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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, 2000 (5), 1999 (5), 1998 (5), 1997 (5), 1996 (5), 1995 (5), 1994 (4), 1993 (4)
Announced:
March 27: Finalist2024 Recent

Winner 7

WorkYear
Bosie: The Man, The Poet, The Lover of Oscar Wilde by Douglas Murray2000
The Velveteen Father: An Unexpected Journey to Parenthood by Jesse Green1999
Wisecracker: The Life and Times of William Haines by William J. Mann1998
The Poetry of Healing: A Doctor's Education in Empathy, Identity, and Desire by Rafael Campo1997
Geography Of The Heart by Fenton Johnson1996
Tom : the unknown Tennessee Williams by Lyle Leverich1995
My Own Country: A Doctor's Story by Abraham Verghese1994

Nominee 31

WorkYear
Brave Journeys: Profiles in Gay and Lesbian Courage by David Mixner2000
The Mentor: A Memoir of Friendship and Gay Identity by Jay Quinn2000
Lies: A Diary: 1986-1999 by Ned Rorem2000
Marcel Proust: A Life by Jean-Yves Tadié2000
An Underground Life: Memoirs of a Gay Jew in Nazi Berlin by Gad Beck1999
Firebird by Mark Doty1999
Left Out: A Political Journey by Martin Duberman1999
Gore Vidal: A Biography by Fred Kaplan1999
Gentleman Junkie: The Life and Legacy of William S. Burroughs by Graham Caveney1998
In the Flesh: Undressing for Success by Gavin Geoffrey Dillard1998
Auden and Isherwood: The Berlin Years by Norman Page1998
The Best Little Boy in the World by John Reid1998
Track Conditions: A Memoir by Michael Klein1997
A House on the Ocean, a House on the Bay: A Memoir by Felice Picano1997
Walt Whitman: A Gay Life by Gary Schmidgall1997
Gay Body: A Journey Through Shadow To Self by Mark Thompson1997
Truth Serum: Memoirs by Bernard Cooper1996
Heaven's Coast: A Memoir by Mark Doty1996
Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn by David Hajdu1996
Spells of a Voodoo Doll: The Poems, Fiction, Essays and Plays of Assotto Saint by Assoto Saint1996
Prayers for Bobby: A Mother's Coming to Terms with the Suicide of Her Gay Son by Leroy F. Aarons1995
Last Night on Earth by Bill T. Jones1995
Palimpsest: A Memoir by Gore Vidal1995
Our Paris: Sketches from Memory by Edmund White1995
Confessions of a Jewish Wagnerite: Being Gay and Jewish in America (Cassell Lesbian & Gay Studies) by Lawrence D. Mass1994
My Life As a Pornographer & Other Indecent Acts by John Preston1994
Knowing When to Stop: A Memoir by Ned Rorem1994
Before Night Falls by Reinaldo Arenas1993
Coming Unbuttoned by James Broughton1993
Travels With Lizbeth: Three Years on the Road and on the Streets by Lars Eighner1993
City Poet: The Life and Times of Frank O'Hara by Brad Gooch1993

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