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Queer Books Awards | Less is More

March 25, 2009 in Literature by Antonio Cerna | 1 comment

Dear GLBTQ Book Awards People, (and you know, I know, you know, who you are), would our awards have a greater impact on the book-buying public (yes, they exist) and culture in general if we gave out fewer awards in fewer categories without gender-specific/sexual-orientation-limiting standards? Awards mean more when there’re fewer of them to give. 

This isn’t kindergarten, and everybody doesn’t get to win a prize. That’s what makes prizes so great — they’re exclusive to one winner. Take a note from a few other awards orgs.

The National Book Critics Circle Awards recognizes the best book in six categories: autobiography, biography, criticism, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

The Man Booker Prize given annually by the The Booker Prize Foundation in the UK awards one lone book with a prize of UK$50,000.

The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, though it awards writing in many, many categories, only gives out one fiction award.

American Library Association’s John Newbery Medal is given to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. One award each year.

The Stonewall Book Award from the ALA  honors two GLBTQ authors annually in two categories Literature and Non-Fiction Award. Done, and done.

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  1. Georgia’s avatar

    Georgia on March 26, 2009 at 10:54 am

    First, I love your blog. I’m not gay, I’m not a man, but I am a reader and lover of words and your blog fits the bill! I’m not sure this comment is going to the right story because it’s about the Lambda Awards.

    I agree with the giving out of fewer, more prestigous rewards without gender requirements (not exactly how you said it). I lost interest in the Lamdas several years ago. I’d heard rumors that they have a sort of unofficial rule that they won’t shortlist or give a prize to a book about men written by a woman or a book about women written by a man. I didn’t believe it, and looked up past lists of nominees and winners. It certainly appeared that the rumor was true.

    I don’t know much about lesbian books because I’ve read very few, but I can say this about books written about men by women: the good, such as Patricia Nell Warren, Ruth Sims, Mary Renault as examples, are very, very good. The bad, like JL Langley and most of the ebooks out there, write porno trash with very little story and lots of you-know-what spelled out. It took Warren, author of The Front Runner for godsake! years before they condescended to give her even a lifetime achievement awards, or whatever they called it. Maybe the problem is that the obviously female authors should have lied and used initials or goofy pen names that are gender neutral. But they didn’t, apparently, want to lie. Well, they can give out Lammies twice a year for all I care. Unless they become more open a pox on them. Personally it doesn’t affect me. I’m neither author nor publisher, but I do believe fair is fair.