Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award

The Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award is an annual literary award, presented by Publishing Triangle to honor achievement by an emerging LGBTQ writer. The prize is presented to a writer who has shown exceptional talent and the promise of continued literary success and significance in the future.[1]

From 2013 to 2016, the award was presented by Lambda Literary Foundation as a Lambda Literary Award, until taken over by Publishing Triangle. First presented by Publishing Triangle in 2017, the award was named in memory of American author and psychotherapist Betty Berzon, who won the fight to have the American Psychiatric Association declassify homosexuality as a mental illness,[2] and contributed to LGBTQ advocacy throughout her lifetime.[3] The award is sponsored by Berzon's widow, Teresa DeCrescenzo.[4][5]

Recipients

Award winners[6]
Year Recipient Ref.
2013 Sassafras Lowrey [7]
Carter Sickels
2014 Imogen Binnie [8]
Charles Rice-Gonzalez
2015 Anne Balay [9]
Daisy Hernández
2017 Chinelo Okparanta [10]
2018 Sarah Perry [11]
2019 Julian Randall [12]
2020 Oliver Baez Bendorf [13][14]
2021 Robert Fieseler [15]
2022 John Paul Brammer [16]
2023 Crisosto Apache [17]
2024 Hilary Zaid [18][19]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Betty Berzon | Jewish Women's Archive". jwa.org. Archived from the original on 2020-11-25. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
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  4. ^ "Teresa DeCrescenzo | USC Libraries". libraries.usc.edu. Archived from the original on 2019-08-07. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
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  9. ^ Thrasher, Steven W. (2015-06-02). "John Waters receives 'crown of queer royalty' at 27th Lambda literary awards". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2023-07-09. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  10. ^ "Triangle Awards Finalists Announced". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on 2017-11-03. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  11. ^ "WRI_Sarah Perry '13 Wins Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award". Columbia - School of the Arts. Archived from the original on 2019-12-26. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  12. ^ Reid, Calvin (2019-03-11). "Finalists, Achievement Winners Announced for 2019 Triangle Lit Awards". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on 2023-09-27. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ "Oliver Baez Bendorf Wins Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award". The Publishing Triangle. 2020-03-16. Archived from the original on 2021-06-13. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ "Awards: Triangle Winners". Shelf Awareness. 2022-05-12. Archived from the original on 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
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  18. ^ 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.
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