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2009 Rainbow Awards
| Category | Winners |
| LGBT Cover | Hemovore by Jordan Castillo Price - Cover Art by Kanaxa |
| Warrior's Cross by Madeleine Urban and Abigail Roux - Cover Art by Anne Cain | |
| Flight by Nicki Bennett - Cover Art by Dan Skinner | |
| LGBT Young Adult/Coming of Age | Josef Jaeger by Jere' M. Fishback |
| Holy Communion by Mykola Dementiuk | |
| The Way You Say My Name by Sara Bell | |
| LGBT Contemporary | Collision Course by K.A. Mitchell |
| A Note in the Margin by Isabelle Rowan | |
| That´s what brothers do by Derekica Snake | |
| LGBT Fantasy | Out of Position by Kyell Gold |
| The Pauper’s Prize by Mark Alders | |
| Northern Love by Nica Berry | |
| LGBT Futuristic | A Strong and Sudden Thaw by R.W. Day |
| My Fair Captain by J.L. Langley | |
| Hell Cop by Astrid Amara, Nicole Kimberling & Ginn Hale | |
| LGBT Historical | Whistling in the Dark by Tamara Allen |
| False Colors by Alex Beecroft | |
| Bee Among The Clover by Fae Sutherland & Marguerite Labbe | |
| LGBT Mystery / Thriller | L.A. Heat by P.A. Brown |
| Aaron's Wait by Dorien Grey / Brushback, An Evan Austin Mystery, by Jamie Scofield | |
| The Bones of Summer by Anne Brooke | |
| LGBT Paranormal / Horror | Conflict in Blood by Ariel Tachna |
| The Rest of Our Lives by Dan Stone | |
| Immortality is the Suck by A.M. Riley | |
| LGBT Non Fiction | The First Risk by Charles Jensen |
| A Report from Winter by Wayne Courtois | |
| The Underwater Hospital by Jan Steckel | |
| Best Setting Development | False Colors by Alex Beecroft |
| A Strong and Sudden Thaw by R.W. Day | |
| Out of Position by Kyell Gold | |
| Best Characters Development | A Strong and Sudden Thaw by R.W. Day |
| Faith & Fidelity by Tere Michaels | |
| Out of Position by Kyell Gold / Whistling in the Dark by Tamara Allen / Conflict in Blood by Ariel Tachna / L.A. Heat by P.A. Brown | |
| Best Writing Style | A Strong and Sudden Thaw by R.W. Day |
| Whistling in the Dark by Tamara Allen | |
| Angels of the Deep by Kirby Crow | |
| Best Bisexual / Transgender Novel | Holy Communion by Mykola Dementiuk |
| Two Spirits by Walter L. Williams & Toby Johnson | |
| Complications by Cat Grant | |
| Best Gay Novel | Out of Position by Kyell Gold / Whistling in the Dark by Tamara Allen |
| A Strong and Sudden Thaw by R.W. Day / Conflict in Blood by Ariel Tachna / L.A. Heat by P.A. Brown | |
| Aaron's Wait by Dorien Grey / Brushback, An Evan Austin Mystery, by Jamie Scofield / Collision Course by K.A. Mitchell | |
| Best Lesbian Novel | Barking at the Moon by Nene Adams |
| Queer Wolf edited by James EM Rasmussen | |
| Blood and Mint Chocolates by Adrianne Brennan |