The finalists for the Publishing Triangle Awards, given annually to outstanding works of LGBTQ+ literature, have been revealed.
Competing for the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBTQ+ Fiction are Jeanne Thornton for A/S/L, Lori Ostlund for Are You Happy?, Scott Alexander Hess for Drought, Victoria Redel for I Am You, and Tash Aw for The South.
The finalists for the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction are Iryn Tushabe for Everything Is Fine Here, Aria Aber for Good Girl, Stephanie Wambugu for Lonely Crowds, Eliana Ramage for To the Moon and Back, and Emily St. James for Woodworking.
Making the shortlist for the Jacqueline Woodson Award for LGBTQ+ Young Adult and Children’s Literature are Kimm Topping for Generation Queer, Ana Oncina for Planeta, Kamryn Kingsberry for Star Fruit, E.K. Johnston for Titan of the Stars, and H.E. Edgmon for We Can Never Leave.
For the Amber Hollibaugh Award for LGBTQ+ Social Justice Writing, the finalists are Joelle Kidd for Jesusland, Lewis Raven Wallace for Radical Unlearning, Kaila Adia Story for The Rainbow Ain’t Never Been Enuf, Alyson Stoner for Semi Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything, and John Birdsall for What Is Queer Food?
The Publishing Triangle also named the winners of four special awards. The Bill Whitehead Lifetime Achievement Award went to writer and activist Chrystos, while author Mariah Rigg won the Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award. The Publishing Triangle Torchbearer Award was given to the theater company The Other Side of Silence, and editor Amy Scholder won the Michele Karlsberg Leadership Award.
The Publishing Triangle Awards were established in 1989. The winners of this year’s prizes will be announced at a ceremony in New York on April 16. A full list of finalists is available on the organization’s website.
Michael Schaub is a contributing writer.
