• Three "hard" copies of the published work,
• An electronic file of the work (in MS Word), along with a brief author bio (MS Word) and photo (JPEG or TIFF) saved to a CD or e-mailed to GLVWGAwards@aol.com
• Completed entry form
• $10 application fee per category (to pay for judging costs)

 All entries must be published in the United States between 1993 and 2008.

Entries must be postmarked no later than January 31, 2009. Works submitted cannot be returned at the close of the contest. 

Contact Author Advocate Awards Chair: Melanie Gold at GLVWGawards@aol.com. No phone calls, please. 

All submissions must be sent to: 

Entries must include a completed entry form for each work submitted for consideration. 

Clearly mark the category the work is to be considered under. Each submission may be entered in only one category, and only one submission per category will be accepted for each author (and author aliases). 

• Three "hard" copies of the published work,
• An electronic file of the work (in MS Word), along with a brief author bio (MS Word) and photo (JPEG or TIFF) saved to a CD or e-mailed to GLVWGAwards@aol.com
• Completed entry form
• $10 application fee per category (to pay for judging costs)

The official application for the GLVWG literary awards may be found on www.glvwg.org/award_application/ (PDF form) or photocopied, but must be legible. 

The prize winners of the 2009 GLVWG annual literary awards will be announced at an awards dinner on the judges’ recommendation.