Lambda Literary Award1994

Given by Lambda Literary Foundation

Other Names: Lammies
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Lambda Literary Awards (also known as the "Lammies") are awarded yearly by the US-based Lambda Literary Foundation to published works which celebrate or explore LGBT themes. Categories include show more Humor, Romance and Biography. To qualify, a book must have been published in the United States in the year current to the award. The Lambda Literary Foundation states that its mission is "to celebrate LGBT literature and provide resources for writers, readers, booksellers, publishers, and librarians - the whole literary community." The awards were instituted in 1988.

In determining whether a book should be submitted for consideration, the Lambda Literary Awards are based principally on the LGBT content of the work. The sexual orientation of the author is secondary. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (790), Finalist (2,139), Nominee (1,410)
Categories:
All, 100 Best Lesbian/Gay Books of the 20th Century (1), AIDS (15), Anthology (11), Anthology/Fiction (52), Anthology/Nonfiction (47), Arts & Culture (7), Autobiography (5), Autobiography/Memoir (15), Belles Lettres (5), Biography (25), Bisexual (16), Bisexual Fiction (70), Bisexual Literature (10), Bisexual Nonfiction (55), Bisexual Poetry (33), Children's/Young Adult (86), Drama (52), Editor's Choice (12), Erotica (23), Gay Biography/Autobiography (1), Gay Debut Fiction (24), Gay Erotica (37), Gay Fiction (73), Gay General Fiction (43), Gay Memoir/Biography (107), Gay Men's Anthology (18), Gay Men's Biography/Autobiography (38), Gay Men's Debut Fiction (30), Gay Men's Erotica (2), Gay Men's Fiction (94), Gay Men's Memoir (5), Gay Men's Mystery (85), Gay Men's Mystery/Science Fiction (5), Gay Men's Nonfiction (25), Gay Men's Poetry (79), Gay Men's Romance (5), Gay Men's SF/Fantasy (21), Gay Men's Small Press (10), Gay Men's Studies (38), Gay Men’s Debut Fiction (1), Gay Mystery (89), Gay Poetry (101), Gay Romance (103), Humor (86), LGBT Anthologies (5), LGBT Anthology (49), LGBT Children's/Young Adult (51), LGBT Debut (8), LGBT Debut Fiction (28), LGBT Drama (36), LGBT Erotica (6), LGBT Graphic Novel (3), LGBT Graphic Novels (10), LGBT Nonfiction (58), LGBT Poetry (6), LGBT SF/F/Horror (15), LGBT SF/Fantasy/Horror (15), LGBT Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror (10), LGBT Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror (18), LGBT Studies (89), LGBTQ Anthology (38), LGBTQ Children's/Middle Grade (10), LGBTQ Children's/Young Adult (32), LGBTQ Comics (10), LGBTQ Drama (17), LGBTQ Erotica (29), LGBTQ Graphic Novels (20), LGBTQ Mystery (10), LGBTQ Nonfiction (42), LGBTQ SF/F/Horror (36), LGBTQ Speculative Fiction (5), LGBTQ Studies (42), LGBTQ Young Adult (10), LGBTQ+ Anthology (9), LGBTQ+ Children's Books (10), LGBTQ+ Comics (10), LGBTQ+ Drama (7), LGBTQ+ Middle Grade (10), LGBTQ+ Mystery (10), LGBTQ+ Nonfiction (10), LGBTQ+ Poetry (3), LGBTQ+ Romance and Erotica (10), LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction (10), LGBTQ+ Studies (10), LGBTQ+ Young Adult (10), Lesbian Anthology (18), Lesbian Biography/Autobiography (38), Lesbian Debut Fiction (53), Lesbian Erotica (32), Lesbian Fiction (165), Lesbian Fiction and Lesbian SF/Fantasy (1), Lesbian Fiction and Lesbian Small Press (1), Lesbian General Fiction (40), Lesbian Memoir (2), Lesbian Memoir/Biography (98), Lesbian Mystery (169), Lesbian Mystery/Science Fiction (4), Lesbian Nonfiction (21), Lesbian Poetry (181), Lesbian Romance (118), Lesbian SF/Fantasy (19), Lesbian Small Press (9), Lesbian Studies (38), Nonfiction (14), Photography/Visual Arts (50), Poetry (9), Publisher's Service Award (1), Religion/Spirituality (15), Romance (24), Science Fiction/Fantasy (67), Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror (1), Small Press (50), Spirituality (36), Spirituality/Religion (10), Transgender (51), Transgender Fiction (60), Transgender Non-Fiction (7), Transgender Nonfiction (55), Transgender Poetry (41), Transgender/Bisexual (3), Transgender/Genderqueer (10), Young Adult/Children's (5), No Category (2)
Years:
All, 2024 (121), 2023 (124), 2022 (116), 2021 (115), 2020 (160), 2019 (168), 2018 (154), 2017 (144), 2016 (155), 2015 (150), 2014 (183), 2013 (144), 2012 (117), 2011 (115), 2010 (115), 2009 (104), 2007 (109), 2006 (107), 2005 (102), 2004 (106), 2003 (95), 2002 (89), 2001 (96), 2000 (94), 1999 (94), 1998 (94), 1997 (92), 1996 (97), 1995 (96), 1994 (87), 1993 (82), 1992 (71), 1991 (72), 1990 (88), 1989 (81), 1988 (57)
Announced:
March 27: Finalist2024 Recent

Winner 24

WorkCategoryYear
Chloe Plus Olivia: An Anthology of Lesbian Literature from the 17th Century to the Present by Lillian FadermanAnthology/Fiction1994
Sister and Brother: Lesbians and Gay Men Write About Their Lives Together by Joan NestleAnthology/Nonfiction1994
Am I Blue? Coming Out from the Silence by Marion Dane BauerChildren's/Young Adult1994
Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika by Tony KushnerDrama1994
Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, Parts 1 & 2 by Tony KushnerDrama1994
Memoir of a Race Traitor by Mab SegrestEditor's Choice1994
My Own Country: A Doctor's Story by Abraham VergheseGay Men's Biography/Autobiography1994
The Folding Star by Alan HollinghurstGay Men's Fiction1994
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtGay Men's Mystery1994
Collected Poems by Thom GunnGay Men's Poetry1994
Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Makings of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940 by George ChaunceyGay Men's Studies1994
The Dyke and the Dybbuk by Ellen GalfordHumor1994
Gertrude Stein: In Words and Pictures by Renate StendhalLesbian Biography/Autobiography1994
The Gifts of the Body by Rebecca BrownLesbian Fiction1994
A Small Sacrifice by Ellen HartLesbian Mystery1994
Sister's Keeper by Randye LordonLesbian Mystery1994
The Case of the Good-For-Nothing Girlfriend by Mabel ManeyLesbian Mystery1994
Body Guard by Claire McNabLesbian Mystery1994
My Sweet Untraceable You by Sandra ScoppettoneLesbian Mystery1994
Winter Numbers: Poems by Marilyn HackerLesbian Poetry1994
Skin: Talking About Sex, Class & Literature by Dorothy AllisonLesbian Studies1994
Family: A Portrait of Gay and Lesbian America by Nancy AndrewsPhotography/Visual Arts1994
On Longing: Narratives of the Miniature, the Gigantic, the Souvenir, the Collection by Susan StewartSmall Press1994
Trouble and Her Friends by Melissa Scott1994

Nominee 63

WorkCategoryYear
Men on Men 5: Best New Gay Fiction by David BergmanAnthology/Fiction1994
The Very Inside: An Anthology of Writings by Asian & Pacific Islander Lesbians by Sharon Lim-HingAnthology/Fiction1994
High Risk 2: Writings on Sex, Death, and Subversion by Amy ScholderAnthology/Fiction1994
Lavender Mansions: 40 Contemporary Lesbian and Gay Short Stories by Irene ZahavaAnthology/Fiction1994
A Queer Reader by Patrick HigginsAnthology/Nonfiction1994
One Teacher in Ten: Gay and Lesbian Educators Tell Their Stories by Kevin JenningsAnthology/Nonfiction1994
Out of the Class Closet: Lesbians Speak by Julia PenelopeAnthology/Nonfiction1994
Dive by Stacey DonovanChildren's/Young Adult1994
Two Teenagers in 20: Writings by Gay and Lesbian Youth by Ann HeronChildren's/Young Adult1994
Lives of Notable Gay Men and Lesbians: Oscar Wilde by Jeff NunokawaChildren's/Young Adult1994
Tiger Flowers by Patricia QuinlanChildren's/Young Adult1994
The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me by David DrakeDrama1994
Heroes and Saints and Other Plays by Cherrie MoragaDrama1994
Jeffrey by Paul RudnickDrama1994
Confessions of a Jewish Wagnerite: Being Gay and Jewish in America (Cassell Lesbian & Gay Studies) by Lawrence D. MassGay Men's Biography/Autobiography1994
My Life As a Pornographer & Other Indecent Acts by John PrestonGay Men's Biography/Autobiography1994
Knowing When to Stop: A Memoir by Ned RoremGay Men's Biography/Autobiography1994
American Studies by Mark MerlisGay Men's Fiction1994
Nightswimmer by Joseph OlshanGay Men's Fiction1994
Sacred Lips of the Bronx by Douglas SadownickGay Men's Fiction1994
Cultural Revolution by Norman WongGay Men's Fiction1994
A Queer Kind of Death by George BaxtGay Men's Mystery1994
The Alienist by Caleb CarrGay Men's Mystery1994
The Mad Man by Samuel R. DelanyGay Men's Mystery1994
Mask for a Diva by Grant MichaelsGay Men's Mystery1994
The Other Man Was Me: A Voyage to the New World by Rafael CampoGay Men's Poetry1994
Ghost Letters by Richard McCannGay Men's Poetry1994
West of Yesterday, East of Summer: New and Selected Poems (1973-1993) by Paul MonetteGay Men's Poetry1994
Wishing for Wings: Poems by Assoto SaintGay Men's Poetry1994
Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe by John BoswellGay Men's Studies1994
Queer and Loathing: Rants and Raves of a Raging AIDS Clone by David B. FeinbergGay Men's Studies1994
Last Watch of the Night: Essays Too Personal and Otherwise by Paul MonetteGay Men's Studies1994
Gay Soul: Finding the Heart of Gay Spirit and Nature with Sixteen Writers, Healers, Teache by Mark ThompsonGay Men's Studies1994
The Unofficial Gay Manual by Kevin DiLalloHumor1994
The Case of the Good-For-Nothing Girlfriend by Mabel ManeyHumor1994
Glamourpuss by Christian McLaughlinHumor1994
Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays by David SedarisHumor1994
One Art by Elizabeth BishopLesbian Biography/Autobiography1994
The Power and Passion of M. Carey Thomas by Helen Lefkowitz HorowitzLesbian Biography/Autobiography1994
Memoir of a Race Traitor by Mab SegrestLesbian Biography/Autobiography1994
Stir-Fry by Emma DonoghueLesbian Fiction1994
The Dyke and the Dybbuk by Ellen GalfordLesbian Fiction1994
House Rules (High Risk Books) by Heather LewisLesbian Fiction1994
Chelsea Girls by Eileen MylesLesbian Fiction1994
Haruko/Love Poems (High Risk Books) by June JordanLesbian Poetry1994
White Pine: Poems and Prose Poems by Mary OliverLesbian Poetry1994
American Dreams by SapphireLesbian Poetry1994
Normal Sex by Linda SmuklerLesbian Poetry1994
Chloe Plus Olivia: An Anthology of Lesbian Literature from the 17th Century to the Present by Lillian FadermanLesbian Studies1994
Sportsdykes: Stories from on and Off the Field by Susan Fox RogersLesbian Studies1994
My American History: Lesbian and Gay Life During the Reagan/Bush Years by Sarah SchulmanLesbian Studies1994
On Longing: Narratives of the Miniature, the Gigantic, the Souvenir, the Collection by Susan StewartLesbian Studies1994
The Art of Jim French: The nude male by Jim FrenchPhotography/Visual Arts1994
Out in America: A Portrait of Gay and Lesbian Life by Michael GoffPhotography/Visual Arts1994
Masked culture : the Greenwich Village Halloween parade by Jack KugelmassPhotography/Visual Arts1994
Long Road to Freedom: The Advocate History of the Gay and Lesbian Movement (Stonewall Inn Editions) by Mark ThompsonPhotography/Visual Arts1994
The Furies by Suzy McKee CharnasScience Fiction/Fantasy1994
Storm Warning by Mercedes LackeyScience Fiction/Fantasy1994
Metal Angel by Nancy SpringerScience Fiction/Fantasy1994
Warriors of Isis by Jean StewartScience Fiction/Fantasy1994
Skin: Talking About Sex, Class & Literature by Dorothy AllisonSmall Press1994
B-boy Blues by James Earl HardySmall Press1994
We came all the way from Cuba so you could dress like this? by Achy ObejasSmall Press1994

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