Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction

The Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation to a work of fiction on lesbian themes. As the award is presented based on themes in the work, not the sexuality or gender of the writer, men and heterosexual women may also be nominated for or win the award.

Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction
Awarded for	Literary award
Sponsored by	Lambda Literary Foundation
Date	Annual

Winners and nominees

Year	Winner	Nominated
1988	Dorothy Allison, Trash: Short Stories	Rita Mae Brown, Bingo Jan Clausen, The Prosperine Papers Camarin Grae, The Secret in the Bird Sarah Schulman, After Delores
1989	Nisa Donnelly, The Bar Stories: A Novel After All	Valerie Miner, Trespassing and Other Stories Jane Rule, After the Fire May Sarton, Education of Harriet Hatfield Shay Youngblood, The Big Mama Stories
1990	Paula Martinac, Out of Time	Jane DeLynn, Don Juan in the Village Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz, My Jewish Face Anna Livia, Incidents Involving Mirth Sarah Schulman, People in Trouble
1991	Blanche McCrary Boyd, The Revolution of Little Girls Jewelle Gomez, The Gilda Stories	Anna Livia, Minimax Judith McDaniel, Just Say Yes Diane Salvatore, Benediction
1992	Judith Katz, Running Fiercely Toward a High Thin Sound	Carol Anshaw, Aquamarine Madelyn Arnold, On Ships at Sea Rebecca Brown, Terrible Girls Sarah Schulman, Empathy
1993	Jeanette Winterson, Written on the Body	Leslie Feinberg, Stone Butch Blues Jenifer Levin, Sea of Light Paula Martinac, Home Movies Joan Nestle and Naomi Holoch, Women on Women 2
1994	Rebecca Brown, The Gifts of the Body	Emma Donoghue, Sir Fry Ellen Galford, The Dyke and the Dybbuk Heather Lewis, House Rules Eileen Myles, Chelsea Girls
1995	Jacqueline Woodson, Autobiography of a Family Photo	Lucy Jane Bledsoe, Sweat Louise Blum, Amnesty Stephanie Grant, Passion of Alice Sarah Schulman, Rat Bohemia
1996	Achy Obejas, Memory Mambo	Carol Anshaw, Seven Moves Sarah Van Arsdale, Toward Amnesia Rebecca Brown, What Keeps Me Here Barbara Wilson, If You Had a Family
1997	Elana Dykewomon, Beyond the Pale	Persimmon Blackbridge, Prozac Highway Blanche McCrary Boyd, Terminal Velocity Frankie Hucklenbroich, A Crystal Diary Ruthann Robson, A/K/A
1998	Dorothy Allison, Cavedweller	Sharon Bridgforth, the bull-jean stories Rebecca Brown, The Dogs Erika Lopez, They Call Me Mad Dog Sarah Schulman, Shimmer
1999	Sarah Waters, Tipping the Velvet	Anna Livia, Bruised Fruit Terri de la Pena, Faults Elizabeth Stark, Shy Girl Barbara Wilson, Salt Water and Other Stories
2000	Michelle Tea, Valencia	Stacey D'Erasmo, Tea Sarah Waters, Affinity Jeanette Winterson, The Powerbook Shay Youngblood, Black Girl in Paris
2001	Achy Obejas, Days of Awe[1]	Sylvia Brownrigg, Pages for You Alexandra Grilikhes, Yin Fire Erika Lopez, Hoochie Mama: The Other White Meat Ann Wadsworth, Light, Coming Back
2002	Sarah Waters, Fingersmith	Carol Anshaw, Lucky in the Corner Lynn Breedlove, Godspeed Nicola Griffith, Stay Lydia Kwa, This Place Called Absence
2003	Nina Revoyr, Southland	Lucy Jane Bledsoe, This Wild Silence Susan J. Leonardi, And Then They Were Nuns Ann-Marie MacDonald, The Way the Crow Flies Carla Trujillo, What Night Brings
2004	Stacey D'Erasmo, A Seahorse Year	Emma Donoghue, Life Mask Maggie Dubris, Skels Valerie Miner, Abundant Light Susan Stinson, Venus of Chalk
2005	Abha Dawesar, Babyji	Helen Humphreys, Wild Dogs Lauren Sanders, With or Without You Karen X. Tulchinsky, The Five Books of Moses Lapinsky Jeanette Winterson, Lighthousekeeping
2006	Sarah Waters, The Night Watch	J. D. Glass, Punk Like Me Leslie Larson, Slipstream Sheila Ortiz Taylor, Outrageous Michelle Tea, Rose of No Man's Land
2007	Ali Liebegott, The IHOP Papers	Lucy Jane Bledsoe, Biting the Apple Mari SanGiovanni, Greetings from Jamaica Sarah Schulman, The Child Julia Watts, The Kind of Girl I Am Jess Wells, The Mandrake Broom
2008	Emma Donoghue, The Sealed Letter Chandra Mayor, All the Pretty Girls	Ivan Coyote, The Slow Fix Stephanie Grant, Map of Ireland Ruth Perkinson, Breaking Spirit Bridge
2009	Jill Malone, A Field Guide to Deception	Elana Dykewomon, Risk Nairne Holtz, This One's Going to Last Forever Jennifer McMahon, Dismantled Emma Pérez, Forgetting the Alamo, or, Blood Memory
2010	Eileen Myles, Inferno (a poet's novel)[2]	Lucy Jane Bledsoe, Big Bang Symphony Carol Guess, Homeschooling Zelda Lockhart, Fifth Born II: The Hundredth Turtle Zoe Whittall, Holding Still for as Long as Possible
2011	Farzana Doctor, Six Metres of Pavement	Shannon Cain, The Necessity of Certain Behaviors Kristyn Dunnion, The Dirt Chronicles Hillary Jordan, When She Woke Nina Revoyr, Wingshooters
2012	Thrity Umrigar, The World We Found[3]	Carol Anshaw, Carry the One Ellis Avery, The Last Nude Jesse Blackadder, The Raven's Heart Catherine Jones, Wonder Girls B. K. Loren, Theft
2013	Chinelo Okparanta, Happiness, Like Water[4]	e.E. Charlton-Trujillo, Fat Angie T. Greenwood, Bodies of Water Christiana Harrell, Cream Wally Lamb, We Are Water Ali Liebegott, Cha-Ching! Jean Ryan, Survival Skills Jeanette Winterson, The Daylight Gate Chavisa Woods, The Albino Album Kate Worsley, She Rises
2014	Alexis De Veaux, Yabo[5]	Ann-Marie MacDonald, Adult Onset Qiu Miaojin, Last Words of Montmartre Francine Prose, Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 M. B. Caschetta, Miracle Girls Shelly Oria, New York 1, Tel Aviv 0 Brandy T. Wilson, The Palace Blues Sarah Waters, The Paying Guests
2015	Chinelo Okparanta, Under the Udala Trees[6]	Virginie Despentes, Apocalypse Baby Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, Blue Talk and Love Tiya Miles, The Cherokee Rose Miranda July, The First Bad Man LaShonda Katrice Barnett, Jam on the Vine Debra Busman, Like a Woman Violette Leduc, Thérèse and Isabelle
2016	Nicole Dennis-Benn, Here Comes the Sun[7]	Kathy Anderson, Bull & Other Stories Lynda A. Archer, Tears in the Grass Lucy Jane Bledsoe, A Thin Bright Line M. B. Caschetta, Pretend I'm Your Friend Lynn C. Miller, The Day After Death Cathleen Schine, They May Not Mean To, But They Do Jacqueline Woodson, Another Brooklyn
2017	Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties[8]	Roxane Gay, Difficult Women S. J. Sindu, Marriage of a Thousand Lies Anne Garréta, Not One Day Leona Beasley, Something Better than Home Chavisa Woods, Things to Do When You're Goth in the Country Ariel Gore, We Were Witches Patricia A. Smith, The Year of Needy Girls
2018	Larissa Lai, The Tiger Flu	Lucy Jane Bledsoe, The Evolution of Love Nona Caspers, The Fifth Woman Amber Dawn, Sodom Road Exit Genevieve Hudson, Pretend We Live Here Trifonia Melibea Obono, La Bastarda (tr. Lawrence Schimel) Sarah Schulman, Maggie Terry Krystal A. Smith, Two Moons
2019	Nicole Dennis-Benn, Patsy[9]	Kristen Arnett, Mostly Dead Things Beth Brant, A Generous Spirit: Selected Work by Beth Brant (Janice Gould, ed.) Carolina de Robertas, Cantoras Madeline Ffitch, Stay and Fight Shannon Pufahl, On Swift Horses Mathangi Subramanian, A People's History of Heaven Jacqueline Woodson, Red at the Bone

References

1. "Allan Gurganus, Margaret Cho among Lambda Literary Award winners". The Advocate, May 6, 2002.
2. "On the Scene: The 23rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Entertainment Weekly, May 27, 2011.
3. "Winners of Lambda Literary Awards Announced". Wall Street Journal, June 4, 2013.
4. "Lambda Awards honor best lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender books". Washington Post, June 2, 2014.
5. "Lambda Literary Awards laud best gay, lesbian and transgender books". Los Angeles Times, June 2, 2015.
6. "The Lambda Literary Awards Honor Hilton Als and Eileen Myles, Name Winners in 26 Categories". Slate, June 7, 2016.
7. "29th Annual Lambda Literary Award winners announced" Archived 2018-06-10 at the Wayback Machine. LGBT Weekly, June 13, 2017.
8. "Lambda Literary awardees include Carmen Maria Machado, John Rechy, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor". Windy City Times, June 5, 2018.
9. Vanderhoof, Erin (June 1, 2020). "Exclusive: The Winners of the 32nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Vanity Fair. Retrieved June 1, 2020.

External links

• Lambda Literary Awards