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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. 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. 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]

Laurie J. Marks and Melissa Scott have both won the award twice. Elizabeth Bear holds the record for most nominations, with ten nominations and one win.

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
 Anne Harris Accidental Creatures Tor Won (joint) [3]
1999
 Stephen Leigh Dark Water's Embrace Avon Eos Won (joint) [3]
1999
 Carolyn Ives Gilman Halfway Human Avon Eos Nominated [3]
1999
 Nancy Kress Maximum Light Tor Nominated [3]
1999
 Fiona Patton The Painter Knight DAW Books Nominated [3]
2000
 Keith Hartman The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse  Meisha Merlin Won (joint)[A] [4]
2000
 Peg Kerr The Wild Swans Warner Aspect Won (joint) [4]
2000
 Severna Park The Annunciate Avon Eos Nominated [4]
2000
 Fiona Patton The Granite Shield DAW Books Nominated [4]
2000
 Tanya Huff The Quartered Sea DAW Books Nominated [4]
2000
 Lynn Flewelling Traitor's Moon Bantam Spectra Nominated [4]
2001
 David Gerrold Jumping Off the Planet Tor Won [5]
2001
 Michael Chabon The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Random House Nominated [5]
2001
 Ricardo Pinto The Chosen Tor Nominated [5]
2001
 Rick Reed The Face without a Heart Design Image Group Nominated [5]
2001
 Melissa Scott The Jazz Tor Nominated [5]
2001
 Jim Grimsley Kirith Kirin Meisha Merlin Nominated [5]
2001
 Greg Egan Teranesia Avon Harpercollins Eos Nominated [5]
2002
 Hugh Nissenson The Song of the Earth Algonquin Books Won [6]
2002
 David Gerrold Bouncing Off the Moon Tor Nominated [6]
2002
 Steven Harper Dreamer Roc Nominated [6]
2002
 Liz Williams The Ghost Sister Bantam Spectra Nominated [6]
2002
 Hiromi Goto The Kappa Child Red Deer Press Nominated [6]
2002
 Jacqueline Carey Kushiel's Dart Tor Nominated [6]
2002
 Candas Jane Dorsey A Paradigm of Earth Tor Nominated [6]
2002
 Melissa Scott & Lisa A. Barnett Point of Dreams Tor Nominated [6]
2003
 Laurie J. Marks Fire Logic Tor Won [7]
2003
 Don Sakers Dance for the Ivory Madonna Speed-of-C Nominated [7]
2003
 Ellen Kushner & Delia Sherman  The Fall of the Kings Bantam Spectra Nominated [7]
2003
 Robert J. Sawyer Hominids Tor Nominated [7]
2003
 Jane Fletcher Lorimal's Chalice Fortitude Press Nominated [7]
2003
 Steven Harper Nightmare: A Novel of the Silent Empire Roc Nominated [7]
2003
 Kelley Eskridge Solitaire Eos Nominated [7]
2004
 Nalo Hopkinson The Salt Roads Warner Won [8]
2004
 Lynn Flewelling The Hidden Warrior Bantam Spectra Nominated [8]
2004
 Robert Sawyer Hybrids Tor Nominated [8]
2004
 Geoff Ryman Lust St. Martin's Press Nominated [8]
2004
 Chris Moriarty Spin State Bantam Dell Nominated [8]
2004
 Amy Thomson Storyteller Ace Nominated [8]
2004
 Steven Harper Trickster Roc Nominated [8]
2004
 Johanna Sinisalo Troll Grove Nominated [8]
2005
 Laurie J. Marks Earth Logic Tor Won [9]
2005
 Wen Spencer Dog Warrior Roc Nominated [9]
2005
 Mark Anthony The First Stone Bantam Spectra Nominated [9]
2005
 Caitlin Kiernan Murder of Angels Roc Nominated [9]
2005
 Steven Harper Offspring Roc Nominated [9]
2005
 Jim Grimsley The Ordinary Tor Nominated [9]
2005
 Selina Rosen Reruns Yard Dog Nominated [9]
2005
 Tanya Huff Smoke and Shadows DAW Books Nominated [9]
2006
 Karin Lowachee Cagebird Warner Aspect Won [10]
2006
 Hal Bodner Bite Club Alyson Nominated [10]
2006
 James Hetley Dragon's Eye Ace Nominated [10]
2006
 Tanya Huff Smoke and Mirrors DAW Books Nominated [10]
2006
 Tim Pratt The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl Bantam Spectra Nominated [10]
2006
 Ian R. MacLeod The Summer Isles Aio Nominated [10]
2006
 Mark Gatiss The Vesuvius Club Scribner Nominated [10]
2007
 Hal Duncan Vellum Del Rey Won [11]
2007
 Elizabeth Bear Carnival Bantam Spectra Nominated [11]
2007
 James Hetley Dragon's Teeth Ace Nominated [10]
2007
 Susanne M. Beck & Okasha Skat'si The Growing P.D. Publishing Nominated [11]
2007
 Ellen Kushner The Privilege Of The Sword Bantam Spectra Nominated [11]
2007
 Tanya Huff Smoke and Ashes DAW Books Nominated [11]
2007
 Wheeler Scott Snow Torquere Nominated [11]
2007
 Chris Moriarty Spin Control Bantam Spectra Nominated [11]
2007
 Sarah Monette The Virtu Ace Nominated [11]
2008
 Ginn Hale Wicked Gentlemen Del Rey Won [12]
2008
 L-J Baker Lady Knight Bold Strokes Books Nominated [12]
2008
 Elizabeth Bear Dust Bantam Spectra Nominated [12]
2008
 Elizabeth Bear New Amsterdam Far Territories Nominated [12]
2008
 Elizabeth Bear Whiskey and Water: A Novel of the Promethean Age Roc Nominated [12]
2008
 Steve Berman Vintage: A Ghost Story Haworth Positronic Nominated [12]
2008
 Hal Duncan Ink Del Rey Nominated [12]
2008
 Sarah Hall Daughters of the North aka The Carhullan Army Faber & Faber Nominated [12]
2008
 Perry Moore Hero Doubleday Nominated [12]
2008
 Darieck Scott Hex: A Novel of Love Spells Carroll & Graf Nominated [12]
2008
 Brian Francis Slattery Spaceman Blues: A Love Song Tor Nominated [12]
2008
 Jo Walton Ha'penny Tor Nominated [12]
2009
 Elizabeth Bear The Stratford Man (Hell and Earth/Ink and Steel) Roc Won [13]
2009
 Elizabeth Bear All the Windwracked Stars Tor Nominated [13]
2009
 Cassandra Clare City of Ashes McElderry Nominated [13]
2009
 Jaida Jones & Danielle Bennett Havemercy Bantam Spectra Nominated [13]
2009
 Lynn Flewelling Shadow's Return Bantam Spectra Nominated [13]
2009
 Nicole Kimberling Turnskin Blind Eye Books Nominated [13]
2010
 Richard Morgan The Steel Remains Del Rey Won [14]
2010
 Malinda Lo Ash Little, Brown and Company Nominated [14]
2010
 Elizabeth Bear By the Mountain Bound Tor Nominated [14]
2010
 Rebecca Ore Centuries Ago and Very Fast Aqueduct Press Nominated [14]
2010
 Tanya Huff The Enchantment Emporium DAW Books Nominated [14]
2010
 Jacqueline Carey Naamah's Kiss Grand Central Nominated [14]
2010
 Catherynne Valente Palimpsest Del Rey Nominated [14]
2010
 Caitlin Kiernan The Red Tree Roc Nominated [14]
2010
 Elizabeth Bear Seven for a Secret Subterranean Press Nominated [14]
2010
 Josh Lanyon Strange Fortune Blind Eye Nominated [14]
2011
 Kathe Koja Under the Poppy Small Beer Press Won [15]
2011
 J.A. Pitts Black Blade Blues Tor Nominated [15]
2011
 David Pratt Bob the Book Chelsea Street Editions Nominated [15]
2011
 Gemma Files A Book of Tongues ChiZine Publications Nominated [15]
2011
 Jim C. Hines Red Hood's Revenge DAW Books Nominated [15]
2011
 Jo Graham Stealing Fire Orbit Nominated [15]
2011
 Lynn Flewelling The White Road Bantam Spectra Nominated [15]
2011
 Jameson Currier The Wolf at the Door Chelsea Street Editions Nominated [15]
2012
 J.A. Pitts Honeyed Words Tor Won [16]
2012
 Richard K. Morgan The Cold Commands Del Rey Nominated [16]
2012
 Kameron Hurley God's War/Infidel Night Shade Nominated [16]
2012
 Elizabeth Bear Grail Bantam Spectra Nominated [16]
2012
 Joan Slonczewski The Highest Frontier Tor Nominated [16]
2012
 Malinda Lo Huntress Little, Brown and Company Nominated [16]
2012
 Gemma Files A Rope of Thorns ChiZine Publications Nominated [16]
2012
 Charles Stross Rule 34 Ace Nominated [16]
2012
 L.A. Witt Static Amber Quill Press Nominated [16]
2012
 Tanya Huff The Wild Ways DAW Books Nominated [16]
2013
 Madeline Miller The Song of Achilles Ecco Press Won [17]
2013
 Lynn Flewelling Casket of Souls Bantam Spectra Nominated [17]
2013
 J.A. Pitts Forged in Fire Tor Nominated [17]
2013
 Melissa Scott Point of Knives Lethe Press Nominated [17]
2013
 Kameron Hurley Rapture Night Shade Books Nominated [17]
2014[B]
 Melissa Scott & Amy Griswold Death By Silver Lethe Press Won [18]
2014
 Jill Schultz Angel on the Ropes Self-published Nominated [18]
2014
 Kathleen Tierney Blood Oranges Roc Books Nominated [18]
2014
 Lou Harper Dead in the Desert Harper Books Nominated [18]
2014
 Ginn Hale The Holy Road/His Sacred Bones Blind Eye Books Nominated [18]
2014
 Seanan McGuire Indexing 47North Nominated [18]
2014
 Jess Faraday The Left Hand of Justice Bold Strokes Books Nominated [18]
2014
 KJ Charles The Magpie Lord Samhain Publishing Nominated [18]
2014
 Ian Tregillis Something More Than Night Tor Books Nominated [18]
2014
 Alaya Dawn Johnson The Summer Prince Arthur A. Levine Books Nominated [18]
2014
 Lavie Tidhar The Violent Century Hodder & Stoughton Nominated [18]
2014
 Jordan L. Hawk Widdershins / Threshold / Stormhaven Self-published Nominated [18]
2015[B]

 Melissa Scott Fairs' Point Lethe Press Won [18]
2015
 KJ Charles A Case of Possession / Flight of Magpies Samhain Publishing Nominated [18]
2015
 Richard K. Morgan The Dark Defiles Del Rey Books Nominated [18]
2015
 Heather Rose Jones Daughter of Mystery Bella Books Nominated [18]
2015
 Melissa Scott & Amy Griswold A Death at the Dionysus Club Lethe Press Nominated [18]
2015
 Tanya Huff The Future Falls DAW Nominated [18]
2015
 Tim Pratt Heirs of Grace 47North Nominated [18]
2015
 Lisa Henry & Heidi Bellau King of Dublin Riptide Publishing Nominated [18]
2015
 Kathe Koja The Mercury Waltz Roadswell Editions Nominated [18]
2015
 Jordan L. Hawk Necropolis / Bloodline Widdershins Press Nominated [18]
2015
 Kathleen Tierney Red Delicious Penguin Books Nominated [18]
2015
 James L. Sutter Pathfinder Tales: The Redemption Engine Paizo Publishing Nominated [18]
2015
 Lynn Flewelling Shards of Time Del Rey Books Nominated [18]
2015
 Melissa Scott & Jo Graham Wind Raker Crossroad Press Nominated [18]
2016
 Ian McDonald Luna: New Moon Tor Books Won [19]
2016
 Kathe Koja The Bastards' Paradise Roadswell Editions Nominated [19]
2016
 Kelly Jensen & Jenn Burke Chaos Station Carina Press Nominated [19]
2016
 Kathleen Tierney Cherry Bomb Roc/Penguin Nominated [19]
2016
 JoSelle Vanderhooft Ebenezer Zumaya Boundless Nominated [19]
2016
 Elizabeth Bear Karen Memory Tor Books Nominated [19]
2016
 Jo Walton My Real Children Tor Books Nominated [19]
2016
 Heather Rose Jones The Mystic Marriage Bella Books Nominated [19]
2016
 Emma Newman Planetfall Ace/Roc Nominated [19]
2016
 Natasha Pulley The Watchmaker of Filigree Street Bloomsbury Nominated [19]
2017
 Heather Rose Jones Mother of Souls Bella Books Won [20]
2017
 Julie Mayhew The Big Lie Candlewick Press Nominated [20]
2017
 Don Bassingthwaite Cocktails at Seven, Apocalypse at Eight: The Derby Cavendish Stories ChiZine Publications Nominated [20]
2017
 Jordan L. Hawke Fallow Widdershins Press Nominated [20]
2017
 Jordan L. Hawke Hexbreaker / Hexmaker Widdershins Press Nominated [20]
2017
 Michael Thomas Ford Lily Lethe Press Nominated [20]
2017
 Kirby Crow Malachite Bonecamp Press Nominated [20]
2017
 Ginn Hale Maze-Born Trouble Blind Eye Books Nominated [20]
2017
 J.A. Pitt Night Terrors WordFire Press Nominated [20]
2018
 Ellen Klages Passing Strange Tor.com Won [21]
2018
 Cynthia Ward The Adventures of the Incognita Countess Aqueduct Press Nominated [21]
2018
 Lara Elena Donnelly Amberlough Tor Books Nominated [21]
2018
 J.Y. Yang The Black Tides of Heaven Tor.com Nominated [21]
2018
 Mark Allan Gunnells The Cult of Ocasta Evil Jester Press Nominated [21]
2018
 Maggie Shen King An Excess Male Harper Voyager Nominated [21]
2018
 Jordan L. Hawk Hexslayer JLH Publishing Nominated [21]
2018
 F.T. Lukens The Rules and Regulations for Mediating Myths & Magic Duet Imprint / Interlude Press Nominated [21]
2018
 Ellen Kushner et al Tremontaine Season 1 Serial Box/Saga Press Nominated [21]
2018
 Rivers Solomon An Unkindness of Ghosts Akashic Books Nominated [21]

A Also won the People's Choice Award.

B The awards for 2014 and 2015 were combined into a single ceremony and presented in 2015

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

References

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