Spectrum Award Winners


The Spectrum Awards "honor works in science fiction, fantasy and horror which include positive explorations of gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered characters, themes, or issues."

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Since this is a personal reading list for me, I've tried to only include novels, short stories, and anthologies. And if something appeared more than once, I only listed it once. See the official site for the full lists.
Ones I've read are in bold and indigo.

1999 Hall of Fame Finalists
Drag Queen of Elfland Lawrence Schimel
Secret Matter Toby Johnson
1999 Hall of Fame Winners
China Mountain Zhang Maureen McHugh
Uranian Worlds Ed. Lyn Paleo & Eric Garber
1999 People's Choice
Shadow Man Melissa Scott
1999 Best Other Work Finalists
Things Invisible to See Ed. Lawrence Schimel
1999 Best Other Work Winner
Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction Ed. Nicola Griffith & Stephen Pagel
1999 Best Novel Finalists
Halfway Human Carolyn Ives Gilman
Maximum Light Nancy Kress
The Painter Knight Fiona Patton
1999 Best Novel Winners
Accidental Creatures Anne Harris
Dark Water's Embrace Stephen Leigh
2000 Hall of Fame Finalists
How are the Mighty Fallen Thomas Burnett Swann
The Door Into Fire Diane Duane
2000 Hall of Fame Winners
Slow River Nicola Griffith
Swordspoint Ellen Kushner
The World Well Lost Theodore Sturgeon
2000 Best Short Fiction Finalists
"Chanoyu" Esther Friesner
"The Thorn Boy" Storm Constantine
2000 Best Short Fiction Winner
"Dapple" Eleanor Arnason
2000 Best Novel Finalists
The Annunciate Severna Park
The Granite Shield Fiona Patton
The Quartered Sea Tanya Huff
Traitor's Moon Lynn Flewelling
2000 Best Novel Winners
The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse Keith Hartman
The Wild Swans Peg Kerr
2001 Hall of Fame Finalists
The "Blood" Books Tanya Huff
The "Darkover" Books Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. LeGuin
2001 Hall of Fame Winners
Imperial Earth Arthur C. Clarke
The Sparrow/Children of God Mary Doria Russell
The "Weetzie Bat" Books Francesca Lia Block
2001 Best Other Work Finalists
"Oracle" Greg Egan
Queer Fear Ed. Michael Rowe
2001 Best Novel Finalists
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay Michael Chabon
The Chosen Ricardo Pinto
A Face Without A Heart Rick Reed
The Jazz Melissa Scott
Kirith Kirin Jim Grimsley
Teranesia Greg Egan
2001 Best Novel Winner
Jumping Off the Planet David Gerrold
2002 Hall of Fame Inductees
Dhalgren Samuel R. Delany
The Female Man Joanna Russ
Was Geoff Ryman
2002 Best Other Work Finalists
Sextopia Ed. Cecilia Tan
Trysts Steve Berman
2002 Best Other Work Winner
Bending the Landscape: Horror

Ed. Nicola Griffith & Stephen Pagel

2002 Best Short Fiction Finalists
"The Anthvoke" Steve Berman
"The Devil and Mrs. Faust" Ian Phillips
"If On a Moonlit Night" M. Shayne Bell
"Kindred" Alexis Glynn Latner
"Love on a Stick" Carrie Richerson
"Passing" Mark Tiedemann
"Shiomah's Land" Nisi Shawl
"Soul of Light" Catherine Asaro
"Triangle" Ellen Klages
2002 Best Short Fiction Winner
"Kindred" Alexis Glynn Latner
2002 Best Novel Finalists
Bouncing Off the Moon David Gerrold
Dreamer Steven Harper
The Ghost Sister Liz Williams
The Kappa Child Hiromi Goto
Kushiel's Dart Jacqueline Carey
A Paradigm of Earth Candas Jane Dorsey
Point of Dreams Melissa Scott & Lisa Barnett
2002 Best Novel Winner
The Song of the Earth Hugh Nissenson
2003 Hall of Fame Inductees
The Holdfast Chronicles Suzy McKee Charnas
The Tale of Five (series) Diane Duane
2003 Best Other Work Finalists
Eyes of the God: Weird Fiction & Poetry of R.H. Barlow Ed. S.T. Joshi, Douglas Anderson & David Schultz
Mind & Body Ed. Cecilia Tan
Wired Hard 3 Ed. Cecilia Tan
2003 Best Other Work Winner
Queer Fear II Ed. Michael Rowe
2003 Best Short Fiction Finalists
"Bugcrush" Scott Treleaven
"For the Mortals Among Us" Robert Knippenberg
"Night of the Werepuss" Michael Thomas Ford
"Polyphemus' Cave" David Nickle
"Till Human Voices Wake Us" Stephen Dedman
"Unspeakable" MCA Hogarth
2003 Best Short Fiction Winner
"Three Letters from the Queen of Elfland" Sarah Monette
2003 Best Novel Finalists
Dance for the Ivory Madonna Don Sakers
The Fall of the Kings Ellen Kushner & Delia Sherman
Hominids Robert Sawyer
Lorimal's Chalice Jane Fletcher
Nightmare: A Novel of the Silent Empire Steven Harper
Solitaire Kelley Eskridge
2003 Best Novel Winner
Fire Logic Laurie J. Marks
2004 Best Short Fiction Short List
"Down with the Lizards and the Bees" Tim Pratt
"The Golden Boy" Warren Rochelle
"Kiss" Steve Berman
"Living with the Harpy" Tim Pratt
"Poison" Beth Bernobich
"The Riverboy" A M Dellamonica
"The Tawny Bitch" Nisi Shawl
"Walking Contradiction" Nancy Jane Moore
2004 Best Short Fiction Winner
"Lark Till Dawn, Princess" Barth Anderson
2004 Best Novel Short List
The Hidden Warrior Lynn Flewelling
Hybrids Robert Sawyer
Lust Geoff Ryman
Spin State Chris Moriarty
Storyteller Amy Thomson
Trickster Steven Harper
Troll Johanna Sinisalo
2004 Best Novel Winner
The Salt Roads Nalo Hopkinson
2005 Best Other Work Short List
Shadows of the Night Ed. Greg Herren
With Her Body Nicola Griffith
2005 Best Short Fiction Short List
"At the Roots of the World Tree" Catherine Lundoff
"Hold Back the Night" Colleen Anderson
"Kissing Frogs" Jaye Lawrence
"The Mask" David McConnell
"The Morning After" Therese Szymanski
"Pervert" Charles Coleman Finlay
"Rabbit Rerun" Carol Rosenfeld
"Song of Bullfrogs, Cry of Geese" Nicola Griffith
2005 Best Short Fiction Winner
"Country People" Richard Hall
2005 Best Novel Short List
Dog Warrior Wen Spencer
The First Stone Mark Anthony
Murder of Angels Caitlin Kiernan
Offspring Steven Harper
The Ordinary Jim Grimsley
Reruns Selina Rosen
Smoke and Shadows Tanya Huff
2005 Best Novel Winner
Earth Logic Laurie J. Marks
2006 Best Novel Short List
Bite Club Hal Bodner
Dragon's Eye James Hetley
Smoke and Mirrors Tanya Huff
The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl Tim Pratt
The Summer Isles Ian R. MacLeod
The Vesuvius Club Mark Gatiss
2006 Best Novel Winner
Cagebird Karin Lowachee
2007 Best Other Work Short List
"The Dance of Uzume-no-Ama" (poem) Catherynne M. Valente
Eerie Queerie (manga) Shori Shiozu
Gaylaxicon 2006 Sampler Ed. Don Sakers
Sleeping Beauty, Indeed Ed. Joselle Vanderhooft
2007 Best Other Work Winner
The Future is Queer Ed. Richard Labonte & Lawrence Schimel
2007 Best Short Fiction Short List
"The Beatrix Gates" Rachel Pollack
"Bones Like Black Sugar" Catherynne M. Valente
"The Captive Girl" Jennifer Pelland
"Caught by Skin" Steve Berman
"Facing Down Your Demons" Alexander Potter
"Fairy Tale Ending" L-J Baker
"Obscure Relations" L. Timmel Duchamp
"Plums" Camilla Bruce
"Sleeping Bears Lie" Alex Draven
"The Specter of Sin" Kristina Wright
"There's a Hole in the City" Richard Bowes
"Voce" Kimberly DeCina
"We Recruit" Julia Watts
2007 Best Short Fiction Winners
"In the Quake Zone" David Gerrold
"Instinct" Joy Parks
"The Language of Moths" Christopher Barzak
2007 Best Novel Short List
Carnival Elizabeth Bear
Dragon's Teeth James Hetley
The Growing Susanne M. Beck & Okasha Skat'si
The Privilege of the Sword Ellen Kushner
Smoke and Ashes Tanya Huff
Snow Wheeler Scott
Spin Control Chris Moriarty
The Virtu Sarah Monette
2007 Best Novel Winner
Vellum Hal Duncan
2008 Best Short Fiction Winner
"Ever So Much More than Twenty" Joshua Lewis

2008 Best Novel Winner

Wicked Gentlemen Ginn Hale