Carolyn Gage of Lewiston, ME for The Last Reading of Charlotte Cushman

William MacDuff of Venice, CA for Out of the Ordinary

Jameson Currier of New York City for Where the Rainbow Ends

Toby Johnson and Walter Williams of Conifer, CO for Two Spirits

Jay Johnson of San Francisco for Bluejacket

The 1998 Short Story grant award winners were: 

John P. Parker of San Diego for A Byzantine Noble in Exile Writing Verses,

Julia Willis of Quincy, MA for Lillian

John Weston of Lake Oswego, OR for Moment of Being

The 1999 grant winners for playwriting were:

Tom Oliver Crehore of New York, NY for Private Varnish

Mike Ambrose of Washington, DC for Dearboy's War

Dee Jae Cox of North Hollywood, CA for Letters Home

Michael R. Murphy of San Francisco, CA for Lions on the Nile

Leigh Silverman of New York, NY for Brandon Teena

The 2000 Full-length Fiction winners were:

Maida Tilchen of Somerville, MA, for Land Beyond Maps

Gloria Duran of St. Petersburg, FL, for Catalina, My Father

Harlan M. Greene of Charleston, SC, for The Lost Light

Carlyle Johnson of Carrollton, GA, for Love Comes to King James

The winners of the 2001 Short Story competition were:

Bev Jafek of Astoria, New York for The Death of Sappho

Jobert Abueva of New Hope, Pennsylvania for Postmortem

Edward M. Cohen of West Park, New York for Birth of the Revolution

Chip Livingston of St. Thomas, USVI for Owls

Michael Ketterer of Villa Hills, Kentucky for I, Patroclus

$1000 Awards

To David Johnston of New York, New York for Candy & Dorothy

To R.L. Nesvet of Bethesda, Maryland for The Shape Shifter

$500 Awards

To Joe Byers of Brookline Massachusetts for Shakerman

To donnarkevic of Philippi, West Virginia for The Interview

To David F. Smith of Lakewood Ranch, Florida for Grace

Honorable Mentions:

To Patti Addredge of Houston, Texas for Shadow and Substance

To Jorje Ignacio Cortiñas of Jackson Heights, New York for Blind Mouth Ditch

To Barbara Kahn and Jay Kerr of New York, New York for War Bonds

To Lesléa Newman of Northampton, Massachusetts for A Letter to Harvey Milk

To Steve Willis of Greensboro, North Carolina for Passing Ceremonies

Winners of the 2003 Full-length Fiction Awards were:

$1500.  To Chip Livingston of New York for Owls Don’t Have to Mean Death

$1500.  To Raymond Luczak of New York City for Men With Their Hands

$500.  To William E. James Jr. of Ypsilanti, MI for Gullah Jac’s Machete

Honorable Mention to Martha Miller for Tales From the Levee

Winners of the 2004 Short Fiction and Drama Awards were:

Three $1000 First Prizes:

Quiara Alegria Hudes of Pennsylvania for Stargazers

Dennis Jordan of New York City for Sweet Jermone

C. Kevin Smith of Big Sur California for Not the Last of the Mohicans

Two $500 Second Prizes:

Joel A. Nichols of Philadelphia for Angels on Water

Wendell Ricketts of San Francisco for Speedos and a Sweatshirt

Five $250 Third Prizes:

Donna Barr of Bremerton, Washington for A Good Example

Carolyn Gage of Portland, Maine for Entr’acte

Veronica Holtz of Philadelphia, PA for A Respectful Distance

Neil Ellis Orts of Houston, Texas for Men Dancing

Donald Yonker of New York City for Everything I Know I Learned from Musical Comedy

Winners of the 2005 Playwriting Grants were:

Two $1000 First Prizes:

David Alan Moore of Chicago IL for In Times of War

David Brendan Hopes of Ashville, NC for St. Patrick’s Well

One $500 Second Prize:

Jordan Harrison of Bainbridge Island, WA for Act a Lady

Four $250 Third Prizes:

Anton Dudley of Brooklyn, NY for The Lake’s End

Brian Quirk of New York, NY for Mapplethorpe: The Opening

James Still of Venice, CA for Iron Kisses

Brian Sloan of New York, NY for WTC View

Winners of the 2006 Full-length Fiction Awards were:

One $2000 First Prize:

Merlyn A. Hermes of Portland, Oregon for The Lunatic, the Lover and the Poet

Two $1000 Second Place Award:

Joy Shayne Laughter of Seattle, Washington for Yu

Dick Wagenaar of Newburgh, NY for Koryo

One $500 Third Place Award:

M.M. DeVoe of New York, NY for Burn in Our Hearts

Robert Askins of New York, NY for Clean Living, a one-act play

Diana Star Helmer & Thomas S. Owens of Perry, IA for Morty's Mother Marched, a children's story book

Tracy Wynn of Concord, MA for Mrs. Somebody Somebody, a short story

Past grants* to Production Companies include: 

Project Performance Art of Detroit for Punk by Patrick Burton

Hell’s Kitchen Opera of New York for American Lit by Jeffrey Lependorf and Jeffrey Jullich

Theatre Rhinoceros of San Francisco for My Castle’s Rockin’ by Larry Parr

Ruby Moon Productions of Tucson for Silver Linings: Paths of Lesbian and Gay Elders

American Opera Projects of New York for Patience & Sarah by Paula Kimper and Wende Persons

The Theater Offensive of Boston for Dirt by Abe Rybeck

The Ivy Theatre of Los Angeles for The Rape of Djuna Barnes by Dee Jae Cox

New Directions Theater of New York City for Triptych by Richard Willett

Out West Performance Society of Vancouver for The Fruit Machine by Brian Drader

Same Planet Different World of Chicago for Return of the Galli a dance-drama

Cupid & Psyche Studios of Olympia, WA for Sophisticated: The Hollywood Story of Miss Dorothy Arzner by Marilyn Freeman

In The Life Television for The Lesbian Herstory Archive Segment

Magica Mascara Theatre of San Diego for Loving Comrades by Jesus Sierra Oliva

The Ivy Theatre of Los Angeles for Letters Home by Dee Jae Cox

Theatre for the New City of New York for Joanne by Barbara Kahn

Perseverance Theatre of Douglas Alaska for Wild Nights with Emily by Madeleine Olnek

Out Productions of Montreal for A Collection of One-Acts

Blue Mountain Pictures of Los Angeles, CA for Wiktor by Julian Siminski

In The LIfe Television for the Romaine Brooks Segment

Out Productions of Montreal Canada for Camera, Woman by R.M. Vaughan

Creative Combustion of Reno, NV for The Gulli by Joseph Andrejchak Galata

Theater for the New City of New York for The Tempest Tossed by Barbara Kahn

Tapit NeWorks of Madison Wisconsin for Questionable Origins by Danielle Dresden

The Elephant Theatre Company of Hollywood for Dearboy’s War By Mike Ambrose

Bailiwick Repertory Theatre of Chicago for Prism by Diann Russell

The Mauntner Project of Washington DC For Coming Out of Cancer by Victoria Brownworth

Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus and Scagliotti Productions of Minneapolis, for Oliver Button is a Star by Tomie de Paola

Sweet Corn Productions of Seattle, WA for Gilgamesh and Enkidu by Damien

In The Life Television for The Billy Strayhorn Story

Theatre for the New City of New York for War Bonds by Barbara Kahn

Chris Burnside and Dancers of Richmond, VA for “M”

The Venice Mootney Company of Santa Monica, CA for Meat by Glenn Hopkins

The GLBT Historical Society for Looking for Compton's

The Film Arts Foundation of San Francisco, California for Lou Harrison

Tri-Dyke Productions of Seattle, Washington for Spiritwoman

The Chris Burnside Dancers of Richmond, VA for “M”

The Religious Archives of Chicago for Gay Religious Research

The Venice Mootney Company of Santa Monica, CA for Mrs. Roosevelt - Three Only Made of Clay

The Blue Heron Arts Center for Farm Boys by Will Fellows

Cauldron & Labrys at Dragon Farm of Newcastle, ME for The Parmachine Belle by Carolyn Gage

Theatre for the New City of New York for Pyrates! By Barbara Kahn