[1] Awards are granted based on literary merit and bisexual content, and therefore, the writer may be bi-, homo-, hetero-, or asexual.
[1] The award for bisexual fiction recognizes "[n]ovels, novellas, short story collections, and anthologies with prominent bi/pan ... characters and/or content of strong significance to the bi/pan ...
"[1] The award for bisexual nonfiction recognizes "[n]onfiction works with content of strong significance to members of the bi/[pan] communities," including "a wide range of subjects for the general or academic reader.
[1] Chapbooks are ineligible for the prize, as well as "[u]pdated editions of previously published works ... unless at least 50% of the poetry (not the supplemental text) is new.
In 2001, the Lambda Literary Foundation presented one award for books with bisexual and/or transgender themes.