Publishing Triangle

{{short description|American association of LGBT publishers}}

{{Infobox organization

|image= The Publishing Triangle Logo.gif

|name = The Publishing Triangle

|alt = Official logo

|formation = {{Start date and age|1988}}

|location = New York, New York

|website = {{URL|www.publishingtriangle.org}}

}}

The Publishing Triangle, founded in 1988 by Robin Hardy, is an American association of gay men and lesbians in the publishing industry. They sponsor an annual National Lesbian and Gay Book Month, and have sponsored the annual Triangle Awards program of literary awards for LGBT literature since 1989.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/07/26/business/the-media-business-a-surge-in-gay-book-publishing.html?pagewanted=2&src=pm|title=THE MEDIA BUSINESS; A Surge in Gay Book Publishing|last=Lyall|first=Sarah|date=26 July 1993|work=The New York Times|page=6|access-date=3 September 2012}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1DwdAAAAIBAJ&pg=4919,2777034&dq=publishing+triangle&hl=en|title='Mockingbird' in a New Light|last=Labbe|first=J. R.|date=June 13, 1999|work=The Tuscaloosa News|page=6A|access-date=3 September 2012}}{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-23239392.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611073107/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-23239392.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 11, 2014|title='Death in Venice' Is No. 1 Gay Novel|last=Italie|first=Hillel|date=June 8, 1999|agency=Associated Press|access-date=3 September 2012}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/03/arts/robin-hardy-writer-43.html|title=Robin Hardy, Writer, 43|date=3 November 1995|work=The New York Times|page=22|access-date=3 September 2012}}{{cite news|url=http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6558324.html?nid=3283|title=Book News: Nebula and Triangle Awards Presented|date=May 7, 2008|work=Library Journal|access-date=3 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127213520/http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6558324.html?nid=3283|archive-date=27 January 2013}}{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L2MEAAAAMBAJ&q=Publishing+Triangle&pg=PA61|title=Title bout|author-link=Richard Labonté|last=Labonté|first=Richard|work=The Advocate|date=28 June 1994|page=60|access-date=3 September 2012}}{{cite news|url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/9507113232/booksellers-jump-national-lesbian-gay-book-month-bandwagon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303065929/http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/9507113232/booksellers-jump-national-lesbian-gay-book-month-bandwagon|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 3, 2014|title=Booksellers jump on the National Lesbian and Gay Book Month bandwagon|last=Keller|first=Nicole|date=June 19, 1995|work=Publishers Weekly|access-date=3 September 2012}}

The Publishing Triangle credits three individuals with providing initial support for the organization: Crown editor David Groff, Book-of-the-Month Club executive Richard Riger, and St. Martin's Press editor Michael Denneny, the latter of whom co-chaired the first steering committee with Michele Karlsberg of Amethyst Press.{{cite web |url=https://publishingtriangle.org/history/ |title = History - The Publishing Triangle}}