More than 300 books, more than 100 judges, all over the world (even for the first time Australia), and many, many submissions, from indie publishers, from mainstream publishers and a lot of self-published authors… all participating in the 2011 Rainbow Awards. These were announced a couple weeks ago, but so many went to RRW folks that we wanted to give a hearty congrats…

The 2011 Rainbow Awards went to:

Best LGBT Coming of Age / Young Adult

1] Robin Reardon – The Evolution of Ethan Poe

2] David-Matthew Barnes – Mesmerized

3] Catherine Ryan Hyde – Jumpstart the World

Honourable Mention:

4] Elliott DeLine – Refuse

5] Tracey Pennington – Awake

6] Andrew Ashling – A Dish Served Cold

7] Greg Herren – Sleeping Angel

8 ] Jeff Erno – Bullied

9] K.E. Payne – 365 Days

10] J.p. Barnaby – Little Boy Lost, Enlightened

Link: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1460257.html

 

Best Gay Contemporary Erotica

1] Heidi Cullinan – Nowhere Ranch (RRW Member!)

2] Claire Thompson – The Cowboy Poet

3] L.A. Witt – With the Band

Honourable Mention:

4-tie] Doug Starr – Wrestling With Love

Fyn Alexander – Angel and the Assassin

6] Todd Gregory – Games Frat Boys Play (Greg Herren]

7] Michael Willhoite – The Venetian Boy

8 ] Dale Chase – The Company He Keeps

9] Michele L Montgomery – Lethal Obsession, Caged

10] Cheryl Dragon – Backing Brian

Link: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1460500.html

 

Best Lesbian Contemporary Erotica

1] Roscoe James – Dancing with Venus

2] Christine Hall Volkoff – Travels Through Love And Time

3] Lesley Gowan – The Collectors

Link: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1460912.html

 

Best Gay Contemporary General Fiction

1] Alan Chin – Match Maker

2] Lee Houck – Yield

3] Jameson Currier – The Third Buddha

Honourable Mention:

4] Rob Rosen – Sparkle

5] Mel Bossa – Split

6] Michael Alenyikov – Ivan and Misha: stories

7] Eden Winters – Settling the Score

8 ] Timothy Wang – Slant

9] Kathryn Shay – The Perfect Family

10] Susan Roebuck – Perfect Score

Link: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1461194.html

 

Best Lesbian Contemporary General Fiction

1] Farzana Doctor – Six Metres of Pavement

2] Clifford Henderson – Maye’s Request

3] Martha Miller – Retirement Plan

Link: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1461272.html

 

Best Gay Contemporary Romance

1] Sloan Parker – Breathe (RRW Member!)

2] Kimberly Gardner – Too Soon For Love

3-tie] A.B. Gayle – Caught

Ally Blue – These Haunted Heights (RRW Member!)

Honourable Mention:

5] Anel Viz – P’tit Cadeau

6] R.J. Scott – The Christmas Throwaway

7-tie] Sue Brown – Nothing Ever Happens

Heidi Cullinan – Dance with Me (RRW Member!)

9-tie] Feliz Faber – City Falcon

Mickie B. Ashling – Momentos

Amy Lane – Living Promises

Anah Crow & Dianne Fox – One Real Thing

M. King – Light and Water

Katrina Strauss – Sonoran Heat

Link: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1461525.html

 

Best Lesbian Contemporary Romance

1] Robin Summers – After the Fall

2-tie] Colette Moody – Parties in Congress

Q. Kelly – Strange Bedfellows

3] Karis Walsh – Harmony

Honourable Mention:

5] Lisa Girolami – Jane Doe

6] Bobbi Marolt – Loving Liz

7] Lesley Davis – Playing Passion’s Game

8 ] Radclyffe – Firestorm (RRW Member!)

9-tie] Rachel Spangler – The Long Way Home

D.L. Line – Head Trip

Link: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1461919.html

 

Best Bisexual/Transgender Contemporary

1] Justine Saracen – Sarah, Son of God

2] Ryan Loveless – Building Arcadia

3] Ben Monopoli – The Cranberry Hush

Honourable Mention:

4] Tomas Mournian – Hidden

5] Giselle Renarde – My Mistress’s Thighs

Link: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1462137.html

 

Best Gay Fantasy

1-tie] Marie Sexton – Song Of Oestend (RRW Member!)

Dusk Peterson – The Eternal Dungeon

2] Jay Bell – Hell’s Pawn

3] Lee Benoit – Moonspun (RRW Member!)

Honourable Mention:

5] Cecilia Tan – The Prince’s Boy

6] Scarlet Hyacinth – Bed and Breakfast

7-tie] Sasha L. Miller – Stolen Hearts

Amy Lane – Hammer & Air

Kannan Feng – Lord of Misrule

10-tie] Kyell Gold – Isolation Play

Brandon Witt – Submerging Inferno

Link: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1462385.html

 

Best Lesbian Sci-Fi / Fantasy

1] Barbara Davies – Bourn’s Edge

2] Andi Marquette – A Matter of Blood

3] JoSelle Vanderhooft and Catherine Lundoff – Hellebore and Rue (RRW
Member!)

Honourable Mention:

4] Erica Lawson – The Chronicles of Ratha, Children of the Noorthi
(RRW Member!)

5] Sarah Diemer – The Dark Wife

Link: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1462638.html

 

Best Bisexual/Transgender Sci-Fi / Paranormal / Fantasy

1] L.A. Witt – Static

2] Penelope Friday – Thrace

3] Lauren P. Burka – Up For Grabs 2

Link: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1462807.html

 

Best LGBT Historical

1-tie] Marten Weber – Benedetto Casanova, The Memoirs

Tamara Allen – The Only Gold

2] Tracy Rowan – Suffer the Little Children

3-tie] Bonnie Dee & Summer Devon – The Nobleman and the Spy

Erastes – Mere Mortals

Honourable Mention:

6] Erastes – Last Gasp

7-tie] Rowan McAllister – A Devil’s Own Luck

Bonnie Dee & Summer Devon – House of Mirrors

9] Morgan Cheshire – Solemn Contract

10] KC Warwick – Prove a Villain

Link: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1463174.html

 

Best LGBT Mystery / Thriller

1] J.M. Redmann – Water Mark

2] Greg Herren & J.M. Redmann – Women of the Mean Streets

3-tie] Julie Bozza – The Definitive Albert J. Sterne

EM Lynley – Rarer Than Rubies

Honourable Mention:

5] John F. Rooney – Unprotected Love

6] Marshall Thornton – Boystown 3

7-tie] JoAnne Soper-Cook – Willing Flesh

L.A. Witt – Cover Me

Marshall Thornton – Desert Run

10] Greg Herren – Who Dat Whodunnit

Link: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1463514.html

 

Best Gay Paranormal / Horror

1] Megan Derr – Midnight

2] Belinda McBride – Blacque Bleu

3] Timothy McGivney – Zombielicious

Honourable Mention:

4] Andrew Wolter – Much of Madness, More of Sin

5-tie] Lex Valentine – Breathe Me In

Lee Thomas – The German

7-tie] Angel Martinez – A Different Breed

EM Lynley – Wicked Good

9-tie] J.L. Merrow – Camwolf

Storm Grant – Shift Happens

Link: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1463684.html

 

Best Lesbian Paranormal / Horror

1] Meghan O’Brien – Wild

2] L.L. Raand – Blood Hunt

3] Nell Stark & Trinity Tam – nevermore

Honourable Mention:

4] Winter Pennington – Darkness Embraced

5] Cate Culpepper – River Walker

Link: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1463813.html

 

Best Gay Sci-Fi / Futuristic

1-tie] CC Bridges – Angel 1089

Aleksandr Voinov & Rhianon Etzweiler – Dark Edge of Honor

M.J. O’Shea – Dark Sun

2] Amy Lane – A Solid Core of Alpha

3] Aislinn Kerry – Double Feature

Honourable Mention:

6] Chris Quinton – Fool’s Errand (Fool’s Odyssey Trilogy 1]

7] Jordan Castillo Price – Zero Hour

8 ] Anne Barwell – Cat’s Quill

9-tie] Chris Quinton – Starfall

Stevie Woods – Other Worlds

Link: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1464237.html

 

Best LGBT Non Fiction

1-tie] Fay Jacobs – For Frying Out Loud

Patricia Nell Warren – My West

2] Felice Picano – True Stories

3] Dorien Grey – Short Circuits, A Life in Blogs

Honourable Mention:

5] Belo Miguel Cipriani – Blind

Link: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1464445.html

 

Best 2011 LGBT Cover

1] Visible Friend by Anne Cain

2] Moonlight, Tiger, and Smoke by Mara McKennen

3-tie] City Falcon by Reese Dante

Isolation Play by Blotch

Honourable Mention:

5] Something Like Summer by Andreas Bell

6] Dangerous Man

7] Apples and Regret and Wasted Time by Nathie

8-tie] Angel 1089 by Kanaxa

Arabesque by Ms. Rosek

Hellebore and Rue by Vasilis Akoinoglou

Some Kind of Magic by Paul Richmond

Black Gold by P.L. Nunn

Link: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1464606.html

 

Best Plot Development

1] Sloan Parker – Breathe (RRW Member!)

2] Meghan O’Brien – Wild

3] Robin Reardon – The Evolution of Ethan Poe

Link: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1465074.html

 

Best Setting Development

1-tie] Tamara Allen – The Only Gold

Andrew Wolter – Much of Madness, More of Sin

2-tie] Dusk Peterson – The Eternal Dungeon

Karis Walsh – Harmony

Anel Viz – P’tit Cadeau

3-tie] Meghan O’Brien – Wild

Lisa Girolami – Jane Doe

Link: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1465225.html

 

Best Characters Development

1-tie] Sloan Parker – Breathe (RRW Member!)

Marie Sexton – Song Of Oestend (RRW Member!)

2-tie] Meghan O’Brien – Wild

Robin Reardon – The Evolution of Ethan Poe

3-tie] Felice Picano – True Stories

Colette Moody – Parties in Congress

Lee Houck – Yield

Heidi Cullinan – Nowhere Ranch (RRW Member!)

Link: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1465593.html

 

Best Writing Style

1-tie] Tracy Rowan – Suffer the Little Children

Karis Walsh – Harmony

2] Robin Reardon – The Evolution of Ethan Poe

3-tie] Sloan Parker – Breathe (RRW Member!)

Tamara Allen – The Only Gold

Link: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1465714.html

 

One Perfect Rate (Honorable Mention]

Adam Fitzroy – Stage Whispers

Amy Meister – Rainbow in the Dark

Andy Frankham-Allen – Seeker

Barry Brennessel – Tinseltown

Carole Cummings – Aisling 1, Guardian

Carsen Taite – Nothing But The Truth

Clare London – 72 Hours

Damon Suede – Hot Head (RRW Member!)

David Pratt – Bob the Book

Eric Arvin – Woke Up in a Strange Place

Erin Dutton – Reluctant Hope

Gill McKnight – Indigo Moon

Jamie Fessenden – The Christmas Wager

Kate McMurray – Blind Items (RRW Member!)

Kim Baldwin & Xenia Alexiou – Dying to Live

Lea Santos – Picture Imperfect

Nathan Goh – Blame It On The Raging Hormones

Natasha LaBrake – Vows From Darkness

Reiko Morgan – Over The Mountain of the Moon

Rowan Speedwell – Kindred Hearts

Shane Allison – Black Fire, Gay African-American Erotica

V.K. Powell – Justifiable Risk

Yolanda Wallace – Rum Spring

Link: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1466048.html

 

Best Bisexual/Transgender Debut Novel

1] Ryan Loveless – Building Arcadia

2] Elliott DeLine – Refuse

3] Ben Monopoli – The Cranberry Hush

Link: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1466355.html

 

Best Gay Debut Novel/Book

1] Lee Houck – Yield

2] Timothy McGivney – Zombielicious

3] Morgan Cheshire – Solemn Contract

Honourable Mention:

4] Feliz Faber – City Falcon

5] Mel Bossa – Split

6-tie] R.A. Padmos – Ravages

Sophia Deri-Bowen – Young Man in Paris

Michael Alenyikov – Ivan and Misha: stories

Kannan Feng – Lord of Misrule

Belo Miguel Cipriani – Blind

Link: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1466555.html

 

Best Lesbian Debut Novel

1] Robin Summers – After the Fall

2] Karis Walsh – Harmony

3] Mary Griggs – Unbroken Circle

Honourable Mention:

4] Christine Hall Volkoff – Travels Through Love And Time

5-tie] Sophia Kell Hagin – Whatever Gods May Be

K.E. Payne – 365 Days

Link: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1466724.html

 

Best Bisexual/Transgender Novel

1-tie] Justine Saracen – Sarah, Son of God

Catherine Ryan Hyde – Jumpstart the World

2] Ryan Loveless – Building Arcadia

3] Elliott DeLine – Refuse

Honourable Mention:

5] John F. Rooney – Unprotected Love

6] Marshall Thornton – Desert Run

7] Ben Monopoli – The Cranberry Hush

8] Tomas Mournian – Hidden

9] L.A. Witt – Static

10-tie] Giselle Renarde – My Mistress’s Thighs

Penelope Friday – Thrace

Link: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1467091.html

 

Best Gay Novel/Book

1] Sloan Parker – Breathe (RRW Member!)

2] Robin Reardon – The Evolution of Ethan Poe

3-tie] Tamara Allen – The Only Gold

Marten Weber – Benedetto Casanova, The Memoirs

Honourable Mention:

5] Tracy Rowan – Suffer the Little Children

6] Alan Chin – Match Maker

7] Felice Picano – True Stories

8-tie] Marie Sexton – Song Of Oestend (RRW Member!)

Dusk Peterson – The Eternal Dungeon

10] Jay Bell – Hell’s Pawn

Link: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/1467326.html

 

Best Lesbian Novel/Book

1] Meghan O’Brien – Wild

2] Fay Jacobs – For Frying Out Loud

3] Barbara Davies – Bourn’s Edge

Honourable Mention:

4] Robin Summers – After the Fall

5-tie] Colette Moody – Parties in Congress

Q. Kelly – Strange Bedfellows

7] Karis Walsh – Harmony

8] Farzana Doctor – Six Metres of Pavement

9-tie] J.M. Redmann – Water Mark

Lisa Girolami – Jane Doe