Date: Sun, 17 Jul 94 19:14:54 EDT From: Ellen Greenblatt CALL FOR NOMINATIONS AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION GAY AND LESBIAN TASK FORCE GAY AND LESBIAN BOOK AWARD The Gay and Lesbian Task Force of the American Library Association is issuing a call for nominations for its 1994 Gay and Lesbian Book Awards. Awards are given for both literature (long and short fiction, poetry) and nonfiction, and are given to books of exceptional merit relating to the lesbian and gay experience. To be eligible, a book must have been published in calendar year 1994. Awards are not limited to works issued by American publishing firms: books published outside the United States are eligible. As most non-English language titles cannot be read and adequately evaluated by all committee members, only titles in English translation are eligible for the awards. The awards have been given since 1971, establishing them the first and oldest gay and lesbian book awards in the United States. A committee made up of librarians who are members of the ALA Gay and Lesbian Task Force decides each year's winners from a list of nominations compiled throughout the year. Any individual or group not affiliated or under contract with the publisher of the book being nominated may submit a nomination to the Chair of the Book Awards Committee. Please send nominations to: Ellen Greenblatt Central Technical Services Lockwood Library Building Box 602200 State University of New York at Buffalo Buffalo, NY 14260-2200 Fax transmissions may be sent to (716) 645-5955. E-mail nominations may be sent to either: ulcreg@ubvm (BITNET) or ulcreg@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu (INTERNET). *** A SHORT STATEMENT DESCRIBING WHY THE BOOK IS BEING NOMINATED MUST ACCOMPANY THE NOMINATION. *** *** NOMINATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY DECEMBER 31, 1994. *** Award winners will be announced in March 1995.