{"id":36883,"date":"2016-05-03T18:01:41","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T22:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/2016-bisexual-book-awards-announced\/"},"modified":"2016-05-03T18:01:41","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T22:01:41","slug":"2016-bisexual-book-awards-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/2016-bisexual-book-awards-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Bisexual Book Awards announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

2016 Bisexual Book Awards announced<\/b><\/p>\n

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The Fourth Annual Bisexual Book Awards, a multi-arts celebration of bisexual<\/a> writing, will be held on Friday, June 3 at the Westbeth Community Room in New York City, it was announced today. The awards are presented by the Bi Writers Association (BWA)<\/a>, an organization that promotes bisexual<\/a> books, writers, writing and bi<\/a>-themed arts and culture in America so as to dispel myths and stereotypes about bisexuality and promote bi<\/a> visibility.<\/p>\n

The 73 books that were submitted to the awards fall under the genres of Non-Fiction, Memoir\/Biography, Fiction, Romance, Erotic Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Teen\/YA Fiction, Mystery, and Poetry, and either have a bisexual<\/a> or bi<\/a>+ character, bisexual<\/a> storyline, bisexual<\/a> subject matter or bisexual<\/a> themes.<\/p>\n

“We are thrilled the Bisexual Book Awards continues to thrive,” said<\/a> Sheela Lambert, Director of the Bi Writers Association and host of the awards. “Our mission is to encourage writing and publishing of bisexual<\/a> books by giving them a platform to shine and rewarding them for excellence.”<\/p>\n

The event will feature the following finalist authors<\/a> of every honored genre reading their works:<\/p>\n