5th Lambda Literary Awards

The 5th Lambda Literary Awards were held in 1993 to honour works of LGBT literature published in 1992.

Special awards

Category	Winner
Editor's Choice	Richard Mohr, Gay Ideas
Publisher Service	Craig Rodwell, Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop

Nominees and winners

Category	Winner	Nominated
Children's/Young Adult	Penny Raife Durant, When Heroes Die	Johnny Valentine and Lynette Schmidt, The Daddy Machine Joan Alden and Catherine Hopkins, A Boy’s Best Friend Bette Greene, Drowning of Stephan Jones Johnny Valentine and Lynette Schmidt, The Day They Put a Tax on Rainbows
Gay Anthology	John Preston, ed., A Member of the Family	George Stambolian, Men on Men 4 Dennis Cooper, Discontents John Preston, Flesh and the Word Assotto Saint, Here to Dare
Gay Fiction	Randall Kenan, Let the Dead Bury Their Dead	Lev Raphael, Winter Eyes Christopher Bram, Almost History Jaime Manrique, Latin Moon in Manhattan Bo Huston, Dream Life
Gay Mystery	Michael Nava, The Hidden Law	Steve Johnson, Final Atonement Richard Stevenson, Third Man Out Grant Michaels, Love You to Death Larry Townsend, One for the Master, Two for the Fool
Gay Non-Fiction	Paul Monette, Becoming a Man	Allen Ellenzweig, Homoerotic Photograph Eric Marcus, Making History: The Struggle for Gay and Lesbian Equal Rights, 1945-1990 John D'Emilio, Making Trouble Darrell Yates Rist, Heartlands
Gay Poetry	Edward Field, Counting Myself Lucky	Thom Gunn, The Man with Night Sweats Essex Hemphill, Ceremonies Tim Dlugos, Strong Place Rudy Kikel, Long Division
Gay science fiction, fantasy or horror	Maureen F. McHugh, China Mountain Zhang	Poppy Z. Brite, Lost Souls Lewis Gannett, The Living One Thomas T. Thomas, Cry Gender Anne Rice, Tale of the Body Thief
Humor	Alison Bechdel, Dykes to Watch Out For: The Sequel	Eric Orner, The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green Andrea Natalie, The Night Audrey’s Vibrator Spoke Rupert Kinnard, BB and the Diva Jane Caminos, That’s Ms. Bulldyke to You, Charlie
Lesbian Anthology	Joan Nestle, The Persistent Desire	Anita L. Pace, Write from the Heart Katherine V. Forrest and Barbara Grier, Erotic Naiad Anne MacKay, Wolf Girls at Vassar Tee Corinne, Poetry of Sex
Lesbian Fiction	Judith Katz, Running Fiercely Toward a High Thin Sound	Sarah Schulman, Empathy Carol Anshaw, Aquamarine Rebecca Brown, Terrible Girls Madelyn Arnold, On Ships at Sea
Lesbian Mystery	Elizabeth Pincus, Two-Bit Tango Jaye Maiman, Crazy for Loving	J.M. Redmann, Deaths of Jocasta Nikki Baker, Lavender House Murder Ellen Hart, Stage Fright
Lesbian Non-Fiction	Blanche Wiesen Cook, Eleanor Roosevelt	Joan Nestle, Persistent Desire Jeanne DuPrau, The Earth House Carol Givens and L. Diane Fortier, Practicing Eternity Robert A. Schanke, Shattered Applause
Lesbian Poetry	Audre Lorde, Undersong	Terry Wolverton, Black Slip Lori Anderson, Cultivating Excess Nancy Boutilier, According to Her Contours Diane Stein, Lady Sun, Lady Moon
Lesbian science fiction, fantasy or horror	Nicola Griffith, Ammonite	Jean Stewart, Return to Isis Severna Park, Speaking Dreams Melissa Scott, Dreamships Judith Katz, Running Fiercely Toward a High Thin Sound
Small Press	David Wojnarowicz, Memories That Smell Like Gasoline	Natalie Barney, A Perilous Advantage Assotto Saint, Here to Dare Michael Rumaker, To Kill a Cardinal Jyl Lynn Felman, Hot Chicken Wings

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