Submissions Guidelines

Submissions are now closed for the Publishing Triangle Awards, covering the best LGBTQ books published in calendar year 2023. The deadline for submissions was Monday, December 11, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

A short-list of finalists will be announced in March 2024. Information about our 2024 awards ceremony will be posted on our website as soon as plans can be made.

FICTION AWARDS

• Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction
• Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBTQ Fiction

NONFICTION AWARDS

• Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction
• Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction

POETRY AWARDS

• Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry
• Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry

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• The Joseph Hansen Award for LGBTQ Crime Writing
• The Leslie Feinberg Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature
• Jacqueline Woodson Award for Children’s/Young Adult Literature
• Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award