Lambda Literary Award 737103 226112127 2008-07-16T21:38:30Z User0529 7280847 mv See also to above refs ([[WP:LAYOUT#Standard_appendices_and_descriptions]]) '''Lambda Literary Awards''' ''(also known as the "Lammies")'' are awarded yearly by the [[United States|US]]-based Lambda Literary Foundation to published works which celebrate or explore [[LGBT]] themes. Categories include 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."<ref>{{cite web | title =News and Announcements | publisher =[[Lambda Literary Foundation]] | date =2007 | url =http://www.lambdaliterary.org/index.html | accessdate =2007-11-25 }}</ref> The awards were instituted in [[1988]]. ==Controversy== ===Bisexual Community/Bi Any Other Name=== In 1992 despite requests from the [[bisexual community]] for a more appropriate and inclusive category, the groundbreaking bisexual anthology ''[[Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out]]''<ref>{{cite web | title =Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out Review | publisher =International Gay & Lesbian Review | url =http://gaybookreviews.info/review/2488/548 | accessdate =2007-11-25 }}</ref> by [[Loraine Hutchins]] and [[Lani Kaahumanu]] was forced to compete (and lose) in the category ''"Lesbian Anthology"''.<ref>{{cite web | title =1991 Lambda Literary Awards Recipients | publisher =[[Lambda Literary Foundation]] | url =http://www.lambdaliterary.org/awards/previous_winners/paw_1988_1991.html#1991 | accessdate =2007-11-25 }}</ref> Led by [[BiNet USA]].<ref>{{cite web | last =Curry | first =Wendy | authorlink =Wendy Curry | title =What makes a book bisexual? | work =Curried Spam | publisher =[[BiNet USA]] | date =2007 | url =http://www.binetusa.org/curriedspam.html#bibook | accessdate =2007-11-25 }}</ref>, the [[American Institute of Bisexuality]] and assisted by other bisexual organizations including [[BiPOL]], [[Bialogue]] and [[Bi Writers Association]] a group of [[bisexual]] [[civil rights|rights]] [[activist]]s launched a multi-year struggle that eventually culminated in [[2006]] with the addition of a Bisexual category. ===Transgender Community/The Man Who Would Be Queen=== In 2004, the book ''[[The Man Who Would Be Queen|The Man Who Would Be Queen: The Science of Gender-Bending and Transsexualism]]'' by the highly controversial researcher [[J. Michael Bailey]] was announced as a finalist in the Transgender category of the 2003 Awards. [[Transpeople]] immediately protested the nomination and gathered thousands of petition signatures in opposition within a few days. After the petition, the Foundation's judges examined the book more closely, decided that they considered it [[transphobia|transphobic]] and removed it from their list of finalists.<ref>{{cite web | last =Letellier | first =Patrick | title = Group rescinds honor for disputed book | publisher =[[PlanetOut]] | date =2004-03-16 | url =http://www.planetout.com/news/article.html?2004/03/16/3 | accessdate =2007-11-25 }}</ref> Within a year the executive director who had initially approved of the book's inclusion resigned.<ref>{{cite web | last =Schwartz | first =Nomi | title =Lambda Literary Foundation Announces Major Changes | publisher =[[American Booksellers Association]] | date =2005-06-16 | url =http://news.bookweb.org/news/3606.html | accessdate =2007-11-25 }}</ref> ==2001 winners== * '''Anthologies/Fiction''': [[Helen Sandler]], ed. ''Diva Book of Short Stories'' (Millivres) * '''Anthologies/Nonfiction''': [[Constantine-Simms]], ed. ''The Greatest Taboo: Homosexuality In Black Communities'' (Alyson) * '''Autobiography/Memoir ''': [[Andrew Solomon]], ''Noonday Demon'' (Scribner) * '''Biography''': [[Barry Werth]], ''The Scarlet Professor: Newton Arvin'' (Doubleday) * '''Children's/Young Adult''': [[Julia Watts]], ''Finding H.F.'' (Alyson) * '''Erotica''': [[Ian Philips]], ''See Dick Deconstruct: Literotica for the Satirically Bent'' (AttaGirl) * '''Gay Men's Fiction''': [[Allan Gurganus]], ''The Practical Heart'' (Knopf) * '''Gay Men's Mystery''': [[Michael Nava]], ''Rag and Bone'' (G.P. Putnam) * '''Gay Men's Poetry''': [[Mark Doty]], ''Source'' (HarperCollins) * '''GLBT Studies''': [[Joyce Murdoch]] and [[Deb Price]], ''Courting Justice: Gay Men and Lesbians v. the Supreme Court'' (Basic) * '''Humor''': [[David Rakoff]], ''Fraud'' (Doubleday) * '''Lesbian Fiction''': [[Achy Obejas]], ''Days of Awe'' (Ballantine) * '''Lesbian Mystery''': [[Ellen Hart]], ''Merchant of Venus'' (St. Martin’s) * '''Lesbian Poetry''': [[Adrienne Rich]], ''Fox'' (Norton) * '''Photography/Visual Arts''': [[David Deitcher]], ''Dear Friends: American Photographs of Men Together, 1840-1918'' (Harry N. Abrams) * '''Romance''': [[Silvia Brownrigg]], ''Pages for You'' (FS&G) * '''Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror''': [[Melissa Scott (writer)|Melissa Scott]] and [[Lisa A. Barnett]], ''Point of Dreams'' (Tor) * '''Small Press''': [[Mariana Romo-Carmona]], ''Conversaciones!'' (Cleis) * '''Spirituality''' ''(tie)'': [[Ken Stone (theologian)|Ken Stone]] ed. ''Queer Commentary and the Hebrew Bible'' (Pilgrim) * '''Spirituality''' ''(tie)'': [[Bernard Duncan Mayes]], '' Escaping God’s Closet: The Revelations of a Queer Priest'' (Univ. Press of Virginia) * '''Transgender/Bisexual''': [[Virginia Ramey Mollenkott]], ''Omnigender: A Trans-religious Approach'' (Pilgrim) ==2002 winners== * '''Anthologies/Fiction''': [[Devon Carbado]], [[Dwight McBride]] and [[Don Weise]], eds. ''Black Like Us'' (Cleis) * '''Anthologies/Nonfiction''': [[Bruce Shenitz]], ''The Man I Might Become'' (Marlowe & Company) * '''Autobiography''': [[Betty Berzon]], ''Surviving Madness'' (University of Wisconsin-Madison) * '''Biography''': [[David Kaufman (writer)|David Kaufman]], ''Ridiculous!'' (Applause Theatre & Cinema) * '''Children's/Young Adult''': [[Bonnie Shimko]], ''Letters in the Attic'' (Academy Chicago Press) * '''Editor's Choice''': [[John D'Emilio]], ''The World Turned'' (Duke University) * '''Erotica''': [[Tristan Taormino]], ed., ''Best Lesbian Erotica 2003'' (Cleis) * '''Gay men's fiction''': [[Jamie O'Neill]], ''[[At Swim, Two Boys]]'' (Scribner) * '''Gay men's mystery''': [[Christopher Rice]], ''The Snow Garden'' (Miramax) * '''Gay men's poetry''': [[J.D. McClatchy]], ''Hazmat'' (Alfred A. Knopf) * '''Humor''': [[Dan Savage]], ''[[Skipping Towards Gomorrah]]'' (Dutton) * '''Lesbian fiction''': [[Sarah Waters]], ''[[Fingersmith]]'' (Riverhead) * '''Lesbian mystery''': [[Elizabeth Woodcraft]], ''Good Bad Woman'' (Kensington) * '''Lesbian poetry''': [[Ellen Bass]], ''Mules of Love'' (BOA Editions) * '''LGBT studies''': [[Neil Miller]]. ''Sex-Crime Panic'' (Alyson) * '''Pioneer Award''': [[Barbara Grier]]. * '''Romance''': [[Andrew W.M. Beierle]]. ''The Winter of Our Discoteque'' (Kensington) * '''Science Fiction / Fantasy / Horror''': [[Michael Rowe]], ed., ''Queer Fear II'' (Arsenal Pulp) * '''Small Press''': [[Kings Crossing Publishing]]. * '''Spirituality''': [[Geoffrey Duncan]], ''Courage to Love'' (Pilgrim) * '''Transgender''': [[Noelle Howey]], ''Dress Codes'' (Picador) * '''Visual arts''': [[Dominique Fernandez]], ''A Hidden Love'' (Prestel) ==2003 winners== * '''Anthologies/Fiction''': [[Michael Bronski]], ed., ''Pulp Friction'' (St. Martin's Press) * '''Anthologies/Non-fiction''': [[Bob Guter]] and [[John Killacky]], eds., ''Queer Crips'' (Harrington Park Press) * '''Autobiography/Memoir''': [[Lillian Faderman]], ''Naked in the Promised Land'' (Houghton Mifflin) * '''Biography''': [[Andrew Wilson (writer)|Andrew Wilson]], ''Beautiful Shadow'' (Bloomsbury) * '''Children /Young adult''': [[David Levithan]], ''[[Boy Meets Boy]]'' (Knopf Books for Young Readers) * '''Drama''': [[Brian Drader]], ''[[Prok]]'' (Scirocco Drama) * '''Erotica''': [[Tristan Taormino]], ed., ''Best Lesbian Erotica 2004'' (Cleis Press) * '''Gay men's fiction''': [[Christopher Bram]], ''Lives of the Circus Animals'' (William Morrow) * '''Gay men's mystery''': [[John Morgan Wilson]], ''Blind Eye'' (St. Martin's Press) * '''Gay men's poetry''': [[Henri Cole]], ''Middle Earth'' (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) and Mark [[Bibbins]], ''Sky Lounge'' (Graywolf Press)(tie) * '''Humor''': [[Alison Bechdel]], ''Dykes and Sundry Other Carbon-Based Life-Forms to Watch Out For'' ([[Alyson Publications]]) * '''Lesbian fiction''': [[Nina Revoyr]], ''Southland'' (Akashic Books) * '''Lesbian mystery''': [[Elizabeth Sims]], ''Damn Straight'' (Alyson Publications) * '''Lesbian poetry''': [[Minnie Bruce Pratt]], ''The Dirt She Ate'' (University of Pittsburgh Press) * '''LGBT studies''': [[Devon Carbado]] and [[Donald Weise]], eds., ''Time on Two Crosses'' (Cleis Press) * '''Photography/Visual arts''': [[Lonthar Schirmer]], ed., ''Women Seeing Women'' (W.W. Norton) * '''Romance''': [[Michael Thomas Ford]], ''Last Summer'' (Kensington Publishing) and [[Karin Kallmaker]], [[Maybe Next Time]] (Bella Books) * '''Science Fiction / Fantasy / Horror''': [[Helen Sandler]], ed., ''Necrologue'' (Diva Books) * '''Spirituality''': [[Fenton Johnson]], ''Keeping Faith'' (Houghton Mifflin) * '''Transgender/Genderqueer''': [[Jennifer Finney Boylan]], ''She's Not There'' (Broadway Books) ==2004 winners== * '''Anthologies/Fiction''': [[Edmund White]] and [[Donald Weise]], eds., ''Fresh Men: New Voices in Gay Fiction'' (Carroll & Graff) * '''Anthologies/Non-fiction''': [[Greg Wharton]] and [[Ian Philips]], eds., ''I Do/I Don't: Queers on Marriage'' (Suspect Thoughts Press) * '''Autobiography/Memoir''': [[Alison Smith (writer)|Alison Smith]], ''Name All the Animals'' (Scribner) * '''Biography''': [[Alexis De Veaux]], ''Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde'' ([[W. W. Norton]]) * '''Children's / Young Adult''': [[Alex Sanchez]], ''[[So Hard to Say]]'' (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers) * '''Drama / Theater''': [[Doug Wright]], ''[[I Am My Own Wife]]'' (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) * '''Erotica''': [[Richard Labonte]], ''Best Gay Erotica 2005'' (Cleis Press) * '''Gay Men's Debut Fiction''': [[Blair Mastbaum]], ''[[Clay's Way]]'' (Alyson Books) * '''Gay Men's Fiction''': [[Colm Tóibín]], ''[[The Master (novel)|The Master]]'' (Scribner) * '''Gay Men's Poetry''': [[Luis Cernuda]], ''Written in Water'' (City Lights Publishers) * '''Gay Men's Mystery''': [[Anthony Bidulka]], ''Flight of Aquavit'' ([[Insomniac Press]]) * '''Humor''': [[David Sedaris]], ''[[Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim]]'' (Little, Brown) * '''Lesbian Biography/Autobiography''': [[Renate Stendhal]], ''Gertrude Stein: In Words and Pictures'' (Algonquin Books, 1994) * '''Lesbian Debut Fiction''': [[Judith Frank]], ''Crybaby Butch'' (Firebrand) * '''Lesbian Fiction''': [[Stacey D'Erasmo]], ''A Seahorse Year'' (Houghton Mifflin) * '''Lesbian Poetry''': [[Beverly Burch]], ''Sweet to Burn'' (Gival Press) * '''Lesbian Mystery''': [[Katherine V. Forrest]], ''Hancock Park'' (Berkley Prime Crime/Penguin Group USA) * '''LGBT Studies''': [[Elisabeth Kirtsoglou]], ''For the Love of Women: Gender, Identity and Same-Sex Relations in a Greek Provincial Town'' (Routledge) * '''Photography/Visual Arts''': [[Evan Bachner]] and [[Harry Abrams]], ''At Ease: Navy Men of World War II'' * '''Romance''': [[Steven Kluger]], ''Almost Like Being in Love'' (HarperCollins) * '''Religion/Spirituality''': [[Will Roscoe]], ''Jesus and the Shamanic Tradition of Same-Sex Love'' (Suspect Thoughts Press) * '''Science fiction/Fantasy/Horror''': [[Jim Grimsley]], ''The Ordinary'' (Tor Books) * '''Transgender/GenderQueer''': [[Mariette Pathy Allen]], ''The Gender Frontier'' (Kehrer Verlag) ==2005 winners== * '''Anthologies''': [[E. Lynn Harris]], ed., ''Freedom in This Village: Twenty-Five Years of Black Gay Men's Writing, 1979 to the Present'' * '''Belles Lettres''': [[Martin Moran]], ''The Tricky Part'' * '''Biography''': [[Sherrill Tippins]], ''February House'' * '''Children's/Young Adult''': [[Shyam Selvadurai]], ''Swimming in the Monsoon Sea'' * '''Erotica''': [[Stacia Seaman]] and [[Radclyffe]], eds., ''Stolen Moments: Erotic Interludes 2'' * '''Gay Men's Debut Fiction''': [[Vestal McIntyre]], ''You Are Not the One'' * '''Gay Men's Fiction''': [[Dennis Cooper]], ''The Sluts'' * '''Gay Men's Mystery''': [[D. Travers Scott]], ''One of These Things is Not Like the Other'' * '''Gay Men's Poetry''': [[Richard Siken]], ''Crush'' * '''Humor''': [[David Rakoff]], ''Don't Get Too Comfortable'' * '''Lesbian Debut Fiction''': [[Ali Leibegott]], ''The Beautifully Worthless'' * '''Lesbian Fiction''': [[Abha Dawesar]], ''[[Babyji]]'' and Helen Humphreys, ''Wild Dogs'' * '''Lesbian Mystery''': [[Alicia Gaspar de Alba]], ''Desert Blood: The Juarez Murders'' * '''Lesbian Poetry''': [[June Jordan]], ''Directed by Desire: Collected Poems'' * '''LGBT Studies''': [[Susan Ackerman]], ''When Heroes Love: The Ambiguities of Eros in the Stories of Gilgamesh and David'' * '''Nonfiction''': [[Thomas Glave]], ''Words to Our Now'' * '''Romance''': [[Radclyffe]], ''Distant Shores, Silent Thunder'' * '''Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror''': [[Katherine V. Forrest]], ''Daughters of an Emerald Dusk'' * '''Spirituality''': [[Cheri DiNovo]], ''Qu(e)erying Evangelism: Growing a Community from the Outside In'' * '''Transgender/GenderQueer''': [[Charlie Anders]], ''Choir Boy'' ==2006 winners== * '''Anthology''': [[Greg Herren]] and [[Paul J. Willis]] , eds. ''Love, Bourbon Street: Reflections of New Orleans'' ([[Alyson]]) * '''Arts & Culture''': [[Lillian Faderman]] and [[Stuart Timmons]], ''Gay L. A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, And Lipstick Lesbians'' ([[Basic Books]]) * '''Bisexual''': [[Michael Szymanski]] and [[Nicole Kristal]], ''The Bisexual's Guide to the Universe'' ([[Alyson]]) * '''Children's/Young Adult''' ''(tie)'': [[David Levithan]] and [[Billy Merrell]], eds. ''Full Spectrum'' ([[Random House|Random House Children's Books]]) * '''Children's/Young Adult''' ''(tie)'': [[Julie Anne Peters]], ''Between Mom & Jo'' ([[Little Brown]]) * '''Drama/Theater''': [[Tim Miller (performance artist)]], ''1001 Beds'' ([[University of Wisconsin-Madison]]) * '''Gay Debut Fiction''': [[Robert Westfield]], ''Suspension: A Novel'' ([[Harper Perennial]]) * '''Gay Erotica''': [[Jeff Mann]], ''A History of Barbed Wire'' ([[Suspect Thoughts]]) * '''Gay Fiction''': [[Robert Westfield]], ''Suspension: A Novel'' ([[Harper Perennial]]) * '''Gay Memoir/Biography''': [[Bernard Cooper]], ''The Bill From My Father'' ([[Simon & Schuster]]) * '''Gay Mystery''': [[Garry Ryan]], ''The Lucky Elephant Restaurant'' ([[NeWest Press]]) * '''Gay Poetry''': [[Jim Elledge]], ''A History of My Tattoo'' ([[Stonewall/BrickHouse Books]]) * '''Gay Romance''': [[Rob Byrnes]], ''When the Stars Come Out'' ([[Kensington Books]]) * '''Humor''': [[Joe Keenan (writer)|Joe Keenan]], ''[[My Lucky Star (novel)|My Lucky Star]]'' ([[Little Brown]]) * '''Lesbian Debut Fiction''': [[Ellis Avery]], ''The Teahouse Fire'' ([[Riverhead Books]]) * '''Lesbian Erotica''': [[Laurinda D. Brown]], ''Walk Like a Man'' ([[Q-Boro Books]]) * '''Lesbian Fiction''': [[Sarah Waters]], ''The Night Watch'' ([[Riverhead Books]]) * '''Lesbian Memoir/Biography''': [[Alison Bechdel]], ''Fun Home'' ([[Houghton Mifflin]]) * '''Lesbian Mystery''': [[Laurie R. King]], ''The Art of Detection'' ([[Bantam Books]]) * '''Lesbian Poetry''': [[Sina Queyras]], ''Lemon Hound'' ([[Coach House Books]]) * '''Lesbian Romance''': [[Georgia Beers]], ''Fresh Tracks'' ([[Bold Strokes]]) * '''LGBT Nonfiction''' ''(tie)'': [[Lillian Faderman]] and [[Stuart Timmons]], ''Gay L. A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, And Lipstick Lesbians'' ([[Basic Books]]) * '''LGBT Nonfiction''' ''(tie)'': [[Marcia M. Gallo]], ''Different Daughters'' ([[Carroll & Graf]]) * '''LGBT Studies''': [[Horace L. Griffin]], ''Their Own Receive Them Not'' ([[Pilgrim Press]]) * '''Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror''': [[Neal Drinnan]], ''Izzy and Eve'' ([[Green Candy Press]]) * '''Spirituality''': [[Michael McColly]], ''The After-Death Room'' ([[Soft Skull Press]]) * '''Transgender''': [[Susan Stryker]] and [[Stephen Whittle]] , eds. ''The Transgender Studies Reader'' ([[Routledge]]) ==2007 winners== * '''Anthology''': [[Richard Labonte]] and [[Lawrence Schimel]], eds., ''First Person Queer'' ([[Arsenal Pulp Press]]) * '''Arts & Culture''': [[Matthew Hays]], ''The View From Here'' ([[Arsenal Pulp Press]]) * '''Bisexual''': [[Brent Hartinger]], ''Split Screen'' ([[HarperCollins]] Children's Books) * '''Children's/Young Adult''': [[Perry Moore]], ''[[Hero (novel)|Hero]]'' ([[Hyperion (publisher)|Hyperion]]) * '''Drama/Theater''': [[Steve Susoyev]] and [[George Birimisa]], eds., ''Return to the Caffe Cino'' ([[Moving Finger Press]]) * '''Erotica''': [[Simon Sheppard (writer)|Simon Sheppard]], ''Homosex: 60 Years of Gay Erotica'' ([[Running Press]]) * '''Gay Debut Fiction''': [[Christopher Kelly (novelist)|Christopher Kelly]], ''[[A Push and a Shove]]'' ([[Alyson Books]]) * '''Lesbian Debut Fiction''': [[Aoibheann Sweeney]], ''Among Other Things, I've Taken Up Smoking'' ([[The Penguin Press]]) * '''LGBT Studies''': [[Sharon Marcus]], ''Between Women'' ([[Princeton University Press]]) * '''Men's Fiction''': [[Andre Aciman]], ''Call Me By Your Name'' ([[Farrar, Straus & Giroux]]) * '''Men's Memoir/Biography''': [[Kevin Sessums]], ''Mississippi Sissy'' ([[St. Martin's Press]]) * '''Men's Mystery''': [[Greg Herren]], ''Murder in the Rue Chartres'' ([[Alyson Books]]) * '''Men's Romance''': [[Michael Thomas Ford]], ''Changing Tides'' ([[Kensington]]) * '''Nonfiction''': [[Michael S. Sherry]], ''Gay Artists in Modern American Culture'' ([[University of North Carolina Press]]) * '''Poetry''': [[Henri Cole]], ''Blackbird and Wolf'' ([[Farrar, Straus & Giroux]]) * '''Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror''': [[Lee Thomas (author)|Lee Thomas]], ''The Dust of Wonderland'' ([[Alyson Books]]) * '''Transgender''': [[Cris Beam]], ''Transparent'' ([[Harcourt]]) * '''Women's Fiction''': [[Ali Liebegott]], ''[[The IHOP Papers]]'' ([[Carroll & Graf]]) * '''Women's Memoir/Biography''': [[Nicola Griffith]], ''And Now We Are Going to Have a Party'' ([[Payseur & Schmidt]]) * '''Women's Mystery''': [[Gabrielle Goldsby]], ''Wall of Silence'' ([[Bold Strokes Books]]) * '''Women's Romance''': [[K. G. MacGregor]], ''Out of Love'' ([[Bella Books]]) ==See also== * [[LGBT literature]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.lambdaliterary.org/ Lambda Literary Foundation] {{LGBT-footer |culture=yes}} [[Category:American literary awards]] [[Category:LGBT literature in the United States]] [[Category:LGBT events in the United States]] [[Category:LGBT-related awards]] [[Category:Awards established in 1988]] [[Category:Lambda Literary Award winners|*]] [[de:Lambda Literary Award]] [[pt:Lambda Literary Award]]