These finalists represent books published in 2013. The winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on June 2, 2014.
TRANSGENDER FICTION
· Nevada, a novel, Imogen Binnie, Topside Press
· Tiresias, Devon Llywelyn Jones, Devon Llywelyn Jones
· Wanting in Arabic, Trish Salah, TSAR Publications
BISEXUAL FICTION
· Corona, Bushra Rehman, Sibling Rivalry Press
· Hild: A Novel, Nicola Griffith, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
· In His Secret Life, Mel Bossa, Bold Strokes Books
· My Education, Susan Choi, Penguin Group/Viking
· The Two Hotel Francforts: A Novel, David Leavitt, Bloomsbury
GAY GENERAL FICTION
· A Visit to Priapus and Other Stories, by Glenway Wescott, Ed. Jerry Rosco, University of Wisconsin Press
· An Honest Ghost, Rick Whitaker, Jaded Ibis Press
· The City of Devi, Manil Suri, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
· Damn Love, Jasmine Beach-Ferrara, Ig Publishing
· The Desperates, Greg Kearney, Cormorant Books
· Fire Year, Jason K. Friedman, Sarabande Books
· Local Souls, Allan Gurganus, Liveright Publishing Corporation
· Mundo Cruel: Stories, Luis Negron; translated by Suzanne Jill Levine, Seven Stories Press
· Necessary Errors, Caleb Crain, Penguin Books
· The Red Shoes, John Stewart Wynne, Riverdale Ave Books/Magnus
LESBIAN GENERAL FICTION
· The Albino Album, Chavisa Woods, Seven Stories Press
· Bodies of Water, T. Greenwood, Kensington
· Cha-Ching!, Ali Liebegott, City Lights
· Cream, Christiana Harrell, Createspace
· The Daylight Gate, Jeanette Winterson, Grove/Atlantic Inc./Grove Press
· Fat Angie, e.E. Charlton-Trujillo, Candlewick Press
· Happiness, Like Water, Chinelo Okparanta, Mariner Books (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
· She Rises: A Novel, Kate Worsley, Bloomsbury
· Survival Skills, Jean Ryan, Ashland Creek Press
· We Are Water, Wally Lamb, HarperCollins/Harper
LGBT DEBUT FICTION
· The Affairs of Others: A Novel, Amy Grace Loyd, Picador
· Descendants of Hagar, Nik Nicholson, AuthorHouse
· Golden Boy, Abigail Tarttelin, Simon & Schuster/Atria Books
· How to Shake the Other Man, Derek Palacio, Nouvella
· In Between, Jane Hoppen, Bold Strokes Books
· Inside, Charles L. Ross, Ink Inc.
· Jane and the Whales, Andrea Routley, Caitlin Press
· My Brother’s Name: A Novel, Laura Krughoff, Scarletta / Scarletta Press
· Prick Queasy, Ronald Palmer, Publication Studio
· The Rest of Us: Stories, Guy Mark Foster, Tincture/Lethe Press
TRANSGENDER NONFICTION
· Blood, Marriage, Wine & Glitter, S. Bear Bergman, Arsenal Pulp Press
· The End of San Francisco, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, City Lights Publishers
· Testo Junkie, Beatriz Preciado, Feminist Press
BISEXUAL NONFICTION
· The B Word: Bisexuality in Contemporary Film and Television, Maria San Filippo, Indiana University Press
· Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution, Shiri Eisner, Seal Press
· The Soundtrack of My Life, Clive Davis, Simon & Schuster
LGBT NONFICTION
· Among the Bloodpeople, Thomas Glave, Akashic Books
· Does Jesus Really Love Me?, Jeff Chu, Harper Collins
· The End of the Homosexual?, Dennis Altman, University of Queensland Press
· Living Out Islam: Voices of Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Muslims, Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle, NYU Press
· Meet Grindr: How One App Changed The Way We Connect, Jamie Woo, Self-Published
· Plane Queer: Labor, Sexuality, and AIDS in the History of Male Flight Attendants, Phil Tiemeyer, University of California Press
· The Queer Limit of Black Memory Black Lesbian Literature and Irresolution, Matt Richardson, The Ohio State University Press
· Radical Relations: Lesbian Mothers, Gay Fathers, and Their Children in the United States since World War II, Daniel Winunwe Rivers, University of North Carolina Press
· Tom Bianchi: Fire Island Pines. Polaroids 1975-1983, Ben Smales, Tom Bianchi, Edmund White, Damiani
· White Girls, Hilton Als, McSweeney’s Publishing
· You Can Tell Just By Looking: And 20 Other Myths about LGBT Life and People, Michael Bronski, Ann Pellegrini and Michael Amico, Beacon Press
GAY POETRY
· Alternative Medicine, Rafael Campo, Duke University Press
· The Apartment of Tragic Appliances, Michael D. Snediker, Peanut Books (an imprint of punctum books)
· Clay, David Groff, Trio House Press
· Companion Grasses, Brian Teare, Omnidawn Publishing
· Metaphysical Dog, Frank Bidart, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
· Obscenely Yours, Angelo Nikolopoulos, Alice James Books
· Silverchest, Carl Phillips, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
· Straight Razor, Randall Mann, Persea Books
· The Talking Day, Michael Klein, Sibling Rivalry Press
· Unpeopled Eden, Rigoberto Gonzalez, Four Way Books
LESBIAN POETRY
· A Wild Surmise: New & Selected Poems & Recordings, Eloise Klein Healy, Red Hen Press
· Chopper! Chopper! Poetry From Bordered Lives, Verónica Reyes, Red Hen Press/Arktoi Books
· Chord Box, Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers, The University of Arkansas Press
· The Collected Poems of Ai, Ai, W.W. Norton & Company
· The Exchange, Sophie Cabot Black, Graywolf Press
· Proxy, R. Erica Doyle, Belladonna Collaborative
· Rise in the Fall, Ana Bozicevic, Birds, LLC
· She Has a Name, Kamilah Aisha Moon, Four Way Books
· Viral, Suzanne Parker, Alice James Books
· We Come Elemental, Tamiko Beyer, Alice James Books
GAY MYSTERY
· Baton Rouge Bingo, Greg Herren, Bold Strokes Books
· Boystown 5: Murder Book, Marshall Thornton, MLR Press
· Fierce, David Lennon, Blue Spike Publishing
· Foxed, Garry Ryan, NeWest Press
· The General and the Elephant Clock of Al-Jazari, Sarah Black, Dreamspinner Press
· How to Greet Strangers: A Mystery, Joyce Thompson, Lethe Press
· In Real Life, The 3rd Gemini & Flowers Mystery, Jonathan Gregory, Amazon Digital Services Inc
· Pawn of Satan, Mark Zubro, MLR Press
· Pretty Boy Dead, Jon Michaelsen, Wilde City Press
· The Prisoner of the Riviera: A Francis Bacon Mystery, Janice Law, MysteriousPress.com/Open Road Media
LESBIAN MYSTERY
· Cross and Burn, Val McDermid, Grove/Atlantic/Atlantic Monthly Press
· Death of the Demon, Anne Holt, Scribner
· High Desert, Katherine V. Forrest, Spinsters Ink
· The Killer Wore Leather: A Mystery, Laura Antoniou, Cleis Press
· Point of Betrayal, Ann Roberts, Bella Books
· The Rainey Season, R.E. Bradshaw, R.E. Bradshaw Books
· She Overheard Murder, Jean Sheldon, Wellworth Publishing/Bast Press
· Taken by the Wind, Ellen Hart, St. Martin’s Press/Minotaur Books
· Turning on the Tide, Jenna Rae, Bella Books
· Web of Obsessions, Diane Wood, Bella Books
· The Wild Beasts of Wuhan: An Ava Lee Novel, Ian Hamilton, Picador
GAY MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY
· A Heaven of Words: Last Journals, by Glenway Wescott, Ed. Jerry Rosco, University of Wisconsin Press
· The AIDS Generation: Stories of Survival and Resilience, Perry N. Halkitis, Oxford University Press
· American Hipster: A Life of Herbert Huncke, The Times Square Hustler Who Inspired the Beat Movement, Hilary Holladay, Riverdale Ave Books/Magnus
· Darling: A Spiritual Autobiography, Richard Rodriguez, Penguin Group/Viking
· Dreadful: The Short Life and Gay Times of John Horne Burns, David Margolick, Other Press
· Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father, Alysia Abbott, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
· Farther and Wilder: The Lost Weekends and Literary Dreams of Charles Jackson, Blake Bailey, Alfred A. Knopf
· Henry Darger, Throwaway Boy: The Tragic Life of an Outsider Artist, Jim Elledge, Overlook Duckworth
· In Bed With Gore Vidal, Tim Teeman, Riverdale Ave Books/Magnus
· Returning to Reims, Didier Eribon, Semiotext(e)
LESBIAN MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY
· Body Geographic, Barrie Jean Borich, University of Nebraska Press
· Growing up Golem, Donna Minkowitz, Riverdale Ave Books/Magnus
· How Poetry Saved My Life, Amber Dawn, Arsenal Pulp Press
· L Is for Lion: An Italian Bronx Butch Freedom Memoir, Annie Rachel Lanzillotto, SUNY Press, Excelsior Editions
· Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology, Caroline Paul and Wendy MacNaughton, Bloomsbury
GAY ROMANCE
· Covet Thy Neighbor, L. A. Witt, Riptide Publishing
· Glitterland, Alexis Hall, Riptide Publishing
· Into This River I Drown, TJ Klune, Dreamspinner Press
· King Mai, Edmond Manning, Pickwick Ink Publishing
· My Dear Watson, L.A. Fields, Lethe Press
· Pickup Men, L.C. Chase, Riptide Publishing
· Play Me, I’m Yours, Madison Parker, Harmony Ink Press
· Rocky’s Road, Lynley Wayne, MLR Press
· Unbroken, Larry Benjamin, Beaten Track Publishing
· Where You Are, J.H. Trumble, Kensington
LESBIAN ROMANCE
· All That Lies Within, Lynn Ames, Phoenix Rising Press
· At Seventeen, Gerri Hill, Bella Books
· Broken Trails, D Jordan Redhawk, Bella Books
· Clean Slate, Andrea Bramhall, Bold Strokes Books
· Date with Destiny, Mason Dixon, Bold Strokes Books
· Hold Me Forever, D. Jackson Leigh, Bold Strokes Books
· Hoosier Daddy, Ann McMan, Salem West, Bedazzled Ink Publishing Company/Nuance
· Last Salute, Tracey Richardson, Bella Books
· Love by the Numbers, Karin Kallmaker, Bella Books
· The Princess Affair, Nell Stark, Bold Strokes Books
GAY EROTICA
· Capture & Surrender, Aleksandr Voinov & L.A. Witt, Riptide Publishing
· The Padisah’s Son and the Fox: an erotic novella, Alex Jeffers, Lethe Press
· Sensual Travels: Gay Erotic Stories, Michael Luongo (Ed.), Bruno Gmuender
· Show-Offs: Gay Erotic Stories, Ed. Richard Labonte, Cleis Press
· Team Players: Gay Erotic Stories, Winston Gieseke (Ed.), Bruno Gmuender
LESBIAN EROTICA
· At Her Feet, Rebekah Weatherspoon, Bold Strokes Books
· Best Lesbian Erotica 2014, Kathleen Warnock, Ed., Cleis Press
· Wild Girls Wild Nights: True Lesbian Sex Stories, Ed. Sacchi Green, Cleis Press
LGBT ANTHOLOGY
· An Archive of Hope: Harvey Milk’s Speeches and Writings, Harvey Milk, Jason Edward Black, Charles E. Morris, University of California Press
· The Feminist Porn Book, Tristan Taormino, Constance Penley, Celine Parrenas Shimizu & Mireille Miller-Young, Feminist Press
· Flicker and Spark: A Contemporary Queer Anthology of Spoken Word and Poetry, Editors: Brittany Fonte and Regie Cabico, Lowbrow Press
· Ghosts in Gaslight. Monsters in Steam. Gay City: Volume 5, Evan J Peterson & Vincent Kovar, Gay City Anthologies and Minor Arcana Press
· Queer Africa: New and Collected Fiction, Karen Martin and Makhosazana Xaba, MaThoko’s Books
· Queer in Aztlan: Chicano Male Recollentions of Consciousness and Coming Out, Ed. Adelaida R. Del Castillo and Gibran Guido, Cognella Academic Publishing
· This Assignment Is So Gay: LGBTIQ Poets on the Art of Teaching, Megan Volpert, Sibling Rivalry Press
· Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics, T.C. Tolbert and Tim Trace Peterson, Nightboat Books
· What I LOVE about being QUEER, Vivek Shraya, George Brown College
· Who’s Yer Daddy?: Gay Writers Celebrate Their Mentors and Forerunners, Eds. Jim Elledge and David Groff, The University of Wisconsin Press
LGBT CHILDREN’S/YOUNG ADULT
· Better Nate Than Ever, Tim Federle, Simon & Schuster, Inc./ Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
· Boy In Box, Christopher R. Michael, Hubbub Publishing
· Girls I’ve Run Away With, Rhiannon Argo, Moonshine Press
· If You Could Be Mine, Sara Farizan, Algonquin Books
· Openly Straight, Bill Konigsberg, Arthur A. Levine Books
· Rapture Practice, Aaron Hartzler, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
· Secret City, Julia Watts, Bella Books
· The Secret Ingredient, Stewart Lewis- Author, Rebecca Short-Editor, Delacorte Press (Penguin/Random House)
· The Summer Prince, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Arthur A. Levine Books
· Two Boys Kissing, David Levithan, Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
· What Makes a Baby, Cory Silverberg and illustrated by Fiona Smyth, Seven Stories Press/Triangle Square
LGBT DRAMA
· Las Hociconas: Three Locas with Big Mouths and Even Bigger Brains, Adelina Anthony, Korima Press
· sash & trim and other plays, Djola Branner, RedBone Press
· Tom at the Farm, Michel Marc Bouchard, Talonbooks
LGBT GRAPHIC NOVEL
· Artifice, Alex Woolfson (author), Winona Nelson (Illustrator), AMW Comics
· Calling Dr. Laura: A Graphic Memoir, Nicole J. Georges, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
· Duck! Second Chances, Tana Ford, Bang A Left
· The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story, Vivek J. Tiwary, Andrew C. Robinson, Kyle Baker, Steve Dutro, M Press
LGBT SF/F/HORROR
· Collaborators, Deborah Wheeler, Dragon Moon Press
· Death by Silver, Melissa Scott & Amy Griswold, Lethe Press
· Deprivation; or, Benedetto furioso: an oneiromancy, Alex Jeffers, Lethe Press
· Dragon Slayer, Isabella Carter, Less Than Three Press
· Dust Devil on a Quiet Street, Richard Bowes, Lethe Press
· Hell’s Belle, Marie Castle, Bella Books
· Invisible Soft Return :\, Roberta Degnore, Digital Fabulists
· Light, ‘Nathan Burgoine, Bold Strokes Books
· Like Light for Flies, Lee Thomas, Lethe Press
· The Stars Change, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Circlet Press, Inc.
LGBT STUDIES
· Butch Queens Up in Pumps Gender, Performance, and Ballroom Culture in Detroit, Marlon M. Bailey, University of Michigan Press
· Feeling Women’s Liberation, Victoria Hesford, Duke University Press
· Just Queer Folks: Gender and Sexuality in Rural America, Colin R. Johnson, Temple University Press
· Love and Money: Queers, Class, and Cultural Production, Lisa Henderson, NYU Press
· Oye Loca: From the Mariel Boatlift to Gay Cuban Miami, Susana Pena, University of Minnesota Press
· Professing Selves: Transsexuality and Same-Sex Desire in Contemporary Iran, Afsaneh Najmabadi, Duke University Press
· Safe Space: Gay Neighborhood History and the Politics of Violence, Christina B. Hanhardt, Duke University Press
· Shanghai Lalas, Lucetta Yip Lo Kam, Hong Kong University Press
· Tomorrow’s Parties: Sex and the Untimely, Peter M. Coviello, NYU Press
· Transforming Citizenships: Transgender Articulations of the Law, Isaac West, NYU Press
