Submissions Guidelines

Submissions for the Publishing Triangle Awards, covering the best LGBTQ books published in calendar year 2026, will open on September 21, 2026. The deadline for submissions is December 4, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.

A short-list of finalists will be announced in March 2027. Winners will be announced at our awards ceremony in April 2027.

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
• Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award
• Jacqueline Woodson Award for Children’s/Young Adult Literature
• Amber Hollibaugh Award for LGBTQ+ Social Justice Writing