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2015 Rainbow Awards - Cover Contest

We have 482 covers in the poll.

To vote for the covers you like you can use the following form: http://www.elisarolle.com/rainbowawards/covers.php (you have to vote for at least 3 covers otherwise the vote is void; no limit on how many covers you can vote)

The poll will remain open until November 30.



Please fair play. This is the popular side of the Rainbow Awards, and I trust all voters to be honest.


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2015 Rainbow Awards Submission: Banshee’s Honor by Shaylynn Rose

Banshee's Honor (The Tales of Y'Myran Book 1) by Shaylynn Rose
Lesbian Fantasy
Paperback: 398 pages
Publisher: Ylva Verlag e.Kfr.; Revised Edition edition (August 25, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3955331032
ISBN-13: 978-3955331030
Amazon: Banshee's Honor (The Tales of Y'Myran Book 1)
Amazon Kindle: Banshee's Honor (The Tales of Y'Myran Book 1)

Warleader. This is what the people of Y'Dan used to call the proud warrior Azhani Rhu'len. Banshee. Oath breaker. Murderer. These are words that slip off their tongues now. Azhani Rhu'len, once one of the greatest of Y'Dan's warriors, is now just a common criminal, escaping the justice of the kingdom she swore to serve. Kyrian Stardancer. Goddess' Own. A healer and priestess, she is inviolate until one day, when her world is turned upside down and tossed over the back of a horse-literally. Torn from all she knows, Kyrian finds her fate now rests squarely on the shoulders of the oath breaker, Azhani Rhu'len. When signs of ancient evil appear, Azhani and Kyrian must choose whether to ignore the warnings or stand and face the terrifying menace.

2015 Rainbow Awards Guidelines: http://www.elisarolle.com/rainbowawards/rainbow_awards_2015.html

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2015 Rainbow Awards Submission: Not Such A Stranger by Dalia Craig

Not Such A Stranger by Dalia Craig
Lesbian Contemporary Romance
Paperback: 360 pages
Publisher: Lydian Press (September 12, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1909934682
ISBN-13: 978-1909934689
Amazon: Not Such A Stranger
Amazon Kindle: Not Such A Stranger

Two women, a lovely old house, and an ancient family feud, come together in this lesbian romance set in and around the picturesque seaside town of Whitby, North Yorkshire. When Jaime Fyre inherits Rykesby from her uncle, James, the unexpected bequest proves increasingly problematic. The sudden arrival of Kimberly Marshall, who lays claim to the property, adds to Jaime’s troubles. Why is Kimberly so convinced that Jaime is both a liar and a fraud? The mystery deepens when Jaime finds a photograph of her mother amongst her uncle’s possessions. Why is it there? Did her mother and her uncle have a relationship? Jaime’s search for answers draws a blank. With nobody left to ask, the list of unanswered questions grows, matching the tension between Kimberly and Jaime. As Jaime’s future happiness, and her relationship with Kimberly, hang in the balance will what Jaime discovers behind a locked door in the library help or hinder her quest for truth and reconciliation?

2015 Rainbow Awards Guidelines: http://www.elisarolle.com/rainbowawards/rainbow_awards_2015.html

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2015 Rainbow Awards Submission: Glamour Blade by Áine P Massie

Glamour Blade: A House Millar Book by Áine P Massie
Gay Paranormal Romance
Series: House Millar Series
Paperback: 222 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (August 25, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1517002036
ISBN-13: 978-1517002039
Amazon: Glamour Blade: A House Millar Book
Amazon Kindle: Glamour Blade: A House Millar Book

Sometimes the greatest hope is found when two hearts find their truth and their home. When Rory Ó Cuinn—a Sidhe warrior, knight, and noble—is sent by the Sidhe Queen’s Council to reestablish the magically enhanced vampire hunters known as Guardians, he doesn’t question his mission. Lord Lorccán is a rare vampire noble, as he only kills humans who are far more monster then not. When he meets Mistress Anya from the House Millar, he believes he’s found an ally in creating a warrior class to police the vampires and protect the innocent—human and vampire alike. Sidhe nobles aren’t meant to love the damned and Rory fights against a rising attraction for Lor, just as Lor pushes every one of Rory’s buttons—mostly on purpose. When they team up, using both their magics and knowledge to save those that matter most to them and find possible future Guardians, their predesigned realities and perceptions change and twist. As love, hate, passion, and betrayal collide, the only question left is which emotions the pair will grasp and hold.

2015 Rainbow Awards Guidelines: http://www.elisarolle.com/rainbowawards/rainbow_awards_2015.html

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2015 Rainbow Awards Submission: A Small Country about to Vanish by Victoria Avilan

A Small Country about to Vanish by Victoria Avilan
Lesbian Contemporary General Fiction
Paperback: 194 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1 edition (July 20, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1514349299
ISBN-13: 978-1514349298
Amazon: A Small Country about to Vanish
Amazon Kindle: A Small Country about to Vanish

"A most remarkable homage to things Israeli, things Jewish, things human, and the love and honesty it takes to face down a country gone awry, a people prone to remembering and forgetting, a heart that knows true love and therefore knows its absence. A Small Country about to Vanish is love's survival story, between the author and her country of Israel, between Shelli and Rona, between a mother and her children, between a husband and wife. Avilan writes about Israel with the love and pain stemming from the realization that not all that we love is perfect, but we can't help loving it, or him, or her. This book almost reads itself, so sure-footed is the pacing, the ease of being drawn in despite some unease about what is written. The author does not intrude on her characters with the pointed finger of too much message forcibly delivered. A reader's ease and ability to identify with each main character is to have witnessed Avilan's magic literary show. This is a tense, taut and shocking study of freedom. Freedom to love, to live, to remember or forget how one obtained and lost those freedoms." -- Historical romance author T. T. Thomas.

2015 Rainbow Awards Guidelines: http://www.elisarolle.com/rainbowawards/rainbow_awards_2015.html



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2015 Rainbow Awards Submission: June Magee, RN, Festival Nurse by Ann McMan, Salem West, Barrett

June Magee, RN, Festival Nurse by Ann McMan, Salem West, Barrett
Lesbian Romantic Comedy
Paperback: 236 pages
Publisher: Bedazzled Ink Publishing Company (December 3, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1939562805
ISBN-13: 978-1939562807
Amazon: June Magee, RN, Festival Nurse
Amazon Kindle: June Magee, RN, Festival Nurse

"More silly fun than a barrel of schnauzers." - Fay Jacobs "I was appalled by the way my good name was abused to write this laugh-out-loud, fabulously entertaining book." - Ellen Hart When iconic media sensation June Magee, R.N. and her trusty boi photographer Roi Rodgers ride into Rehoboth Beach, Women's FEST will never be the same! In non-stop hilarity and mayhem, the dynamic duo battle trains, drag shows, a death-defying car ride-and their unexpected attraction to each other. And, just when they thought things couldn't possibly get more complicated, a mysterious medical malady crops up and threatens to ruin the success of Women's FEST. Join June, Roi, Fay Jacobs, The Poodle Beach Girls, a go-go boy named Pico de Gallo, and a cast of zanies as they take CAMP Rehoboth by storm in the rollicking first June Magee, R.N. adventure, Festival Nurse.

2015 Rainbow Awards Guidelines: http://www.elisarolle.com/rainbowawards/rainbow_awards_2015.html

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GRL: SJD Peterson

Starting from June 1, 2015, I will daily feature authors attending the three conventions I will join, Euro Pride in Munich (July), UK Meet in Bristol (September) and GRL in San Diego (October).

For the GRL in San Diego, October 15-18, 2015, today author is SJD Peterson: SJD Peterson, better known as Jo, hails from Michigan. Not the best place to live for someone who hates the cold and snow. When not reading or writing, Jo can be found close to the heater checking out NHL stats and watching the Red Wings kick a little butt. Can't cook, misses the clothes hamper nine out of ten tries, but is handy with power tools.

Further Readings:

Ruin Porn by S.A. McAuley and SJD Peterson
Paperback: 252 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (August 28, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1634764676
ISBN-13: 978-1634764674
Amazon: Ruin Porn
Amazon Kindle: Ruin Porn

There is underlying beauty in destruction….

Miah Thade, Finn Reese, and Ritchie Meyer are Resonator, an indie rock band with an edge―best friends turned rock stars, known as the Detroit 3. When Evin Rene appears in their life, none of them can deny he belongs with Rez.

They may have named their first album Ruin Porn because people get off on seeing how Detroit went from deeply loved to thoroughly forsaken, but they’re determined to prove that blight isn’t the entire story and blight isn’t always ugly.

Ritchie, Miah, Finn, and Evin take Resonator to a level no one anticipates. But no prosperity comes without sacrifice, and no secret stays hidden without a trail of lies. As Rez’s fame grows, so does the intensity between two of its members… as well as their potential for destruction.

Evin and Finn are about to discover the underlying beauty in their ruin porn.



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2015 Rainbow Awards

Against any expectation, also this year the Rainbow Awards went over 400 submissions, the final count is 453. And more important than anything, charity donations reached the amount of 17.339,28$. The list of charities, with their amount is:

Abby of the Brew City Sisters, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence 25$
AIDS Support Network in San Luis Obispo County 100$
Albert Kennedy Trust 804,83$
Ali Forney Center 589$
American Institute of Bisexuality 50$
Audre Lorde Project 120$
Australian Marriage Equality 217$
Avenue Community Centre 25$
BiNet USA 280$
Bisexual Resource Center 175$
Broken Rainbow UK 183$
Calgary Outlink 85$
Center Colorado 85$
Center Long Beach 65$
Centerpoint 25$
Chico Stonewall 75$
Colors 205$
Covenant House 250$
Diversity Center 575$
Diversity Role Models 50$
Equality Toledo 40$
Fair Wisconsin 25$
Family Builders 50$
Galfa 98$
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders 35$
Gay & Lesbian Fund of Vermont 56$
GCLS Scholarship Fund 330$
GLBT Advocacy & Youth Services 233$
GLYS 150$
HIV/AIDS Care Program 75$
HRC 515$
In Other Words Feminist Community Center 75$
Indiana Youth Group 25$
Inland Northwest LGBT Center 110$
It Gets Better Project 490$
Lambda Legal 2095$
Lambert House 60$
Lancaster LGBT Center 50$
LBGTQ Center of Durham 453$
LGBT Center Greater Cleveland 50$
LGBT Center New York 35$
Lifelong AIDS Alliance 51$
LikeMe 110$
Los Angeles LGBT Center 185$
Lost-n-Found 480$
LSVD – Lesben- und Schwulenverband in Deutschland 100$
Mermaids 53$
Milwaukee LGBT Community Center 90$
Moveable Feast 173$
National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance 50$
Odyssey Youth Center 50$
One Iowa 30$
One N Ten 25$
Out Youth 50$
OutFront Minnesota 25$
OutSpokane 25$
PACE 234$
Pasadena Pride Center 25$
Pathfinders Milwaukee 60$
PFLAG 415$
Point Foundation 1828$
PRIDE Community Center of North Central Florida 125$
Q Center Portland 18,95$
Qmunity 125$
Queer Rock Camp 25$
queerblick 30$
Rainbow Resource Center 200$
Rainbow Youth 46,5$
Ronald McDonald House of Scranton 50$
Ruth Ellis Center 200$
Sage 480$
School on Wheels 25$
Soy Toronto 75$
St. James Infirmary 25$
Tampa Bay LGBT Welcome Center 100$
Terrence Higgins Trust 10$
Time Out Youth 150$
Trans Lifeline 615$
Trevor Project 1103$
True Colors Fund 185$
UCAN 35$
William Way 50$
Women's Resource Center of Scranton 25$
Wyoming Equality 90$
You Can Play 230$
You Will Rise 103$
YouthCares 125$

"Rainbow Pride Cheesecake" is the official pin-up boy of the Rainbow Awards especially created by Paul Richmond

The 453 submissions will be divided in the following eligible categories:

LGBT Anthology / Collection 18
LGBT Biography / Memoir 7
LGBT Non Fiction, Poetry, Visual Arts / Photography 8
LGBT Young Adult 18
Bisexual Fiction 9
Bisexual Romance 11
Transgender Fiction 6
Transgender Romance 6
Gay Contemporary General Fiction 25
Lesbian Contemporary General Fiction 16
Gay Contemporary Romance 72
Lesbian Contemporary & Erotic Romance & Romantic Comedy 35
Gay Erotic Romance 39
Gay Fantasy 7
Lesbian Fantasy & Fantasy Romance 6
Gay Fantasy Romance 11
Gay Historical Fiction 5
Lesbian Historical Fiction & Romance 6
Gay Historical Romance 18
Gay Mystery / Thriller 22
Lesbian Mystery / Thriller 13
Gay Paranormal Romance 29
Lesbian Paranormance Romance & Sci-Fi / Futuristic 9
Gay Romantic Comedy 14
Gay Sci-Fi / Futuristic 15

Starting from October we will post the Honorable Mentions, and Rainbow Award Winners will be announced on December 8, 2015.

"Air de Capri" is a 1923 painting by Gerda Wegener, with Gerda herself and her husband, transgender male to female, Lili Elbe

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UK Meet in Bristol, September 11-13, 2015

Starting from June 1, 2015, I daily featured authors attending the UK Meet in Bristol, September 11-13, 2015. Today is the last post, and from tomorrow I will be on a 4 days leave from the blog for the duration of the convention. See you all there is Bristol!



Below all the authors I featured:


















































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2015 Rainbow Awards Submission: In My Neighborhood by Giovanna Capone

In My Neighborhood by Giovanna Capone
Lesbian Poetry
Paperback: 140 pages
Publisher: Bedazzled Ink Publishing Company (December 30, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1939562708
ISBN-13: 978-1939562708
Amazon: In My Neighborhood
Amazon Kindle: In My Neighborhood

"A living, breathing love song to the poet's heritage and the many ways it shaped the fierce and independent woman that she has become today." -Maria Mazziotti Gillan, American Book Award winner for All That Lies Between Us "Capone paints a vivid picture, whose themes of love and loss will resonate with many, as they are simultaneously both personal and universal." -Mary Saracino, novelist, poet, and memoir writer, author of Heretics: A Love Story In My Neighborhood is a lyrical, humorous, and provocative book documenting Giovanna Capone's search for a political and personal identity as an Italian-American raised in an old world traditional family, who later claims herself as a lesbian and a political activist. From beginning to end, through poetry, essay, and memoir, she explores her journey both emotionally and geographically, as she leaves the hub of her ethnic identity in New York, and enters the world beyond her childhood. Her writing is bound by a search for love, freedom, and ethnic identity, and also by her feminist politics and point of view. Her beloved heritage is an ever-present touchstone as she examines her roots and describes her adult life and developing consciousness.

2015 Rainbow Awards Guidelines: http://www.elisarolle.com/rainbowawards/rainbow_awards_2015.html

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