Lambda Literary Award for Debut Fiction

The Lambda Literary Award for Debut Fiction is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation to a debut work of fiction on LGBT themes. Formerly presented in two separate categories for gay male and lesbian debut fiction, since the 25th Lambda Literary Awards in 2013 a single award, inclusive of both male and female writers, has been presented.

The award is presented based on themes in the work, not the sexuality or gender of the writer; heterosexual writers are eligible for the award, and writers could be nominated in the "cross-gender" category based on the work.

Winners and nominees
Year Winner Nominated
1988 Gay: Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming Pool Library
  • C.F. Borgman, River Road
  • Stan Leventhal, Mountain Climbing in Sheridan Square
  • Joe Keenan, Blue Heaven
  • Russell A. Brown, Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde
Lesbian: Madelyn Arnold, Bird-Eyes
  • Joyce Bright, Sunday’s Child
  • Judy Grahn, Mundane’s World
  • Denise Ohio, The Finer Grain
  • Katherine Sturtevant, A Mistress Moderately Fair
1989 Gay: John Weir, The Irreversible Decline of Eddie Socket
Lesbian: Patricia R. Schwartz, The Names of the Moons of Mars
1990 Gay: Lev Raphael, Dancing on Tisha B’av
Lesbian: Cherry Muhanji, Her
  • Vickie Sears, Simple Songs
  • Renee Hansen, Take Me to the Underground
  • Karen Marie Christa Minns, Virago
  • Julie Blackwomon and Nona Caspers, Voyages Out 2
1991 No award presented
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
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1999
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2004 Gay: Blair Mastbaum, Clay's Way
Lesbian: Judith Frank, Crybaby Butch
  • Mary Vermillion, Death by Discount
  • Kristie Helms, Dish It Up, Baby!
  • Laurinda D. Brown, Fire & Brimstone
  • Bridget Bufford, Minus One: A Twelve-Step Journey
2005 Gay: Vestal McIntyre, You Are Not the One
  • Mack Friedman, Setting the Lawn on Fire
  • Richard McCann, Mother of Sorrows
  • Barry McCrea, The First Verse
  • Sulayman X, Bilal’s Bread
Lesbian: Ali Liebegott, The Beautifully Worthless
  • Katia Noyes, Crashing America
  • Michelle Embree, Manstealing for Fat Girls
  • Ronica Black, In Too Deep
  • Fiona Zedde, Bliss
2006 Gay: Robert Westfield, Suspension
  • Martin Hyatt, A Scarecrow’s Bible
  • Alex MacLennan, The Zookeeper
  • Patrick Ryan, Send Me
  • Timothy Williams, 5 Minutes and 42 Seconds
Lesbian: Ellis Avery, The Teahouse Fire
  • Kirsten Dinnall Hoyte, Black Marks
  • Ana-Maurine Lara, Erzulie’s Skirt
  • Leslie Larson, Slipstream
  • Peggy Munson, Origami Striptease
2007 Gay: Christopher Kelly, A Push and a Shove[1]
Lesbian: Aoibheann Sweeney, Among Other Things, I've Taken Up Smoking
2008 Gay: Shawn Stewart Ruff, Finlater
Lesbian: Magdalena Zurawski, The Bruise
  • Jill Malone, Red Audrey & the Roping
  • Linda Villarosa, Passing for Black
  • Meri Weiss, Closer to Fine
  • Chavisa Woods, Love Does Not Make Me Gentle or Kind
2009 Gay: Rakesh Satyal, Blue Boy
Lesbian: Rhiannon Argo, The Creamsickle
  • Z Egloff, Verge
  • Barb Johnson, More of This World or Maybe Another
  • Lori Ostlund, The Bigness of the World
  • Maida Tilchen, Land Beyond Maps
2010 Gay: David Pratt, Bob the Book
  • Chris Corkum, XOXO Hayden
  • Tom Mendicino, Probation
  • Tom Schabarum, The Palisades
  • Rob Stephenson, Passes Through
Lesbian: Amber Dawn, Sub Rosa
2011 Gay: Rahul Mehta, Quarantine
Lesbian: Laurie Weeks, Zipper Mouth
  • Sally Bellerose, The Girls Club
  • Lara Fergus, My Sister Chaos
  • Sarah Toshiko Hasu, Megume and the Trees
  • Christine Stark, Nickels: A Tale of Dissociation
2012 Mia McKenzie, The Summer We Got Free
  • Lania Knight, Three Cubic Feet
  • Alex Leslie, People Who Disappear
  • E. J. Levy, Love, In Theory
  • Lydia Perovic, Incidental Music
  • Kristen Ringman, Makara
  • Carter Sickels, The Evening Hour
  • Lysley Tenorio, Monstress
  • Jeanne Thornton, The Dream of Doctor Bantam
  • William Sterling Walker, Desire: Tales of New Orleans
2013 Nik Nicholson, Descendants of Hagar[2]
  • Guy Mark Foster, The Rest of Us
  • Jane Hoppen, In Between
  • Laura Krughoff, My Brother’s Name
  • Amy Grace Loyd, The Affairs of Others
  • Derek Palacio, How to Shake the Other Man
  • Ronald Palmer, Prick Queasy
  • Charles L. Ross, Inside
  • Andrea Routley, Jane and the Whales
  • Abigail Tarttelin, Golden Boy
2014 Abdi Nazemian, The Walk-In Closet[3]
  • Vinton Rafe McCabe, Death in Venice, California
  • Megan Milks, Kill Marguerite and Other Stories
  • Elizabeth Earley, A Map of Everything
  • Bob Sennett, The Music Teacher
  • Dia Felix, Nochita
  • Dan Lopez, Part the Hawser, Limn the Sea
  • Alden Jones, Unaccompanied Minors
2015 Victor Yates, A Love Like Blood[4]
  • Austin Bunn, The Brink
  • Mark S. Luckie, Do U.
  • Paul Brownsey, His Steadfast Love and Other Stories
  • Ioannis Pappos, Hotel Living
  • Meliza Bañales, Life is Wonderful, People are Terrific
  • James Driggers, Lovesick
  • Libby Ware, Lum
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References
  1. "Fort Worth journo wins Lammy: Star-Telegram movie critic honored for Best Gay Debut Fiction". Dallas Voice, June 5, 2008.
  2. "Looking for summer reading? Lambda Literary Awards rain down a host of choices". Times-Picayune, June 3, 2014.
  3. "Lambda Literary Awards laud best gay, lesbian and transgender books". Los Angeles Times, June 2, 2015.
  4. "The Lambda Literary Awards Honor Hilton Als and Eileen Myles, Name Winners in 26 Categories". Slate, June 7, 2016.
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