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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, 2001 (4), 2000 (5), 1999 (5), 1998 (3), 1997 (5), 1996 (3), 1995 (5), 1994 (4), 1993 (4), 1992 (3), 1991 (5), 1989 (4)
Announced:
March 27: Finalist2024 Recent

Winner 13

WorkYear
Conversaciones: Relatos por padres y madres de hijas lesbianas y hijos gay by Mariana Romo-Carmona2001
Between Dances by Erasmo Guerra2000
Kamikaze Lust by Lauren Sanders2000
Massage by Henry Flesh1999
The Bull-Jean Stories by Sharon Bridgforth1998
Does Your Mama Know? An Anthology of Black Lesbian Coming Out Stories by Lisa C. Moore1997
The New Fuck You by Eileen Myles1995
On Longing: Narratives of the Miniature, the Gigantic, the Souvenir, the Collection by Susan Stewart1994
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg1993
Sojourner: Black Gay Voices in the Age of AIDS, Other Countries Volume II (Volume 2) by B. Michael Hunter1993
Memories That Smell Like Gasoline by David Wojnarowicz1992
Gay Roots: Twenty Years of Gay Sunshine: An Anthology of Gay History, Sex, Politics, and Culture (Vol 1) by Winston Leyland1991
My Life As a Mole and Five Other Stories by Larry Mitchell1989

Nominee 37

WorkYear
Scared Straight: Why It's So Hard to Accept Gay People and Why It's So Hard to Be Human by Robert N. Minor2001
Calendar Boy by Andy Quan2001
The Wild Man by Patricia Nell Warren2001
Bridge Across the Ocean by Randy Boyd2000
Outline of My Lover by Douglas A. Martin2000
Undertow by Amy Schutzer2000
Hey Paesan: Writing by Lesbians and Gay Men of Italian Descent by Denise Nico Leto Giovanna Capone1999
The Queer Press Guide 2000 by Paul Harris1999
Mr. Dalloway: A Novella by Robin Lippincott1999
Christ-Like by Emanuel Xavier1999
The Reluctant Pornographer by Bruce Labruce1998
Queer Japan: Personal Stories of Japanese Lesbians, Gays, Transsexuals and Bisexuals by Barbara Summerhawk1998
Toward the New Degeneracy: An Essay by Bruce Benderson1997
Bite Hard by Justin Chin1997
Beyond the Pale by Elana Dykewomon1997
Barbie Unbound: A Parody of the Barbie Obsession by Sarah Strohmeyer1997
The Shit of God: The Texts of Diamanda Galás by Diamanda Galás1996
Mythomania : fantasies, fables, and sheer lies in contemporary American popular art by Bernard Welt1996
Lesbian Polyfidelity: A Pleasure Guide for the Woman Whose Heart Is Open to Multiple, Concurrent Sexualoves, or How to Keep Non-Monogamy Safe, Sane, by Celeste West1996
The Medicine Burns: And Other Stories (High Risk Books) by Adam Klein1995
S/He by Minnie Bruce Pratt1995
Milking Black Bull: 11 Gay Black Poets by Alden Reimonenq1995
Three-Hand Jax and Other Spells by Staszek1995
Skin: Talking About Sex, Class & Literature by Dorothy Allison1994
B-boy Blues by James Earl Hardy1994
We came all the way from Cuba so you could dress like this? by Achy Obejas1994
Blue: A Novel by Denise Ohio1993
Lotus Of Another Color by Rakesh Ratti1993
A Perilous Advantage: The Best of Natalie Clifford Barney by Natalie Clifford Barney1992
Hot Chicken Wings by Jyl Lynn Felman1992
Advocate Adviser by Patrick Califia1991
Putting Out: The Essential Publishing Resource for Gay and Lesbian Writers by Edisol W. Dotson1991
Rusty: How Me and Her Went to Colorado and Everything, Except Not Really by Garbo1991
How Do I Look: Queer Film and Video by Bad Object-Choices1991
River of Promise: Two Women's Story of Love and Adoption by Judith Dahl1989
Matlovich by Mike Hippler1989
Letting in the Night by Joan Lindau1989

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