Book Buzz: Jan 2010

[reviews_and_ramblings]

Well, I didn't read this before, and enough to say that I'm deeply honored: the Rainbow Awards were included in the Book Buzz for January in the new Lambda Literary Website.

http://www.lambdaliterary.org/datastream/book-buzz/01/01/book-buzz-jan-2010/

Here what they said:

"Two books shared first place for Best Overall Gay Novel in the 2009 Rainbow Awards competition, founded last year “to celebrate the best in LGBT writing”: Out of Position, by Kyell Gold (Sofawolf Press), and Whistling in the Dark, by Tamara Allen (Lethe Press). More than twenty publishers participated. To view the finalists and winners in all categories, click here.

One of the Rainbow winners was Jere’ M. Fishback’s Josef Jaeger (Prizm), a young adult novel that had previously won a Top Choice Award from Flamingnet Reviews."

And not only that, we (as me and the Rainbow Awards contributors) were the second news, after the article on the Top 100 Out Celebrities, and for an Award that is only 1 years old and hold by a journal that is only 3 years old, I think it's a great achievement, something that gives me strength to do it again next year.

BTW, when I decided to host the Rainbow Awards, my idea was to give space to LGBT books that usually have not in normal awards, like ebooks or small print publishers. It was also to distract people from the polemic on the "author gender", but it was not an award against another one, and I think I have never presented it like that. So yes, I'm proud that LLF named Rainbow Awards as an interesting news for the Book Buzz.

Comments

Rainbow Awards

[(Anonymous)]

Damn, I thought you knew. When there was no mention of it I assumed you shrugged it off. Next time I'll write with the most trivial affairs hahaha!

Mick

www.MykolaDementiuk.com

Re: Rainbow Awards

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

I'm always honored when people notice my little sand box, so no, I would never jst shrug it off. And it's always a pleasure when friends knock on my door with a good news ;-)

[yachay.livejournal.com]

This is fantastic. Congrats, Elisa :)

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Congrats to all of us ;-)

[mroctober.livejournal.com]

I do try and push you... glad to see they listened to me.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Thank you Steve, I supposed it was or you or Tim Susman of Sofawolf to do that. Really appreciated.

[londonronnie.livejournal.com]

Well done!

Thoroughly deserved recognition for all your hard work!

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It is always nice to read things like that.

[lucifuge-5.livejournal.com]

How awesome, Elisa! I love seeing you (as well as the books, authors and artists you review) mentioned at the LLF.

*\o/*

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I love it too. My LJ is really only a little drop in the ocean, but it's nice to see it mentioned.

[pandorasvase.livejournal.com]

Congratulazioni!!!! Un abbraccio forte

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Grazie! e congratulazioni anche a te ;-)

[semioticwarrior.livejournal.com]

I hope you are very proud of yourself, your idea, and all of your hard work to make it happen. You do so much for writers and readers alike. You are a treasure!

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Me and you all :-) Thank you!

[minami77.livejournal.com]

e devi esserne giustamente fiera cara ^_^ complimenti!

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Grazie anche a te ;-) E spero che il prossimo anno saremo di nuovo citati.

[clarelondon.livejournal.com]

Congratulations and well deserved! I think anything that promotes the genre and recognises the people who are committed to it and care for it, is good.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Thank you Clare, I think so myself.