Awards & Winners

1991 Lambda Literary Award

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Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Science Fiction/Fantasy

Frank M. Robinson

Honored for : The Dark Beyond the Stars

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Nominee Nominated Work
Frank M. Robinson The Dark Beyond the Stars
Andrew Holleran Embracing the Dark
Perry Brass Mirage
Jay B. Laws Steam
Jeffrey N. McMahan Vampires Anonymous
Lambda Literary Award for Children's/Young Adult

Johnny Valentine, Lynette Schmidt

Honored for : The Duke Who Outlawed Jelly Beans and Other Stories

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Nominee Nominated Work
Johnny Valentine The Duke Who Outlawed Jelly Beans and Other Stories
Lynette Schmidt The Duke Who Outlawed Jelly Beans and Other Stories
Lesléa Newman Gloria Goes to Gay Pride
Russell Crocker Gloria Goes to Gay Pride
Ann Heron How Would You Feel if Your Dad Was Gay?
Kris Kovick How Would You Feel if Your Dad Was Gay?
Nancy Garden Lark in the Morning
Walter Fricke Sudden Strangers: The Story of a Gay Son and His Father
Aaron Fricke Sudden Strangers: The Story of a Gay Son and His Father
Lambda Literary Award for Editor's Choice Award

Lillian Faderman

Honored for : Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Anthologies

Essex Hemphill

Honored for : Brother to Brother: New Writings by Black Gay Men

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Nominee Nominated Work
Essex Hemphill Brother to Brother: New Writings by Black Gay Men
Edmund White The Faber Book of Gay Short Fiction
John Preston Hometowns: Gay Men Write About Where They Belong
Robert Drake Indivisible: New Short Fiction by West Coast Gay and Lesbian Writers
Terry Wolverton Indivisible: New Short Fiction by West Coast Gay and Lesbian Writers
Mark Thompson Leatherfolk: Radical Sex, People, Politics, and Practice
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Fiction

Harlan Greene

Honored for : What the Dead Remember

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Nominee Nominated Work
Harlan Greene What the Dead Remember
Dennis Cooper Frisk
Paul Monette Halfway Home
Philip Gambone The Language We Use up Here
Melvin Dixon Vanishing Rooms
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Mystery

Joseph Hansen

Honored for : A Country of Old Men

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Nominee Nominated Work
Joseph Hansen A Country of Old Men
Stan Cutler Best Performance by a Patsy
Stan Cutler The Face on the Cutting Room Floor
Larry Townsend Masters' Counterpoints
Mark Richard Zubro Sorry Now?
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Nonfiction

Will Roscoe

Honored for : The Zuni Man-Woman

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Nominee Nominated Work
Will Roscoe The Zuni Man-Woman
David Wojnarowicz
Martin Duberman Cures: A Gay Man's Odyssey
Roger Austen Genteel Pagan: The Double Life of Charles Warren Stoddard
John W. Crowley Genteel Pagan: The Double Life of Charles Warren Stoddard
Bruce Smith Homosexual Desire in Shakespeare's England: A Cultural Poetics
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Poetry

Assotto Saint

Honored for : The Road Before Us: 100 Gay Black Poets

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Nominee Nominated Work
Assotto Saint The Road Before Us: 100 Gay Black Poets
Mark Doty Bethlehem in Broad Daylight
John Ash The Burnt Pages
David Trinidad Hand Over Heart
Perry Brass Sex-Charge
Lambda Literary Award for Humor

Joe Keenan

Honored for : Putting on the Ritz

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Nominee Nominated Work
Joe Keenan Putting on the Ritz
Amy Elizabeth Dean Coming Out
Ben Davis Strange Angel: The Gospel According to Benny Joe
Kris Kovick What I Love about Lesbian Politics Is Arguing with People I Agree With
Rosalind Warren Women\u2019s Glib: A Collection of Women\u2019s Humor
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Anthology

Carla Trujillo

Honored for : Chicana Lesbians: The Girls Our Mothers Warned Us About

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Nominee Nominated Work
Carla Trujillo Chicana Lesbians: The Girls Our Mothers Warned Us About
Loraine Hutchins Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out
Lani Ka'ahumanu Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out
Judith Barrington An Intimate Wilderness: Lesbian Writers on Sexuality
Barbara Sang Lesbians at Midlife: The Creative Transition
Adrienne J. Smith Lesbians at Midlife: The Creative Transition
Joyce Warshow Lesbians at Midlife: The Creative Transition
Terry Wolverton Indivisible: New Short Fiction by West Coast Gay and Lesbian Writers
Robert Drake Indivisible: New Short Fiction by West Coast Gay and Lesbian Writers
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction

Blanche McCrary Boyd

Honored for : The Revolution of Little Girls

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Nominee Nominated Work
Blanche McCrary Boyd The Revolution of Little Girls
Jewelle Gomez The Gilda Stories
Diane Salvatore Benediction
Judith McDaniel Just Say Yes
Anna Livia Julian Brawn Minimax
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction

Jewelle Gomez

Honored for : The Gilda Stories

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Nominee Nominated Work
Blanche McCrary Boyd The Revolution of Little Girls
Jewelle Gomez The Gilda Stories
Diane Salvatore Benediction
Judith McDaniel Just Say Yes
Anna Livia Julian Brawn Minimax
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery

Katherine V. Forrest

Honored for : Murder by Tradition

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Nominee Nominated Work
Katherine V. Forrest Murder by Tradition
Claire McNab Cop Out
Sandra Scoppettone Everything You Have Is Mine: A Lauren Laurano Mystery
Mary Morell Final Session
Amanda Kyle Williams The Providence File
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Nonfiction

Sandra Butler, Barbara Rosenblum

Honored for : Cancer in Two Voices

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Nominee Nominated Work
Sandra Butler Cancer in Two Voices
Barbara Rosenblum Cancer in Two Voices
Diana Souhami Gertrude and Alice
Judith Barrington An Intimate Wilderness: Lesbian Writers on Sexuality
Lillian Faderman Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America
Minnie Bruce Pratt Rebellion: Essays 1980-1991
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Poetry

Adrienne Rich

Honored for : An Atlas of the Difficult World

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Nominee Nominated Work
Adrienne Rich An Atlas of the Difficult World
Eloise Klein Healy Artemis in Echo Park: Poetry
Maureen Seaton Fear of Subways
Becky Birtha The Forbidden Poems
Eileen Myles Not Me
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Science Fiction/Fantasy

Jewelle Gomez

Honored for : The Gilda Stories

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jewelle Gomez The Gilda Stories
B.L. Holmes Mega
Chris Anne Wolfe Shadows of Aggar
Camarin Grae Stranded
Judith Alguire Zeta Base
Lambda Literary Award for Small Press Book Award

Winston Leyland

Honored for : Gay Roots: 20 Years of Gay Sunshine - An Anthology of Gay History, Sex, Politics & Culture

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Nominee Nominated Work
Winston Leyland Gay Roots: 20 Years of Gay Sunshine - An Anthology of Gay History, Sex, Politics & Culture
Patrick Califia Advocate Adviser: America's Most Popular Gay Columnist Tackles the Questions That Others Ignore
Bad Object-Choices How Do I Look?: Queer Film and Video
Edisol W. Dotson Putting Out \u201991
Garbo Rusty: How Me and Her Went to Colorado and Everything, Except Not Really
Lambda Literary Award for Publisher Service Award

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