rainbow award – Journey Press https://journeypress.com Publishers of Unusual and Diverse Science Fiction Fri, 07 Nov 2025 20:36:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://journeypress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/journey-press-fav-icon-150x150.webp rainbow award – Journey Press https://journeypress.com 32 32 250496909 The Eighth Key wins the Rainbow Award! https://journeypress.com/2021/12/14/the-eighth-key-wins-the-rainbow-award-2/ https://journeypress.com/2021/12/14/the-eighth-key-wins-the-rainbow-award-2/#respond Wed, 15 Dec 2021 02:00:00 +0000 https://journeypress.com/?p=2723

When The Eighth Key came out last spring, it made an impact. Not only was it a gripping fantasy yarn, but it was a steamy, slow burn male/male romance. One reviewer praised it for “making consent sexy”. Another found it refreshing that gay angst wasn’t featured, just a great gay couple. Our favorite review gushed about how it was the first time she’d read a book where sex was fundamental to the plot of a fantasy novel!

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Last week, we got the absolute cherry on top of this sundae of feedback: on December 8, The Eighth Key won The Rainbow Award for Best Gay Fantasy Romance! It was a crowded field with lots of worthy candidates, so we are beyond proud to have gotten the nod (along with Geoffrey the Very Strange by Angel Martinez).

If you want to know what convinced the Rainbow Award jury, check out Elisa’s review!

And then pick yourself up a copy… 🙂

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