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The Rainbow Awards: State of Art
As promised I'm posting a periodical State of Art for the Rainbow Awards. Please remember that your reference posts for the awards are the Awards Guidelines (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/993088.html) and the Current Submissions (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/993937.html). Current Submissions in particular will be always update, so please check it out to see who has already submitted books and in which category.
At today I have 46 judges, considering that they will read 5 books each, and each book will be read by at least 3 judges, in this moment I can assure that 77 books will be read and judge in this year Rainbow Awards. Among the Jury, 6 judges specifically asked to read and judge Lesbian Fiction, and they are all very skilled and good judges, so please, Lesbian authors and publishers, submit your books.
The Jury is quite various, 13 authors, 5 professional reviewers, 3 editors/publishers and 22 devoted readers ;-) Plus our most recent new entry, an actor/author and also TV entertainer, one of the "Out 100" for Remarkable Contributions to Gay Culture in 2005 by Out Magazine... if you are curious to know their name, I will post the Jury in mid April, and please, if you want to be among them, contact me, I'd really like to have at least 70 judge, so that we will be able to read and judge more than 100 books.
As for the Categories/Submission the current situation is:
Gay Coming of Age/Young Adult: 1 submissions
Lesbian Coming of Age/Young Adult: 0 submissions
Bisexual Coming of Age/Young Adult: 0 submissions
Transgender Coming of Age/Young Adult: 0 submissions
Gay Contemporary: 11 submissions
Lesbian Contemporary: 2 submissions
Bisexual Contemporary: 1 submissions
Transgender Contemporary: 1 submissions
Gay Fantasy: 5 submissions
Lesbian Fantasy: 0 submissions
Bisexual Fantasy: 0 submissions
Transgender Fantasy: 0 submissions
Gay Historical: 3 submissions
Lesbian Historical: 0 submissions
Bisexual Historical: 0 submissions
Transgender Historical: 0 submissions
Gay Mistery/Thriller: 7 submissions
Lesbian Mistery/Thriller: 0 submissions
Bisexual Mistery/Thriller: 1 submissions
Transgender Mistery/Thriller: 0 submissions
Gay Paranormal/Horror: 4 submissions
Lesbian Paranormal/Horror: 3 submissions
Bisexual Paranormal/Horror: 0 submissions
Transgender Paranormal/Horror: 0 submissions
Gay Sci-Fic/Futuristic: 1 submissions
Lesbian Sci-Fic/Futuristic: 0 submissions
Bisexual Sci-Fic/Futuristic: 0 submissions
Transgender Sci-Fic/Futuristic: 0 submissions
Gay Non Fiction: 0 submissions
Lesbian Non Fiction: 0 submissions
Bisexual Non Fiction: 0 submissions
Transgender Non Fiction: 0 submissions
Remember that, for a Category to "survive", I need at least 5 submissions in the Sub-Genre (Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, Bisexual); if I don't reach the 5 submissions in the Sub-Genre, I will compact the submissions in the Genre (Coming of Age / Young Adult, Contemporary, Fantasy, Historical, Mystery / Thriller, Paranormal / Horror, Sci-Fic / Futuristic); if I don't reach the 5 submissions neither in this way, the Category will not be eligible for this year Rainbow Awards.
At today I have 46 judges, considering that they will read 5 books each, and each book will be read by at least 3 judges, in this moment I can assure that 77 books will be read and judge in this year Rainbow Awards. Among the Jury, 6 judges specifically asked to read and judge Lesbian Fiction, and they are all very skilled and good judges, so please, Lesbian authors and publishers, submit your books.
The Jury is quite various, 13 authors, 5 professional reviewers, 3 editors/publishers and 22 devoted readers ;-) Plus our most recent new entry, an actor/author and also TV entertainer, one of the "Out 100" for Remarkable Contributions to Gay Culture in 2005 by Out Magazine... if you are curious to know their name, I will post the Jury in mid April, and please, if you want to be among them, contact me, I'd really like to have at least 70 judge, so that we will be able to read and judge more than 100 books.
As for the Categories/Submission the current situation is:
Gay Coming of Age/Young Adult: 1 submissions
Lesbian Coming of Age/Young Adult: 0 submissions
Bisexual Coming of Age/Young Adult: 0 submissions
Transgender Coming of Age/Young Adult: 0 submissions
Gay Contemporary: 11 submissions
Lesbian Contemporary: 2 submissions
Bisexual Contemporary: 1 submissions
Transgender Contemporary: 1 submissions
Gay Fantasy: 5 submissions
Lesbian Fantasy: 0 submissions
Bisexual Fantasy: 0 submissions
Transgender Fantasy: 0 submissions
Gay Historical: 3 submissions
Lesbian Historical: 0 submissions
Bisexual Historical: 0 submissions
Transgender Historical: 0 submissions
Gay Mistery/Thriller: 7 submissions
Lesbian Mistery/Thriller: 0 submissions
Bisexual Mistery/Thriller: 1 submissions
Transgender Mistery/Thriller: 0 submissions
Gay Paranormal/Horror: 4 submissions
Lesbian Paranormal/Horror: 3 submissions
Bisexual Paranormal/Horror: 0 submissions
Transgender Paranormal/Horror: 0 submissions
Gay Sci-Fic/Futuristic: 1 submissions
Lesbian Sci-Fic/Futuristic: 0 submissions
Bisexual Sci-Fic/Futuristic: 0 submissions
Transgender Sci-Fic/Futuristic: 0 submissions
Gay Non Fiction: 0 submissions
Lesbian Non Fiction: 0 submissions
Bisexual Non Fiction: 0 submissions
Transgender Non Fiction: 0 submissions
Remember that, for a Category to "survive", I need at least 5 submissions in the Sub-Genre (Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, Bisexual); if I don't reach the 5 submissions in the Sub-Genre, I will compact the submissions in the Genre (Coming of Age / Young Adult, Contemporary, Fantasy, Historical, Mystery / Thriller, Paranormal / Horror, Sci-Fic / Futuristic); if I don't reach the 5 submissions neither in this way, the Category will not be eligible for this year Rainbow Awards.