awards submission instructions
Information and Instructions for All Awards
DEADLINE (for receipt of form): December 6, 2012
* All current individual members of the Publishing Triangle may submit one (1) book for free. Individuals doing so are asked to list a contact person at the publisher whom we may contact for the requisite number of books.* All current corporate members of the Publishing Triangle may submit up to eight (8) books for free. After that, the fee is $35 per additional title submitted.
* All others must enclose a check for $35 per title submitted.
* Submissions from Canada and from outside the U.S., contact publishingtriangle@gmail.com first for special payment instructions.
* Entrance fees are due with the submission form; however, if fee must follow, we must receive it by January 11, 2013; if payment is not received by then, the book will be removed from the competition.
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To join and then submit: Download a membership form from the membership page on this Web site and mail in together with your check for your annual membership dues. Then use the submissions form and submit title(s) for free. Questions about membership? E-mail tcd31@netzero.com using “Triangle Membership” as Subject.* If you are submitting two (2) or more books, download additional copies of the form from our Web site.
* For more information on the eligibility of anthologies, collections of previously published materials, and other special cases, please e-mail the coordinator for the appropriate award at the address listed below. Overall questions: e-mail Trent Duffy at tcd31@netzero.com.
* The decisions regarding eligibility of the coordinators and/or judges are final.
* Mail the completed submission form, and any funds due to: The Publishing Triangle, 332 Bleecker Street, #D36 New York, NY 10014. DO NOT MAIL BOOKS TO THIS ADDRESS.
* After we have received and processed your submissions form, the coordinator of the individual awards will e-mail you with instructions as to where books should be sent.
* NOTE: If you are submitting more than one book for consideration, you do not have to send separate checks (i.e., submit a $70 check for nominating 2 separate titles, in any category).
A list of the previous winners is available here. Finalists/nominees will be notified in March 2013; we thank you for your participation.
Note: Submission does not equal "nomination": authors and publishers are requested not to use the latter term on their Web sites or in any promotional material.
GUIDELINES FOR EACH AWARD
THE FERRO-GRUMLEY AWARDS FOR LESBIAN/GAY FICTION:
Established in 1988, the Ferro-Grumley Awards recognize excellence and experiment in literary fiction. Lesbian and gay fiction is defined as fiction reflecting or affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgendered lives.
All nominated books must be published in the United States or Canada between January 1, 2012, and December 31, 2012. Anthologies of fiction by a number of writers, and books of short stories by a single writer are eligible. Reissues of previously published works are usually not eligible.
A book may be submitted for one of the Ferro-Grumley Awards as well as for the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction (see below); in that case, use one nomination form and the entrance fee is $70.
Questions? E-mail Stephen Greco at steve@trace212.com, using "Awards" as Subject.
THE EDMUND WHITE AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION:
Established in 2006, the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction recognizes outstanding first novels or story collections by LGBT authors. Authors may have appeared in anthologies or journals before, and they may have published works of nonfiction. But the book submitted for consideration must be their first book-length work of fiction. The award is open to first-time published authors of any age whose work contains queer themes. Books must be published in the United States or Canada between January 1, 2012, and December 31, 2012. Self-published works are eligible, but subsequent reissues by commercial publishers are not eligible (unless publication date is same year as original self-published year).
A book may be submitted for both the Edmund White Award and one of the Ferro-Grumley Awards: in that case, use one nomination form and the entrance fee is $70.
Questions? E-mail Seth Bookey at sbookey@gmail.com, using “Awards” as Subject.
THE RANDY SHILTS–JUDY GRAHN AWARDS FOR GAY & LESBIAN NONFICTION:
Established in 1997, the Randy Shilts–Judy Grahn Awards are bestowed annually to one lesbian book and one gay book. To be eligible, books must be published in the United States or Canada between January 1, 2012, and December 31, 2012.
“Lesbian nonfiction” is defined as nonfiction affecting lesbian lives or reflecting on them; for example, the book may be about a lesbian or about lesbian culture. The same guidelines apply, changing the gender of course, to what the judges deem the best “gay male nonfiction.”
We also welcome the submission of quality nonfiction with transgender or bisexual content. You may submit such a book in Shilts, in Grahn, or in both—or leave it up to the judging committee to decide.Nonfiction anthologies are eligible. If an anthology has a mixture of LGBT content, determination of category is based foremost on the subject matter and secondarily on the sexual orientation of the editor(s) of the volume.
Questions? E-mail Trent Duffy at tcd31@netzero.com, using “Triangle Awards” as Subject.
THE AUDRE LORDE AWARD FOR LESBIAN POETRY
THE THOM GUNN AWARD FOR GAY POETRY:Established in 2000, these awards recognize excellence in poetry. The Audre Lorde Award is for a book of poems by a lesbian, and the Thom Gunn Award is for a book of poems by a gay man.
Books must be published in a standard edition (48 or more pages long) in the United States or Canada between January 1, 2012, and December 31, 2012.
Chapbooks are not eligible. Anthologies are not eligible.
Questions? E-mail Carol Rosenfeld at fool3953@mindspring.com, using “Awards” as Subject.