This collection contains books which have won one of the Publishing Triangle Awards for best books of the year, given across six categories since since 1986 by The Publishing Triangle, the association of LGBTQ people in publishing.
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Related Collections
» LGBTQ
» Bisexual Book Awards
» Lambda Literary Awards
» Otherwise (Tiptree) Award
» Ruth Benedict Prize
» Stonewall Book Awards
Publishing Triangle Award Categories
» The Ferro-Grumley Awards collection (1990-present)
» The Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction (1997-present)
» The Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction (1997-present)
» The Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry (2001-present)
» The Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry (2001-present)
» The Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction (2006-present)
» The Leslie Feinberg Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature (2016-present)
» The Joseph Hansen Award for LGBTQ Crime Writing (2023-present)
» The Jacqueline Woodson Award for LGBTQ+ Children’s/YA Literature (2024-present)
» The Amber Hollibaugh Award for LGBTQ+ Social Justice Writing (2025-present)
The Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction
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The Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction
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The Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry
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The Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry
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The Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction
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The Leslie Feinberg Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature
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The Joseph Hansen Award for LGBTQ Crime Writing
Winners
Finalists
The Jacqueline Woodson Award for LGBTQ+ Children’s/YA Literature
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Finalists
The Amber Hollibaugh Award for LGBTQ+ Social Justice Writing
Winners
Finalists
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| October 24, 2025 | Edited by Erraticonteuse | Edited without comment. |
| October 24, 2025 | Edited by Erraticonteuse | Edited without comment. |
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| November 7, 2021 | Created by Jenner | Edited without comment. |