List of Gaylactic Spectrum Award winners and nominees for best novel

The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards are given to works of science fiction, fantasy and horror that explore LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender) topics in a positive way. They were founded in 1998, first presented by the Gaylactic Network in 1999, and in 2002 they were given their own organization, the Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Foundation.^[1]

Logo of the Gaylactic Spectrum Award Foundation

Since their inception, awards have been given in categories for novels, short fiction and best other work. Other categories have also been added and removed in intervening years, and works produced before the inception of the awards are eligible to be inducted into the "Hall of Fame". The novels category is open to submissions of novels released during the prior calendar year in North America that includes "significant positive GLBT content". The results are decided by a panel of judges from the list of submitted nominees; the long list of nominees is reduced to a short list of finalists, and the results are generally announced and presented at Gaylaxicon, an annual convention devoted to LGBT-themed science fiction. This article lists all the "Best Novel" award nominees and winners and novels inducted into the Hall of Fame.^[2]

Each award consists of an etched image on lucite on a stand, using a spiral galaxy in a triangle logo, based on the logo the Gaylactic Network. The award winner's name, work title, award year and award category are etched on a small plaque on the base or on the plexiglass itself. A small cash stipend is awarded to winners in the Best Novel category. The cost of the awards is met through individual donations and fundraising events.^[2]

The only author to have won the best novel award more than once is Laurie J. Marks (with two wins); Elizabeth Bear holds the record for most nominations. Seven of her novels have been nominated (one of them winning). Tanya Huff and Lynn Flewelling have both been a finalists five times without winning.

Novel winners and nominees

In the following table, the years correspond to the year of the award ceremonies; the books were released is the preceding years. Entries with a lavender background have won the relevant award; those with a white background are the nominees on the short-list. Superscript letters after the result indicate simultaneous nominations in other categories.

  Winners and joint winners

  Finalists/Short-listed nominees

Year	Author(s)	Book title	Publisher	Result	Ref.
1999	optional sort keyAnn Harris	Accidental Creatures	Tor	Won (joint)	[3]
1999	Leigh, StephenStephen Leigh	Dark Water's Embrace	Avon Eos	Won (joint)	[3]
1999	Gilman, Carolyn IvesCarolyn Ives Gilman	Halfway Human	Avon Eos	Nom	[3]
1999	Kress, NancyNancy Kress	Maximum Light	Tor	Nom	[3]
1999	Patton, FionaFiona Patton	The Painter Knight	DAW Books	Nom	[3]
2000	Hartman, KeithKeith Hartman	The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse	Meisha Merlin	Won^[A] (joint)	[4]
2000	Kerr, PegPeg Kerr	The Wild Swans	Warner Aspect	Won (joint)	[4]
2000	optional sort keySeverna Park	The Annunciate	Avon Eos	Nom	[4]
2000	Patton, FionaFiona Patton	The Granite Shield	DAW Books	Nom	[4]
2000	Huff, TanyaTanya Huff	The Quartered Sea	DAW Books	Nom	[4]
2000	Flewelling, LynnLynn Flewelling	Traitor's Moon	Bantam Spectra	Nom	[4]
2001	Gerrold, DavidDavid Gerrold	Jumping Off the Planet	Tor	Won	[5]
2001	Chabon, MichaelMichael Chabon	The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay	Random House	Nom	[5]
2001	Pinto, RicardoRicardo Pinto	The Chosen	Tor	Nom	[5]
2001	Reed, RickRick Reed	The Face without a Heart	Design Image Group	Nom	[5]
2001	Scott, MelissaMelissa Scott	The Jazz	Tor	Nom	[5]
2001	Grimsley, JimJim Grimsley	Kirith Kirin	Meisha Merlin	Nom	[5]
2001	Egan, GregGreg Egan	Teranesia	Avon Harpercollins Eos	Nom	[5]
2002	Nissenson, HughHugh Nissenson	The Song of the Earth	Algonquin Books	Won	[6]
2002	Gerrold, DavidDavid Gerrold	Bouncing Off the Moon	Tor	Nom	[6]
2002	Harper, StevenSteven Harper	Dreamer	Roc	Nom	[6]
2002	Williams, LizLiz Williams	The Ghost Sister	Bantam Spectra	Nom	[6]
2002	Goto, HiromiHiromi Goto	The Kappa Child	Red Deer Press	Nom	[6]
2002	Carey, JacquelineJacqueline Carey	Kushiel's Dart	Tor	Nom	[6]
2002	Dorsey, Candas JaneCandas Jane Dorsey	A Paradigm of Earth	Tor	Nom	[6]
2002	Scott, MelissaMelissa Scott & Lisa A. Barnett	Point of Dreams	Tor	Nom	[6]
2003	Marks, Laurie J.Laurie J. Marks	Fire Logic	Tor	Won	[7]
2003	Sakers, DonDon Sakers	Dance for the Ivory Madonna	Speed-of-C	Nom	[7]
2003	Kushner, EllenEllen Kushner & Delia Sherman	The Fall of the Kings	Bantam Spectra	Nom	[7]
2003	Sawyer, Robert J.Robert J. Sawyer	Hominids	Tor	Nom	[7]
2003	Fletcher, JaneJane Fletcher	Lorimal's Chalice	Fortitude Press	Nom	[7]
2003	Harper, StevenSteven Harper	Nightmare: A Novel of the Silent Empire	Roc	Nom	[7]
2003	Eskridge, KelleyKelley Eskridge	Solitaire	Eos	Nom	[7]
2004	Hopkinson, NaloNalo Hopkinson	The Salt Roads	Warner	Won	[8]
2004	Flewelling, LynnLynn Flewelling	The Hidden Warrior	Bantam Spectra	Nom	[8]
2004	Sawyer, RobertRobert Sawyer	Hybrids	Tor	Nom	[8]
2004	Ryman, GeoffGeoff Ryman	Lust	St. Martin's Press	Nom	[8]
2004	Moriarty, ChrisChris Moriarty	Spin State	Bantam Dell	Nom	[8]
2004	Thomson, AmyAmy Thomson	Storyteller	Ace	Nom	[8]
2004	Harper, StevenSteven Harper	Trickster	Roc	Nom	[8]
2004	Sinisalo, JohannaJohanna Sinisalo	Troll	Grove	Nom	[8]
2005	Marks, Laurie J.Laurie J. Marks	Earth Logic	Tor	Won	[9]
2005	Spencer, WenWen Spencer	Dog Warrior	Roc	Nom	[9]
2005	Anthony, MarkMark Anthony	The First Stone	Bantam Spectra	Nom	[9]
2005	Kiernan, CaitlinCaitlin Kiernan	Murder of Angels	Roc	Nom	[9]
2005	Harper, StevenSteven Harper	Offspring	Roc	Nom	[9]
2005	Grimsley, JimJim Grimsley	The Ordinary	Tor	Nom	[9]
2005	Rosen, SelinaSelina Rosen	Reruns	Yard Dog	Nom	[9]
2005	Huff, TanyaTanya Huff	Smoke and Shadows	DAW Books	Nom	[9]
2006	Lowachee, KarinKarin Lowachee	Cagebird	Warner Aspect	Won	[10]
2006	Bodner, HalHal Bodner	Bite Club	Alyson	Nom	[10]
2006	Hetley, JamesJames Hetley	Dragon's Eye	Ace	Nom	[10]
2006	Huff, TanyaTanya Huff	Smoke and Mirrors	DAW Books	Nom	[10]
2006	Pratt, TimTim Pratt	The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl	Bantam Spectra	Nom	[10]
2006	MacLeod, Ian R.Ian R. MacLeod	The Summer Isles	Aio	Nom	[10]
2006	Gatiss, MarkMark Gatiss	The Vesuvius Club	Scribner	Nom	[10]
2007	Duncan, HalHal Duncan	Vellum	Del Rey	Won	[11]
2007	Bear, ElizabethElizabeth Bear	Carnival	Bantam Spectra	Nom	[11]
2007	Hetley, JamesJames Hetley	Dragon's Teeth	Ace	Nom	[10]
2007	Beck, Susanne M.Susanne M. Beck & Okasha Skat'si	The Growing	P.D. Publishing	Nom	[11]
2007	Kushner, EllenEllen Kushner	The Privilege Of The Sword	Bantam Spectra	Nom	[11]
2007	Huff, TanyaTanya Huff	Smoke and Ashes	DAW Books	Nom	[11]
2007	Scott, WheelerWheeler Scott	Snow	Torquere	Nom	[11]
2007	Moriarty, ChrisChris Moriarty	Spin Control	Bantam Spectra	Nom	[11]
2007	Monette, SarahSarah Monette	The Virtu	Ace	Nom	[11]
2008	Hale, GinnGinn Hale	Wicked Gentlemen	Del Rey	Won	[12]
2008	Baker, L-JL-J Baker	Lady Knight	Bold Strokes Books	Nom	[12]
2008	Bear, ElizabethElizabeth Bear	Dust	Bantam Spectra	Nom	[12]
2008	Bear, ElizabethElizabeth Bear	New Amsterdam	Far Territories	Nom	[12]
2008	Bear, ElizabethElizabeth Bear	Whiskey and Water: A Novel of the Promethean Age	Roc	Nom	[12]
2008	Berman, SteveSteve Berman	Vintage: A Ghost Story	Haworth Positronic	Nom	[12]
2008	Duncan, HalHal Duncan	Ink	Del Rey	Nom	[12]
2008	Hall, SarahSarah Hall	Daughters of the North aka The Carhullan Army	Faber & Faber	Nom	[12]
2008	Moore, PerryPerry Moore	Hero	Doubleday	Nom	[12]
2008	Scott, DarieckDarieck Scott	Hex: A Novel of Love Spells	Carroll & Graf	Nom	[12]
2008	Slattery, Brian FrancisBrian Francis Slattery	Spaceman Blues: A Love Song	Tor	Nom	[12]
2008	Walton, JoJo Walton	Ha'penny	Tor	Nom	[12]
2009	Bear, ElizabethElizabeth Bear	The Stratford Man (Hell and Earth/Ink and Steel)	Roc	Won
2009	Bear, ElizabethElizabeth Bear	All the Windwracked Stars	Tor	Nom
2009	Clare, CassandraCassandra Clare	City of Ashes	McElderry	Nom
2009	Jones, JaidaJaida Jones & Bennett, DanielleDanielle Bennett	Havemercy	Bantam Spectra	Nom
2009	Flewelling, LynnLynn Flewelling	Shadow's Return	Bantam Spectra	Nom
2009	Kimberling, NicoleNicole Kimberling	Turnskin	Blind Eye Books	Nom
2010	Morgan, RichardRichard Morgan	The Steel Remains	Del Rey	Won
2010	Lo, MalindaMalinda Lo	Ash	Little, Brown and Company	Nom
2010	Bear, ElizabethElizabeth Bear	By the Mountain Bound	Tor	Nom
2010	Ore, RebeccaRebecca Ore	Centuries Ago and Very Fast	Aqueduct Press	Nom
2010	Huff, TanyaTanya Huff	The Enchantment Emporium	DAW Books	Nom
2010	Carey, JacquelineJacqueline Carey	Naamah's Kiss	Grand Central	Nom
2010	Valente, CatherynneCatherynne Valente	Palimpsest	Del Rey	Nom
2010	Kiernan, CaitlinCaitlin Kiernan	The Red Tree	Roc	Nom
2010	Bear, ElizabethElizabeth Bear	Seven for a Secret	Subterranean Press	Nom
2010	Lanyon, JoshJosh Lanyon	Strange Fortune	Blind Eye	Nom
2011	Koja , KatheKathe Koja	Under the Poppy	Small Beer Press	Won
2011	Pitts, J.A.J.A. Pitts	Black Blade Blues	Tor	Nom
2011	Pratt, DavidDavid Pratt	Bob the Book	Chelsea Street Editions	Nom
2011	Files, GemmaGemma Files	A Book of Tongues	ChiZine Publications	Nom
2011	Hines, Jim C.Jim C. Hines	Red Hood's Revenge	DAW Books	Nom
2011	Graham, JoJo Graham	Stealing Fire	Orbit	Nom
2011	Flewelling, LynnLynn Flewelling	The White Road	Bantam Spectra	Nom
2011	Currier, JamesonJameson Currier	The Wolf at the Door	Chelsea Street Editions	Nom
2012	Pitts, J.A.J.A. Pitts	Honeyed Words	Tor	Won
2012	Morgan, Richard K.Richard K. Morgan	The Cold Commands	Del Rey	Nom
2012	Hurley, KameronKameron Hurley	God's War/Infidel	Night Shade	Nom
2012	Bear, ElizabethElizabeth Bear	Grail	Bantam Spectra	Nom
2012	Slonczewski, JoanJoan Slonczewski	The Highest Frontier	Tor	Nom
2012	Lo, MalindaMalinda Lo	Huntress	Little, Brown and Company	Nom
2012	Files, GemmaGemma Files	A Rope of Thorns	ChiZine Publications	Nom
2012	Stross, CharlesCharles Stross	Rule 34	Ace	Nom
2012	Witt, L. A.L. A. Witt	Static	Amber Quill Press	Nom
2012	Huff, TanyaTanya Huff	The Wild Ways	DAW Books	Nom
2013	Miller, MadelineMadeline Miller	The Song of Achilles	Ecco Press	Won
2013	Flewelling, LynnLynn Flewelling	Casket of Souls	Bantam Spectra	Nom
2013	Pitts, J.A.J.A. Pitts	Forged in Fire	Tor	Nom
2013	Scott, MelissaMelissa Scott	Point of Knives	Lethe Press	Nom
2013	Hurley, KameronKameron Hurley	Rapture	Night Shade Books	Nom

^A Also won the People's Choice Award.

Hall of Fame novels

In the following table, the years correspond to the year of the award ceremonies; the books were all first published before the founding of the awards in 1998. No novels have been inducted into the Hall of Fame since 2003. Entries in bold and with a lavender background were inducted into the Hall of Fame that year; those that are neither highlighted nor in bold were not inducted that year (NI), but may be inducted later (IL). Superscript letters after the result indicate simultaneous nominations in other categories.

  Inductees

  Non-inductees (that year)

Year	Author(s)	Book title	Publisher	Result	Ref.
1999	Maureen McHugh	China Mountain Zhang	Tor	Inducted	[3]
1999	Lawrence Schimel	Drag Queen of Elfland	Ultra Violet	NI	[3]
1999	Toby Johnson	Secret Matter	Peregrine Ventures	NI	[3]
1999	Melissa Scott	Shadow Man	Tor	NI - IL^[A]	[3]
2000	Nicola Griffith	Slow River	Del Rey	Inducted	[4]
2000	Ellen Kushner	Swordspoint	Tor	Inducted	[4]
2000	Thomas Burnett Swann	How Are The Mighty Fallen	DAW Books	NI	[4]
2000	Diane Duane	Tale of the Five series aka The Middle Kingdoms	Tor	NI - IL	[4]
2001	Arthur C. Clarke	Imperial Earth	Orion	Inducted	[5]
2001	Mary Doria Russell	The Sparrow & Children of God	Fawcett	Inducted	[5]
2001	Francesca Lia Block	Dangerous Angels aka The Weetzie Bat books	Harpercollins	Inducted	[5]
2001	Tanya Huff	The Blood books	DAW Books	NI	[5]
2001	Marion Zimmer Bradley	The Darkover books	DAW Books	NI	[5]
2001	Ursula Le Guin	The Left Hand of Darkness	Ace	NI - IL	[5]
2002	Samuel R. Delany	Dhalgren	Bantam Books	Inducted	[6]
2002	Joanna Russ	The Female Man	Bantam Books	Inducted	[6]
2002	Geoff Ryman	Was	Harpercollins	Inducted	[6]
2003	Suzy McKee Charnas	The Holdfast Chronicles	Ballantine / Tor	Inducted	[7]
2003	Ursula Le Guin	The Left Hand of Darkness	Ace	Inducted	[7]
2003	Melissa Scott	Shadow Man	Tor	Inducted	[7]
2003	Diane Duane	Tale of the Five series aka The Middle Kingdoms	Tor	Inducted	[7]

^A Also won the People's Choice Award.

See also

• Homosexuality in speculative fiction
• Lambda Literary Awards winners and nominees for science fiction, fantasy and horror
• Gaylactic Spectrum Award winners and nominees for best short fiction
• Gaylactic Spectrum Award winners and nominees for best other work

References

General

• Kelly, Mark R. (2007). "Locus index to Science Fiction Awards: Gaylactic Spectrum Awards". Locus Publications. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
• "Gaylactic Spectrum Award Foundation Homepage". Gaylactic Spectrum Award Foundation. 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-13.

Specific

1. "About the Gaylactic Spectrum Award". Gaylactic Spectrum Award Foundation. 2000–2008. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
2. "Gaylactic Spectrum Award Official Rules". Gaylactic Spectrum Award Foundation. 2000–2008. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
3. Kelly, Mark R. (2003–2007). "1999 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards". Locus Publications. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
4. Kelly, Mark R. (2003–2007). "2000 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards". Locus Publications. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
5. Kelly, Mark R. (2003–2007). "2001 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards". Locus Publications. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
6. Kelly, Mark R. (2003–2007). "2002 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards". Locus Publications. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
7. "2003 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards". Gaylactic Spectrum Award Foundation. 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
8. "2004 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards". Gaylactic Spectrum Award Foundation. 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
9. "2005 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards". Gaylactic Spectrum Award Foundation. 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
10. "2006 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards". Gaylactic Spectrum Award Foundation. 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
11. "2007 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards". Gaylactic Spectrum Award Foundation. 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
12. "2008 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards". Gaylactic Spectrum Award Foundation. 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-13.

External links

• The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards official site