The Golden Crown Literary Society (GCLS) was formed more than twenty years ago as a membership organization to revel in, promote, and reward what was then known as lesbian fiction.

Each July, the GCLS awards the Goldies to winning finalists from books published between January 1st and December 31st of the year prior. There are 18 categories for 2023 but one Goldie category stands out for readers of sapphic literature: The Ann Bannon Popular Choice Award.

Books can be submitted in all categories by readers, authors, and publishers. Most categories, except for the Ann Bannon Award and the Tee Corrine Cover Design Award, are vetted by a panel of judges who read each entry and score it in the software of a tabulating firm. The firm releases the finalists based on ratio of one finalist for every so many entries. The other two categories, the Ann Bannon Popular Choice Award and the Tee Corrine Cover design award  are voted on in a couple of rounds by GCLS  supporters and readers.

There are 18 Ann Bannon Popular Choice Award Finalists for 2023. A few have previously been profiled on this site.

The finalists are:

 

Beyond Any Experience	Ann E. Terpstra	NineStar Press
Broken Beyond Repair	Emily Banting	Sapphfic Publishing
Christmas Mouse	Rachel Spangler	Brisk Press
Dead Letters from Paradise	Ann McMan	Bywater Books
Delafield	Katherine V. Forrest	Spinsters Ink
Endurance	Elaine Burnes	Mindancer Press/Bedazzled Ink
Falling For Who	Erica Lee	Self-published
Full Circle	Susan X. Meagher	Brisk Press
If I Don’t Ask	E. J. Noyes	Bella Books
Just a Touch Away	Jae	Ylva Publishing
No Strings	Lucy Bexley	Self-published
Observations on the Danger of Female Curiosity	Suzanne Moss	Aesculus Books
Purposefully Accidental	G Benson	Self-published
The Barrens	Kurt Johnson & Ellie Johnson	Arcade – Skyhorse
The Forever and The Now	KJ	Self-published
The Last Lavender Sister	Melissa Brayden	Bold Strokes Books
The New Shore	Caren J. Werlinger	Corgyn Publishing
The Santorini Setup	Becky Bohan	Nanbec Books

 

 

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