2020-2021
RAINBOW AWARDS
Bisexual Speculative Fiction
Peacemaker by E.M. Hamill
Runner Up:
Lesbian Paranormal Romance
Coyote Blues by Karen F. Williams
Runner Up:
Bisexual Contemporary General Fiction and Mystery / Thriller
At Sea (A Viv Fraser Mystery #7) by V. Clifford
Runner Up:
LGBTA Biography / Memoir and Non Fiction
Other Girls Like Me by Stephanie Davies
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Transgender Speculative Fiction
By Imperial Decree (ESTO Universe) by Angel Martinez
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Lesbian Fantasy Romance
The Solstice Pudding (The Pudding Protocol Universe) by Angel Martinez
Runner Up:
Lesbian Historical and Historical Romance
Invisible, as Music by Caren J. Werlinger
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Gay Alternative Universe/Reality
TAD by M.D. Neu
Runner Up:
LGBTA Anthology / Collection
Shadow of Justice by Jess Faraday
Runner Up:
Gay Romantic Comedy
Passion of a Papillon (Fuzzy Love #1) by Tara Lain
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Transgender Contemporary Romance
Freedom (F-Word) by E. Davies
Runner Up:
Gay Contemporary General Fiction and Humor
A Blind Eye by David Jackson Ambrose
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Gay Fantasy
King of the Dark (Prince’s Assassin #1) by Ariana Nash
Runners Up:
The First Age (The Secret Histories #1) by Arshad Ahsanuddin
Bisexual Fantasy and Paranormal Romance
Frost & Raine by K.L. Noone
Runners Up:
When I First Saw Red (The Soldiers and Mercenaries) by Kasia Bacon
Lesbian Contemporary General Fiction
How to Steal a Star by Geonn Cannon
Runners Up:
Face the Wind (Little Sister Island Series #2) by Caren J. Werlinger
Lesbian Fantasy
The Road to Kalazad by K.L. Mitchell
Runners Up:
Trafalgar & Boone Against the Forty Elephants by Geonn Cannon
LGBTA Young Adult
A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee
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Dead Sea (Mia Kerick Story Ballads #2) by Mia Kerick
Lesbian Mystery / Thriller
Where The Hell Is Tessa Ryker? (Rachel Cord Confidential Investigations) by
R.E. Conary
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The Crystal’s Curse by Jane Alden
Gay Historical and Historical Romance
A Leap of Faith by Mel Gough
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Silent Sin (A 1920s Hollywood Gay Romance) by E.J. Russell
Gay Sci-Fi / Futuristic
A Fine Mess (Brimstone #7) by Angel Martinez
Runners Up:
Entity (A StarStation Novel) by Toshi Drake
Lesbian Speculative Fiction
The Anti-Quest (The Pudding Protocol Universe) by Angel Martinezù
Runners Up:
Remember Me, Synthetica by K. Aten
Eye of the Damned (Terran-Novan Universe Series #3) by Sandra Barret
Gay Mystery / Thriller
The Man from Milwaukee by Rick R. Reed
Runners Up:
Hallelujah by Kim Fielding & F.E. Feeley Jr.
Fade Out (Boystown #13) by Marshall Thornton
Gay Romantic Suspence
You Had One Job by L.A. Witt & Cari Z.
tied with Hitman vs Hitman by L.A. Witt & Cari Z.
Runners Up:
Gay Fantasy Romance
The Eighth Key by Laura Weyr
tied with Geoffrey the Very Strange by Angel Martinez
Runners Up:
Must Love Demons (Magic Emporium #6) by Meghan Maslow
Farview (Greynox to the Sea) by Kim Fielding tied with Better Red (Ever
After, New York #1) by Tara Lain
Gay Erotic Romance and Erotica
The Silver Medalist by T.J. Blackley
Runners Up:
Until the World Stops by L.A. Witt
Bent Not Broken by Z. Allora
Barely Regal by E. Davies
Shot on Goal (Pucks & Rainbows #3) by L.A. Witt
Gay Paranormal Romance
Weekend at Bigfoot’s by Addison Albright
Runners Up:
Conned (The Bureau #6) by Kim Fielding
Forsaken Fae (The Complete Series, Books 1-3) by R.A. Steffan
Smash & Grab (RELIC #1) by Maz Maddox
The Called (The Calling #2) by M.D. Neu tied with Summoned (Magus Malefica
#1) by J.P. Jackson tied with The Dandy Medium by Dez Schwartz
The Blood Boss (Black Veil Series #1) by Davidson King
Bisexual Contemporary Romance
The Dancer's Dilemma (Campus Connections #3) by CJane Elliott
Runners Up:
Revenge of the Brobot (A Steam Room Story) by JC Calciano
The Thomas Flair (A M/M Summer Games Romance) by E.J. Russell
The Experiment by Rebecca Raine tied with #20DaysToLA by Tanya Chris
Starting From The Top by Lane Hayes tied with Keeping Kellan (Keeping Him
#2) by Amy Aislin tied with Gingerbread Mistletoe (Lighthouse Bay #2) by Amy
Aislin
Lesbian Contemporary Romance
Wrong Number, Right Woman by Jae
Runners Up:
The Love Factor by Quinn Ivins
Forever Theirs (Mistress #3) by Anna Stone
Safe Haven by Ellen Hoil tied with Breathe by Cari Hunter
The Thing About Tilly by G. Benson
Chemistry Lessons by Jae
Dare to Love by A.L. Brooks
Gay Contemporary Romance
Hair Balls (Balls to the Wall) by Tara Lain
Runners Up:
Redemption (Men of Hidden Creek #6) by E. Davies
Drifter by Eden Winters
The Thaw by Pat Henshaw
Gideon's Wish by Bryan T. Clark
Hide Your Love Away (IF I FELL #1) by Mia Kerick tied with The Walls Between
Hearts (A Las Palmas Fencing Club Story) by L.A. Witt
Keeping Promises by Jodi Payne & BA Tortuga
The Road Home by L.A. Witt
Healing Hearts (Stealing Hearts #2) by K. Evan Coles tied with Always, Ben
by Tinnean tied with Can't Erase You by Leigh Vining
How I Accidentally Slept With a Prince by Susan Laine tied with Stupid Love
by S.J. Carter tied with Making the Holidays Happy Again by Pat Henshaw
Best Debut Book
The Love Factor by Quinn Ivins
Runners Up:
Best Asexual Book
Franklin in Paradise by John Patrick
Runner Up:
Best Transgender Book
By Imperial Decree (ESTO Universe) by Angel Martinez
Runners Up:
Freedom (F-Word) by E. Davies
Best Bisexual Book
On Top of Glass: My Stories as a Queer Girl in Figure Skating by Karina
Manta
Runners Up:
Peacemaker by E.M. Hamill
Frost & Raine by K.L. Noone
Give Me Grace by Bethany A. Perry tied with When I First Saw Red (The
Soldiers and Mercenaries) by Kasia Bacon
The Envoy's Honor (Chronicles of Tournai #8) by Antonia Aquilante
The Dancer's Dilemma (Campus Connections #3) by CJane Elliott
Best Lesbian Book
Wrong Number, Right Woman by Jae
Runners Up:
The Anti-Quest (The Pudding Protocol Universe) by Angel Martinez tied with
The Love Factor by Quinn Ivins
How to Steal a Star by Geonn Cannon
Remember Me, Synthetica by K. Aten tied with Other Girls Like Me by
Stephanie Davies
Forever Theirs (Mistress #3) by Anna Stone tied with The Solstice Pudding
(The Pudding Protocol Universe) by Angel Martinez
The Road to Kalazad by K.L. Mitchell tied with Eye of the Damned
(Terran-Novan Universe Series #3) by Sandra Barret tied with A Lesson in
Vengeance by Victoria Lee
Trafalgar & Boone Against the Forty Elephants by Geonn Cannon tied with
Lucky 8 (Lucky Breaks #2) by Rae D. Magdon
Safe Haven by Ellen Hoil tied with Breathe by Cari Hunter tied with The Lost
Temple of Psiere (Mystery of the Makers #2) by K. Aten
Best Gay Book
The Man from Milwaukee by Rick R. Reed
Runners Up:
Hallelujah by Kim Fielding & F.E. Feeley Jr. tied with A Leap of Faith by
Mel Gough
A Blind Eye by David Jackson Ambrose tied with Silent Sin (A 1920s Hollywood
Gay Romance) by E.J. Russell
The God's Eye (Lancaster's Luck #3) by Anna Butler tied with Hair Balls
(Balls to the Wall) by Tara Lain
Dig Two Graves (The Man Who Loved Cole Flores and The Man Who Hated Ned
O'Leary) by K.A. Merikan tied with Weekend at Bigfoot’s by Addison Albright
The Valet by Mel Gough tied with A Fine Mess (Brimstone #7) by Angel
Martinez
Conned (The Bureau #6) by Kim Fielding tied with Shadow of Justice by Jess
Faraday
Forsaken Fae (The Complete Series, Books 1-3) by R.A. Steffan tied with
Entity (A StarStation Novel) by Toshi Drake
Consorts of the Red King by Eden Winters tied with Penumbra by Dan Ackerman
Geoffrey the Very Strange by Angel Martinez tied with Smash & Grab (RELIC
#1) by Maz Maddox tied with The Eighth Key by Laura Weyr
The Venetian and the Rum Runner by L.A. Witt tied with Dead Sea (Mia Kerick
Story Ballads #2) by Mia Kerick tied with Fade Out (Boystown #13) by
Marshall Thornton
Must Love Demons (Magic Emporium #6) by Meghan Maslow tied with The Silver
Medalist by T.J. Blackley
King of the Dark (Prince’s Assassin #1) by Ariana Nash tied with Redemption
(Men of Hidden Creek #6) by E. Davies
Until the World Stops by L.A. Witt tied with Owl by M. Raiya tied with
Passion of a Papillon (Fuzzy Love #1) by Tara Lain tied with Year of the Rat
(Dom Reilly Mysteries #1) by Marshall Thornton
Racism by Proxy by Johnny Townsend tied with We Cry The Sea (The Moth and
Moon) by Glenn Quigley tied with The First Age (The Secret Histories #1) by
Arshad Ahsanuddin tied with Hollywood To Horses by Dez Schwartz tied with
Drifter by Eden Winters
"Rainbow Pride Cheesecake" is the official pin-up boy of the Rainbow
Awards especially created by
Paul Richmond
"Air de Capri" is a 1923 painting by Gerda Wegener, with Gerda
herself and her partner, transgender male to female, Lili Elbe
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