MAY I HAVE THE ENVELOPE PLEASE...
Tomorrow (allegedly), the list of finalists for the Lambda Literary Awards will be released. Among the bloggers and/or my BFFs eagerly awaiting the judgment of the intelligent, attractive, insightful and almost monstrously well-endowed judges are:

Dave Benbow
Summer Cruising

Becky Cochrane
Someone Like You

Tom Dolby
From Boys to Men

The Gay American
The Confession

Ted Gideonse
From Boys to Men

John Hall
Is He or Isn't He?

Greg Herren
Love, Bourbon Street
Mardi Gras Mambo
Best Gay Erotica 2007

Timothy J. Lambert
Someone Like You
Best Gay Erotica 2007

Todd Pozycki
From Boys to Men

Jeffrey Ricker
Paws & Reflect

Rob Williams
From Boys to Men

Andy Zeffer
Going Down in La-La Land

and, of course,

Famous Author Rob Byrnes
When the Stars Come Out



Cick here for the entire list of nominees. Of which it is, you know, an honor just to be among. Although it's an even greater honor to be among the finalists, since any gay tuna fish sandwich with the entry fee can make the master list of nominees. If, that is, a tuna fish sandwich could have a sexual orientation. And write. Although with the vanity press and a poetry category, I'm pretty sure that the only real obstacle here is 'sexual orientation.'

And whether or not I'm a finalist, I'll be at the 19th Annual Awards Ceremony in May. You'll probably recognize me: I'll be the guy walking the tuna fish sandwich around the room, helping it network...