and Duhamel Caprice Sibling Rivalry Press Finalist
2016 Ann Tweedy The Body’s Alphabet[be] Headmistress Press Winner
Cathleen Chambless Nec(Romantic) The Gorilla Press Finalist
2017 Julene Tripp Weaver Truth Be Bold: Serenading Life & Death in the Age of AIDS Finishing Line Press Winner [4]
Irene Suico Soriano Primates from an Archipelago Rabbit Fool Press Finalist
2018 Diana Hamilton God Was Right Ugly Duckling Presse Winner
Duy Doan We Play a Game[bf] Yale University Press Finalist
Julian Randall Refuse University of Pittsburgh Press Finalist
Britteney Black Rose Black Queer Hoe Haymarket Books Finalist
Jan Steckel Like Flesh Covers Bone Zeitgeist Press Finalist
2019 Rosebud Ben-Oni turn around BRXGHT XYXS Get Fresh Books Winner
Laura Foley Why I Never Finished My Dissertation Headmistress Press Finalist
Ariana Reines A Sand Book Tin House Books Finalist
2020 Bianca Phipps Crown Noble Button Poetry Winner
Erin Carlyle Magnolia Canopy Otherworld Driftwood Press Finalist
Jennifer Perrine Again Airlie Press Finalist
2021 Margaret Christakos Dear Birch Palimpsest Press Finalist
Catherine Lewis Zipless 845 Press Finalist
Kelly Rose Pflug-Back The Hammer of Witches Dagger Editions/Caitlin Press Finalist

Publisher of the Year

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Award winners and finalists[3]
Year Publisher Result Ref.
2012 Lethe Press Winner
Riptide Publishing Winner
Sibling Rivalry Press Winner
2013 Circlet Press Winner [7]
Riverdale Avenue Books Winner [7]
2014 Bisexual Resource Center Winner
Circlet Press Winner
Cleis Press Finalist
Riverdale Avenue Books Finalist
2015 Less Than Three Press Winner
Macmillan Publishers Winner
2016 Less Than Three Press Winner
Dreamspinner Press Finalist
Riptide Publishing Finalist
2017 Duet Books/Interlude Press Winner
Less Than Three Press Winner
Dreamspinner Press Finalist
Riptide Publishing Finalist
2018 Less Than Three Press Winner [4]
2019 Simon & Schuster Winner
Routledge Finalist
2020 Macmillan Winner
Penguin Random House Finalist
2021 Macmillan Finalist
Scholastic Finalist

Romance

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Award winners and finalists[3]
Year Author Title Publisher Result Ref.
2014 Shari Slade and Amber Lin One Kiss with a Rock Star[z] self-published Winner
Debbie McGowan Crying in the Rain Beaten Track Publishing Finalist
Jenna Galicki The Prince of Punk Rock Beau to Beau Publishing Finalist
LC Chase Let It Ride Riptide Publishing Finalist
May Woodworth Heart of the Hurricane Big World Network Finalist
Shira Glassman Climbing the Date Palm[bg] Prizm Books/Torquere Press Finalist
2015 Megan Mulry Bound with Honor Riptide Publishing Winner
Amy Jo Cousins The Girl Next Door Samhain Finalist
Avon Gale Breakaway Dreamspinner Press Finalist
Francis Gideon A Winter in Rome Less Than Three Press Finalist [1]
J. L. Merrow Caught! Samhain Finalist
Tess Bowery She Whom I Love[aa] Samhain Publishing Finalist
2016 Garrett Leigh What Remains[bh] Riptide Publishing Winner
Dahlia Adler Out on Good Behavior[bi] self-published Finalist
JL Merrow Lovers Leap Riptide Publishing Finalist
Jordan Brock Change of Address Riptide Publishing Finalist
Keelan Ellis Misinformation Dreamspinner Press Finalist
Lauren Gallagher Stuck Landing Riptide Publishing Finalist
Lauren Sattersby Rock N Soul Riptide Publishing Finalist
2017 Welton B. Marsland By the Currawong's Call Escape Publishing/Harlequin Enterprises Australia Winner [4]
Amy Lane Bonfires Dreamspinner Press Finalist
Chris Scully Back To You Riptide Publishing Finalist
Garrett Leigh Strays Riptide Publishing Finalist
Kelly Jensen Block and Strike Dreamspinner Press Finalist
Vanessa North Summer Stock Riptide Publishing Finalist
2018 Lilah Suzanne Jilted[bj] Interlude Press Winner
Felicia Davin Edge of Nowhere Etymon Press Finalist
L. A. Witt The Torches We Carry Independently Published Finalist
Layla Reyne Medley (Changing Lanes) Independently Published Finalist
Michele Engardt The Thing About Forever Less Than Three Press Finalist
Nem Rowan Rough Sleepers Less Than Three Press Finalist
2019 Casey McQuiston Red, White & Royal Blue[bk] St. Martin’s Griffin / Macmillan Winner
S. A. McAuley Out of the Shade Independently Published Winner
Molly Ringle All the Better Part of Me Central Avenue Finalist
Rowan Shaw Return Independently Published Finalist
2020 Jay Hogan Off Balance[bl] Southern Lights Publishing Winner
Garrett Leigh Redemption Fox Love Press Finalist
Garrett Leigh The Sex Coach Fox Love Press Finalist
J. M. Frey The Woman Who Fell Through Time Here There Be Publishing Finalist
Melissa Lenhardt The Secret of You and Me Graydon House / Harlequin Finalist
2021 Alison Cochrun The Charm Offensive Atria Books/Simon & Schuster Finalist
Casey McQuiston One Last Stop St. Martin’s Griffin/Macmillan Finalist
Noni Blake It’s Been a Pleasure Claire Christian/Harlequin Trade Publishing Finalist
Skye Kilaen Tell Me Anything Independently Published Finalist
Skye Kilaen The Home I Find With You[bm] Independently Published Finalist

Speculative Fiction

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Award winners and finalists[3]
Year Author Title Publisher Result Ref.
2012 Brit Mandelo Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction[ag] Lethe Press Winner
Catherine Lundoff Silver Moon[ah] Lethe Press Finalist
Cecilia Tan The Poet and the Prophecy[r] Ravenous Romance Finalist
Fiona Glass Gleams of a Remoter World Riptide Publishing Finalist
2013 Laura Lam Pantomime[bn] Strange Chemistry Winner [7]
Alaya Dawn Johnson The Summer Prince[bo] Arthur A. Levine Books Finalist [7]
Emma Trevayne Coda Running Press Kids Finalist [7]
Francesca Lia Block Love in The Time of Global Warming[bp] Henry Holt and Co. Finalist [7]
Malinda Lo Inheritance[bq] Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Finalist [7]
Mary Anne Mohanraj The Stars Change Circlet Press Finalist [7]
Saundra Mitchell The Elementals Harcourt Children’s Books Finalist [7]
2014 Corinne Duyvis Otherbound[br] Amulet/Abrams Winner
Alex Jeffers That Door is a Mischief Lethe Press Finalist
Julie Cox Capricious: A Texan Tale of Love and Magic[w] Circlet Press Finalist
Sarah Luddington The Pendragon Legacy Mirador Publishing Finalist
Shira Glassman Climbing the Date Palm[bg] Prizm Books/Torquere Press Finalist
2015 B R Sanders Ariah[bs] Love, Sex & Merlot / The Zharmae Publishing Press Winner
C. B. Lee Seven Tears at High Tide[bt] Duet Books Finalist
Lori A. Witt The Tide of War Riptide Publishing Finalist
Megan Derr The Harem Master Less Than Three Press Finalist
Michelle Moore and Reesa Herberth Peripheral People[ar] Riptide Publishing Finalist [1]
Shira Glassman A Harvest of Ripe Figs Prizm Books Finalist
2016 Megan Derr The Painted Crown Less Than Three Press Winner [8]
Archer Kay Leah For the Clan Less Than Three Press Finalist
Foz Meadows An Accident of Stars Angry Robot Finalist
KC Alexander Necrotech Angry Robot Finalist
Sasha L. Miller (ed.) Enchanted Soles[b] Less Than Three Press Finalist
Zoraida Cordova Labyrinth Lost Sourcebooks Fire Finalist
2017 F. T. Lukens The Rules and Regulations For Mediating Myths & Magic[bu] Duet Books/Interlude Press Winner [4][6]
Erica Cameron Island of Exiles Entangled Teen Finalist [6]
Julia Ember The Seafarer’s Kiss Duet/Interlude Press Finalist [6]
A. E. Ross Run In The Blood NineStar Press Finalist [6]
Ellen Klages Passing Strange Tor Books Finalist [6]
TS Porter Rescues and the Rhyssa[ac] Less Than Three Press Finalist [6]
2018 J. R. Mabry The Worship of Mystery [bv] The Apocryphile Press Winner
Felicia Davin Thornfruit Etymon Press Finalist
Megan Derr Dragon Magic Less Than Three Press Finalist
Jeanne G’Fellers Cleaning House Mountain Gap Books Finalist
William C. Tracy The Seeds of Dissolution Space Wizard Science Fantasy Finalist
2019 Rebecca Kim Wells Shatter the Sky[bw] Books for Young Readers/Simon & Schuster Winner [5]
FT Lukens Monster of the Week[bx] Duet Books / Interlude Press Finalist [5]
2020 V. E. Schwab The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Tor Books / Tom Doherty Associates / division of Macmillan Publishers Winner [9]
Rashid Darden Children of Fury Old Gold Soul Press Finalist [9]
Emily M. Danforth Plain Bad Heroines William Morrow / HarperCollins Finalist [9]
Karen Osborne Architects of Memory Tor Books / Macmillan Finalist [9]
Leigh Harlen Queens of Noise Neon Hemlock Press Finalist [9]
2021 E. J. Beaton The Councillor DAW Finalist
Everina Maxwell Winter’s Orbit Tor Books/Macmillan Finalist
Natasha Pulley The Kingdoms Bloomsbury Publishing Finalist
Shelley Parker-Chan She Who Became the Sun Tor Books/Macmillan Finalist
Avi Silver Three Seeking Stars Molewhale Press Finalist
Xiran Jay Zhao Iron Widow[by] Penguin Teen Finalist

Teen and Young Adult

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Award winners and finalists[3]
Year Author Title Publisher Result Ref.
2013 Malinda Lo Inheritance[bq] Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Winner [7]
Alaya Dawn Johnson The Summer Prince[bo] Arthur A. Levine Books Finalist [7]
Bill Konigsberg Openly Straight Arthur A. Levine Books Finalist [7]
Francesca Lia Block Love in The Time of Global Warming[bp] Henry Holt and Co. Finalist [7]
Laura Lam Pantomime[bn] Strange Chemistry Finalist [7]
M. G. Higgins Bi-Normal Saddleback Educational Publishing Finalist [7]
2014 Nora Olsen Frenemy of the People Soliloquy/Bold Strokes Books Winner
Corinne Duyvis Otherbound[br] Amulet/Abrams Finalist
2015 Hannah Moskowitz Not Otherwise Specified[bz] Simon Pulse/Simon & Schuster Winner
C. B. Lee Seven Tears at High Tide[bt] Duet Books Finalist
Casey Lawrence Out of Order[as] Harmony Ink/Dreamspinner Press Finalist
Erica Yang Bad Idea Queerteen Press/JMS Books Finalist [1]
2016 Alison Cherry Look Both Ways Delacorte Press / Random House Children’s Books Winner
C. B. Lee Not Your Sidekick Duet/Interlude Press Finalist
Casey Lawrence Order in the Court[at] Harmony Ink Press/Dreamspinner Press Finalist
Dahlia Adler Out on Good Behavior[bi] Self Published Finalist
Emily O’Beirne The Sum of These Things Ylva Publishing Finalist
Jamie Deacon Caught Inside Beaten Track Publishing Finalist
Suzanne van Rooyen Obscura Burning[ca] Harmony Ink/Dreamspinner Press Finalist
2017 Sarah Rees Brennan In Other Lands Big Mouth House/Small Beer Press Winner [4][6]
Allison Raskin and Gaby Dunn I Hate Everyone But You Wednesday Books Finalist
Carrie Pack Grrrls on the Side Duet Books/Interlude Press Finalist
F. T. Lukens The Rules and Regulations For Mediating Myths & Magic[bu] Duet Books/Interlude Press Finalist [6]
Julie Aitcheson Being Roy Harmony Ink Press Finalist
2018 Cat Clarke We Are Young[au] Quercus Children's Books / Hachette Childrens Group Winner
Gene Gant A Love Song for Mr. Dakota Harmony Ink Press / Dreamspinner Press Finalist
J. E. Sumerau Palmetto Rose Brill / Sense Finalist
Lisa Walker Paris Syndrome Angus & Robertson / HarperCollins Publishers Australia Finalist
Mia Kerick The Weekend Bucket List Duet Books / Interlude Press Finalist
2019 Zack Smedley Deposing Nathan Page Street Kids Winner
FT Lukens Monster of the Week[bx] Duet Books / Interlude Press Finalist
JC Garton The Mover Riversong Books / Sulis International Finalist
2020 Nita Tyndall Who I Was with Her[cb] HarperTeen / Harper Collins Winner
Gabrielle Harbowy Hearts Are Jerks Heart Bow Books Finalist
Leah Johnson You Should See Me in a Crown Scholastic Press Finalist
Sophie Gonzales Only Mostly Devastated Wednesday Books / Macmillan Finalist
Zan Romanoff Look Dial Books / Penguin Finalist
2021 Alice Oseman Heartstopper, Vol. 3[aq] Graphix / Scholastic Inc. Finalist
Emily Martin Five Ways to Fall Out of Love Inkyard / Harlequin Finalist
Jay Coles Things We Couldn’t Say Scholastic Press / Scholastic Inc. Finalist
Jessica Verdi Follow Your Arrow Scholastic Press / Scholastic Inc. Finalist
Kate Brauning The Ballad of Dinah Caldwell Page Street Publishing Finalist
Xiran Jay Zhao Iron Widow[by] Penguin Teen Finalist

Writer of the Year

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Award winners and finalists[3]
Year Author Title Publisher Result Ref.
2012 Cheryl Burke My Awesome Place: The Autobiography of Cheryl B[aw] Topside Signature Winner [2]
Annette Lapointe Whitetail Shooting Gallery[af] Anvil Press Publishers Finalist
Basil Papademos Mount Royal, There’s Nothing Harder than Love[q] Tightrope Books Finalist
Brit Mandelo Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction[ag] Lethe Press Finalist
Catherine Lundoff Silver Moon[ah] Lethe Press Finalist
Cecilia Tan The Poet and the Prophecy[r] Ravenous Romance Finalist
Erynn Rowan Laurie Fireflies at Absolute Zero[bd] Hiraeth Press Finalist
Janet W. Hardy Girlfag: A Life Told In Sex and Musicals[ax] Beyond Binary Books Finalist
Mykola Dementiuk Times Square Queer: Tales of Bad Boys in the Big Apple[s] Renaissance eBooks Finalist
2013 Shiri Eisner Bi Notes for a Bisexual Revolution[ay] Seal Press Winner
Clive Davis with Anthony DeCurtis The Soundtrack of My Life Simon & Schuster Finalist
Ed Kurtz A Wind of Knives Snubnose Press Finalist
Jean Roberta The Flight of the Black Swan[t] Lethe Press Finalist
Livia Ellis Memoirs of a Gigolo Omnibus, Vol. 1-4[u] Riverdale Avenue Books/ Desire Finalist
Marina Peralta with Penelope James Barriers to Love: Embracing a Bisexual Identity[e] Barriers Press Finalist
Rachel Kramer Bussel (ed.) Twice the Pleasure: Bisexual Women’s Erotica[v] Cleis Press Finalist
2014 Robyn Ochs and H. Sharif Williams (eds.) Recognize: The Voices of Bisexual Men{[a] Bisexual Resource Center Winner
Alan Cumming Not My Father’s Son[g] Dey Street Books/HarperCollins Publishers Finalist
Charles M. Blow Fire Shut Up In My Bones[h] Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Finalist
Livia Ellis Memoirs of a Gigolo, Second Omnibus, Vol. 5-7[y] Riverdale Avenue Books Finalist
Daisy Hernández A Cup of Water Under My Bed[f] Beacon Press Finalist
Sheela Lambert (ed.) Best Bi Short Stories Gressive Press/Circlet Press Finalist
2015 Kate Evans Call It Wonder: An Odyssey of Love, Sex, Spirit, and Travel[j] Coyote Creek Books Winner
B R Sanders Ariah[bs] The Zharmae Publishing Press Finalist [1]
Hannah Moskowitz Not Otherwise Specified[bz] Simon Pulse/Simon & Schuster Finalist
2016 Tiggy Upland Advice from a Wild Deuce: The Best of Ask Tiggy[az] Jennifer L. Bonardi Winner
Ann Tweedy The Body’s Alphabet[be] Headmistress Press Finalist
Erin Judge Vow of Celibacy[ai] Rare Bird Books Finalist
Garrett Leigh What Remains[bh] Riptide Publishing Finalist
Lauren Gallagher The Best Laid Plans[ab] Samhain Publishing Finalist
Suzanne van Rooyen Obscura Burning[ca] Harmony Ink/Dreamspinner Press Finalist
2017 Peggy Seeger First Time Ever[l] Faber & Faber Winner [4]
Carmen Maria Machado Her Body and Other Parties[aj] Graywolf Press Finalist
Erin McRae and Racheline Maltese The Art of Three Avian30 Finalist
Karen Connelly The Change Room[ak] Random House/ PenguinRandomHouse Finalist
Monica Meneghetti What the Mouth Wants: A Memoir of Food, Love and Belonging[k] Dagger Editions/Caitlin Press Finalist
Sylvia Brownrigg Pages for Her[al] Counterpoint Finalist
2018 Duy Doan We Play a Game[bf] Yale University Press Winner
Elaine Castillo America Is Not the Heart[am] Viking / Penguin Random House Winner
J.R. Mabry The Worship of Mystery[bv] The Apocryphile Press Winner
Kate Evans Target Coyote Creek Books Finalist
Lilah Suzanne Jilted[bj] Interlude Press Finalist
Rachel Wiley Nothing Is Okay Button Poetry Finalist
2019 Rosalind Chase Lot’s Wife: An Erotic Retelling[ad] Under Hill Press Winner
Casey McQuiston Red, White & Royal Blue[bk] St. Martin’s Griffin / Macmillan Finalist
Corey E. Flanders (ed.) Under the Bisexual Umbrella: Diversity of Identity and Experience[ba] Routledge Finalist
Rebecca Kim Wells Shatter the Sky[bw] Books for Young Readers / Simon & Schuster Finalist
Sarah Blake Naamah[an] Riverhead Books / Penguin Random House Finalist
2020 Molly Wizenberg The Fixed Stars[n] Abrams Press Winner
Celia Stahr Frida in America[o] St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan Finalist
Emiel Maliepaard and Renate Baumgartner (eds.) Bisexuality in Europe: Sexual Citizenship, Romantic Relationships, and Bi+ Identities[bb] Routledge Finalist
Jay Hogan Off Balance[bl] Southern Lights Publishing Finalist
Jennifer Steil Exile Music[ao] Viking / Penguin Random House Finalist
Nikki Hayfield Bisexual and Pansexual Identities: Exploring and challenging invisibility and invalidation[bc] Routledge Finalist
Nita Tyndall Who I Was with Her[cb] HarperTeen / Harper Collins Finalist
Samantha Irby Wow, No Thank You Vintage / Penguin Random House Finalist
Samantha Rajaram The Company Daughters[ap] Bookouture Finalist
2021 Skye Kilaen The Home I Find With You[bm] Independently Published Finalist
Catherine Lewis Zipless 845 Press Finalist
Lois Shearing Bi the Way: The Bisexual Guide to Life Jessica Kingsley Finalist
Jen Winston Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much[p] Atria Books/Simon & Schuster Finalist

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c In 2014, Recognize: The Voices of Bisexual Men won the Award for Anthology, Non-Fiction, and Writer of the Year.
  2. ^ a b In 2016, Enchanted Soles was a finalist for the Award for Speculative Fiction and won the Award for Anthology.
  3. ^ a b In 2016, ALPHABET: The LGBTQAIU Creators from Prism Comics was a finalist for the Award for Anthology and Graphic Novel/Memoir.
  4. ^ a b In 2013, Anything That Loves was a finalist for the Award for Biography and Memoir, and won the Award for Non-Fiction.
  5. ^ a b c Barriers to Love: Embracing a Bisexual Identity was also...
  6. ^ a b c A Cup of Water Under My Bed won the Award for Biography and Memoir, and was a finalist for the Awards for Non-Fiction and Writer of the Year.
  7. ^ a b In 2014, Not My Father's Son was a finalist for the Award for Writer of the Read and Biography and Memoir.
  8. ^ a b c In 2014, Fire Shut Up In My Bones was a finalist for the Award for Teen and Young Adult, Biography and Memoir, and Nonfiction.
  9. ^ a b In 2014, The Tastemaker was a finalist for the Awards for Biography and Memoir, and Non-fiction.
  10. ^ a b In 2015, Call It Wonder won the Awards for Biography and Memoir, and Writer of the Year.
  11. ^ a b In 2017, What the Mouth Wants won the Award for Biography and Memoir and was a finalist for Writer of the Year.
  12. ^ a b In 2017, First Time Ever won the Awards for Biography and Memoir, and Writer of the Year.
  13. ^ a b In 2018, Many Love won the Awards for Biography and Memoir, and Non-Fiction.
  14. ^ a b In 2020, The Fixed Stars won the Awards for Biography and Memoir, and Writer of the Year.
  15. ^ a b In 2020, Frida in America was a finalist for the Awards for Biography and Memoir, and Writer of the Year.
  16. ^ a b In 2021, Greedy was a finalist for the Awards for Biography and Memoir and Writer of the Year.
  17. ^ a b c In 2012, Mount Royal won the Award for Erotica and was a finalist for the Awards for Fiction and Writer of the Year.
  18. ^ a b c In 2012, The Poet and the Prophecy was a finalist for the Awards for Erotica, Speculative Fiction, and Writer of the Year.
  19. ^ a b In 2012, Times Square Queer was a finalist for the Awards for Erotica and Writer of the Year.
  20. ^ a b In 2013, The Flight of the Black Swan was a finalist for the Awards for Erotica and Writer of the Year.
  21. ^ a b In 2013, Memoirs of a Gigolo Omnibus, Vol. 1-4 was a finalist for the Awards for Erotica and Writer of the Year.
  22. ^ a b In 2013, Twice the Pleasure was a finalist for the Award for Erotica and Writer of the Year.
  23. ^ a b In 2014, Capricious won the Award for Erotica and was a finalist for the Award for Speculative Fiction.
  24. ^ a b In 2014, Murder on the Mountain won the Award for Mystery and was a finalist for the Award for Erotica.
  25. ^ a b In 2014, Memoirs of a Gigolo, Second Omnibus, Vol. 5-7 was a finalist for the Awards for Erotica and Writer of the Year.
  26. ^ a b In 2014, One Kiss with a Rock Star won the Award for Romance and was a finalist for the Award for Erotica.
  27. ^ a b In 2015, She Whom I Love was a finalist for the Awards for Erotica and Romance.
  28. ^ a b In 2016, The Best Laid Plans won the Award for Erotica and was a finalist for the Award for Writer of the Year.
  29. ^ a b In 2017, Rescues and the Rhyssa won the Award for Erotica and was a finalist for the Award for Speculative Fiction.
  30. ^ a b In 2019, Lot’s Wife won the Award for Writer of the Year and was a finalist for the Award for Erotica.
  31. ^ Not enough books were nominated to declare winners or finalists.
  32. ^ a b In 2012, Whitetail Shooting Gallery was a finalist for the Awards for Fiction and Writer of the Year.
  33. ^ a b c In 2012, Beyond Binary won the Award for Speculative Fiction and was a finalist for the Awards for Fiction and Writer of the Year.
  34. ^ a b c In 2012, Silver Moon was a finalist for the Awards for Fiction, Speculative Fiction, and Writer of the Year.
  35. ^ a b In 2016, Vow of Celibacy won the Award for Fiction and was a finalist for the Award for Writer of the Year.
  36. ^ a b In 2017, Her Body and Other Parties won the Award for Fiction and was a finalist for Writer of the Year.
  37. ^ a b In 2017, The Change Room was a finalist for the Award for Fiction and Writer of the Year.
  38. ^ a b In 2017, Pages for Her was a finalist for the Award for Fiction and Writer of the Year.
  39. ^ a b In 2018, America Is Not the Heart won the Award for Fiction and Writer of the Year.
  40. ^ a b In 2019, Naamah won the Award for Fiction and was a finalist for Writer of the Year.
  41. ^ a b Exile Music was also ...
  42. ^ a b In 2020, The Company Daughters was a finalist for the Award for Fiction and Writer of the Year.
  43. ^ a b In 2021, the Heartstopper, Vol. 3 was a finalist for the Award for Graphic Novels and Memoirs and the Award for Teen and Young Adult.
  44. ^ a b In 2015, Peripheral People won the Award for Mystery and was a finalist for the Award for Speculative Fiction.
  45. ^ a b In 2015, Out of Order was a finalist for the Awards for Mystery and Teen and Young Adult.
  46. ^ a b In 2016, Order in the Court was a finalist for the Awards for Mystery, and Teen and Young Adult.
  47. ^ a b In 2018, We Are Young won the Award for Teen and Young Adult and was a finalist for the Award for Mystery.
  48. ^ In 2020, there was a winner but no finalists.
  49. ^ a b In 2012, My Awesome Place won the Awards for Non-fiction and Writer of the Year.
  50. ^ a b In 2012, Girlfag was a finalist for the Awards for Non-Fiction and Writer of the Year.
  51. ^ a b In 2013, Bi Notes for a Bisexual Revolution won the Award for Writer of the Year and was a finalist for the Award for Non-Fiction.
  52. ^ a b In 2016, Advice from a Wild Deuce won the Award for Writer of the Year and was a finalist for the Award for Non-Fiction.
  53. ^ a b In 2019, Under the Bisexual Umbrella was a finalist for the Award for Non-Fiction and Writer of the Year.
  54. ^ a b In 2020, Bisexuality in Europe won the Award for Non-Fiction and was a finalist for Writer of the Year.
  55. ^ a b In 2020, Bisexual and Pansexual Identities was a finalist for the Awards for Non-Fiction and Writer of the Year.
  56. ^ a b In 2012, Fireflies at Absolute Zero won the Award for Poetry and was a finalist for Writer of the Year.
  57. ^ a b In 2016, The Body’s Alphabet won the Award for Poetry and was a finalist for Writer of the Year.
  58. ^ a b In 2018, We Play a Game won Writer of the Year and was a finalist for the Award for Poetry.
  59. ^ a b In 2014, Climbing the Date Palm was a finalist for the Awards for Romance and Speculative Fiction
  60. ^ a b In 2016, What Remains won the Award for Romance and was a finalist for Writer of the Year.
  61. ^ a b In 2016, Out on Good Behavior was a finalist for the Awards for Romance and Teen and Young Adult.
  62. ^ a b In 2018, Jilted won the Award for Romance and was a finalist for Writer of the Year.
  63. ^ a b In 2019, Red, White & Royal Blue won the Award for Romance and was a finalist for Writer of the Year.
  64. ^ a b In 2020, Off Balance won the Award for Romance and was a finalist for Writer of the Year.
  65. ^ a b In 2021, The Home I Find With You was a finalist for the Award for Romance and Writer of the Year.
  66. ^ a b In 2013, Pantomime won the Award for Speculative Fiction and was a finalist for the Award for Teen and Young Adult.
  67. ^ a b In 2013, The Summer Prince was a finalist for the Award for Speculative Fiction and Teen/Young Adult Fiction.
  68. ^ a b In 2013, Love in The Time of Global Warming was a finalist for the Awards for Speculative Fiction and Teen/Young Adult.
  69. ^ a b In 2013, Inheritance won the Award for Teen and Young Adult and was a finalist for the Award for Speculative Fiction.
  70. ^ a b In 2014, Otherbound won the Award for Speculative Fiction and was a finalist for the Award for Teen and Young Adult.
  71. ^ a b In 2015, Ariah won the Award for Speculative Fiction and was a finalist for Writer of the Year.
  72. ^ a b In 2015, Seven Tears at High Tide was a finalist for the Awards for Speculative Fiction and Teen/Young Adult.
  73. ^ a b In 2017, The Rules and Regulations For Mediating Myths & Magic won the Award for Speculative Fiction and was a finalist for the Award for Teen and Young Adult.
  74. ^ a b In 2018, The Worship of Mystery won the Award for Speculative Fiction and Writer of the Year.
  75. ^ a b In 2019, Shatter the Sky won the Award for Speculative Fiction and was a finalist for Writer of the Year.
  76. ^ a b In 2019, Monster of the Week was a finalist for the Awards for Speculative Fiction and Teen/Young Adult.
  77. ^ a b In 2021, Iron Widow was a finalist for the Awards for Speculative Fiction, and Teen and Young Adult.
  78. ^ a b In 2015, Not Otherwise Specified won the Award for Teen/Young Adult and was a finalist for Writer of the Year.
  79. ^ a b In 2016, Obscura Burning was a finalist for the Award for Teen/Young Adult and Writer of the Year.
  80. ^ a b In 2020, Who I Was with Her won the Award for Teen/Young Adult and was a finalist for Writer of the Year.

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