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Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction
DescriptionLiterary award
Sponsored byLambda Literary Foundation
DateAnnual

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.

Winners and nominees

Year Winner Nominated
1988 Blue ribbon Dorothy Allison, Trash: Short Stories
1989 Blue ribbon Nisa Donnelly, The Bar Stories: A Novel After All
1990 Blue ribbon Paula Martinac, Out of Time
1991 Blue ribbon Blanche McCrary Boyd, The Revolution of Little Girls
Blue ribbon Jewelle Gomez, The Gilda Stories
1992 Blue ribbon Judith Katz, Running Fiercely Toward a High Thin Sound
1993 Blue ribbon Jeanette Winterson, Written on the Body
1994 Blue ribbon Rebecca Brown, The Gifts of the Body
1995 Blue ribbon Jacqueline Woodson, Autobiography of a Family Photo
1996 Blue ribbon Achy Obejas, Memory Mambo
1997 Blue ribbon Elana Dykewomon, Beyond the Pale
1998 Blue ribbon Dorothy Allison, Cavedweller
1999 Blue ribbon Sarah Waters, Tipping the Velvet
2000 Blue ribbon Michelle Tea, Valencia
2001 Blue ribbon Achy Obejas, Days of Awe[1]
2002 Blue ribbon Sarah Waters, Fingersmith
2003 Blue ribbon Nina Revoyr, Southland
2004 Blue ribbon Stacey D'Erasmo, A Seahorse Year
2005 Blue ribbon Abha Dawesar, Babyji
2006 Blue ribbon Sarah Waters, The Night Watch
2007 Blue ribbon Ali Liebegott, The IHOP Papers
2008 Blue ribbon Emma Donoghue, The Sealed Letter
Blue ribbon Chandra Mayor, All the Pretty Girls
2009 Blue ribbon Jill Malone, A Field Guide to Deception
2010 Blue ribbon Eileen Myles, Inferno (a poet's novel)[2]
2011 Blue ribbon Farzana Doctor, Six Metres of Pavement
2012 Blue ribbon Thrity Umrigar, The World We Found[3]
2013 Blue ribbon Chinelo Okparanta, Happiness, Like Water[4]
2014 Blue ribbon Alexis De Veaux, Yabo[5]
2015 Blue ribbon Chinelo Okparanta, Under the Udala Trees[6]
2016 Blue ribbon Nicole Dennis-Benn, Here Comes the Sun[7]
2017 Blue ribbon Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties[8]
2018 Blue ribbon Larissa Lai, The Tiger Flu
2019 Blue ribbon Nicole Dennis-Benn, Patsy[9]

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.
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