The winner of Silver for the Ann Bannon Popular Choice Award is Number Six by Lee Winter
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The winner of Bronze for the Ann Bannon Popular Choice Award is Discovering Nicola by Clare Ashton
The winners of the Goldie for Debut Novel are "Her Shadow so Dark and Lovely" by Elsie Hawthorne, "Shifting Gears" by Jazz Forrester, "Give My Love to Berlin" by Katherine Bryant, "Pearl Bound" by Natalie G. Bergman...
The winner of the Goldie award for Science Fictions is Reclamation by Kristen Zimmer
The winner of the Goldie for Erotic Novel is One Weekend in Tahoe by Jaime Clevenger
The winners of the Goldie award for Historical Fiction are "Payback" by Penny Mickelbury and "Give My Love to Berlin" by Katherine Bryant
The winners of the Goldie for Contemporary Romance: Long Novels are "No Such Thing as Serendipity" by Rita Potter, "Sweet Home Alabarden Park" by TJ O'Shea, "Relationship Material" by Rachel Spangler, "Learning Curves" by Rachel Lacey...
The Goldie winners for General Fiction are "Like Frail Boats on the Sea" by Caren J. Werlinger and "Milktooth" by Jaime Burnet
The winners of the Goldie for Contemporary Romance: Mid-Length Novels are: "The Princess Match" by Clare Lydon, "Hedonism" by Lise Gold & Madeleine Taylor, "After All" by Bryce Oakley and the winner of the monetary prize is "Sweet Talk" by Rena Sapon-White and Ella Schaefer
The winner of the Goldie for Young Adult/New Adult Fiction is "A Thousand Tiny Promises" by Morgan Lee Miller
The winners of the Goldie for Fantasy are “Ship of Dreams” by Brey Willow, “The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World” by J.R. Dawson and the winner of the monetary prize is “The Maiden and Her Monster” by Maddie Martinez
The winner of the Goldie for Fiction Anthologies/ Collections is "Frosting on the Cake 3: Still Crazy After All These Years" by Karin Kallmaker
The Goldie winners of Contemporary Romance: Short Novels are "Pillow Talk" by Justice Woods, "Lyon's Den" by Gerri Hill and "A Thousand Reasons" by Titania Tempest. The winner of the monetary prize is "Striking Gold" by Tiana Warner
The Goldie for Romantic Blend goes to "The Falcon and the Flame" by Jolie Dvorak, "Breaking from Frame" by Jazz Forrester and "Windburn" by Milena McKay. The monetary prize goes to "Number Six" by Lee Winter
The winners of the Goldie for Audiobook Narrator are "Pyg" narrated by Marisa Calin, "Make or Break" narrated by Abby Craden, "Architecti" narrated by Allie Rose; Aria Holland; Vivienne LaRue, "Beyond Her Manner" narrated by Angela Dawe, "Forget Me Not" narrated by Lori Prince.
Goldies Livestream link is LIVE ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Join us on Saturday, August 8 at 7 pm Eastern Daylight TIme (6pm CST, 5pm MDT, 4pm PDT, 12am BST, 9am AEST (August 9)) to watch along live. youtube.com/live/YRH3uZ-...
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1 DAY UNTIL CON! TOMORROW! Wow! We cannot wait to see you all in Orlando! 🤩 Here are our fabulous Fiction Anthologies finalists 📖 Goldies on Saturday..... #gcls2026 #goldies #sapphiclit
6 DAYS UNTIL CON!! Are you KIDDING me!?! Here are the divine poetry 2026 finalists and we can't wait to see you at the Goldies next WEEK 🖋️
10 DAYS!!!! And YA is here! Check out the GCLS 2026 nominees!!!
23 DAYS UNTIL CON!! And science fiction is here and ready to rumble - check out our finalists and let us know if you’re coming to con ⭐️⭐️⭐️
26 DAYS!! Less than a month I'm......speechless. Okay so let's get into HISTORICAL FICTION finalists 🔖 🗝️ Including the one and only Penny Mickelbury, last year's GCLS 2025 Trailblazer 💖 #gcls2026 #goldies #orlando #sapphicliterature 🎟️ www.goldencrownliterarysociety.org/2026-annual-...
Hey Florida People! Here are all the FREE events during the 2026 Golden Crown Literary Society Con at the Orlando Hilton 🌞 🏖️ 📚️ 👇️ Andddddd here is the FULL schedule 📆 drive.google.com/file/d/1Um3-...
31 DAYS UNTIL CON! 🤩 And celebrate by checking out our EIGHT amazing Fantasy novel finalists! Snag your tickets, prep your reading list and get ready for Orlando 🏆️ See the full list of finalists here: www.goldencrownliterarysociety.org/2026-goldie-...
REMINDER: Reduced price ticket sales end tonight! Snag yours before 11pm EST www.goldencrownliterarysociety.org/2026-annual-...
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REDUCED PRICE CONFERENCE TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE 🐥❤️ Ticket price increased July 4 EOD so grab your tickets now for GCLS 2026! www.goldencrownliterarysociety.org/event-detail...
39 DAYS UNTIL CON and it’s getting steamy…. Here are your Erotic Novel finalists for 2026! Will we be seeing you in Orlando 👀🔥 #goldies #gcls2026 #wlw #sapphiclit
SESSION TEASER! ⭐️⭐️⭐️ We’re so excited to share that on the first day of con we will have a session hosted by Natalie Miller-Snell all about how to make the most of the GCLS experience! Do you have your tickets 👀👀👀
