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Update on Lambda Literary Awards:
The finalists for the 20th Annual Lambda Literary Awards have been announced. Winners will be announced at a gala ceremony in West Hollywood, CA, on May 29th.
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posted: 03-30-2008 |
| The Five Finalists in BEST BISEXUAL BOOK Category:
- Look Both Ways, Jennifer Baumgardner (Farrar, Strauss & Giroux)
- Becoming Visible, Beth Firestein, Ed., (Columbia University Press)
- Split Screen, Brent Hartinger (Harper Collins Children's Books)
- The Tourists, Jeff Hobbs (Simon & Schuster)
- Stray, Sheri Joseph (MacAdam/Cage)
Judging criteria: The two equally important criteria for judging a submission are 1) the LGBT content and 2) the quality of writing.
LGBT content is a combination of factors: LGBT characters, events that influence LGBT lives and/or have meaning to the LGBT community; LGBT stories that haven't been told; or traditional LGBT material that is handled in a unique and fresh way.
Quality of the writing. If a work is beautifully written but has little LGBT content, then it may not deserve to become a finalist. If a work has substantial LGBT content but is poorly written (e.g., clichéd, inadequate characterization or other substandard craft), then it may not deserve to become a finalist. These awards seek to honor both talent and content, not just one or the other.
Congratulations to the 5 finalists in the Bisexual Book Category, and also to the 107 finalists, in all 21 categories, for the 20th Annual Lambda Literary Awards. Winners will be announced at a gala ceremony in West Hollywood, CA, on May 29th. |
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Stray |
Stray
by Sheri Joseph |
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Look Both Ways |
Look Both Ways
by Jennifer Baumgardner (Farrar, Strauss & Giroux)
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Becoming Visible |
Becoming Visible
By Beth Firestein, Ed. (Columbia University Press) |
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Split Screen |
Split Screen
By Brett Hartinger (Harper Collins Children's Books) |
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The Tourists |
The Tourists
By Jeff Hobbs (Simon & Schuster) |
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| The criteria for this category: Fiction and nonfiction: novels, short story collections, anthologies, poetry, memoirs, cultural studies, public policy, law, history, spirituality, gender studies. The book must be published and distributed (i.e. available in bookstores) in the United States during 2007. |
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Lambda
Literary Foundation
The country’s leading organization for
LGBT literature. Their mission is to celebrate
LGBT literature and provide resources for writers,
readers, booksellers, publishers, and librarians
– the whole literary community.
You can visit their webite:
lambdaliterary.org
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