{{Short description|Literary award for books with transgender themes}}
The '''Leslie Feinberg Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature''' (formerly the '''Publishing Triangle Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature''') is an annual literary award, presented by Publishing Triangle to honour works of literature on transgender themes.<ref name="pw">[https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=703 "Triangle Awards Finalists Announced"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824075624/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=703 |date=2020-08-24 }}. ''Publishers Weekly'', March 14, 2016.</ref>
The award may be presented for work in any genre of literature. To be eligible, a work of poetry or fiction must be written by a transgender or gender variant author, while a work of non-fiction may be written or cowritten by a cisgender writer as long as it addresses transgender themes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Leslie Feinberg Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature – Submissions |url=https://submissions.publishingtriangle.org/trans-gender-variant-lit/ |access-date=2026-01-04 |website=The Publishing Triangle}}</ref> The award hopes to elevate outstanding trans literary works, especially those that explore themes like gender identity, the diversity of the trans community, and the lives of trans and gender-nonconforming people.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last= |date=September 21, 2023 |title=Trans and Gender-Variant Literature Award Named in Honor of Leslie Feinberg |url=https://publishingtriangle.org/2023/09/the-publishing-triangle-renames-award-to-the-leslie-feinberg-award-for-trans-and-gender-variant-literature/ |access-date=2026-01-04 |website=The Publishing Triangle |language=en-US |archive-date=2025-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251210200736/https://publishingtriangle.org/2023/09/the-publishing-triangle-renames-award-to-the-leslie-feinberg-award-for-trans-and-gender-variant-literature/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
The award comes with a cash prize of USD1,000.<ref name=pw/>
The award was established in 2016 and renamed in 2023 to honor Leslie Feinberg, an activist and author of works like ''Stone Butch Blues'' and ''Transgender Warriors''.<ref name=":7" />
==Recipients== {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" |+Award winners and finalists<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=The Leslie Feinberg Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature |url=https://publishingtriangle.org/awards/trans-gender-variant-literature/ |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=The Publishing Triangle |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520110336/https://publishingtriangle.org/awards/trans-gender-variant-literature/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ! scope="col" width="5%" | Year ! scope="col" width="25%" | Author ! scope="col" width="30%" | Title ! scope="col" width="25%" | Publisher ! scope="col" width="10%" | Result ! scope="col" width="5%" | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}} |- style="background:lightyellow" ! rowspan="4" |2016 |Nathanaël |''{{sort|Middle Notebookes|The Middle Notebookes}}'' |Nightboat Books |Winner |<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2016-04-22 |title=Awards: Triangle; Orwell; James Tait Black |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2738 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422044547/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2738 |archive-date=2024-04-22 |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=Shelf Awareness}}</ref><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Abi-Karam |first=Andrea |date=2016-04-22 |title=Nathanaël Wins Publishing Triangle Award for Trans & Gender Variant Literature |url=https://nightboat.org/nathanael-wins-publishing-triangle-award-for-trans-gender-variant-literature/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=Nightboat Books |language=en}}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Corrina|Bain}} |''Debridement'' |Great Weather for Media |Finalist |<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> |- |{{sortname|Jackson Wright|Schultz}} |''Trans/Portraits: Voices from Transgender Communities'' |Dartmouth College Press |Finalist |<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> |- |{{sortname|Maggie|Nelson}} |{{sort|Argonauts|''The Argonauts''}} |Graywolf Press |Finalist |<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> |- style="background:lightyellow" ! rowspan="4" |2017 |{{sortname|Vivek|Shraya}} |''Even This Page Is White'' |Arsenal Pulp Press |Winner |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-05-01 |title=Vivek Shraya wins Publishing Triangle Award for even this page is white |url=http://www.cbc.ca/books/2017/05/vivek-shraya-wins-publishing-triangle-award-for-even-this-page-is-white.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601173622/http://www.cbc.ca/books/2017/05/vivek-shraya-wins-publishing-triangle-award-for-even-this-page-is-white.html |archive-date=2017-06-01 |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=CBC Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-04-28 |title=Awards: Edgars; Publishing Triangle; Chicago Tribune YA; Dewdney Read Together |url=https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2990#m36324 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203164514/https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2990#m36324 |archive-date=2023-12-03 |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=Shelf Awareness}}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Jay|Besemer}} |''Chelate'' |Brooklyn Arts Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Ma-Nee|Chacaby}} with Mary Louise Plummer |''{{sort|Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder|A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder}}'' |University of Manitoba Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Qwo-Li|Driskill}} |''Asegi Stories: Cherokee Queer and Two-Spirit Memory'' |University of Arizona Press |Finalist | |- style="background:lightyellow" ! rowspan="4" |2018 |{{sortname|Reina|Gossett}}, Eric A. Stanley, and Johanna Burton (ed.) |''Trap Door: Trans Cultural Production and the Politics of Visibility'' |The MIT Press |Winner |<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2018-04-27 |title=Awards: Edgars; Publishing Triangle |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3237 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920163719/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3237 |archive-date=2022-09-20 |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=Shelf Awareness}}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Amir|Rabiyah}} |''Prayers for My 17th Chromosome'' |Sibling Rivalry Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Danez|Smith}} |''Don’t Call Us Dead'' |Graywolf Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Kai Cheng|Thom}} |''{{sort|Place Called No Homeland|A Place Called No Homeland}}'' |Arsenal Pulp Press |Finalist | |- style="background:lightyellow" ! rowspan="4" |2019 |{{sortname|Ely|Shipley}} |''Some Animal'' |Nightboat Books |Winner |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maher |first=John |date=2019-04-26 |title=This Year's Triangle Award Winners Announced |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/79885-2018-triangle-award-winners-announced.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505215255/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/79885-2018-triangle-award-winners-announced.html |archive-date=2019-05-05 |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=Publishers Weekly |language=en}}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Gwen|Benaway}} |''Holy Wild'' |Bookthug Press |Finalist |<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Reid |first=Calvin |date=2019-03-11 |title=Finalists, Achievement Winners Announced for 2019 Triangle Lit Awards |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/79488-finalists-achievement-winners-announced-for-2019-triangle-lit-awards.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927195149/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/79488-finalists-achievement-winners-announced-for-2019-triangle-lit-awards.html |archive-date=2023-09-27 |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=Publishers Weekly |language=en}}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Jordy|Rosenberg}} |''Confessions of the Fox'' |One World/Random House |Finalist |<ref name=":2" /> |- |{{sortname|Joy|Ladin}} |''{{sort|Soul of the Stranger|The Soul of the Stranger}}'' |Brandeis University Press |Finalist |<ref name=":2" /> |- style="background:lightyellow" ! rowspan="4" |2020 |{{sortname|Kai Cheng|Thom}} |''I Hope We Choose Love'' |Arsenal Pulp Press |Winner |<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Yohannes |first=Samraweet |date=2020-05-01 |title=Téa Mutonji and Kai Cheng Thom among winners of 2020 Publishing Triangle Awards for LGBTQ literature |url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/t%C3%A9a-mutonji-and-kai-cheng-thom-among-winners-of-2020-publishing-triangle-awards-for-lgbtq-literature-1.5552236 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504090335/https://www.cbc.ca/books/t%C3%A9a-mutonji-and-kai-cheng-thom-among-winners-of-2020-publishing-triangle-awards-for-lgbtq-literature-1.5552236 |archive-date=2020-05-04 |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=CBC Books}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2020-05-04 |title=Awards: Triangle, Wolff Translator's Winners |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3731 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921231546/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3731 |archive-date=2022-09-21 |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=Shelf Awareness}}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Arielle|Twist}} |''Disintegrate/Dissociate'' |Arsenal Pulp Press |Finalist |<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Yohannes |first=Samraweet |date=2020-03-23 |title=Samra Habib, Kai Cheng Thom and Téa Mutonji among finalists for 2020 Publishing Triangle Awards |url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/samra-habib-kai-cheng-thom-and-t%C3%A9a-mutonji-among-finalists-for-2020-publishing-triangle-awards-1.5506789 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327182435/https://www.cbc.ca/books/samra-habib-kai-cheng-thom-and-t%C3%A9a-mutonji-among-finalists-for-2020-publishing-triangle-awards-1.5506789 |archive-date=2020-03-27 |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=CBC Books}}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Ellis|Martin|nolink=1}} and Zach Ozma (ed.) |''We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan, 1961–1991'' |Nightboat Books |Finalist |<ref name=":5" /> |- |{{sortname|Hazel Jane|Plante}} |''{{sort|Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian)|The Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian)}}'' |Metonymy Press |Finalist |<ref name=":5" /> |- style="background:lightyellow" ! rowspan="4" |2021 |{{sortname|Hil|Malatino}} |''Trans Care'' |University of Minnesota Press |Winner |<ref>{{cite web |date=May 12, 2021 |title=2021 Triangle Award Winners Announced |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=3254 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519135207/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=3254 |archive-date=May 19, 2021 |accessdate=May 19, 2021 |work=Publishers Weekly}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2021-05-13 |title=Awards: Triangle Winners; Firecracker Finalists |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3985 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203175401/https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3985 |archive-date=2023-12-03 |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=Shelf Awareness}}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Akwaeke|Emezi}} |{{sort|Death of Vivek Oji|''The Death of Vivek Oji''}} |Riverhead |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Andrea|Abi-Karam}} and Kay Gabriel (ed.) |''We Want It All: An Anthology of Radical Trans Poetry'' |Nightboat Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|S. Brook|Corfman}} |''My Daily Actions, or The Meteorites'' |Fordham University Press |Finalist | |- style="background:lightyellow" ! rowspan="4" |2022 |{{sortname|Ari|Banias}} |''{{sort|Symmetry|A Symmetry}}'' |W. W. Norton |Winner |<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-05-12 |title=Awards: Triangle Winners |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4231 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601062507/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4231 |archive-date=2023-06-01 |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=Shelf Awareness}}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Casey|Plett}} |''{{sort|Dream of a Woman|A Dream of a Woman}}'' |Arsenal Pulp Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Torrey|Peters}} |''Detransition, Baby'' |One World |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Zoë|Playdon}} |{{sort|Hidden Case of Ewan Forbes|''The Hidden Case of Ewan Forbes''}} |Scribner |Finalist | |- style="background:lightyellow" ! rowspan="4" |2023 |{{sortname|Wo|Chan}} |''Togetherness'' |Nightboat Books |Winner |<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 28, 2023 |title=2023 Publishing Triangle Award Winners Announced |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=4189 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429131754/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=4189 |archive-date=April 29, 2023 |access-date=May 3, 2023 |website=Publishers Weekly |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-05-01 |title=Awards: Publishing Triangle Winners |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4470 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224151850/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4470 |archive-date=2023-12-24 |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=Shelf Awareness}}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Cecilia|Gentili}} |''Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist'' |LittlePuss Press |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|imogen xtian|smith}} |''stemmy things'' |Nightboat Books |Finalist | |- |{{sortname|Kemi|Alabi}} |''Against Heaven'' |Graywolf |Finalist | |- style=background:lightyellow ! rowspan="4" |2024 |{{sortname|Emily|Zhou}} |''Girlfriends'' |LittlePuss Press |Winner |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Albanese |first=Andrew |date=2024-04-18 |title=Helen Elaine Lee, Joseph Plaster Among 2024 Publishing Triangle Award Winners |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/94849-helen-elaine-lee-joseph-plaster-among-2024-publishing-triangle-award-winners.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515222113/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/94849-helen-elaine-lee-joseph-plaster-among-2024-publishing-triangle-award-winners.html |archive-date=2024-05-15 |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=Publishers Weekly |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-18 |title=Awards: Publishing Triangle Winners; Donner Shortlist |url=https://shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4708#m63518 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240508012448/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4708#m63518 |archive-date=2024-05-08 |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=Shelf Awareness}}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Oliver|Radclyffe}} |''Adult Human Male'' |Unbound Edition Press |Finalist |<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-03-18 |title=2024 Publishing Triangle Awards Finalists Announced |url=https://publishingtriangle.org/2024/03/2024-publishing-triangle-awards-finalists-announced/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240428141600/https://publishingtriangle.org/2024/03/2024-publishing-triangle-awards-finalists-announced/ |archive-date=2024-04-28 |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=The Publishing Triangle |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Casey|Plett}} |''On Community'' |Biblioasis |Finalist |<ref name=":6" /> |- |{{sortname|Talia|Bettcher}}, Marci Blackman, Claudia Sofia Garriga-Lopez, Cecilia Gentili, Kris Grey, Shereen Imayatulla, Nadine Rodriguez, Cassidy Scanlon, Catalina Schliebener Munoz, Red Washburn, Fitch Wilder, and Sarah Youngblood Gregory | ''Sinister Wisdom 128: Trans/Feminisms'' |Sinister Wisdom |Finalist |<ref name=":6" /> |- style=background:lightyellow ! rowspan="4" |2025 |{{sortname|Charlie J.|Stephens}} |''{{sort|Wounded Deer Leaps Highest|A Wounded Deer Leaps Highest}}'' |Torrey House Press |Winner |<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=April 18, 2025 |title=37th Annual Publishing Triangle Award Winners Announced |url=https://publishingtriangle.org/2025/04/publishing-triangle-award-winners-announced-thursday-april-17-2025/ |access-date=2026-01-04 |website=The Publishing Triangle |language=en-US |archive-date=2026-01-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260107204717/https://publishingtriangle.org/2025/04/publishing-triangle-award-winners-announced-thursday-april-17-2025/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Julian|Carter}} |''Dances of Time and Tenderness'' |Nightboat Books |Finalist |<ref name=":72">{{Cite web |last= |date=2025-03-17 |title=2025 Publishing Triangle Awards Finalists Announced |url=https://publishingtriangle.org/2025/03/2025-publishing-triangle-awards-finalists-announced/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=The Publishing Triangle |language=en-US |archive-date=2025-03-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250318130055/https://publishingtriangle.org/2025/03/2025-publishing-triangle-awards-finalists-announced/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Samia|Marshy}} and Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch (eds.) |''{{sort|Ghourabaa: A Queer and Trans Collection of Oddities|El Ghourabaa: A Queer and Trans Collection of Oddities}}'' |Metonymy Press |Finalist |<ref name=":72" /> |- |{{sortname|Joshua Jennifer|Espinoza}} |''I Don’t Want to be Understood'' |Alice James Books |Finalist |<ref name=":72" /> |-style="background:lightyellow" ! rowspan="5" |2026 |{{sortname|Jzl|Jmz}} |''Local Woman'' |Nightboat Books |Winner |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-04-22 |title=Publishing Triangle Awards winners announced |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2026/04/22/328198/publishing-triangle-awards-winners-announced/ |access-date=2026-04-22 |website=Books+Publishing |publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Schaub |first=Michael |date=2026-04-17 |title=2026 Publishing Triangle Award Winners Revealed |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/2026-publishing-triangle-award-winners-revealed/ |access-date=2026-05-27 |website=Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref> |- |{{sortname|Mirha-Soleil|Ross}} (ed.) |''Gendertrash from Hell'' |LittlePuss Press |Finalist |<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |last= |date=2026-03-16 |title=Finalists Announced for the 38th Annual Publishing Triangle Awards |url=https://publishingtriangle.org/2026/03/finalists-announced-for-the-38th-annual-publishing-triangle-awards/ |access-date=2026-03-19 |website=The Publishing Triangle |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |Tourmaline |''Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson'' |Tiny Reparations Books |Finalist |<ref name=":9" /> |- |{{sortname|dezireé a.|brown}} |''they/she/he: ritual to forget your (un)becoming'' |Host Publications |Finalist |<ref name=":9" /> |- |{{sortname|Zefyr|Lisowski}} |''Uncanny Valley Girls'' |Harper Perennial |Finalist |<ref name=":9" /> |}
==See also==
* Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Literature * Otherwise Award * Stonewall Book Award
==References== {{reflist}} {{LGBTQ fiction}}
Category:Triangle Awards Category:Transgender literature Category:Lists of LGBTQ-related award winners and nominees Category:English-language literary awards Category:Awards established in 2016 Category:2016 establishments in the United States Category:LGBTQ-related awards