2021 Bisexual Book Awards

The winners and finalists of the Ninth Annual Bisexual Book Awards for books published in 2020 were announced June 12.

Eligible for the award are works with a bisexual/pansexual/fluid or bi+ character, bisexual storyline, bisexual subject matter or bisexual themes.

The complete list of winners is here.

SPECULATIVE FICTION [Bi-Fi/Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Paranormal/Horror/Etc.]

WINNER

  • The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab, Tor Books / Tom Doherty  Associates / division of Macmillan Publishers

FINALISTS

  • Architects of Memory by Karen Osborne, (Tor Books / Macmillan) 
  • Children of Fury (Dark Nation, Volume III) by Rashid Darden (Old Gold Soul Press)
  • Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth, (William Morrow / HarperCollins)
  • Queens of Noise by Leigh Harlen, (Neon Hemlock Press)

Other finalists of genre interest include:

  • Romance: The Woman Who Fell Through Time by J.M. Frey, (Here There Be Publishing)

Bisexual Book Awards
2019 Winners

The winners and finalists of the Eighth Annual Bisexual Book Awards (BBA8), for books published in 2019, were announced June 19.

Click the link to see the winners in all categories: Non-Fiction, Memoir/Biography, Fiction, Romance, Erotic Fiction, Speculative Fiction [Sci-fi/ Bi-fi/ Fantasy/ Paranormal/ Horror/ Etc.], Teen/Young Adult, Mystery, Poetry; plus two special categories: Publisher of the Year and Bi Writer of the Year.

Rebecca Kim Wells won the Speculative Fiction category and was a finalist for Bi Writer of the Year. Carmen Maria Machado won the Memoir/Biography category.

The categories with finalists of genre interest are listed below. The winners are in boldface.

Speculative Fiction  [Bi-fi/Sci-fi/Fantasy/Paranormal/Horror/Etc.]

  • Shatter the Sky by Rebecca Kim Wells, Books for Young Readers/Simon & Schuster
  • Monster of the Week by FT Lukens, Duet Books / Interlude Press

Memoir/Biography 

  • In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado, Graywolf Press
  • Sorted by Jackson Bird, Tiller Press / Simon & Schuster

Teen/Young Adult Fiction

  • Deposing Nathan by Zack Smedley, Page Street Kids
  • Monster of the Week by FT Lukens, Duet Books / Interlude Press
  • The Mover by JC Garton, Riversong Books / Sulis International 

Bi Writer of the Year
{authors listed alphabetically by last name}

  • Sarah Blake, Naamah, Riverhead Books / Penguin Random House
  • Rosalind Chase, Lot’s Wife: An Erotic Retelling, Under Hill Press
  • Corey E. Flanders editor, Under the Bisexual Umbrella: Diversity of Identity and Experience, Routledge
  • Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue, St. Martin’s Griffin / Macmillan 
  • Rebecca Kim Wells, Shatter the Sky, Books for Young Readers / Simon & Schuster

Bisexual Book Awards
2018 Winners

The Bi Writers Association (BWA) announced the Bisexual Book Awards 2018 winners on June 1 in New York. The complete list is at the link.

J.R. Mabry won the Speculative Fiction category and also was part of a three-way tie for Bi Writer of the Year.

Speculative Fiction  [Bi-fi/Sci-fi/Fantasy/Paranormal/Horror/Etc.]

  • The Worship of Mystery by J.R. Mabry, The Apocryphile Press

Bi Writer of the Year

  • Elaine Castillo, America Is Not the Heart, Viking / Penguin Random House
  • Duy Doan, We Play a Game, Yale University Press
  • J.R. Mabry, The Worship of Mystery, The Apocryphile Press

Bisexual Book Awards
2018 Finalists

The Bi Writers Association (BWA) released the Bisexual Book Awards 2018 finalists on April 20.

All the books submitted for consideration are listed here.

Winners will be announced at the Bisexual Book Awards Ceremony on June 1 in New York.

This year’s nominees of genre interest are —

Speculative Fiction  [Bi-fi/Sci-fi/Fantasy/Paranormal/Horror/Etc.]

  • Cleaning House by Jeanne G’Fellers, Mountain Gap Books
  • Dragon Magic by Megan Derr, Less Than Three Press
  • The Seeds of Dissolution by William C. Tracy, Space Wizard Science Fantasy 
  • Thornfruit by Felicia Davin, Etymon Press
  • The Worship of Mystery by J.R. Mabry, The Apocryphile Press

Bisexual Book Awards 2017

The Bi Writers Association (BWA) presented the Bisexual Book Awards 2017 at a ceremony on Friday, June 1 in New York City.

Here are the results in the categories that included nominees of genre interest.

Sixth Annual Bisexual Book Awards

Fiction

  • Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado, Graywolf Press

Speculative Fiction [Sci-fi/Fantasy/Horror/Etc.]

  • The Rules and Regulations For Mediating Myths & Magic by F.T. Lukens, Duet Books/Interlude Press

Teen/Young Adult Fiction

  • In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan, Big Mouth House/Small Beer Press

Bi Writer of the Year

  • Peggy Seeger

Bisexual Book Awards 2017 Finalists

The Bi Writers Association (BWA) released the Bisexual Book Awards 2017 finalists on May 3.

Each one of our nine book categories had a team of judges who carefully read, assessed, critiqued and discussed every book before voting on their merits. The number of finalists in each category varies, based on the number of books submitted to that category and the quality of the books.

All the books submitted for consideration are listed here.

Winners will be announced at the Bisexual Book Awards Ceremony on Friday, June 1 in New York City.

The following categories include nominees of genre interest.

Sixth Annual Bisexual Book Awards

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

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

Bi Writer of the Year

  • Peggy Seeger
  • Monica Meneghetti
  • Karen Connelly
  • Carmen Maria Machado
  • Sylvia Brownrigg

2016 Bisexual Book Awards

The fifth annual Bisexual Book Awards were presented June 10 in New York. The juried award is given by the Bi Writers Association.

There was one winners of genre interest —

Speculative Fiction [Sci-fi/Fantasy/Horror/Etc.]

  • The Painted Crown by Megan Derr, Less Than Three Press

2016 Bisexual Book Awards Shortlist

The fifth annual Bisexual Book Awards finalists were announced May 12. The juried award is given by the Bi Writers Association.

There were 106 books published in 2016 submitted for consideration: a 45% increase over last year.

“We are thrilled the Bisexual Book Awards is succeeding in its mission to encourage writers and publishers to put out more bi-themed books,” says Sheela Lambert, Director of the Bi Writers Association. “By providing multiple book categories; authors and publishers find that their books can be recognized for the genre they are written in, as well as their bisexual subject matter.”

Nominees of genre interest are —

Speculative Fiction [Sci-fi/Fantasy/Horror/Etc.]

  • An Accident of Stars by Foz Meadows, Angry Robot
  • Enchanted Soles edited by Sasha L. Miller, Less Than Three Press
  • For the Clan by Archer Kay Leah, Less Than Three Press
  • Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova, Sourcebooks Fire
  • Necrotech by KC Alexander, Angry Robot
  • The Painted Crown by Megan Derr, Less Than Three Press

The winners will be announced June 10.