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2010 Rainbow Awards
| Category | Winners |
| LGBT Cover | The Lost Library - Cover Art by Mel Odom |
| Oracle - Cover Art by Reese Dante | |
| Fugly - Cover Art by Christine M. Griffin | |
| Gay Young Adult/Coming of Age | Summer Song by Louise Blaydon |
| The Eye of Ra by Dakota Chase | |
| The Curse of Arachnaman by Hayden Thorne | |
| Bisexual / Transgender Contemporary | She's My Dad by Iolanthe Woulff |
| Spanking New by Clifford Henderson | |
| Dee Dee Day by Mykola Dementiuk | |
| Gay Contemporary | Tales My Body Told Me by Wayne Courtois |
| The Marien Revelation by Miguel Santana | |
| An Ideal for Living by Marshall Moore / The Silent Hustler by Sean Meriwether | |
| Lesbian Contemporary | 1049 Club by Kim Pritekel |
| Fever by V.K. Powell | |
| Tilting at Windmills by Geonn Cannon | |
| Gay Erotica Contemporary | Special Delivery by Heidi Cullinan |
| Slow Bloom by Anah Crow & Dianne Fox | |
| The Wine-Dark Sea by A.J. Llewellyn | |
| Gay Contemporary Romance | More by Sloan Parker |
| Strawberries for Dessert by Marie Sexton | |
| The Wish by Eden Winters | |
| LGBT Fantasy | Diana Comet and Other Improbable Tales by Sandra McDonald |
| Wolfsbane Winter by Jane Fletcher | |
| Nigredo by Alex Mykals | |
| Gay Fantasy | Hero by Heidi Cullinan / Miles and the Magic Flute by Heidi Cullinan |
| Cethe by Becca Abbott | |
| Spring of the Stag God by J.C. Herneson | |
| LGBT Historical | The Seduction of Moxie by Colette Moody |
| Mephisto Aria by Justine Saracen | |
| Showdown at Yellowstone River by Angelia Sparrow & Naomi Brooks | |
| Gay Historical | The Lonely War by Alan Chin |
| Lovers Knot by Donald Hardy | |
| The Hadrian Enigma by George Gardiner | |
| Gay Mystery / Thriller | The Riddle of the Sands by Geoffrey Knight |
| L.A. Boneyard by P.A. Brown | |
| Date with a Sheesha by Anthony Bidulka | |
| Lesbian Mystery / Thriller | The Seeker by Ronica Black |
| Returning Tides by Radclyffe | |
| Death of a Dying Man by J.M. Redmann | |
| Gay Paranormal / Horror | Last Chance by Viki Lyn |
| Alex's Appeal by Jenna Byrnes & Jude Mason | |
| Our Sacred Balance by Marguerite Labbe | |
| Lesbian Paranormal / Horror | Everafter by Nell Stark & Trinity Tam |
| Natural Order by Moondancer Drake | |
| Goldenseal by Gill McNight | |
| Gay Sci-fi / Futuristic | Light of the Body by Mark Alders |
| Trenekis of Hiera by Mark Kendrick | |
| An Uncommon Whore by Belinda McBride | |
| LGBT Non Fiction | The Golden Age of Gay Fiction by Drewey Wayne Gunn |
| Loving Someone Gay by Donald H. Clark | |
| Queering the Text by Andrew Ramer | |
| Best Setting Development | The Lonely War by Alan Chin |
| The Seduction of Moxie by Colette Moody | |
| 1049 Club by Kim Pritikel | |
| Best Characters Development | The Lonely War by Alan Chin / The Seduction of Moxie by Colette Moody |
| 1049 Club by Kim Pritikel | |
| Illusion of Night by C.J. Black / Lovers Knot by Donald Hardy / Special Delivery by Heidi Cullinan / Summer Song by Louise Blaydon / Strawberries for Dessert by Marie Sexton / Natural Order by Moondancer Drake / Everafter by Nell Stark & Trinity Tam / Returning Tides by Radclyffe / The Seeker by Ronica Black | |
| Best Writing Style | Special Delivery by Heidi Cullinan / The Seeker by Ronica Black / Fever by V.K. Powell |
| Mephisto Aria by Justine Saracen | |
| Death of a Dying Man by J.M. Redmann | |
| Best Bisexual / Transgender Novel | Diana Comet and Other Improbable Tales by Sandra McDonald |
| Showdown at Yellowstone River by Angelia Sparrow & Naomi Brooks | |
| She's My Dad by Iolanthe Woulff | |
| Best Gay Novel | The Lonely War by Alan Chin |
| Special Delivery by Heidi Cullinan | |
| Lovers Knot by Donald Hardy / The Riddle of the Sands by Geoffrey Knight | |
| Best Lesbian Novel | The Seduction of Moxie by Colette Moody |
| 1049 Club by Kim Pritikel | |
| The Seeker by Ronica Black |