Gaylactic Spectrum Awards

The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards are given to works of science fiction, fantasy and horror which explore gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender topics in a positive way. They were founded in 1998, first presented by the Gaylactic 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" by Anne Harris and "Dark Water's Embrace" by Stephen Leigh
*Best Other Work: "" by Nicola Griffith, Stephen Pagel
*Hall of Fame: "Uranian Worlds" by Eric Garber, Lyn Paleo and "China Mountain Zhang" by Maureen F. McHugh
*People's Choice: "Shadow Man" by Melissa Scott

2000

*People's Choice: "The Gumshoe, The Witch and The Virtual Corpse" by Keith Hartman
*Best Novel: "The Gumshoe, The Witch and The Virtual Corpse" by Keith Hartman and "The Wild Swans" by Peg Kerr
*Best Short Fiction: "Dapple" by Eleanor Arnason
*Best Other Work: "Being John Malkovich" directed by Spike Jonze
*Hall of Fame Media: "Quantum Leap: Running for Honor" and "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"
*Hall of Fame: "Slow River" by Nicola Griffith and "Swordspoint" by Ellen Kushner and "The World Well Lost" by Theodore Sturgeon

2001

*People's Choice: "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" by Joss Whedon
*Best Novel: "Jumping Off the Planet" by David Gerrold
*Best Other Work: "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" by Joss Whedon
*Hall of Fame: "Imperial Earth" by Arthur C. Clarke and "The Sparrow / Children of God" by Mary Doria Russell and The "Weetzie Bat" Books (collected as "Dangerous Angels") by Francesca Lia Block

2002

*Best Novel: "The Song of the Earth" by Hugh Nissenson
*Best Short Fiction: "Kindred" by Alexis Glynn Latner
*Best Other Work: "" edited by Nicola Griffith and Stephen Pagel
*Hall of Fame: "Alpha Flight" - Issue #106 and "Dhalgren" by Samuel R. Delany and "The Female Man" by Joanna Russ and "Was" by Geoff Ryman

2003

*Best Novel: "Fire Logic" by Laurie J. Marks
*Best Short Fiction: "Three Letters from the Queen of Elfland" by Sarah Monette
*Best Comic/Graphic Novel: "The Authority" (issues 28-29) by Mark Millar et al. and "Green Lantern: Hate Crime" (issues 153-155) by Judd Winick et al.
*Best Other Work: "Queer Fear II" edited by Michael Rowe
*Hall of Fame:
**"The Holdfast Chronicles" by Suzy McKee Charnas
**"The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
**"Shadow Man" by Melissa Scott
**"The Tale of the Five" by Diane Duane

2004

*Best Novel: "The Salt Roads" by Nalo Hopkinson
*Best Short Fiction: "Lark Till Dawn, Princess" by Barth Anderson
*Best Other Work: "Angels in America" by Tony Kushner and "Gotham Central" #6 - 10 ("Half a Life") by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark

2005

*Best Novel: "Earth Logic" (ISBN 0-7653-4838-1) by Laurie 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 award

2006

*Best Novel: "Cagebird (novel)" by Karin Lowachee
*Best Short Fiction: No award
*Best Other Work: No award

2007

*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 by Richard Labonte and Lawrence Schimel (Arsenal Pulp)
**Torchwood Season 1 - television - by Russell T Davies et al (BBC)
**V for Vendetta - film - by James McTeigue et al (Warner Bros)

2008

External links

* [http://www.spectrumawards.org/ The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards official site]