Awards & Winners

1989 Lambda Literary Award

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Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Science Fiction/Fantasy

Jessica Amanda Salmonson

Honored for : What Did Miss Darrington See?: An Anthology of Feminist Supernatural Fiction

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jessica Amanda Salmonson What Did Miss Darrington See?: An Anthology of Feminist Supernatural Fiction
Nancy Tyler Glenn Clicking Stones
Lauren Wright Douglas In The Blood
Susanna J. Sturgis Memories and Visions
Lee Lynch Sue Slate: Private Eye
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Science Fiction/Fantasy

Jeffrey N. McMahan

Honored for : Somewhere in the Night: Eight Gay Tales of the Supernatural

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jeffrey N. McMahan Somewhere in the Night: Eight Gay Tales of the Supernatural
Thom Nickels Walking Waters/After All This
William K. Eakins Key West, 2720 A.D.
Mercedes Lackey Magic's Pawn
Geoff Mains Gentle Warriors
Lambda Literary Award for AIDS

Larry Kramer

Honored for : Reports from the Holocaust: The Making of an AIDS Activist

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Nominee Nominated Work
Larry Kramer Reports from the Holocaust: The Making of an AIDS Activist
Susan Sontag AIDS and Its Metaphors
Billy Howard Epitaphs for the Living: Words and Images in the Time of AIDS
Christopher Bram In Memory of Angel Clare
John Preston Personal Dispatches: Writers Confront AIDS
Lambda Literary Award for Editor's Choice Award

Gertrude Stein, Rebecca Mark

Honored for : Lifting Belly
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Anthologies

Martin Duberman

Honored for : Hidden from History: Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Past

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Nominee Nominated Work
Martin Duberman Hidden from History: Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Past
Charles Ludlam Collected Plays of Charles Ludlam
Michael Nava Finale: Short Stories of Mystery and Suspense
John Preston Personal Dispatches: Writers Confront AIDS
Christie Balka Twice Blessed: On Being Lesbian or Gay and Jewish
Andy Rose Twice Blessed: On Being Lesbian or Gay and Jewish
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Debut Fiction

John Weir

Honored for : The Irreversible Decline of Eddie Socket

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Weir The Irreversible Decline of Eddie Socket
Randall Kenan A Visitation of Spirits
Mickey C. Fleming About Courage
David B. Feinberg Eighty-Sixed
M.S. Hunter The Buccaneer
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Fiction

David B. Feinberg

Honored for : Eighty-Sixed

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Nominee Nominated Work
David B. Feinberg Eighty-Sixed
Dennis Cooper Closer
Christopher Bram In Memory of Angel Clare
Kevin Killian Shy: A Novel
Armistead Maupin Sure of You
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Mystery

Mark Richard Zubro

Honored for : A Simple Suburban Murder

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Nominee Nominated Work
Mark Richard Zubro A Simple Suburban Murder
Phil Andros The Caravaggio Shawl
Stan Leventhal Faultlines
Michael Nava Finale: Short Stories of Mystery and Suspense
Jeffrey N. McMahan Somewhere in the Night: Eight Gay Tales of the Supernatural
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Nonfiction

Neil Miller

Honored for : In Search of Gay America: Women and Men in a Time of Change

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Nominee Nominated Work
Neil Miller In Search of Gay America: Women and Men in a Time of Change
Sheppard B. Kominars Accepting Ourselves: The Twelve-Step Journey of Recovery from Addiction for Gay Men and Lesbians
Richard Isay Being Homosexual: Gay Men and Their Development
William J. Weatherby James Baldwin: Artist on Fire
Harold Norse Memoirs of a Bastard Angel: A Fifty-Year Literary and Erotic Odyssey
Lambda Literary Award for Humor

Robert Triptow

Honored for : Gay Comics

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Nominee Nominated Work
Robert Triptow Gay Comics
Amy Elizabeth Dean Cut-Outs and Cut-Ups: A Lesbian Fun 'n' Games Book
T.R. Witomski Kvetch
Celeste West A Lesbian Love Advisor
N. Leigh Dunlap Run That Sucker at Six!!!: The Second Morgan Calabrese Collection
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Anthology

Martin Duberman

Honored for : Hidden from History: Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Past

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Nominee Nominated Work
Martin Duberman Hidden from History: Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Past
Tee Corinne Intricate Passions: A Collection of Erotic Short Fiction
Christian McEwen Out the Other Side: Contemporary Lesbian Writing
Sue O'Sullivan Out the Other Side: Contemporary Lesbian Writing
Terry Woodrow Lesbian Bedtime Stories
Irene Zahava Lesbian Love Stories
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Anthology

Tee Corinne

Honored for : Intricate Passions: A Collection of Erotic Short Fiction

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Nominee Nominated Work
Martin Duberman Hidden from History: Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Past
Tee Corinne Intricate Passions: A Collection of Erotic Short Fiction
Christian McEwen Out the Other Side: Contemporary Lesbian Writing
Sue O'Sullivan Out the Other Side: Contemporary Lesbian Writing
Terry Woodrow Lesbian Bedtime Stories
Irene Zahava Lesbian Love Stories
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Anthology

Christian McEwen, Sue O'Sullivan

Honored for : Out the Other Side: Contemporary Lesbian Writing

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Nominee Nominated Work
Martin Duberman Hidden from History: Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Past
Tee Corinne Intricate Passions: A Collection of Erotic Short Fiction
Christian McEwen Out the Other Side: Contemporary Lesbian Writing
Sue O'Sullivan Out the Other Side: Contemporary Lesbian Writing
Terry Woodrow Lesbian Bedtime Stories
Irene Zahava Lesbian Love Stories
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Debut Fiction

Patricia Roth Schwartz

Honored for : The Names of the Moons of Mars

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Nominee Nominated Work
Patricia Roth Schwartz The Names of the Moons of Mars
Nisa Donnelly The Bar Stories: A Novel After All
Ruthann Robson Eye of a Hurricane
Roz Perry Rose Penski
Paula Martinac Voyages Out 1: Lesbian Short Fiction
Carla Tomaso Voyages Out 1: Lesbian Short Fiction
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction

Nisa Donnelly

Honored for : The Bar Stories: A Novel After All

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Nominee Nominated Work
Nisa Donnelly The Bar Stories: A Novel After All
Jane Rule After the Fire
May Sarton The Education of Harriet Hatfield
Valerie Miner Trespassing and Other Stories
Shay Youngblood The Big Mama Stories
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery

Katherine V. Forrest

Honored for : The Beverly Malibu

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Nominee Nominated Work
Katherine V. Forrest The Beverly Malibu
Barbara Wilson The Dog Collar Murders
Claire McNab Fatal Reunion
Ellen Hart Hallowed Murder
Antoinette Azolakov The Contactees Die Young
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Nonfiction

Judy Grahn

Honored for : Really Reading Gertrude Stein: A Selected Anthology

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Nominee Nominated Work
Judy Grahn Really Reading Gertrude Stein: A Selected Anthology
Celeste West A Lesbian Love Advisor
Loralee MacPike There\u2019s Something I\u2019ve Been Meaning to Tell You
Cynthia Rich Desert Years: Undreaming the American Dream
Christie Balka Twice Blessed: On Being Lesbian or Gay and Jewish
Andy Rose Twice Blessed: On Being Lesbian or Gay and Jewish
Lambda Literary Award for Small Press Book Award

Larry Mitchell, William "Bill" Rice

Honored for : My Life As a Mole and Five Other Stories

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Nominee Nominated Work
Larry Mitchell My Life As a Mole and Five Other Stories
William "Bill" Rice My Life As a Mole and Five Other Stories
Mike Hippler Matlovich: The Good Soldier
Joan Lindau Letting in the Night
Vega Studios Men of Color: An Essay of the Black Male Couple
Judy Dahl River of Promise: Two Women's Story of Love and Adoption
Lambda Literary Award for Children's/Young Adult

MaryKate Jordan

Honored for : Losing Uncle Tim

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Nominee Nominated Work
MaryKate Jordan Losing Uncle Tim
Lesléa Newman Heather Has Two Mommies
A. M. Homes Jack
George Shannon Unlived Affections
Daniel Cohen When Someone You Know Is Gay
Lambda Literary Award for Publisher Service Award

Carol Seajay

Honored for : Feminist Bookstore News
Lambda Literary Award for Poetry

Michael Klein

Honored for : Poets for Life: Seventy-Six Poets Respond to AIDS

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Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Klein Poets for Life: Seventy-Six Poets Respond to AIDS
Cheryl Clarke Humid Pitch: Narrative Poetry
Christian McEwen Naming the Waves: Contemporary Lesbian Poetry
Robert Gluck Reader
Adrienne Rich Time's Power

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