Bill Whitehead Award

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The Bill Whitehead Award is an annual literary award, presented by Publishing Triangle to honour lifetime achievement by writers within the LGBT community. First presented in 1989, the award was named in honour of Bill Whitehead, an editor with E. P. Dutton and Macmillan Publishers who died in 1987.[1] The award is given to a woman in even-numbered years and a man in odd-numbered years.

Winners[edit]

Bill Whitehead Award winners[2]
Year Winner Ref.
1989 Edmund White
1990 Adrienne Rich
1991 James Purdy
1992 Audre Lorde
1993 Samuel R. Delany
1994 Judy Grahn
1995 Jonathan Ned Katz
1996 Joan Nestle
1997 Armistead Maupin
1998 M. E. Kerr
1999 John Rechy
2000 Doris Grumbach
2001 Michael Nava
2002 Jane Rule
2003 Christopher Bram
2004 Lillian Faderman
2005 Edward Field
2006 Karla Jay [3]
2007 Andrew Holleran [4]
2008 Katherine V. Forrest [5]
2009 Martin Duberman [6]
2010 Blanche Wiesen Cook
2011 Alan Hollinghurst
2012 Alison Bechdel [7]
2013 John D'Emilio [8]
2014 Maria Irene Fornes [9][10]
2015 Rigoberto González [11]
2016 Eloise Klein Healy [12]
2017 Michael Bronski [13]
2018 Sarah Schulman [14]
2019 Jaime Manrique [15]
2020 Eileen Myles [16]
2021 Cheryl Clarke [17][18]
2022 Cherrie Moraga [19]
2023 Patrick Califia [20]
2024 Dorothy Allison [21][22]

References[edit]

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  6. ^ "Awards: Triangle; Irish Book". Shelf Awareness. 2009-05-08. Archived from the original on 2022-10-14. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  7. ^ "Image of the day: Triangle Winners". Shelf Awareness. 2012-04-20. Archived from the original on 2024-05-10. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  8. ^ Bookey, Seth J. (2013-05-08). "Going for the Silver – Gay City News". Gay City News. Archived from the original on 2022-02-05. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
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  10. ^ "Awards: Cervantes Winner; Triangle Winners; Orwell Shortlist". Shelf Awareness. 2014-04-25. Archived from the original on 2024-05-18. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  11. ^ "Awards: Triangle; Thwaites Wainwright; CrimeFest". Shelf Awareness . 2015-04-24. Archived from the original on 2022-07-19. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  12. ^ "Awards: Triangle; Orwell; James Tait Black". Shelf Awareness. 2016-04-22. Archived from the original on 2024-04-22. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  13. ^ "Awards: Edgars; Publishing Triangle; Chicago Tribune YA; Dewdney Read Together". Shelf Awareness. 2017-04-28. Archived from the original on 2023-12-03. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  14. ^ "Awards: Edgars; Publishing Triangle". Shelf Awareness. 2018-04-27. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  15. ^ Maher |, John (2019-04-26). "This Year's Triangle Award Winners Announced". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
  16. ^ "Publishing Triangle Awards Finalists, Yiyun Li's Virtual Book Club, and More". Poets & Writers. 2020-03-17. Archived from the original on 2021-06-13. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  17. ^ "Publishing Triangle Announces 2021 Finalists, Special Awards Winners". Publishers Weekly. 2021-03-22. Archived from the original on 2022-12-07. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
  18. ^ "Awards: Triangle Winners; Firecracker Finalists". Shelf Awareness. 2021-05-13. Archived from the original on 2023-12-03. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  19. ^ "Awards: Triangle Winners". Shelf Awareness. 2022-05-12. Archived from the original on 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  20. ^ "Awards: Publishing Triangle Winners". Shelf Awareness. 2023-05-01. Archived from the original on 2023-12-24. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  21. ^ Albanese, Andrew (2024-04-18). "Helen Elaine Lee, Joseph Plaster Among 2024 Publishing Triangle Award Winners". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on 2024-05-15. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  22. ^ "Awards: Publishing Triangle Winners; Donner Shortlist". Shelf Awareness. 2024-04-18. Archived from the original on 2024-05-08. Retrieved 2024-05-20.

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