2011 Rainbow Awards
Best Overall Cover
Visible Friend by Anne Cain
Moonlight, Tiger, and Smoke by Mara McKennen
(tie) City Falcon by Reese Dante / Isolation Play by Blotch
Link to the cover post: http://www.elisarolle.com/rainbowawards/2011CoverContest.htm
Best LGBT Coming of Age / Young Adult
Robin Reardon - The Evolution of Ethan Poe
David-Matthew Barnes – Mesmerized
Catherine Ryan Hyde - Jumpstart the World
Best Gay Contemporary Erotica
Heidi Cullinan - Nowhere Ranch
Claire Thompson - The Cowboy Poet
L.A. Witt - With the Band
Best Lesbian Contemporary Erotica
Roscoe James - Dancing with Venus
Christine Hall Volkoff - Travels Through Love And Time
Lesley Gowan - The Collectors
Best Gay Contemporary General Fiction
Alan Chin - Match Maker
Lee Houck – Yield
Jameson Currier - The Third Buddha
Best Lesbian Contemporary General Fiction
Farzana Doctor - Six Metres of Pavement
Clifford Henderson - Maye's Request
Martha Miller - Retirement Plan
Best Gay Contemporary Romance
Sloan Parker – Breathe
Kimberly Gardner - Too Soon For Love
(tie) A.B. Gayle – Caught / Ally Blue - These Haunted Heights
Best Lesbian Contemporary Romance
Robin Summers - After the Fall
(tie) Colette Moody - Parties in Congress / Q. Kelly - Strange Bedfellows
Karis Walsh – Harmony
Best Bisexual / Transgender Contemporary
Justine Saracen - Sarah, Son of God
Ryan Loveless - Building Arcadia
Ben Monopoli - The Cranberry Hush
Best Gay Fantasy
(tie) Marie Sexton - Song Of Oestend / Dusk Peterson - The Eternal Dungeon
Jay Bell - Hell's Pawn
Lee Benoit – Moonspun
Best Lesbian Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Barbara Davies - Bourn's Edge
Andi Marquette - A Matter of Blood
JoSelle Vanderhooft and Catherine Lundoff - Hellebore and Rue
Best Bisexual / Transgender Sci-Fi / Paranormal / Fantasy
L.A. Witt – Static
Penelope Friday – Thrace
Lauren P. Burka - Up For Grabs 2
Best LGBT Historical
(tie) Marten Weber - Benedetto Casanova, The Memoirs / Tamara Allen - The Only Gold
Tracy Rowan - Suffer the Little Children
Bonnie Dee & Summer Devon - The Nobleman and the Spy / Erastes - Mere Mortals
Best LGBT Mystery / Thriller
J.M. Redmann - Water Mark
Greg Herren & J.M. Redmann - Women of the Mean Streets
(tie) Julie Bozza - The Definitive Albert J. Sterne / EM Lynley - Rarer Than Rubies
Best Gay Paranormal / Horror
Megan Derr – Midnight
Belinda McBride - Blacque Bleu
Timothy McGivney – Zombielicious
Best Lesbian Paranormal / Horror
Meghan O'Brien – Wild
L.L. Raand - Blood Hunt
Nell Stark & Trinity Tam – nevermore
Best Gay Sci-Fi / Futuristic
(tie) CC Bridges - Angel 1089 / Aleksandr Voinov & Rhianon Etzweiler - Dark Edge of Honor / M.J. O'Shea - Dark Sun
Amy Lane - A Solid Core of Alpha
Aislinn Kerry - Double Feature
Best Overall Non Fiction
(tie) Fay Jacobs - For Frying Out Loud / Patricia Nell Warren - My West
Felice Picano - True Stories
Dorien Grey - Short Circuits, A Life in Blogs
Best Plot Development
Sloan Parker – Breathe
Meghan O'Brien – Wild
Robin Reardon - The Evolution of Ethan Poe
Best Setting Development
(tie) Tamara Allen - The Only Gold / Andrew Wolter - Much of Madness, More of Sin
(tie) Dusk Peterson - The Eternal Dungeon / Karis Walsh – Harmony / Anel Viz - P'tit Cadeau
(tie) Meghan O'Brien – Wild / Lisa Girolami - Jane Doe
Best Characters Development
(tie) Sloan Parker – Breathe / Marie Sexton - Song Of Oestend
(tie) Meghan O'Brien – Wild / Robin Reardon - The Evolution of Ethan Poe
(tie) Felice Picano - True Stories / Colette Moody - Parties in Congress / Lee Houck – Yield / Heidi Cullinan - Nowhere Ranch
Best Writing Style
Tracy Rowan - Suffer the Little Children / Karis Walsh – Harmony
Robin Reardon - The Evolution of Ethan Poe
(tie) Sloan Parker – Breathe / Tamara Allen - The Only Gold
Best Bisexual / Transgender Debut Novel/Book
Ryan Loveless - Building Arcadia
Elliott DeLine – Refuse
Ben Monopoli - The Cranberry Hush
Best Gay Debut Novel/Book
Lee Houck – Yield
Timothy McGivney – Zombielicious
Morgan Cheshire - Solemn Contract
Best Lesbian Debut Novel/Book
Robin Summers - After the Fall
Karis Walsh – Harmony
Mary Griggs - Unbroken Circle
Best Overall Bisexual / Transgender Novel/Book
(tie) Justine Saracen - Sarah, Son of God / Catherine Ryan Hyde - Jumpstart the World
Ryan Loveless - Building Arcadia
Elliott DeLine – Refuse
Best Overall Gay Novel/Book
Sloan Parker – Breathe
Robin Reardon - The Evolution of Ethan Poe
Tamara Allen - The Only Gold / Marten Weber - Benedetto Casanova, The Memoirs
Best Overall Lesbian Novel/Book
Meghan O'Brien – Wild
Fay Jacobs - For Frying Out Loud
Barbara Davies - Bourn's Edge