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2009 GCLS LIterary
Award Finalists
Congratulations to all of the nominees and finalist in the
2009 GCLS Literary Awards. These 67 finalists represent 19
publishers from across the lesbian publishing industry. The awards ceremoney will be
held on July 25, 2009 at the Hilton in the Walt Disney
World Resort in Orlando, FL. Please plan to join the
celebration. Tickets to the 2009 GCLS Literary Conference
and the The Fifth Annual GCLS Literary Awards can be
purchased here. |
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Category |
Author |
Publisher |
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Traditional Contemporary Romance |
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Total Awards To Be Presented - 3 |
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Becka's Song |
Frankie J.
Jones |
Bella Books |
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Finding Home |
Georgia Beers |
Bold Strokes Books |
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Homecoming |
Nell Stark |
Bold Strokes Books |
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The Candidate |
Tracey
Richardson |
Bella Books |
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The Kiss That
Counted |
Karin Kallmaker |
Bella Books |
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Tomahawk'd |
Diane S. Bauden |
Intaglio
Publications |
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Trails Merge |
Rachel Spangler |
Bold Strokes Books |
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Without Warning |
KG MacGregor |
Bella Books |
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Romantic Suspense/Intrigue/Adventure |
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Total Awards To Be Presented - 3 |
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Addison Black and the Eye of Bastet |
MJ Walker |
Blue Feather Books |
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Alix & Valerie |
Ingrid Diaz |
Bedazzled Ink |
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Deception |
Erin O'Reilly |
Intaglio
Publications |
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Hotel Liaison |
JLee Meyer |
Bold Strokes Books |
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Love on Location |
Lisa Girolami |
Bold Strokes Books |
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Partners |
Gerri HIll |
Bella Books |
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Secrets So Deep |
KG MacGregor |
Bella Books |
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The O'Malley
Legacy |
Kate Sweeney |
Intaglio
Publications |
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Historical Romance |
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Total Awards To Be Presented - 2 |
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A Pirate's Heart |
Catherine Friend |
Bold Strokes Books |
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Beautiful
Journey |
Kenna White |
Bella Books |
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Midnight
Melodies |
Megan Carter |
Bella Books |
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Rebeccah
and the Highwayman |
Barbara
Davies |
Bedazzled
Ink |
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Taming The
Wolff |
Del Robertson |
Intaglio
Publications |
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The Sea Captain
and the Lady |
Vada Foster |
Intaglio
Publications |
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Paranormal Romance |
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Total Awards To Be Presented - 1 |
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American Goth |
JD Glass |
Bold Strokes
Books |
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Greek Shadows |
KC
West & Victoria Welsh |
Blue
Feather Books |
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Shadow of the Knife |
Jane Fletcher |
Bold Strokes Books |
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Whispering
Pine |
Mavis
Applewater |
Blue Feather
Books |
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Mystery |
|
Total Awards To Be Presented - 3 |
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Angel Food and
Devil Dogs - A Maggie Gale Mystery |
Liz Bradbury |
Boudica
Publishing |
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Compulsion |
Terri Breneman |
Bella Books |
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Deeper |
Ronica Black |
Bold Strokes Books |
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Gloria's Secret |
Robin Alexander |
Intaglio
Publications |
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If No One's Looking |
Jennifer Jordan |
Spinsters Ink |
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Land of Entrapment |
Andi Marquette |
Regal Crest |
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Sweet Poison |
Ellen Hart |
St Martin's/Minotaur |
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The Trouble
with Murder |
Kate Sweeney |
Intaglio
Publications |
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Web |
J. P. Mercer |
PD Publishing |
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| Note: A tie in this category
results in 9 finalists |
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Speculative Fiction |
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Total Awards To Be Presented - 2 |
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Adijan and her Genie |
L-J Baker |
Bedazzled Ink |
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Haunted Hearths
& Sapphic Shades |
Catherine
Lundoff |
Lethe Press |
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Her Sister's
Keeper |
Diana Rivers |
Bella Books |
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Merker's Outpost |
I. Christie |
Blue Feather Books |
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Periphery:
Erotic Lesbian Futures |
Lynne Jamneck |
Lethe Press |
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Residual Moon |
Kate Sweeney |
Intaglio
Publications |
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Yesterday
Once More |
Karen Badger |
Blue Feather
Books |
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Erotica |
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Total Awards To Be Presented - 2 |
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Blue Collar Lesbian Erotica |
Verda Foster & Pat Cronin Eds. |
Regal Crest |
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Lipstick on Her Collar |
Sacchi Green & Rakelle Valencia, Eds. |
Pretty Things Press |
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Tall In The
Saddle |
Karin
Kallmaker, Barbara Johnson, Therese Szymanski, Julia Watts |
Bella Books |
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Thirteen Hours |
Meghan O'Brien |
Bold Strokes
Books |
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Working Girls |
SA Clements, Ed |
Torquere Press |
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Dramatic General Fiction |
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Total Awards To Be Presented - 3 |
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Aftershock |
KG MacGregor |
Bella Books |
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Backslide |
Teresa Stores |
Spinsters INk |
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Breaking Spirit
Bridge |
Ruth Perkinson |
Spinsters Ink |
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Dresses and Other Catastrophes |
Dani O'Connor |
Spinsters Ink |
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Last Chance at
the Lost & Found |
Marcia Finical |
Bywater Books |
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Second Verse |
Jane Vollbrecht |
Regal Crest |
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Selective Memory |
Jennifer Jordan |
Spinsters Ink |
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The Mortal Groove |
Ellen Hart |
St Martin's/Minotaur |
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Anthology (Non-erotica) |
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Total Awards To Be Presented - 1 |
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Chilling Tales of Terror and the
Supernatural |
Patty G. Henderson Ed. |
PD Publishing |
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Sparkling Rain |
Barbara
Summerhawk, Ed |
New Victoria
Publishers |
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Toe-to Toe - Standing Tall and Proud |
Lori L. Lake and others |
Bedazzled Ink |
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Women. Period |
Julia Watts |
Spinsters Ink |
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Short Story/Essay Collection |
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Total Awards To Be Presented - 1 |
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A Little Book of Big Christmas
Tales |
Anne Azel |
PD Publishing |
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Shirley And Pipsi... In Their Own Words |
Shirley J. Hall |
Trafford Publishing |
