As part of the Rainbow Romance Writers ongoing mission to gather meaningful data on LGBT romance readership, our fabulous Research/Retail Committee has compiled a snazzy survey to help us determine reader habits and interests. The survey covers everything from reading habits, subgenre preferences, pricing, and access to books.  The survey is completely anonymous, and the information gathered will prove invaluable for our chapter literature and ongoing public advocacy LGBT romance with vendors, distributors and media.

The Rainbow Romance Writers are trying to get a more coherent picture of the ways people read and acquire romantic fiction, so every response helps us survey the romantic landscape properly. By gathering data about readers of LGBT romance and romance in general, we hope to clarify the broadening appeal and expanding market for folks who love hard numbers and clean statistics, both within the romance community, the media, and retail channels.

Note: this is a survey for all romance readers, not only readers of LGBT romance.

If you have a moment and would like to make your voice heard, please take a moment to fiull it out and to help spread the word to as many other romance readers as possible.  We encourage everyone to use the buttons here to promote this survey on their websites, twitter feeds, blogs, and other social media hubs or simply link to https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RRWReaderSurvey.

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The Rainbow Bookfair has become one of the must attend events of the LGBT romance calendar. If you’re interested in attending (or exhibiting) next year, keep an eye on their website for updates. Many thanks to everyone who came out to support LGBT fiction on such a beautiful spring day. And cheers to all the Rainbow Romance Writers who came and helped make the day such a rousing success.

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To the full body of the Romance Writers of America National Board:

As the board of the Rainbow Romance Writers, we have seen the amendments and additions you have made to RWA in your March meeting hot sheet, and we write today to express our approval and thank you for this great step forward towards equality. We are aware how challenging this issue must have been for you and for RWA as an organization, that you were obliged not only to work towards fairness for all members but within the legal boundaries constraining an organization of this size and scope.

It is our hope that this issue is now permanently tabled, that your words will inspire all chapters and contests to be inclusive not exclusive. We look forward to continuing to participate in RWA as full and equal members no matter our orientation or those of our characters.

Sincerely,

Heidi Cullinan

President, Rainbow Romance Writers

www.rainbowromancewriters.com

Damon Suede

Vice-President, Rainbow Romance Writers

Amberly Smith

Secretary, Rainbow Romance Writers

Lara Brukz

Treasurer, Rainbow Romance Writers

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For swag, parties and more during the upcoming quarter, look for us at Rainbow Bookfair 2012 in NYC and Lonestar LesFic Festival in Austin during March, Romantic Times in Chicago April, and RWA Nationals 2012 in Anaheim, California.

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A HUGE round of applause to the members who have stepped up to help the Rainbow Romance Writers get serious about its presence in the industry. This is the way change happens!

Events Committee:

This committee coordinates opportunities for RRW visibility and advocacy at gatherings within the romance and LGBT communities, making our presence felt and fun. Events board members plan on attending in 2012: Romantic Times, CARAS Conference, Gay Rom Lit, RWA Nationals, Authors After Dark, RomCon, and Rainbow Book Fair.

Chair: Anne Tenino    (Board Liaisons: Damon & Heidi)

Members

• Kimberly Gardner
• Lisa Reuter
• Ellis Carrington
• Kari Gregg
• Taylor V. Donovan

Outreach/Education Committee:

This committee handles education inside and outside the chapter: curating workshops, articles, and cooperative promotion with LGBT charities, romance genre organizations, and literacy groups through information and bridge-building.

Chair: J.M. Cartwright    (Board Liaisons: Damon & Amberly)

Members

• Lisa Reuter
• Adriana Kraft
• Ellis Carrington
• Lloyd Meeker
• Stephani Hecht
• Kari Gregg
• L.D. Madison
• Tarra Thomas
• Alison Diem

Research/Retail Committee:

This committee will be gathering genre data from publishers, retailers, and authors to get a clear picture of our evolution, connecting with brick-n-mortar stores to encourage local RRW events and generate shelf space for the genre, and campaigning with retailers to improve categorization and availability of LGBT romance titles.

Chair: Kate McMurray     (Board Liaisons: Damon & Heidi)

Members

• Zahra Owens
• Ava March
• Ally Blue
• B. Snow
• A.C. Katt

Our chapter is only as strong as we make it. We know that many members weren’t available during the discussion this past weekend, but if anyone is interested in having a direct impact on the perception and success of LGBT romance, please consider joining up with one of these groovy groups.

Many hands make light work!

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Our genre has exploded and we have exciting stuff in store here at the RRW. Over the next two months, this website will be under heavy construction as we make it more of a dynamic resource for the plans we’re putting into action. Please keep your eye on this space for news and updates.

Questions? Suggestions? Contact one of the current board members:

President: Heidi Cullinan

Vice-President: Damon Suede

Treasurer: Lara Brukz

Secretary: Amberly Smith

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Over at the M/M Romance group at Goodreads, the members have singled out an amazing list of titles by both new and familiar authors, including many RRW members and others within the genre.

On January 7th, the popular goodreads group hosted a chat to celebrate reaching 5000+ members and and to announce the 2011 M/M Romance Group Choice Award live! They awarded badges to the top three winners in each category. 123 Awards in all!

Many congratulations to all the folks recognized for their titles in 2011!
Best book of the year
*1 – Hot Head by RRW member Damon Suede
*2 - Bear, Otter, and the Kid
*3 - Come Unto These Yellow Sands

Anthology (book)
*1 - Don’t Read in the Closet: Volume One (with a story by RRW member J.P. Barnaby)
*2 - His For The Holidays
*3 - Don’t Read in the Closet: GayRomLit Retreat 2011 Special Edition (with stories by RRW members J.P. Barnaby, Rachel Haimowitz, Damon Suede, Bryl Tyne, Missy Welsh)

Best Debut Book
*1 – Hot Head by RRW member Damon Suede
*2 - Bear, Otter, and the Kid
*3 - Life Lessons

Contemporary (genre)
*1 – Hot Head by RRW member Damon Suede
*2 - Bear, Otter, and the Kid
*3 - Come Unto These Yellow Sands

Mystery/Whodunit (genre)
*1 - Come Unto These Yellow Sands
*2 - All She Wrote
*3 - Breaking Cover

Paranormal (genre)
*1 - GhosTV
*2 - Honored Vow
*3 - Dance in the Dark

SciFi/Futuristic/Post Apocalyptic (genre)
*1 - A Solid Core of Alpha by RRW member Amy Lane
*2 – 18% Gray by RRW member Anne Tenino  
*3 - Grown Men by RRW member Damon Suede
*3 - Kidnapped
*3 - Out of the Woods

Long 250 pages or 100K words (book)
*1 - Divide & Conquer
*2 - Between Sinners and Saints by RRW member Marie Sexton
*3 - A Solid Core of Alpha by RRW member Amy Lane  

Nomination – Short Story 25 pages or 15K words or less (book)
*1 - Like the Taste of Summer
*2 - Delivery With A Smile
*3 - I Am the Highway

Best Story that Should/Must have a Sequel
*1 - Something Like Summer
*2 – Clear Water by RRW member Amy Lane  
*3 – The Locker Room by RRW member Amy Lane  

Best Free Story
*1 - Zero Hour
*2 - A Little Bit Country
*3 - Wanting

Best Cover
*1 -  Artwork by Anne Cain for Hot Head by RRW member Damon Suede
*2 -
*3 -

Best First Time
*1 - The Locker Room by RRW member Amy Lane 
*2 - Where the Allegheny Meets the Monongahela
*3 - Wanting

Best Sex Scene
*1 - Hot Head by RRW member Damon Suede
*2 - Clear Water by RRW member Amy Lane  
*3 - Bayou Dreams by RRW member Lynn Lorenz

Best Tearjerking scene
*1 - Bear, Otter, and the Kid
*2 - The Locker Room by RRW member Amy Lane 
*3 - Bloodlines

Funniest Quotes/Best Lines
*1 - GhosTV
*2 – Whitetail Rock by RRW member Anne Tenino
*3 - Divide & Conquer

BDSM (sex content)
*1 - Nowhere Ranch by RRW member Heidi Cullinan
*2 – I, Omega by RRW member Kari Gregg
*3 - Spin Out

Hottest M/M/M
*1 - Out Of Focus
*2 - Ghost from the Past
*3 - Room at the Top

Slave/Dub Con/Kidnapped (sex content/theme)
*1 -  I, Omega by RRW member Kari Gregg  
*2 - Counterpunch
*3 - His Client by RRW member Ava March

Best Tear Jerker (theme)
*1 - The Locker Room by RRW member Amy Lane 
*2 - Between Sinners and Saints by RRW member Marie Sexton
*3 - Living Promises

Coming Out (theme)
*1 - Bear, Otter, and the Kid
*2 - The Locker Room by RRW member Amy Lane  
*3 - Breaking Cover

Enemies to Lovers  (theme)
*1 - The Heart of Texas
*1 - Bad Company
*2 - A Thread of Deepest Black
*3 - Bridges

Gay/Out For You (theme)
*1 - Hot Head by RRW member Damon Suede
*2 - Bear, Otter, and the Kid
*3 - The Locker Room by RRW member Amy Lane 

Humorous (theme)
*1 - Divide & Conquer
*2 - Mummy Dearest
*3 – Clear Water by RRW member Amy Lane  

Friends to Lovers (theme)
*1 - Hot Head by RRW member Damon Suede
*2 - Bear, Otter, and the Kid
*3 - The Locker Room by RRW member Amy Lane 

Hurt/Comfort (theme)
*1 - Divide & Conquer
*2 - Bear, Otter, and the Kid
*3 - Between Sinners and Saints by RRW member Marie Sexton

Young Adult Characters (theme)
*1 - Talker’s Redemption by RRW member Amy Lane 
*2 - Something Like Summer
*3 - Bridges

Law Enforcement/PI/Firemen/Military (profession)
*1 - Hot Head by RRW member Damon Suede
*2 - Divide & Conquer
*3 - GhosTV

Cowboys (profession)
*1 - Nowhere Ranch by RRW member Heidi Cullinan
*2 - The Heart of Texas
*3 - After the Sunset by RRW member Mary Calmes

Musicians/Rockstars (profession)
*1 - American Love Songs
*2 - Reverb by RRW member Jet Mykles
*3 - Moonlight Becomes You

*3 - Out of the Woods

Best Title
*1 - Come Unto These Yellow Sands
*2 - How to Keep the Love of Your Life
*2 - I Love You, Asshole! by RRW member Amy Lane 
*2 - Bear, Otter, and the Kid
*3 - Where the Allegheny Meets the Monongahela

Most Surprising/Unique Plot Device
*1 - A Solid Core of Alpha by RRW member Amy Lane 
*2 - Static
*3 - Hell’s Pawn

Best World Created
*1 - A Solid Core of Alpha by RRW member Amy Lane
*2 - Dance in the Dark
*3 - 18% Gray by RRW member Anne Tenino
*3 - Hell’s Pawn

Best Couple/MC’s
*1 - Divide & Conquer
*2 - GhosTV
*3 - Honored Vow

Hottest Vampire Character
*1 - Marcus – With a Kiss
*2 - Titus Antonius Calidus – Natural Instincts
*3 - Liam – A Chip in His Shoulder

Hottest Shifter Character
*1 - Logan Church – Honored Vow
*2 - Shane – Shane’s Fury by RRW member Stephani Hecht
*3 - Killian Frost – A Thread of Deepest Black

Best Side/Supporting Character
*1 - Bear, Otter, and the Kid
*2 - Clear Water by RRW member Amy Lane  
*3 - Honored Vow

Favorite All Time M/M Romance Book
*1 - Keeping Promise Rock by RRW member Amy Lane  
*2 - Zero at the Bone
*3 - Bareback

Favorite All Time M/M Series
*1 - Fatal Shadows – Adrien English Mystery Series
*2 - Cut & Run – Cut & Run
*3 - Promises – Coda Books by RRW member Marie Sexton
*3 - Keeping Promise Rock – Promises by RRW member Amy Lane
Favorite All Time M/M Author
*1 - Josh Lanyon
*2 - Amy Lane (RRW member)
*3 – Mary Calmes (RRW member)

Favorite All Time M/M Character(s)
*1 - Cut & Run
*2 - Fatal Shadows
*3 - Among the Living

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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 (RRW Member!)

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 (RRW Member!)

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 (RRW Member!)

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 (RRW Member!)

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

 

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RRW wishes to thank all participants and judges who made the 2010 Rainbow Awards For Excellence an unqualified success.

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The winner of each category will move on to the final round of judging with the overall winner to be announced on or about April 1, 2011.

RRW wishes to thank all the contest participants. Best of luck to the finalists!

Book of the Year

Blue Moon Cafe by Rick R. Reed

Contemporary

First Place (tie)
Side Order Of Love By Tracey Richardson
Publisher Bella Books, ISBN:978-1-59493-143-7

Breaking The Ice By Kim Baldwin
Publisher Bold Strokes Books, ISBN: 978-1-60282-087-6

Second Place
Yours For The Asking By Kenna White
Publisher Bella Books, ISBN:978-1-59493-163-5

Third Place
The Janitor By Jan Irving
Publisher Loose Id, ISBN: 978-1-59632-938-6

Historical

First Place
Kicker’s Journey By Lois Cloarec Hart
Publisher, PD Publishing, ISBN: 9781933720616

Second Place
The Clash Between The Minds By Nann Dunn
Publisher Intaglio Publications, Inc, ISBN: 978-1-935216-10-0

Third Place
Pure Folly By Madelynne Ellis
Publisher Total-E-Bound, ISBN: 978-1-906811-78-5

Young Adult

First Place
Josef Jaeger By Jere’ M. Fishback
Publisher, Prizm (YA division of Torquere Press), ISBN: 978-1-60370-685-8

Second Place
My Invented Life By Lauren Bjorkman
Publisher Henry Holt and Company, ISBN: 978-0-8050-8950-9

Third Place
All Lost Things By Josh Aterovis
Publisher PD Publishing, ISBN: 9781933720708

Romantic Suspense

First Place
Conflict Of Interest By Jae
Publisher, L-Book, ISBN: 978-1-934889-24-4

Second Place
Mexican Heat By Laura Baumbach and Josh Lanyon
Publisher Samhain, ISBN: 978-1-60504-380-7

Third Place
Next Of Kin By Jae
Publisher L-Book, ISBN: 978-1-934889-42-8

Paranormal

The Blue Moon Cafe By Rick R. Reed
Publisher, Amber Quill Press, ISBN: 978-1-60272-802-8

Second Place
Hero By Heidi Cullinan
Publisher Dreamspinner Press, ISBN: 978161581287

Third Place
My Heart Is Within You By Marguerite Labbe
Publisher Dreamspinner Press, ISBN: 978-1-935192-70-1

Science Fiction / Fantasy

First Place
Magebound By Katica Locke
Publisher, PD Publishing, ISBN: 9781933720654

Second Place
Sexual Energy By Afton Locke
Publisher Ellora’s Cave, ISBN: 978-14199-22244

Third Place
Second Nature By Jae
Publisher L-Book, ISBN: 978-1-934889-44-2

Short/Novella

First Place
Romantic Interludes 2: Secrets By Radclyffe (edited by Radclyffe and Stacia Seaman)
Publisher, Bold Strokes Books, ISBN: 9781602821163

Second Place
Best Lesbian Romance 2010 By Radclyffe , eds
Publisher CLEIS Press, ISBN: 9781573443760

Third Place
A Good Neighbor By Clare London
Publisher Amber Quill Press, ISBN: 978-1-60272-574-4

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