Bywater Books is 10 years old! In that time, we’ve published 20 titles that have won awards — or, to put it another way, two-thirds of the new fiction we’ve published has been recognized by organisations as diverse as the American Library Association, Lambda Literary, the Independent Book Publishers Association and Golden Crown.
Tony Valenzeula, Executive Director of the Lambda Literary Foundation, offered us his congratulations: “Bywater Books has been a pillar in lesbian and independent publishing for a decade with a remarkable roster of authors who thrill us, move us, make us laugh, make us think, and most importantly, make us want to keep reading. Congratulations to Bywater for 10 great years of publishing!”
Listed below are are award winners:
ALA Stonewall Book Award Winner 2014:
Art on Fire by Hilary Sloin
ALA Rainbow List Award Winner:
Leap by Z Egloff
Giraffe People by Jill Malone
Lambda Literary Award Winner:
A Field Guide to Deception by Jill Malone
Ben Franklin Book Award for Historical Fiction Winner:
The Raven’s Heart by Jesse Blackadder
Ben Franklin Book Award Silver Medal Winner:
Art on Fire by Hilary Sloin
ForeWord Book of the Year Gold Medal Winner:
Trick of the Dark by Val McDermid
96 Hours by Georgia Beers
ForeWord Book of the Year Bronze Medal Winner:
Shaken and Stirred by Joan Opyr
Independent Publisher Book Award Gold Medal Humor:
I Came Out for This? by Lisa Gitlin
Independent Publisher Book Award Gold Medal Lesbian Fiction:
I Came Out for This? by Lisa Gitlin
Independent Publisher Book Award Bronze Medal Historical Fiction:
The Raven’s Heart by Jesse Blackadder
Independent Publisher Book Award Bronze Medal Lesbian Fiction:
Parallel Lies by Stella Duffy
Great Northwest Book Festival Grand Prize Winner:
A Field Guide to Deception by Jill Malone
Golden Crown Literary Award Winners:
Art on Fire by Hilary Sloin
The Raven’s Heart by Jesse Blackadder
96 Hours by Georgia Beers
Shaken and Stirred by Joan Opyr
Idaho Code by Joan Opyr
Last Chance at the Lost and Found by Marcia Finical
Camptown Ladies by Mari SanGiovanni
