- Gaylactic Spectrum Awards
The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards are given to works of
science fiction ,fantasy and horror which exploregay ,lesbian ,bisexual ortransgender topics in a positive way. They were founded in 1998, first presented by theGaylactic Network in 1999, and in 2002 they were given their own organization, the "Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Foundation".Awards are generally announced and presented at
Gaylaxicon .Winners
1999
*Best Novel: "
Accidental Creatures " byAnne Harris and "Dark Water's Embrace " byStephen Leigh
*Best Other Work: "" byNicola Griffith ,Stephen Pagel
*Hall of Fame: "Uranian Worlds " byEric Garber ,Lyn Paleo and "China Mountain Zhang " byMaureen F. McHugh
*People's Choice: "Shadow Man" by Melissa Scott2000
*People's Choice: "
The Gumshoe, The Witch and The Virtual Corpse " byKeith Hartman
*Best Novel: "The Gumshoe, The Witch and The Virtual Corpse" by Keith Hartman and "The Wild Swans" byPeg Kerr
*Best Short Fiction: "Dapple" byEleanor Arnason
*Best Other Work: "Being John Malkovich " directed bySpike Jonze
*Hall of Fame Media: "Quantum Leap: Running for Honor" and "The Rocky Horror Picture Show "
*Hall of Fame: "Slow River " byNicola Griffith and "Swordspoint " byEllen Kushner and "The World Well Lost " byTheodore Sturgeon 2001
*People's Choice: "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" by
Joss Whedon
*Best Novel: "Jumping Off the Planet " byDavid Gerrold
*Best Other Work: "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" by Joss Whedon
*Hall of Fame: "Imperial Earth " byArthur C. Clarke and "The Sparrow / Children of God " byMary Doria Russell and The "Weetzie Bat" Books (collected as "Dangerous Angels ") byFrancesca Lia Block 2002
*Best Novel: "The Song of the Earth" by
Hugh Nissenson
*Best Short Fiction: "Kindred" byAlexis Glynn Latner
*Best Other Work: "" edited byNicola Griffith andStephen Pagel
*Hall of Fame: "Alpha Flight " - Issue #106 and "Dhalgren " bySamuel R. Delany and "The Female Man " byJoanna Russ and "Was" byGeoff Ryman 2003
*Best Novel: "
Fire Logic " byLaurie J. Marks
*Best Short Fiction: "Three Letters from the Queen of Elfland " bySarah Monette
*Best Comic/Graphic Novel: "The Authority " (issues 28-29) byMark Millar et al. and "Green Lantern : Hate Crime" (issues 153-155) byJudd Winick et al.
*Best Other Work: "Queer Fear II " edited byMichael Rowe
*Hall of Fame:
**"The Holdfast Chronicles " bySuzy McKee Charnas
**"The Left Hand of Darkness " byUrsula K. Le Guin
**"Shadow Man" by Melissa Scott
**"The Tale of the Five " byDiane Duane 2004
*Best Novel: "
The Salt Roads " byNalo Hopkinson
*Best Short Fiction: "Lark Till Dawn, Princess " byBarth Anderson
*Best Other Work: "Angels in America " byTony Kushner and "Gotham Central " #6 - 10 ("Half a Life") byGreg Rucka andMichael Lark 2005
*Best Novel: "
Earth Logic " (ISBN 0-7653-4838-1) byLaurie J. Marks
*Best Short Fiction: "Country People" (from the anthology "Shadows of the Night: Queer Tales of the Uncanny and Unusual" ISBN 1-56023-394-X) by Richard Hall
*Best Other Work: No award2006
*Best Novel: "
Cagebird (novel) " byKarin Lowachee
*Best Short Fiction: No award
*Best Other Work: No award2007
*Best Novel: Vellum by
Hal Duncan (Del Rey)
*Best Short Fiction: 3 tied winners
**In the Quake Zone -David Gerrold (Down These Dark Spaceways - SFBC)
**Instinct -Joy Parks (The Future Is Queer -Arsenal Pulp )
**The Language of Moths -Christopher Barzak (Realms of Fantasy)
*Best Other Work: 3 tied winners
**The Future Is Queer - anthology - edited byRichard Labonte andLawrence Schimel (Arsenal Pulp)
**Torchwood Season 1 - television - byRussell T Davies et al(BBC)
**V for Vendetta - film - byJames McTeigue et al(Warner Bros) 2008
External links
* [http://www.spectrumawards.org/ The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards official site]
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