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The Golden Crown Literary Awards are presented during our Annual Conference to recognize excellence in sapphic literature. Rewarding quality literature, narration, and cover design; "The Goldies," have been a must-see event in the sapphic and WLW community each year since 2005.
2026 Goldies Season
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2026 Golden Crown Literary Awards
Nominations for the 2026 GCLS Literary Awards (also known as The Goldies) are OPEN. Please read ALL of these guidelines carefully prior to submitting nominations.
Should a question arise that is not addressed in these guidelines, the GCLS Awards Administrators are appointed by the Board of Directors as the only people able to make a final ruling on an issue that arises during the awards process. Any such rulings made after the nomination period opens will become addendums to these guidelines and be published as such on the GCLS website.