Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (2012) Winner
Amber Dawn
アンバー・ドーン
Amber Dawn
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- Fort Erie, Ontario
- Nationality
- カナダ
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Fort Erie, Ontario → Vancouver, British Columbia
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Editor, Poet, Filmmaker, Performance artist
- Active Years
- 2005-
- Affiliations
- Vancouver Queer Film Festival
- Nominations
- 26th Lambda Literary Awards (Lesbian Memoir/Biography), 31st Lambda Literary Awards (Lesbian Fiction)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Dayne Ogilvie Prize | — | — | Writers' Trust of Canada | winner |
| 2011 | Lambda Literary Award | Sub Rosa | Lesbian Debut Fiction | Lambda Literary Foundation | winner |
| 2013 | City of Vancouver Book Award | How Poetry Saved My Life | — | City of Vancouver | winner |
Dayne Ogilvie Prize
2012
Organization:
Writers' Trust of Canada
Result:
winner
Lambda Literary Award
2011
Work:
Sub Rosa
Category:
Lesbian Debut Fiction
Organization:
Lambda Literary Foundation
Result:
winner
City of Vancouver Book Award
2013
Work:
How Poetry Saved My Life
Organization:
City of Vancouver
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Sub Rosa
2010 NovelFantasy novel set in a haunted girls' school, featuring queer elements.
QueerFantasyFemininity
Sodom Road Exit
2018 NovelNovel inspired by an abandoned small-town theme park.
QueerHorrorFamily
Bibliography
- With a Rough Tongue: Femmes Write Porn
- Fist of the Spider Woman: Tales of Fear and Queer Desire
- Sub Rosa
- How Poetry Saved My Life: A Hustler's Memoir
- Where the Words End and My Body Begins
- Sodom Road Exit
- Hustling Verse: An Anthology of Sex Workers' Poetry
- My Art is Killing Me and Other Poems
- Buzzkill Clamshell
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Bold and provocative styleQueer feminist perspective
- Recurring Motifs
- Sex workQueer desireTrauma
Legacy
Prominent Canadian queer writer contributing significantly to LGBTQ+ literature, with multiple awards and editorial work.