The deadline for the Jim Duggins Award has passed

Award recipients to be announced by January 31.

The awards, in their fourth year, recognize and promote LGBT mid-career novelists of extraordinary talent and service to the LGBT community. They are made possible by James Duggins, PhD, a retired educator who taught at San Francisco State University. Two annual cash awards of $5,000 each will be made to one man and one woman. Past honorees include Dorothy Allison, Ronald L. Donaghe, Elana Dykewomon, Jim Grimsley, Michael Lowenthal, and Michelle Tea. Eligibility is open to any author who has written and published at least three novels, or at least two novels and substantial additional literary work, including poems, short stories, or essays.