Awards
The Alice B Medal: This award is given annually to living writers who have careers distinguished by consistently well-written stories about lesbians. The award is given only once in appreciation of lifetime career achievement. In addition to the medal, each recipient is given a monetary honorarium.
https://www.goldencrownliterarysociety.org/awards
The Golden Crown Literary Awards are presented during our Annual Conference to recognize excellence in sapphic and women-loving-women literature. Rewarding quality literature, narration, and cover design; “The Goldies,” have been a must-see event in the sapphic and WLW community each year since 2005.
GALECA’s Dorian Awards toast the finest in movies, TV and the New York stage, from mainstream to queer/trans content. Along with traditional categories such as Film of the Year and Best Broadway Musical, we have several trademark contests such as Campiest Flick, Best Unsung TV Show and the Broadway Showstopper Award. Special accolades range from our Timeless Star career achievement award to our LGBTQIA+ Trailblazer honors.
We love reading good lesbian literature, and we wish to reward those deserving of recognition. We have heard authors complain of awards that are skewed in favor of big-name authors and publishing houses, so we decided to use our marketing skills to put forth an award of our own. We will use our unique triple-blind judging process to find deserving runners-i[ and winners, then market them to ensure they receive the acknowledgment they are due.
the Otherwise Award celebrates science fiction, fantasy, and other forms of speculative narrative that expand and explore our understanding of gender. We encourage each jury to take an expansive view of “science fiction and fantasy,” considering works that don’t fit into a narrow genre definition. We also seek out works that have a broad, intersectional, trans-inclusive understanding of gender in the context of race, class, nationality, disability, and more.
The first and most enduring award for LGBTQIA+ books is the Stonewall Book Awards, sponsored by the American Library Association’s Rainbow Round Table (formerly the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table). Since Isabel Miller’s Patience and Sarah received the first award in 1971, many other books have been honored for exceptional merit relating to the LGBTQIA+ experience.
The Rainbow Awards for Journalism & Literature
The Rainbow Awards for Journalism & Literature as well as the Rainbow Lit Fest – Queer & Inclusive are owned and run by the Dwijen Dinanath Arts Foundation, a Section 8, not for-profit entity. Supported by donations and funds invested by its founder, Sharif D Rangnekar, the Foundation functions in the area of facilitating and curating platforms related to gender, sexuality, arts and the independent music space. It leverages history and literature as well as current affairs and the multitude of thoughts and views in all it attempts to do.
Organizations
Association of writers and writers programs
As a national professional association of creative writers and writing programs, AWP brings together independent writers, academic writing programs, journals, presses, and arts organizations. In addition to hosting the largest annual gathering of writers in North America, we build supportive communities united by a love for the literary arts through our extensive website, thriving mentorship program, and magazine dedicated to the craft of writing.
international Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors
To support the professional development of SFF authors through shared opportunities, camaraderie, and targeted philanthropy. To build an organization with a focus on bringing stories to an SFF loving readership through improved business practices.
Lambda Literary nurtures and advocates for LGBTQ writers, elevating the impact of their words to create community, preserve our legacies, and affirm the value of our stories and our lives.
The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists
With over 1,200 members across the world, NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists is a journalist-led association working within the news media to advance fair and accurate coverage of LGBTQ+ communities and issues. Our members come from print, broadcast, and online newsrooms, as well as community-based LGBTQ+ media, academic institutions, and the public relations and communications profession.
Romance Writers of America® (RWA) is a nonprofit trade association whose mission is to advance the professional and common business interests of career-focused romance writers through networking and advocacy and by increasing public awareness of the romance genre.
Science fiction and fantasy writers association
Founded in 1965, SFWA is an organization for published authors and industry professionals in the fields of science fiction, fantasy, and related genres
Promoting more accurate, nuanced coverage of trans issues and communities in the media. Supporting gender-expansive journalists in their workplaces and careers.
The purpose of the Publishing Triangle is to further the publication of books and other materials written by LGBT authors or with LGBT themes. Founded in 1988, The Publishing Triangle works to create support and a sense of community for lesbian and gay people in the publishing industry.
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