Lambda Literary Award Winners

      
 
Queer books' biggest night! The 24th annual Lambda Literary Awards announced their winners at a sold-out ceremony at CUNY in New York, honoring pioneers Armistead Maupin and Kate Millet. 

Lesbian Debut Fiction: Zipper Mouth by Laurie Weeks

Lesbian Fiction: Six Metres of Pavement by Farzana Doctor

Gay Debut Fiction: Quarantine: Stories by Rahul Mehta

Gay Fiction: The Empty Family [Kindle] by Colm Tóibín

Lesbian Memoir/Biography: When We Were Outlaws by Jeanne Córdova

Gay Memoir/Biography: The Jack Bank: A Memoir of a South African Childhood by Glen Retief 

LGBT Nonfiction: A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski

LGBT Studies: Sister Arts: The Erotics of Lesbian Landscapes by Lisa L. Moore

LGBT Anthology: Gay Latino Studies: A Critical Reader edited by Michael Hames-García and Ernesto Javier Martínez

Lesbian Mystery: Dying to Live by Kim Baldwin & Xenia Alexiou

Gay Mystery: Red White Black and Blue by Richard Stevenson

LGBT SF/Fantasy/Horror: The German by Lee Thomas

After the jump Poetry, Drama, Erotica, Romance, Bi, Trans, and Children's/YA

Lesbian Poetry: Love Cake by Leah Lakshmi Piepza-Samarasinha

Gay Poetry: A Fast Life: The Collected Poems of Tim Dlugos ed. by David Trinidad

Bisexual Fiction: The Correspondence Artist by Barbara Browning

Bisexual Nonfiction: The Horizontal Poet by Jan Steckel

Transgender Fiction: Take Me There: Trans and Genderqueer Erotica ed. by Tristan Taormino

Transgender Nonfiction: Tango: My Childhood Backwards and in High Heels by Justin Vivian Bond 

Lesbian Erotica: Story of L by Debra Hyde

Gay Erotica: All Together by Dirk Vanden

Lesbian Romance: Taken by Surprise by Kenna White

Gay Romance: Every Time I Think of You by Jim Provenzano

LGBT Children's/Young Adult: Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy by Bil Wright

LGBT Drama: A Menopausal Gentleman: The Solo Performances by Peggy Shaw