The Bi Writers Association has released the nominees for the sixth annual Bisexual Book Awards. The nominees are all books published in 2017, and the winners will be announced on June 1st at a ceremony in New York.
See under the cut for the full list of nominees.
Non-Fiction
- Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World by Sarah Prager, HarperCollins
- Unconditional: A Guide to Loving and Supporting Your LGBTQ Child by Telaina Eriksen, Mango Media
- Young Bisexual Women’s Experiences in Secondary Schools by Mary-Anne McAllum, Routledge
Memoir/Biography
- First Time Ever by Peggy Seeger, Faber & Faber
- A Girl Walks Into a Book by Miranda Pennington, Seal Press/Hachette Book Group
- What the Mouth Wants: A Memoir of Food, Love and Belonging by Monica Meneghetti, Dagger Editions/Caitlin Press
Fiction
- The Change Room by Karen Connelly, Random House / PenguinRandomHouse
- Enigma Variations by André Aciman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Macmillan
- Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado, Graywolf Press
- Keeping the Faith by A.M. Leibowitz, Supposed Crimes
- The Mathematics of Change by Amanda Kabak, Brain Mill Press
- Pages For Her: A Novel by Sylvia Brownrigg, Counterpoint
Romance
- Back To You by Chris Scully, Riptide Publishing
- Block and Strike by Kelly Jensen, Dreamspinner Press
- Bonfires by Amy Lane, Dreamspinner Press
- By the Currwong’s Call by Welton B. Marsland, Escape Publishing/ Harlequin Enterprises Australia
- Strays (Urban Soul 2) by Garrett Leigh, Riptide Publishing
- Summer Stock by Vanessa North, Riptide Publishing
Erotic Fiction
- Cast From the Earth by Leandra Vane, Self-Published
- Michael’s Wings by Tiffany Reisz, 8th Circle Press
- Rescues and the Rhyssa by TS Porter, Less Than Three Press
- The Shape of Veronica by Stephanie Bull, Tau Press
Speculative Fiction [Sci-fi/Fantasy/Horror/Etc.]
- Island of Exiles by Erica Cameron, Entangled Teen
- Passing Strange by Ellen Klages, Tor Books
- Rescues and the Rhyssa by TS Porter, Less Than Three Press
- The Rules and Regulations For Mediating Myths & Magic by F.T. Lukens, Duet Books/Interlude Press
- Run In The Blood by A.E. Ross, NineStar Press
- The Seafarer’s Kiss by Julia Ember, Duet/Interlude Press
Teen/Young Adult Fiction
- Being Roy by Julie Aitcheson, Harmony Ink Press
- Grrrls on the Side by Carrie Pack, Duet Books/Interlude Press
- I Hate Everyone But You by Allison Raskin and Gaby Dunn, Wednesday Books
- In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan, Big Mouth House/Small Beer Press
- The Rules and Regulations For Mediating Myths & Magic by F.T. Lukens, Duet Books/Interlude Press
Mystery
- Risky Behavior by L.A. Witt & Cari Z, Riptide Publishing
- Suspicious Behavior by L.A. Witt & Cari Z, Riptide Publishing
Poetry
- Primates from an Archipelago by Irene Suico Soriano, Rabbit Fool Press
- Truth Be Bold—Serenading Life & Death in the Age of AIDS by Julene Tripp Weaver, Finishing Line Press
Publisher of the Year
- Dreamspinner Press
- Duet Books/Interlude Press
- Less Than Three Press
- Riptide Publishing
Bi Writer of the Year
{authors listed alphabetically by last name}
- Sylvia Brownrigg (Fiction) Pages For Her, Counterpoint
- Karen Connelly (Fiction) The Change Room, Random House/ PenguinRandomHouse
- Carmen Maria Machado (Fiction) Her Body and Other Parties, Graywolf Press
- Monica Meneghetti (Memoir/Bio) What the Mouth Wants: A Memoir of Food, Love and Belonging, Dagger Editions/Caitlin Press
- Peggy Seeger (Memoir/Bio) First Time Ever, Faber & Faber
{Finalists for Bi Writer of the Year are chosen in consultation with the judges by the Director and she is reading as fast as she can! More authors may be added.}
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