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The defunct Gaylactic Spectrum Awards are given to works of
A People's Choice Award winner.
A People's Choice award winner.
In the following table, the years correspond to the year of work's release; the ceremonies are always held the following year. The notes column details the type of media for entries in the other works category, or the name of the publication in which the entries were first published in the short fiction category. The years are linked to the appropriate year in literature, comics, television or film articles.
Nicola Griffith has won the most awards, each winning three awards. Other authors and editors who have won the award multiple times are David Gerrold, Keith Hartman, Laurie J. Marks, and Stephen Pagel. Melissa Scott has both a novel in the Hall of Fame and has won an award for Best Short Fiction. Samuel R. Delany is notable for winning both a special "Lifetime Achievement" award and having a novel in the Hall of Fame. Tanya Huff has been a finalist five times without winning. The most successful individual comic book creator is Judd Winick, who has been nominated twice and won one award for writing Green Lantern comic books. The creators of Buffy the Vampire Slayer have also received five nominations across various media, making it the most successful franchise and television series at the awards.[6]
The results are decided by a panel of judges from the list of submitted nominees; nominations may be made by anyone. The judges are volunteers from science fiction fandom and GLBT community, with one volunteer as the "Award Administrator". The judges review each recommended work and the long list of nominees is reduced via review and discussion to a short list of finalists, and then one or more winners is chosen by consensus or vote. The results are generally announced and presented at Gaylaxicon, a convention dedicated to LGBT science fiction, although they have also been presented at Worldcon in the past.[4][5] Each award consists of an etched image on lucite on a stand, using a spiral galaxy in a triangle logo, based on the logo the Gaylactic Network. The award winner's name, work title, award year and category are etched on a small plaque on the base or on the plexiglass itself. A small cash stipend is also awarded to winners in the Best Novel category. The cost of the awards is paid through individual donations and fundraising events.[3]
The categories are open to submission of English-language works released during the prior calendar year in North America that include "significant positive GLBT content". The time-frame of eligibility is based on copyright date for first printing for written works, cover date for magazines and comic books, release date for films, first air date for television. Works must be "professionally" published or distributed to be eligible for consideration and be wholly original and legal. The judges may choose to extend eligibility for a work due to oversight, confusion regarding release dates, or problems with availability. An open nomination/recommendation process is used to identify works to be considered by the judges. Works of any format produced before the inception of the awards are eligible to be inducted into the "Hall of Fame"; these inductees are selected solely by the judges.[3]
Since their inception, the awards have been given in categories for novels and best other work. Other categories have also been added and removed in intervening years, including categories for short fiction (since the second year) and comic books for one year. A short lived "People's Choice" award voted by convention attendees was also awarded to one work from any of the category nominee short lists. The award for best novel is the only one to have been handed out every year since the awards began. Currently, there are three regular categories, novels, short fiction and other works. The other works category is for works in any non-novel, non-short-fiction medium. This includes: comic books, graphic novels, movies, television episodes, multimedia, anthologies, story collections, gaming products, artwork, music.[3]
The major award categories are for best novel, short fiction, and other works. The winners and short list of recommended nominees are decided by a jury. One of the most recognized authors, Nicola Griffith has received the most awards overall, with three wins. Griffith also jointly holds the record for most nominations with Melissa Scott, both having received five nominations. Works of any format produced before the awards were first given are eligible to be inducted into the "Hall of Fame", although no work has been inducted since 2003. The list of award winners and Hall of Fame inductees has been called a "who's who of science fiction" by GLBTQ.com.[2] This article lists the winners in each of the categories, and the inductees to the Hall of Fame.
As of 2014 the awards are officially defunct. [1]
New York City, Macmillan Publishers, Tom Doherty, United States, Book
Marvel Comics, Vertigo (DC Comics), Warner Bros., Archie Comics, Mad (magazine)
Transgender, Sexual orientation, LGBT history, Gay, LGBT symbols
Children's literature, L. Sprague de Camp, Saudi Arabia, James Bond, Stephen King
Children's literature, J. M. Coetzee, Charles Dickens, Unesco, Indonesia
Lgbt, Gaylactic Spectrum Awards, Canada, Yaoi, Yuri (genre)
Alyson Publications, Tor Books, Lgbt, 2nd Lambda Literary Awards, Speculative fiction
Dōjinshi, Shōjo manga, Yuri (genre), Manga, Anime
Artificial intelligence, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Science fiction, Fantasy, Bantam Spectra
United States, Feminist science fiction, Gaylactic Spectrum Awards, Suzy McKee Charnas, Salon.com