Bisexual Book Awards

The Bisexual Book Awards are an annual literary award program, presented by the Bi Writers Association to honour the year's best works of literature addressing themes of bisexuality. The awards were presented for the first time in 2013.

Awards are presented in 11 categories, where any writer who has addressed bisexual themes in their work may be submitted for consideration regardless of their own sexual orientation. Two special awards are also presented: the Bi Book Publisher Award to the publishing company that has submitted the most books to the awards program that year, and the Bi Writer Award for the best book by an out bisexual writer.

Honorees

Anthology

Biography and Memoir

Erotica

Fiction

Graphic Novels and Memoirs

Literary Fiction

Mystery

Non-fiction

Poetry

Publisher of the Year

Romance

Speculative Fiction

Teen and Young Adult

Writer of the Year

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! rowspan="9" , 2012
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, ''My Awesome Place: The Autobiography of Cheryl B''
, Topside Signature
, Winner
,
, -
,
, ''Whitetail Shooting Gallery''
, Anvil Press Publishers
, Finalist
,
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,
, ''Mount Royal, There’s Nothing Harder than Love''
, Tightrope Books
, Finalist
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,
, ''Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction''
, Lethe Press
, Finalist
,
, -
,
, ''Silver Moon''
, Lethe Press
, Finalist
,
, -
,
,
, Ravenous Romance
, Finalist
,
, -
,
, ''Fireflies at Absolute Zero''
, Hiraeth Press
, Finalist
,
, -
,
, ''Girlfag: A Life Told In Sex and Musicals''
, Beyond Binary Books
, Finalist
,
, -
,
, ''Times Square Queer: Tales of Bad Boys in the Big Apple''
, Renaissance eBooks
, Finalist
,
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! rowspan="7" , 2013
,
, '' Bi Notes for a Bisexual Revolution''
, Seal Press
, Winner
,
, -
, with Anthony DeCurtis
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, Simon & Schuster
, Finalist
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,
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, Snubnose Press
, Finalist
,
, -
,
, '
, Lethe Press
, Finalist
,
, -
,
, ''Memoirs of a Gigolo Omnibus, Vol. 1-4''
, Riverdale Avenue Books/ Desire
, Finalist
,
, -
, with Penelope James
, ''Barriers to Love: Embracing a Bisexual Identity''
, Barriers Press
, Finalist
,
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, (ed.)
, ''Twice the Pleasure: Bisexual Women’s Erotica''
, Cleis Press
, Finalist
,
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! rowspan="6" , 2014
, and H. Sharif Williams (eds.)
, ''Recognize: The Voices of Bisexual Men''{{{Efn, name=Recognize
, Bisexual Resource Center
, Winner
,
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, {{sortname, Alan, Cumming
, ''Not My Father’s Son''{{Efn, , name=NotMyFather'sSon
, Dey Street Books/HarperCollins Publishers
, Finalist
,
, -
, {{sortname, Charles M., Blow
, ''Fire Shut Up In My Bones''{{Efn, name=FireShut
, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
, Finalist
,
, -
, {{sortname, Livia, Ellis
, ''Memoirs of a Gigolo, Second Omnibus, Vol. 5-7''{{Efn, , name=MemoirsOfAGigolo2
, Riverdale Avenue Books
, Finalist
,
, -
, {{sortname, Daisy, Hernández
, ''{{sort, 1=Cup of Water Under My Bed, 2=A Cup of Water Under My Bed''{{Efn, , name=CupOfWater
, Beacon Press
, Finalist
,
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, {{sortname, Sheela, Lambert (ed.)
, ''Best Bi Short Stories''
, Gressive Press/Circlet Press
, Finalist
,
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! rowspan="3" , 2015
, {{sortname, Kate, Evans
, ''Call It Wonder: An Odyssey of Love, Sex, Spirit, and Travel''{{Efn, , name=CallItWonder
, Coyote Creek Books
, Winner
,
, -
, {{sortname, B R, Sanders
, ''Ariah''{{Efn, , name=Ariah
, The Zharmae Publishing Press
, Finalist
,
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, {{sortname, Hannah, Moskowitz
, ''Not Otherwise Specified''{{Efn, , name=NotOtherwiseSpecified
, Simon Pulse/Simon & Schuster
, Finalist
,
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! rowspan="6" , 2016
, {{sortname, Tiggy, Upland
, ''Advice from a Wild Deuce: The Best of Ask Tiggy''{{Efn, In 2016, ''Advice from a Wild Deuce'' won the Award for Writer of the Year and was a finalist for the Award for Non-Fiction., name=WildDeuce
, Jennifer L. Bonardi
, Winner
,
, -
, {{sortname, Ann, Tweedy
, ''{{sort, 1=Body’s Alphabet, 2=The Body’s Alphabet''{{Efn, In 2016, ''The Body’s Alphabet'' won the Award for Poetry and was a finalist for Writer of the Year., name=Body'sAlphabet
, Headmistress Press
, Finalist
,
, -
, {{sortname, Erin, Judge
, ''Vow of Celibacy''{{Efn, , name=VowOfCelibacy
, Rare Bird Books
, Finalist
,
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, {{sortname, Garrett, Leigh
, ''What Remains''{{Efn, , name=WhatRemains
, Riptide Publishing
, Finalist
,
, -
, {{sortname, Lauren, Gallagher
, ''{{sort, 1=Best Laid Plans, 2=The Best Laid Plans''{{Efn, , name=BestLaidPlans
, Samhain Publishing
, Finalist
,
, -
, {{sortname, Suzanne , van Rooyen
, ''Obscura Burning''{{Efn, , name=ObscuraBurning
, Harmony Ink/Dreamspinner Press
, Finalist
,
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! rowspan="6" , 2017
, {{sortname, Peggy, Seeger
, ''First Time Ever''{{Efn, , name=FirstTimeEver
, Faber & Faber
, Winner
,
, -
, {{sortname, Carmen Maria, Machado
, ''Her Body and Other Parties''{{Efn, , name=HerBody
, Graywolf Press
, Finalist
,
, -
, {{sortname, Erin, McRae and Racheline Maltese
, ''{{sort, 1=Art of Three, 2=The Art of Three''
, Avian30
, Finalist
,
, -
, {{sortname, Karen, Connelly
, ''{{sort, 1=Change Room, 2=The Change Room''{{Efn, , name=ChangeRoom
, Random House/ PenguinRandomHouse
, Finalist
,
, -
, {{sortname, Monica, Meneghetti
, ''What the Mouth Wants: A Memoir of Food, Love and Belonging''{{Efn, , name=WhatTheMouthWants
, Dagger Editions/Caitlin Press
, Finalist
,
, -
, {{sortname, Sylvia, Brownrigg
, ''Pages for Her''{{Efn, In 2017, ''Pages for Her'' was a finalist for the Award for Fiction and Writer of the Year., name=PagesForHer
, Counterpoint
, Finalist
,
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! rowspan="6" , 2018
, {{sortname, Duy, Doan
, ''We Play a Game''{{Efn, In 2018, ''We Play a Game'' won Writer of the Year and was a finalist for the Award for Poetry., name=WePlayAGame
, Yale University Press
, Winner
,
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, {{sortname, Elaine, Castillo
, ''America Is Not the Heart''{{Efn, , name=AmericaIsNotTheHeart
, Viking / Penguin Random House
, Winner
,
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, {{sortname, J.R., Mabry
, {{Sort, Worship of Mystery, ''The Worship of Mystery''{{Efn, , name=WorshipOfMystery
, The Apocryphile Press
, Winner
,
, -
, {{sortname, Kate, Evans
, ''Target''
, Coyote Creek Books
, Finalist
,
, -
, {{sortname, Lilah, Suzanne
, ''Jilted''{{Efn, , name=Jilted
, Interlude Press
, Finalist
,
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, {{sortname, Rachel, Wiley
, ''Nothing Is Okay''
, Button Poetry
, Finalist
,
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! rowspan="5" , 2019
, {{sortname, Rosalind, Chase
, ''Lot’s Wife: An Erotic Retelling''{{Efn, , name=LotsWife
, Under Hill Press
, Winner
,
, -
, {{sortname, Casey, McQuiston
, ''Red, White & Royal Blue''{{Efn, , name=RedWhite&RoyalBlue
, St. Martin’s Griffin / Macmillan
, Finalist
,
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, {{sortname, Corey E., Flanders (ed.)
, ''Under the Bisexual Umbrella: Diversity of Identity and Experience{{Efn, , name=BisexualUmbrella''
, Routledge
, Finalist
,
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, {{sortname, Rebecca Kim, Wells
, ''Shatter the Sky''{{Efn, , name=ShatterTheSky
, Books for Young Readers / Simon & Schuster
, Finalist
,
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, {{sortname, Sarah, Blake, dab=poet
, ''Naamah''{{Efn, , name=Naamah
, Riverhead Books / Penguin Random House
, Finalist
,
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! rowspan="9" , 2020
, {{sortname, Molly, Wizenberg
, ''{{sort, 1=Fixed Stars, 2=The Fixed Stars''{{Efn, , name=FixedStars
, Abrams Press
, Winner
,
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, {{sortname, Celia, Stahr
, ''Frida in America''{{Efn, , name=FridaInAmerica
, St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan
, Finalist
,
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, {{sortname, Emiel, Maliepaard and Renate Baumgartner (eds.)
, ''Bisexuality in Europe: Sexual Citizenship, Romantic Relationships, and Bi+ Identities''{{Efn, In 2020, ''Bisexuality in Europe'' won the Award for Non-Fiction and was a finalist for Writer of the Year., name=BisexualityInEurope
, Routledge
, Finalist
,
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, {{sortname, Jay, Hogan
, ''Off Balance''{{Efn, , name=OffBalance
, Southern Lights Publishing
, Finalist
,
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, {{sortname, Jennifer, Steil
, ''Exile Music''{{Efn, name=Exile
, Viking / Penguin Random House
, Finalist
,
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, {{sortname, Nikki, Hayfield
, ''Bisexual and Pansexual Identities: Exploring and challenging invisibility and invalidation''{{Efn, , name=BisexualAndPansexualIdentities
, Routledge
, Finalist
,
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, {{sortname, Nita, Tyndall
, ''Who I Was with Her''{{Efn, , name=WhoIWasWithHer
, HarperTeen / Harper Collins
, Finalist
,
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, {{sortname, Samantha, Irby
, ''Wow, No Thank You''
, Vintage / Penguin Random House
, Finalist
,
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, {{sortname, Samantha, Rajaram
, ''{{sort, 1=Company Daughters, 2=The Company Daughters''{{Efn, In 2020, ''The Company Daughters'' was a finalist for the Award for Fiction and Writer of the Year., name=CompanyDaughters
, Bookouture
, Finalist
,
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! rowspan="4" , 2021
, {{sortname, Skye, Kilaen
, ''{{sort, 1=Home I Find With You, 2=The Home I Find With You''{{Efn, , name=TheHomeIFindWithYou
, Independently Published
, Finalist
,
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, {{sortname, Catherine, Lewis
, ''Zipless''
, 845 Press
, Finalist
,
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, {{sortname, Lois, Shearing
, ''Bi the Way: The Bisexual Guide to Life''
, Jessica Kingsley
, Finalist
,
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, {{sortname, Jen, Winston
, ''Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much''{{Efn, In 2021, ''Greedy'' was a finalist for the Awards for Biography and Memoir and Writer of the Year., name=Greedy
, Atria Books/Simon & Schuster
, Finalist
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Notes

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References

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External links

*{{official, http://www.biwriters.org/

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