Queer Awards Galore...
So the finalists for the Lambda Literary Awards and Publishing Triangle Awards have been announced and we're pleased to report multiple finalists from the Land of Soft Skull, with particular kudos to Charlie Anders, a doppel-finalist...
Tennessee Jones for Deliver Me From Nowhere a Lambda finalist in Transgender/GenderQueer
Charlie Anders for Choir Boy a Lambda finalist also in Transgender/GenderQueer
Michelle Embree for Manstealing for Fat Girls a Lambda finalist in Lesbian Debut Fiction
Jennifer Camper for Juicy Mother a Lambda finalist in Humor
Douglas A. Martin for Branwell a Publishing Triangle Ferro-Grumley Award Finalist for Fiction: Men
Charlie Anders, again for Choir Boy, a Publishing Triangle Edmund White Award Finalist for Debut Fiction
It's also worth noting that two Soft Skull queer titles from 2004, Bend Don't Shatter and Kings and Queens: Queers at the Prom were both recently selected as New York Public Library Books for Teens and as ALA Popaulr Baperbacks for Young Adults.