Debut Fiction Winner Julia Serano Is “Very Honored”
In her thank-you remarks, Serano explains that she set up her own firm to publish 99 Erics and expresses gratitude to her many alpha and beta readers.
Here Are the Winners of the 2021 Publishing Triangle Awards
The Publishing Triangle is proud to announce the winners of the 33rd annual Triangle Awards, honoring the best LGBTQ fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and trans literature published in 2020.
Cheryl Clarke Accepts Lifetime Achievement Award
Cheryl Clarke is the 2021 recipient of the Publishing Triangle’s Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement, named in honor of the legendary editor of the 1970s and 1980s.
Emerging Writer Robert Fieseler Pays Tribute to Indie Bookstores
Robert Fieseler is the winner of the Publishing Triangle’s Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award, its prize for an LGBTQ writer who has published at least one book but not more than two.
William Johnson: Leadership Stems from Delinquency
William Johnson is the winner of the 2021 Publishing Triangle Leadership Award. Created in 2002, this prize recognizes contributions to LGBTQ literature by those who are not primarily writers, including editors, agents, librarian, and institutions.
Recommended Reading: Devil’s Lake by Sarah M. Sala
A finalist for the Publishing Triangle’s Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry, Devil’s Lake by Sarah M. Sala is published by Tolsun Books.
Recommended Reading: Homie by Danez Smith
A finalist for the Publishing Triangle’s Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry, Homie by Danez Smith is published by Graywolf Press.
Recommended Reading: Here Is the Sweet Hand by Francine J. Harris
A finalist for the Publishing Triangle’s Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry, Here Is the Sweet Hand by Francine J. Harris is published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.