Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction

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

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

Winners and nominees

Year	Winner	Nominated
1988	Edmund White, The Beautiful Room Is Empty	Christopher Davis, Valley of the Shadow Robert Ferro, Second Son Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming Pool Library Stephen Spender, The Temple
1989	David B. Feinberg, Eighty-Sixed	Christopher Bram, In Memory of Angel Clare Dennis Cooper, Closer Kevin Killian, Shy Armistead Maupin, Sure of You
1990	Allen Barnett, The Body and Its Dangers	Michael Cunningham, A Home at the End of the World John Gilgun, Music I Never Dreamed Of David Leavitt, A Place I’ve Never Been Paul Monette, Afterlife
1991	Harlan Greene, What the Dead Remember	Dennis Cooper, Frisk Melvin Dixon, Vanishing Rooms Philip Gambone, Language We Use Up Here Paul Monette, Halfway Home
1992	Randall Kenan, Let the Dead Bury Their Dead	Christopher Bram, Almost History Bo Huston, Dream Life Jaime Manrique, Latin Moon in Manhattan Lev Raphael, Winter Eyes
1993	Joseph Hansen, Living Upstairs	Steven Corbin, Fragments that Remain Bo Huston, The Listener Fenton Johnson, Scissors, Paper, Rock Dale Peck, Martin and John
1994	Alan Hollinghurst, The Folding Star	Mark Merlis, American Studies Joseph Olshan, Nightswimmer Douglas Sadownick, Sacred Lips of the Bronx Norman Wong, Cultural Revolution
1995	Michael Cunningham, Flesh and Blood	Christopher Bram, Father of Frankenstein Jim Grimsley, Dream Boy Scott Heim, Mysterious Skin Felice Picano, Like People in History
1996	Shyam Selvadurai, Funny Boy	Michael Arditti, Pagan’s Father Andrew Holleran, The Beauty of Men Patrick Moore, Iowa Dale Peck, The Law of Enclosures
1997	Aryeh Lev Stollman, The Far Euphrates	Neil Bartlett, The House on Brooke Street Christopher Bram, Gossip Allan Gurganus, Plays Well With Others Edmund White, The Farewell Symphony
1998	Mark Merlis, An Arrow's Flight	Rabih Alameddine, Koolaids: The Art of War Michael Cunningham, The Hours Jameson Currier, Where the Rainbow Ends Keith Ridgway, The Long Falling
1999	Matthew Stadler, Allan Stein	Jim Grimsley, Comfort and Joy Andrew Holleran, In September, the Light Changes Felice Picano, The Book of Lies Paul Russell, The Coming Storm
2000	K. M. Soehnlein, The World of Normal Boys	Christopher Bram, The Notorious Dr. August Bernard Cooper, Guess Again Erasmo Guerra, Between Dances Edmund White, The Married Man
2001	Allan Gurganus, The Practical Heart[1]	David Ebershoff, The Rose City David Leavitt, The Marble Quilt JT LeRoy, The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things Tom Spanbauer, In the City of Shy Hunters
2002	Jamie O'Neill, At Swim, Two Boys	Noel Alumit, Letters to Montgomery Clift David Gerrold, The Martian Child Jim Grimsley, Boulevard Michael Lowenthal, Avoidance
2003	Christopher Bram, Lives of the Circus Animals	Philip Gambone, Beijing William J. Mann, Where the Boys Are Paul Russell, War Against the Animals Monique Truong, The Book of Salt
2004	Colm Tóibín, The Master	Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty Derek McCormack, The Haunted Hillbilly Han Ong, The Disinherited Ted Wojtasik, Collage
2005	Dennis Cooper, The Sluts	Harlan Greene, The German Officer’s Boy Aaron Hamburger, Faith for Beginners Kief Hillsbery, What We Do Is Secret Keith McDermott, Acqua Calda
2006	Robert Westfield, Suspension	Lisa Carey, Every Visible Thing Neal Drinnan, Izzy and Eve Stephen McCauley, Alternatives to Sex Tom Spanbauer, Now Is the Hour
2007	André Aciman, Call Me By Your Name	Andrew W. M. Beierle, First Person Plural Samuel R. Delany, Dark Reflections Thomas Mallon, Fellow Travelers Manuel Muñoz, The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue
2008	Scott Heim, We Disappear	David Francis, Stray Dog Winter Thomas Glave, The Torturer’s Wife Joseph Olshan, The Conversion Jay Quinn, The Boomerang Kid
2009	Vestal McIntyre, Lake Overturn	Matt Dean, The River in Winter Peter Gadol, Silver Lake James Morrison, Said and Done Abdellah Taia, Salvation Army
2010	Adam Haslett, Union Atlantic[2]	Michael Cunningham, By Nightfall David McConnell, The Silver Hearted Max Schaefer, Children of the Sun Jonathan Strong, Consolation
2011	Colm Tóibín, The Empty Family[3]	Chris Adrian, The Great Night Alan Hollinghurst, The Stranger's Child R. Zamora Linmark, Leche Paul Russell, The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov
2012	Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club[4]	Daniel Arsand, Lovers John Boyne, The Absolutist Trebor Healey, A Horse Named Sorrow Kevin Killian, Spreadeagle Richard Kramer, These Things Happen Paul Lisicky, Unbuilt Projects Michael Lowenthal, The Paternity Test William Jack Sibley, Sighs Too Deep For Words Barry Webster, The Lava in My Bones
2013	Luis Negrón (tr. Suzanne Jill Levine), Mundo Cruel[5]	Jasmine Beach-Ferrara, Damn Love Caleb Crain, Necessary Errors Jason K. Friedman, Fire Year Allan Gurganus, Local Souls Greg Kearney, The Desperates Manil Suri, The City of Devi Glenway Wescott (ed. Jerry Rosco), A Visit to Priapus and Other Stories Rick Whitaker, An Honest Ghost John Stewart Wynne, The Red Shoes
2014	Tom Spanbauer, I Loved You More[6]	Judith Frank, All I Love and Know Christos Tsiolkas, Barracuda Tatamkhulu Afrika, Bitter Eden Michael Nava, The City of Palaces Michael Carroll, Little Reef and Other Stories Keith Banner, Next to Nothing John R. Gordon, Souljah
2015	Hasan Namir, God in Pink[7]	Andy Sinclair, Breathing Lessons Truman Capote, The Early Stories of Truman Capote Paul Russell, Immaculate Blue Mark Merlis, JD Michael Golding, A Poet of the Invisible World John Whittier Treat, The Rise and Fall of the Yellow House James Sie, Still Life, Las Vegas
2016	Rabih Alameddine, The Angel of History[8]	Jonathan Corcoran, The Rope Swing Garth Greenwell, What Belongs to You Matthew Griffin, Hide Joe Okonkwo, Jazz Moon Darryl Pinckney, Black Deutschland Sarah Schulman, The Cosmopolitans Sjón, Moonstone
2017	John Rechy, After the Blue Hour[9]	Ahmad Danny Ramadan, The Clothesline Swing Édouard Louis, The End of Eddy Nnanna Ikpo, Fimí Sílè Forever John Boyne, The Heart’s Invisible Furies Andrew Sean Greer, Less Matthew Lansburgh, Outside Is the Ocean Joan Dempsey, This Is How It Begins
2018	Joshua Whitehead, Jonny Appleseed	David Jackson Ambrose, State of the Nation Joseph Cassara, The House of Impossible Beauties Martin Duberman, Luminous Traitor: The Just and Daring Life of Roger Casement John R. Gordon, Drapetomania, or the Narrative of Cyrus Tyler and Abednego Tyler Uzodinma Iweala, Speak No Evil Édouard Louis, History of Violence Patrick Nathan, Some Hell
2019	Bryan Washington, Lot[10]	Jean-Baptiste Del Amo, Animalia (Frank Wynne, tr.) Lindsey Drager, The Archive of Alternate Endings Will Eaves, Murmur Jaime Manrique, Like This Afternoon Forever João Gilberto Noll, Lord (Edgar Garbelotto, tr.) Ocean Vuong, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous De'Shawn Charles Winslow, In West Mills

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. "U of M Press wins Lambda Award". Star Tribune, June 6, 2012.
4. "Winners of Lambda Literary Awards Announced". Wall Street Journal, June 4, 2013.
5. "Lambda Awards honor best lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender books". Washington Post, June 2, 2014.
6. "Lambda Literary Awards laud best gay, lesbian and transgender books". Los Angeles Times, June 2, 2015.
7. "The Lambda Literary Awards Honor Hilton Als and Eileen Myles, Name Winners in 26 Categories". Slate, June 7, 2016.
8. "29th Annual Lambda Literary Award winners announced" Archived 2018-06-10 at the Wayback Machine. LGBT Weekly, June 13, 2017.
9. "Lambda Literary awardees include Carmen Maria Machado, John Rechy, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor". Windy City Times, June 5, 2018.
10. 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