Golden Crown Literary Society
Tentative Schedule 2010 Conference

Tentative Schedule 2010 Conference

Here is a skeleton schedule of events. These times will change as we get the presentations and panels set up. 

 

Tentative 2010 GCLS Conference Schedule

Wednesday June 2, 2010

5:00 to 8:00  Meet-N-Greet Poolside

Time

Date and Activity

Thursday June 3, 2010

9:00 to 4:00

Sessions Palm 3, Palm 4, Palm 5

4:14 to 5:30

Board of Director’s Meeting Jasmine Room

 

 

 

 

Friday June 4, 2010

9:00 to 10:15

Membership Meeting

10:15 to 11:00

Special Speaker

11:00 to 5:00

Sessions Palm 3, Palm 4, Palm 5

5:00 to 10:00

Poolside Karaoke

 

Saturday June 5, 2010

10:00 to 11:00

Keynote Speaker – Lee Lynch

11:00 to 12:00

Author Auction

1:00 to 3:30

Sessions Palm 3, Palm 4, Palm 5

6:30 to 7:30

Awards Reception

7:30 to 9:00

Awards Program

9:00 to 12:00

Dance

 

 

Sunday June 6, 2010

10:00 to 11:00

Buffett Brunch

10:00 to 11:00

General Session

11:00 to 12:00

General Session

 

 
History of the GCLS Awards: 2005 - Present

 

Early on, the GCLS had few resources, so the Awards started out simple. Since then, we've attempted to expand categories to include a greater variety of books and to honor a larger number of the talented authors writing lesbian fiction.


Here is a history of what we've added since 2005:

2005 - New Orleans

We had 3 awards plus the Trailblazer Award to start:
  • Romance/Erotica
  • Mystery/Adventure/Thriller
  • Sci-fi/Fantasy/Paranormal/Horror
  • Trailblazer Award (TB Award)

2006 - Atlanta #1

In addition to TB Award and the three original Romance/Erotic, Mystery/Adventure/Thriller, Sci-fi/Fantasy/Paranormal/Horror, we added:
  • Debut Author

2007 - Atlanta #2

In addition to Trailblazer Award, Debut Author, and Mystery/Adventure/Thriller, we changed:
  • Sci-fi/Fantasy/Paranormal/Horror to "Speculative Fiction"
  • Romance/Erotic to "Romance"
And we added:
  • Erotica
  • Dramatic General Fiction
  • Anthology/Short Story/Essay Collections
  • Ann Bannon Popular Choice Award
  • GCLS Directors' Award

2008 - Phoenix

In addition to Trailblazer Award, Director's Award, Ann Bannon Popular Choice Award, Debut Author, Mystery/Adventure/Thriller, Speculative Fiction, Romance, Erotica, Dramatic/General Fiction, we expanded Anthology/Short Story/Essay Collections into:
  • Anthologies (non-erotic)
  • Short Stories/Essay/Collections
And added:
  • Poetry

2009 - Orlando #1

In addition to Trailblazer Award, Director's Award, Ann Bannon Popular Choice Award, Debut Author, Speculative Fiction, Erotica, Dramatic/General Fiction, Anthologies (non-erotic), Short Stories/Essay/Collections, and Poetry, the Romance category was split into four categories:
  • Traditional Contemporary Romance
  • Romantic Suspense/Intrigue/Adventure
  • Historical Romance
  • Paranormal Romance
And Mystery/Adventure/Thriller became:
  • Mystery/Thriller

2010 - Orlando #2

There are no additions to the Awards for this year. In addition to the Trailblazer Award and Director's Award, we have: The Ann Bannon Popular Choice Award, Debut Author, Speculative Fiction, Mystery/Thriller, Erotica, Dramatic/General Fiction, Anthologies (non-erotic), Short Stories/Essay/Collections, Poetry, and the four romance-based categories: Traditional Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense/Intrigue/Adventure, Historical Romance, and Paranormal Romance.

 

Click here to review a list of past award winners.



 
2010 Golden Crown Literary Award Nominees

 

The List of Nominees is now complete. The Judges have books in hand, and the Shortlist will be posted in April as soon as the judging is complete. Stay tuned!

 BOOK TITLE  AUTHOR PUBLISHER

 ANN BANNON POPULAR CHOICE AWARD

Beggar Of Love
Comfortable Distance
Delusional
Everafter
Family Affair
In The Works
Keile's Chance
Mantras From The Great Void
Mean Little Deaf Queer
No Rules Of Engagement
October's Promise
Outsiders

Playing For First
Root Of Passion
Something To Declare
The Color Of Dust
The Reluctant Daughter
The Scorpion
Toasted
Waltzing At Midnight
Warming Trend
White As Bone, Red As Blood
Winds Of Heaven
Worth Every Step
Wrong Turns

Lee Lynch
Kenna White
Terri Breneman
Nell Stark/Trinity Tam
Saxon Bennett
Val Brown
Dillon Watson
Janice Josephine Carney
Terry Galloway
Tracey Richardson
Marianne Garver
L Ames/G Beers/JD Glass/
   S Meagher/S Smith
Chris Paynter
Ann Roberts
Gillian Kendall
Claire Rooney
Leslea Newman
Gerri Hill
Josie Gordon
Robbi McCoy
Karin Kallmaker
Cerridwen Fallingstar
Kate Sweeney
KG MacGregor
Jackie Calhoun

Bold Strokes Bks
Bella Bks
Bella Bks
Bold Strokes Bks
Bella Bks
Blue Feather Bks
Bella Bks
Xlibris Corp
Beacon Press
Bella Bks
Bella Bks
Brisk Press

Blue Feather Bks
Bella Bks
Univ of Wisc Pr
Bella Bks
Bold Strokes Bks
Bella Bks
Bella Bks
Bella Bks
Bella Bks
Bella Bks
Intaglio Bks
Bella Bks
Bella Bks

 ANTHOLOGY (NON-EROTICA)

And Baby Makes More
Romantic Interludes 2: Secrets
Something To Declare
Time Well Bent: Queer Alt Hist...
Year's Best Lesbian Fiction '08
ed. S Goldberg/C Brush
ed. Radclyffe/Stacia Seaman
ed. Gillian Kendall
ed. Connie Wilkins
ed. Fran Walker
Insomniac Pr
Bold Strokes Bks
Univ of Wisc Pr
Lethe Press
Bedazzled Ink

 DEBUT AUTHOR

A Question Of Integrity
Accidental Rebels
Ancestral Magic
Arusha
Attractions Of The Heart 
Backwards to Oregon
Clarity
Into Spring
Keile's Chance
Lilac Mines
Mean Little Deaf Queer
My Red Blood
October's Promise
Playing For First
Possessing Morgan
Renegade
The Arcanum Of Beth
The Creamsickle
The Middle Of Somewhere
The Other Side of Paradise
The Sublime/Spirited Voyage...
The Veil Of Sorrow
Verge
Waltzing At Midnight
Welcome Home

Megan Magill
Kelly Sinclair
Moondancer Drake
JE Knowles
Cheri Crystal
Jae
Jocelyn Powers
Linda Katherine Stough
Dillon Watson
Cheryl Klein
Terry Galloway
Alix Dobkin
Marianne Garver
Chris Paynter
Erica Lawson
Cheyne Curry
Mary Jane Russell
Rhiannon Argo
Clifford Henderson
Staceyann Chin
Colette Moody
Crystal Michallet-Romero
Z. Egloff
Robbi McCoy
Glenda Poulter

Regal Crest
Blue Feather Bks
PD Publishing
Spinsters Ink
loveyoudivine
L-Book ePubl
Intaglio Publ
Booksurge LLC
Bella Bks
Manic D Press
Beacon Press
Alyson Books
Bella Bks
Blue Feather Bks
Blue Feather Bks
PD Publishing
Intaglio Publ
Spinsters Ink
Bold Strokes Bks
Scribner/S&S
Bold Strokes Bks
PD Publishing
Bywater Bks
Bella Bks
PD Publishing

 DRAMATIC / GENERAL FICTION

A Field Guide To Deception
Accidental Rebels
Art For Art's Sake: Meredith...
Beggar Of Love 
Detours
Family Affair
Footsteps
Gemini
In Keisha's Shadow
Land Beyond Maps
Losing Control
My Life With Stella Kane
My Sweet Curiosity
Playing For First
Qualities Of Light
Quite An Undertaking: Devon...
Renegade
Risk
Second Time Around
Sistine Heresy
Small Packages
Stepping Stone
The Children Of Mother Glory
The Labrys Reunion
The Middle Of Somewhere
The Path Taken
The Reluctant Daughter
This One's Going To Last Forever
Verge
Welcome Home
White As Bone, Red As Blood

Jill Malone
Kelly Sinclair
Barbara Clanton
Lee Lynch
Jane Vollbrecht
Saxon Bennett
Mickey Minner
Geonn Cannon
Sandra Barret
Maida Tilchen
Cheril N. Clark
Linda Morganstein
Amanda Hale
Chris Paynter
Mary Carroll Moore
Barbara Clanton
Cheyne Curry
Elana Dykewomon
Linda Kay Silva
Justine Saracen
KG MacGregor
Karin Kallmaker
CM Harris
Terry Wolverton
Clifford Henderson
Koda Graystone
Leslea Newman
Nairne Holtz
Z. Egloff
Glenda Poulter
Cerridwen Fallingstar

Bywater Bks
Blue Feather Bks
Regal Crest
Bold Strokes Bks
Blue Feather Bks
Bella Bks
PD Publishing
PD Publishing
Bedazzled Ink
Savvy Press
Dodi Press
Regal Crest
Thistledown Pr
Blue Feather Bks
Spinsters Ink
Regal Crest
PD Publishing
Bywater Bks
Spinsters Ink
Bold Strokes Bks
Bella Bks
Bella Bks
Spinsters Ink
Spinsters Ink
Bold Strokes Bks
PD Publishing
Bold Strokes Bks
Insomniac Press
Bywater Bks
PD Publishing
Cauldron Publ

 HISTORICAL ROMANCE

Backwards To Oregon
Fireweed
Forgetting The Alamo, Or Blood...
Kicker's Journey
The Clash Between The Minds
The Color of Dust
The Seduction Of Moxie
Jae
Mickey Minner
Emma Perez
Lois Cloarec Hart
Nann Dunne
Claire Rooney
Colette Moody
L-Book ePubl
PD Publishing
UT Press
PD Publishing
Intaglio Publ
Bella Bks
Bold Strokes Bks

 LESBIAN EROTICA

Attractions Of The Heart
Girl Crazy: Coming Out Erotica
Mild To Wild
Night's Kiss
Radical Encounters
Sapphistocated

Women Of The Bite

Cheri Crystal
Sacchi Green
Rrrose Carbinela
Catherine Lundoff
Radclyffe
A Brio/B Wylde/V Wiest/
   J Du Pre
Cecilia Tan
loveyoudivine
Cleis Press
L-Book ePubl
Lethe Press
Bold Strokes Bks
Phaze Books

Alyson Books

 MYSTERY / THRILLER

A Question Of Integrity
All Gone
Big Noise: A Jo Spence Mystery
Command Of Silence
Death Of A Dying Man
Delusional
Echo's Crusade
From Hell To Breakfast
Justice For All
Possessing Morgan
The Arcanum Of Beth
The Little Stranger
The Mirror And The Mask
The Ties That Bind
The Venus Vendetta
Toasted
Tunnel Vision
Veritas
Who'll Be Dead For Christmas?
World On Fire

Megan Magill
RJ Nolan
Jen Wright
Paulette Callen
JM Redmann
Terri Breneman
JM Dragon
Joan Opyr
Radclyffe
Erica Lawson
Mary Jane Russell
Sarah Waters
Ellen Hart
Andi Marquette
Rose Pry
Josie Gordon
Brenda Adcock
Anne Laughlin
Kate Sweeney
Geonn Cannon

Regal Crest
L-Book ePubl
Clover Valley Pr
Spinsters Ink
Bold Strokes Bks
Bella Bks
Intaglio Publ
Blue Feather Bks
Bold Strokes Bks
Blue Feather Bks
Intaglio Publ
Riverhead Bks
St Martin's
Regal Crest
Spinsters Ink
Bella Bks
Regal Crest
Bold Strokes Bks
Intaglio Publ
PD Publishing

 PARANORMAL ROMANCE

Ancestral Magic
Barking At The Moon
Everafter
Fireside
The Sea Hawk
Moondancer Drake
Nene Adams
Nell Stark/Trinity Tam
Cate Culpepper
Brenda Adcock
PD Publishing
PD Publishing
Bold Strokes Bks
Bold Strokes Bks
Regal Crest

 POETRY

A
Bird Eating Bird
Cave Of The Yellow Volkswagen
Diminuendo
In Praise Of Falling
Mantras From The Great Void
The Heart's Traffic
Tryst
When It Happens To You

Sophie Robinson
Kristin Naca
Maureen Seaton
Emily Reed
Cheryl Dumesnil
Janice Josephine Carney
Ching-in Chen
Angie Estes
Alice Teeter
Les Figues Pr
Harper
Carnegie Mellon Pr
Blue Feather Bks
Univ Pittsburgh Pr
Xlibris Corp
Arktoi Bks
Oberlin College Pr
Star Cloud Pr

 ROMANTIC SUSPENSE / INTRIGUE / ADVENTURE

Conflict of Interest
Hanging Offense
It Should Be A Crime
Lilac Mines
Next Of Kin
No Rules Of Engagement
Returning Tides
The Scorpion
Thief of Always

Jae
Cleo Dare
Carsen Taite
Cheryl Klein
Jae
Tracey Richardson
Radclyffe
Gerri Hill
Kim Baldwin/Xenia Alexiou
L-Book ePubl
Regal Crest
Bold Strokes Bks
Manic D Press
L-Book ePubl
Bella Bks
Bold Strokes Bks
Bella Bks
Bold Strokes Bks

 SHORT STORY / ESSAY / COLLECTIONS (NON-EROTICA)

Called Back: My Reply To Cancer
Likewise: The High School Comic...
Mean Little Deaf Queer
My Sweet Wild Dance
Not Quite The Same
Outsiders
 
Revenge Of The WS Professor...
The Blonde On The Train
Mary Cappello
Ariel Schrag
Terry Galloway
Mikaya Heart
Sheila Morris
L Ames/G Beers/JD Glass/
   S Meagher/S Smith
Bonnie J Morris
Eleanor Lerman
Alyson Books
Touchstone/S&S
Beacon Press
Dog Ear Press
Red Letter Press
Brisk Press

Indiana Univ Pr
Mayapple Press

 SPECULATIVE FICTION

Day Of The Dead
Forever Mine
Friends In High Places
Iron Rose Bleeding
Second Nature
Solaria
Survive The Dawn
Tangle Girls
Ximora
The Veil Of Sorrow

Victoria Brownworth
KD Williamson
Andi Marquette
Anne Azel
Jae
Fran Heckrotte
Kate Sweeney
Nicole Kimberling
Patty G Henderson
Crystal Michallet-Romero

Spinsters Ink
L-Book ePubl
Bedazzled Ink
PD Publishing
L-Book ePubl
L-Book ePubl
Intaglio Publ
Blind Eye Bks
Black Car Publ
PD Publishing

 TRADITIONAL CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Battle Scars
Breaking The Ice
Clarity
Clinical Distance
Comfortable Distance
Complementary Colors
Double Trouble
In The Works
Into Spring
Just Business
Keile's Chance
Love's Someday
No Strings
October's Promise
Piperton
Point Of Ignition
Power Play
Root Of Passion
Secrets In The Stone
Side Order Of Love
Stranded
Summer Winds
The Legacy
Uncross My Heart
Waltzing At Midnight
Warming Trend
Winds Of Heaven
Worth Every Step
Wrong Turns

Meghan O'Brien
Kim Baldwin
Jocelyn Powers
Maria V. Ciletti
Kenna White
Kate Evans
RJ Nolan
Val Brown
Linda Katherine Stough
Julie Cannon
Dillon Watson
Robin Alexander
Gerri Hill
Marianne Garver
Carrie Carr
Erin Dutton
Julie Cannon
Ann Roberts
Radclyffe
Tracey Richardson
Blayne Cooper
Andrews & Austin
Susan X. Meagher
Andrews & Austin
Robbi McCoy
Karin Kallmaker
Kate Sweeney
KG MacGregor
Jackie Calhoun

Bold Strokes Bks
Bold Strokes Bks
Intaglio Publ
Intaglio Publ
Bella Bks
Vanilla Heart Publ
L-Book ePubl
Blue Feather Bks
Booksurge LLC
Bold Strokes Bks
Bella Bks
Intaglio Publ
Bella Bks
Bella Bks
Regal Crest
Bold Strokes Bks
Bold Strokes Bks
Bella Bks
Bold Strokes Bks
Bella Bks
Spinsters Ink
Bold Strokes Bks
Brisk Press
Bold Strokes Bks
Bella Bks
Bella Bks
Intaglio Publ
Bella Bks
Bella Bks

 
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GCLS Members' Published Works

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Registration Now Open!

Registration is now open for the 2010 GCLS Conference in Orlando.  Visit the conference store to register online.

 

 
2010 Conference Attendees
Who's Coming to the Con?
 
Linn Baxter -- Reader
I am an avid reader of lesfic and this will be our first GCLS conference. Looking forward to meeting the authors and friends that I have found online.
 
Renee Bess -- Author
This will be my fifth conference. I'm a former foreign language teacher, now happily ensconced in a writing career.
 
Donna Brown -- Reader
Been a member of the GCLS from the beginning but this will only be my 4th conference.  Have made some really great friends and look forward to this event every year so that I can catch up with old friends and hopefully make a pile of new ones.  The conference and the people who attend truely feel like family to me.
 
Val Brown -- Author
The GCLS is my extended family.  I love meeting up with my fellow Blue Feather authors, seeing old friends and making new ones.

Betty Chandler -- Reader
My wife drug me here too!
 
Jessie Chandler -- Reader, Author
I was just signed to a three book contract through Midnight Ink, with the first book, Bingo! It's Murder, coming out mid to late 2011. So I guess I'm really, truly, honestly an author! Oh my God. I love to read, too...but i guess I better get to writing instead!
 
Maria V. Ciletti -- Author
Maria V. Ciletti is a nurse currently working as a medical administrator.  She writes lesbian romance. Her new novel, Collide, will be published in June 2010 by Intaglio Publications.  Her second novel, Clinical Distance, was also published by Intaglio in 2009.  Her first novel, The Choice, was originally published by Haworth Press in 2007.  It will be available in ebook by Intaglio Publications in June 2010. She lives in Niles, Ohio with her partner Rose
 
Dalia Craig -- Reader, Author
First timer. Looking forward to catching up with old friends and making new ones.

Pat Cronin -- Reader, Author, Editor
I've got my first novel coming out this year! Souls' Rescue took years to put together and I can't wait to see it in print! I've also got another anthology with my best friend Verda Foster called Women In Uniform, Medics, and Cops and Soldiers, Oh My!  Both are being published by Regal Crest Enterprises. I'm so jazzed about this year's conference! 
 
Cheri Crystal -- Reader, Author
Cheri Crystal’s erotic collection of lesbian love stories, Attractions of the Heart, was launched this past October in Provincetown during Women’s Week. It was an exciting and rewarding experience she’ll never forget. For updates go to www.chericrystal.com 
 
Liz Gibson  -- Author
The heading should be "author-in-training", rather than "author" - however in the spirit of living one's dream...  I call myself 'author' in the hopes that I will achieve that this year.  My background is very broad and far reaching, from space technology and the space station to banking, to IT and educational technology at UC Davis.  I am a Canadian that came to the US to visit my now partner, 15 years ago and never left... 
 
Patty G. Henderson -- Author, Publisher, Artist
I am the author and publisher of the Brenda Strange Supernatural Mystery Series, THE BURNING OF HER SIN, TANGLED AND DARK, THE MISSING PAGE, and the latest, XIMORA. I've also written the vampire romantic chiller, SO DEAD, MY LOVE. Aside from having my own publishing imprint, Black Car Publishing, I am also an artist and do book covers.
 
Lori L. Lake -- Author, Reader, Editor, Creativity Coach
This is Con #6 for me, and every year the experience keeps getting better. I can't wait to see my old friends and meet new ones. 
 
 
Erica Lawson -- Author
I'm fairly new to the writing profession. I started writing in 2005, as a sort of "mid-life crisis". My kids were now adults and needed no more nurturing. I come from Sydney Australia and this will be my first professional outing as a writer.
 
Rae Lewis -- Author
I am just stepping in the world of writing as an art . I'm still searching for my voice. I am highly interested in engaging with other writers and any advice I can seek .
 
Ms M -- Reader, Author
aka Mercedes, also an 'author in training'. I write poems and short stories, and I have something banging around in my head that may be longer...if I ever sit down and get started. You can view some of my work on some listservs, at JAW (JustAbotuWrite), and in the anthology Women in Uniform. I have participated in every GCLS Con and loved every moment of it!
 
Sherry Mills -- Reader
I've been to every conference since 2006. You can find me bossing the volunteers around during this year's con, so if you want to help out just give me a holler at pandabree13@yahoo.com.
 
Elaine Mulligan -- Reader
I love to read (even more than I love to nap!). I have been a GCLS member since 2005 and have attended the conventions beginning in 2006. I happily found Lesbian Literature in 2003 by way of the TV Show Xena Warrior Princess.  I found that many titles, especially those published before 2003, did not have Amazon reviews so I started writing what I liked about a book I read and posting it.
 
Sue Murphy -- Reader, Author
First conference and very excited to learn and share!

Rosa Moran -- Reader
Not much to tell.  This will be my 6th Con.  I've been honored to be a sponsor each year.  Love to read (when I have time).  Proud to call many of the authors my friend.  Look forward to making new friends every year.
 
Chris Paynter -- Author
I am an author with Blue Feather Books. My debut novel, "Playing for First" was released in June 2009. My next novel, "Come Back to Me," is scheduled for release in May 2010. 
 
Mary Phillips -- Reader, Editor
I have been a member of GCLS since inception and love the community and sense of family. Through the GCLS I honed my editing skills through being a beta reader progressing to an editor for Regal Crest.  In my other life (the one that pays the bills) I am an administrator at Georgia State University.

Glenda Poulter -- Author
First timer!

Sandra dePuit -- Reader 
I'm here because my wife brought me.  
 
Sandy Thornton -- Reader
This will be my third con. I'm looking forward to reconnecting with friends,meeting authors,  getting books signed and enjoying the sessions. I am a leader of the Dallas Jewel Lesfic Book Club which promotes our literature in the North Texas area.
 
Dillon Watson -- Author
I'm a newbie author interested in meeting my adoring fans. lol Really I'm only coming for the dance.
 
 
 
 
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The Golden Crown Literary Conference

The Golden Crown Literary Conference is an opportunity for readers, writers, editors, publishers, and fans to have fun and to meet to share ideas, learn, and explore the many facets of the growing genre of lesbian literature.

 

During the weekend of June 3 - 6, 2010, the GCLS will present a variety of panels, seminars, workshops, and social events. We'll also be hosting the Sixth Annual Golden Crown Literary Awards Program. The specifics of the entire program are currently being assembled and we'll get that information up soon.

 

Please plan on joining us in Orlando and taking part in these memorable and exciting events with many of your favorite authors. We welcome everyone, and membership in the GCLS is not required to attend (though we hope you will want to join!).

 

Find more information about the conference at the links below.

 

Registration

Schedule Grid (Tentative)

Program of Events (Coming Soon!)

Session Proposals

Sponsors

Vendors

Hotel Reservations

GCLS Literary Awards

2010 Nominees

Finalists (Coming Soon!)

Pitch Sessons

Scholarships

 

 

Roommate Contacts (Coming Soon!)


 
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