Awards & Winners

1999 Lambda Literary Award

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Lambda Literary Award for LGBT SF/Fantasy/Horror

Richard Bowes

Honored for : Minions of the Moon
Lambda Literary Award for Anthologies/Fiction

Naomi Holoch, Nancy Holden, Joan Nestle

Honored for : Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction

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Nominee Nominated Work
Robert Drake Hers 3: Brilliant New Fiction by Lesbian Writers
Terry Wolverton Hers 3: Brilliant New Fiction by Lesbian Writers
Naomi Holoch Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction
Nancy Holden Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction
Joan Nestle Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction
Jaime Manrique Besame Mucho: New Gay Latino Fiction
Jesse Dorris Besame Mucho: New Gay Latino Fiction
Terry Wolverton His 3: Brilliant New Fiction by Gay Writers
Robert Drake His 3: Brilliant New Fiction by Gay Writers
Emma Donoghue The Mammoth Book of Lesbian Short Stories
Lambda Literary Award for Anthologies/Non-fiction

Steve Hogan, Lee Hudson

Honored for : Completely Queer: The Gay and Lesbian Encyclopedia
Lambda Literary Award for Anthologies/Non-fiction

Kris Kleindienst

Honored for : This Is What Lesbian Looks Like: Dyke Activists Take on the 21st Century
Lambda Literary Award for Children's/Young Adult

Ellen Wittlinger

Honored for : Hard Love

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ellen Wittlinger Hard Love
Paula Boock Dare Truth or Promise
Nancy Garden The Year They Burned the Books
Lois-Ann Yamanaka Name Me Nobody
William Taylor The Blue Lawn
Lambda Literary Award for Drama

Craig Lucas

Honored for : What I Meant Was
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Biography/Autobiography

Jesse Green

Honored for : The Velveteen Father: An Unexpected Journey to Parenthood

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Nominee Nominated Work
Mark Doty Firebird: A Memoir
Gad Beck An Underground Life: Memoirs of a Gay Jew in Nazi Berlin
Fred Kaplan Gore Vidal: A Biography
Martin Duberman Left Out: The Politics of Exclusion - Essays 1964-2002
Jesse Green The Velveteen Father: An Unexpected Journey to Parenthood
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Fiction

Matthew Stadler

Honored for : Allan Stein

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Nominee Nominated Work
Matthew Stadler Allan Stein
Jim Grimsley Comfort & Joy
Andrew Holleran In September, the Light Changes: The Stories of Andrew Holleran
Felice Picano The Book of Lies
Paul Russell The Coming Storm
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Mystery

John Morgan Wilson

Honored for : Justice at Risk: A Benjamin Justice Mystery

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Morgan Wilson Justice at Risk: A Benjamin Justice Mystery
Mark Richard Zubro Drop Dead: A Paul Turner Mystery
Robert D. Zimmerman Innuendo: A Todd Mills Mystery
Lev Raphael The Death of a Constant Lover: A Nick Hoffman Mystery
Keith Hartman The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Poetry

Mark Wunderlich

Honored for : The anchorage

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Nominee Nominated Work
Mark Wunderlich The anchorage
Richard Howard Trappings: New Poems
Rafael Campo Diva
Marvin K. White Last Rights
G. Winston James Lyric: Poems Along A Broken Road
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Studies

James M. Saslow

Honored for : Pictures and Passions: A History of Homosexuality in the Visual Arts

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Nominee Nominated Work
James M. Saslow Pictures and Passions: A History of Homosexuality in the Visual Arts
John Howard Men Like That: A Southern Queer History
Robin Hardy The Crisis of Desire: AIDS and the Fate of Gay Brotherhood
David Groff The Crisis of Desire: AIDS and the Fate of Gay Brotherhood
Edward Stein The Mismeasure of Desire: The Science, Theory, and Ethics of Sexual Orientation
Samuel R. Delany Times Square Red, Times Square Blue
Lambda Literary Award for Humor

Michael Thomas Ford

Honored for : That's Mr. Faggot to You: Further Trials from My Queer Life

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Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Thomas Ford That's Mr. Faggot to You: Further Trials from My Queer Life
Eric Orner Ethan Exposed: Further Adventures From Ethan Green's Unfabulous Social Life
Bob Smith Way to Go, Smith!
Scott Brassart Wilma Loves Betty and Other Hilarious Gay and Lesbian Parodies
Jennifer Camper Subgurlz
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Biography/Autobiography

Diana Souhami

Honored for : The Trials of Radclyffe Hall

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Nominee Nominated Work
Diana Souhami The Trials of Radclyffe Hall
Kay Turner Baby Precious Always Shines: Selected Love Notes Between Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas
Blanche Wiesen Cook Eleanor Roosevelt, Vol. 2: The Defining Years, 1933-1938
Barrie Jean Borich My Lesbian Husband: Landscape of a Marriage
Karla Jay Tales of the Lavender Menace: A Memoir of Liberation
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction

Sarah Waters

Honored for : Tipping the Velvet

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Nominee Nominated Work
Sarah Waters Tipping the Velvet
Anna Livia Julian Brawn Bruised Fruit
Terri de la Peña Faults
Barbara Wilson Salt water and other stories
Elizabeth Stark Shy Girl
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery

Ellen Hart

Honored for : Hunting the Witch

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ellen Hart Hunting the Witch
Jean M. Redmann Lost Daughters: A Micky Knight Mystery
Claire McNab Murder Undercover: A Denise Cleever Thriller
Mary Wings She Came in Drag: An Emma Victor Mystery
Katherine V. Forrest Sleeping Bones: A Kate Delafield Mystery
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Poetry

Olga Broumas

Honored for : Rave: Poems 1975-1999

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Nominee Nominated Work
Olga Broumas Rave: Poems 1975-1999
Brenda Shaughnessy Interior with Sudden Joy
Adrienne Rich Midnight Salvage: Poems 1995-1998
Rita Wong Monkeypuzzle: Poems
Minnie Bruce Pratt Walking Back Up Depot Street: Poems
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Studies

Lillian Faderman

Honored for : To Believe in Women: What Lesbians Have Done for America - A History

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Nominee Nominated Work
Lillian Faderman To Believe in Women: What Lesbians Have Done for America - A History
Leila J. Rupp A Desired Past: A Short History of Same-Sex Love in America
Bonnie Morris Eden Built by Eves: The Culture of Women's Music Festivals
Jaye Zimet Strange Sisters: The Art of Lesbian Pulp Fiction 1949-1969
Felice Newman The Whole Lesbian Sex Book: A Passionate Guide for All of Us
Lambda Literary Award for Photography/Visual Arts

James M. Saslow

Honored for : Pictures and Passions: A History of Homosexuality in the Visual Arts

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Nominee Nominated Work
James M. Saslow Pictures and Passions: A History of Homosexuality in the Visual Arts
David Leddick The Homoerotic Art of Pavel Tchelitchev
John Esten John Singer Sargent: The Male Nudes
Donna Hassler John Singer Sargent: The Male Nudes
Jaye Zimet Strange Sisters: The Art of Lesbian Pulp Fiction 1949-1969
Judith Halberstam The Drag King Book
Del LaGrace Volcano The Drag King Book
Lambda Literary Award for Religion/Spirituality

John Stowe

Honored for : Gay Spirit Warrior: An Empowerment Workbook for Men Who Love Men

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Stowe Gay Spirit Warrior: An Empowerment Workbook for Men Who Love Men
Keith Boykin Respecting the Soul: Daily Reflections for Black Lesbians and Gays
Christian de la Huerta Coming Out Spiritually: The Next Step
Stuart Howell Miller Prayer Warriors: The True Story of a Gay Son, His Fundamentalist Christian Family, and Their Battle for His Soul
Winston Leyland Queer Dharma, Volume 2: Voices of Gay Buddhists
Lambda Literary Award for Religion/Spirituality

Keith Boykin

Honored for : Respecting the Soul: Daily Reflections for Black Lesbians and Gays

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
John Stowe Gay Spirit Warrior: An Empowerment Workbook for Men Who Love Men
Keith Boykin Respecting the Soul: Daily Reflections for Black Lesbians and Gays
Christian de la Huerta Coming Out Spiritually: The Next Step
Stuart Howell Miller Prayer Warriors: The True Story of a Gay Son, His Fundamentalist Christian Family, and Their Battle for His Soul
Winston Leyland Queer Dharma, Volume 2: Voices of Gay Buddhists
Lambda Literary Award for Science Fiction/Fantasy

Richard Bowes

Honored for : Minions of the Moon

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Nominee Nominated Work
Richard Bowes Minions of the Moon
Victoria A. Brownworth Night Shade: Gothic Tales by Women
Judith M. Redding Night Shade: Gothic Tales by Women
Severna Park The Annunciate
Keith Hartman The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse
Delia Sherman Through a Brazen Mirror
Lambda Literary Award for Small Press

Henry Flesh

Honored for : Massage

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Nominee Nominated Work
Henry Flesh Massage
Emanuel Xavier Christ Like
Giovanna Capone Hey Paesan!: Writing by Lesbians and Gay Men of Italian Descent
Denise Nico Leto Hey Paesan!: Writing by Lesbians and Gay Men of Italian Descent
Tommi Avicolli Mecca Hey Paesan!: Writing by Lesbians and Gay Men of Italian Descent
Robin Lippincott Mr. Dalloway
Paul Harris The Queer Press Guide 2000
Lambda Literary Award for Transgender

Jackie Kay

Honored for : Trumpet

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jackie Kay Trumpet
Deirdre N. McCloskey Crossing: A Memoir
Jacobo Schifter From Toads to Queens: Transvestism in a Latin American Setting
Judith Halberstam The Drag King Book
Del LaGrace Volcano The Drag King Book
Jason Cromwell Transmen and FTMs: Identities, Bodies, Genders, and Sexualities
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Poetry

Richard Howard

Honored for : Trappings: New Poems

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Nominee Nominated Work
Mark Wunderlich The anchorage
Richard Howard Trappings: New Poems
Rafael Campo Diva
Marvin K. White Last Rights
G. Winston James Lyric: Poems Along A Broken Road

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