Awards & Winners

2000 Lambda Literary Award

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Lambda Literary Award for LGBT SF/Fantasy/Horror

Jim Grimsley

Honored for : Kirith Kirin
Lambda Literary Award for Anthologies/Fiction

Karl Woelz, David Bergman

Honored for : Men on Men 2000: Best New Gay Fiction for the Millennium

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Nominee Nominated Work
Karl Woelz Men on Men 2000: Best New Gay Fiction for the Millennium
David Bergman Men on Men 2000: Best New Gay Fiction for the Millennium
Michael Rowe Queer Fear: Gay Horror Fiction
Robert Drake Circa 2000: Lesbian Fiction at the Millenium
Terry Wolverton Circa 2000: Lesbian Fiction at the Millenium
Ruth Vanita Same-Sex Love in India: Readings from Literature and History
Saleem Kidwai Same-Sex Love in India: Readings from Literature and History
Lawrence Schimel Kosher Meat
Lambda Literary Award for Anthologies/Non-fiction

Noelle Howey, Ellen Samuels

Honored for : Out of the Ordinary: Essays on Growing Up with Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Parents

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Nominee Nominated Work
Noelle Howey Out of the Ordinary: Essays on Growing Up with Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Parents
Ellen Samuels Out of the Ordinary: Essays on Growing Up with Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Parents
Victoria A. Brownworth Coming Out of Cancer: Writings from the Lesbian Cancer Epidemic
Jess Wells Home Fronts: Controversies in Nontraditional Parenting
Dean Kostos Mama's Boy: Gay Men Write About Their Mothers
Amy Sonnie Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology
Lambda Literary Award for Children's/Young Adult

Noelle Howey, Ellen Samuels

Honored for : Out of the Ordinary: Essays on Growing Up with Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Parents

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Nominee Nominated Work
Noelle Howey Out of the Ordinary: Essays on Growing Up with Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Parents
Ellen Samuels Out of the Ordinary: Essays on Growing Up with Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Parents
Nancy Garden Holly's Secret
Amy Sonnie Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology
Benjie Nycum The XY Survival Guide: Everything You Need to Know About Being Young and Gay
Jean Ferris Eight Seconds
Lambda Literary Award for Drama

John Cameron Mitchell

Honored for : Hedwig and the Angry Inch

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Cameron Mitchell Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Stephen Trask Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Paul Rudnick The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told
Peg Healey Five Lesbian Brothers
Dominique Dibbell Five Lesbian Brothers
Lisa Kron Five Lesbian Brothers
Babs Davy Five Lesbian Brothers
Maureen Angelos Five Lesbian Brothers
Tom Donaghy The beginning of August and other plays
Carmelita Tropicana I, Carmelita Tropicana
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Biography/Autobiography

Douglas Murray

Honored for : Bosie

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Nominee Nominated Work
Douglas Murray Bosie
Jean-Yves Tadié Marcel Proust: A Life
David Mixner Brave Journeys: Profiles in Gay and Lesbian Courage
Jay Quinn The Mentor: A Memoir of Friendship and Gay Identity
Ned Rorem Lies: A Diary 1986-1999
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Fiction

K. M. Soehnlein

Honored for : The World of Normal Boys

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Nominee Nominated Work
K. M. Soehnlein The World of Normal Boys
Christopher Bram The Notorious Dr. August: His Real Life and Crimes
Edmund White The Married Man
Bernard Cooper Guess Again: Short Stories
Erasmo Guerra Between Dances
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Mystery

John Morgan Wilson

Honored for : The Limits of Justice: A Benjamin Justice Mystery

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Morgan Wilson The Limits of Justice: A Benjamin Justice Mystery
Christopher Rice A Density of Souls
Michael Craft Name Games: A Mark Manning Mystery
Krandall Kraus Loves Last Chance: A Nigel and Nicky Mystery
Casey Nelson Nothing Gold Can Stay: A Novel
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Poetry

Carl Phillips

Honored for : Pastoral: Poems

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Nominee Nominated Work
Carl Phillips Pastoral: Poems
Thom Gunn Boss Cupid
Michael Lassell The World in Us: Lesbian and Gay Poetry of the Next Wave
Elena Georgiou The World in Us: Lesbian and Gay Poetry of the Next Wave
Timothy Liu Word of Mouth: An Anthology of Gay American Poetry
David Trinidad Plasticville
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Studies

James J. Berg, Chris Freeman

Honored for : The Isherwood Century: Essays on the Life and Work of Christopher Isherwood

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Nominee Nominated Work
James J. Berg The Isherwood Century: Essays on the Life and Work of Christopher Isherwood
Chris Freeman The Isherwood Century: Essays on the Life and Work of Christopher Isherwood
Martin Duberman Left Out: The Politics of Exclusion - Essays 1964-2002
John D'Emilio Creating Change: Sexuality, Public Policy, and Civil Rights
Urvashi Vaid Creating Change: Sexuality, Public Policy, and Civil Rights
William B. Turner Creating Change: Sexuality, Public Policy, and Civil Rights
Samuel R. Delany Shorter Views
Kerwin Kay Male Lust : Pleasure, Power, and Transformation
Lambda Literary Award for Horror/Science Fiction/Fantasy

Jim Grimsley

Honored for : Kirith Kirin

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jim Grimsley Kirith Kirin
Michael Rowe Queer Fear: Gay Horror Fiction
Anne Rice Merrick
Perry Brass Angel Lust: An Erotic Novel of Time Travel
David Gerrold Jumping Off the Planet
Lambda Literary Award for Humor

David Sedaris

Honored for : Me Talk Pretty One Day

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Nominee Nominated Work
David Sedaris Me Talk Pretty One Day
Michael Thomas Ford It's Not Mean If It's True: More Trials from My Queer Life
Bruce Vilanch Bruce!: My Adventures in the Skin Trade and Other Essays
Alison Bechdel Post-Dykes to Watch Out For
Shar Rednour The Femme\u2019s Guide to the Universe
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Biography/Autobiography

Judith Barrington

Honored for : Lifesaving: A Memoir

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Nominee Nominated Work
Judith Barrington Lifesaving: A Memoir
Joan Schenkar Truly Wilde: The Unsettling Story of Dolly Wilde, Oscar's Unusual Niece
Amber Hollibaugh My Dangerous Desires: A Queer Girl Dreaming Her Way Home
June Jordan Soldier: A Poet's Childhood
Carole Maso The Room Lit by Roses: A Journal of Pregnancy and Birth
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction

Michelle Tea

Honored for : Valencia

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Nominee Nominated Work
Michelle Tea Valencia
Sarah Waters Affinity
Stacey D'Erasmo Tea
Jeanette Winterson The PowerBook
Shay Youngblood Black Girl in Paris
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery

Jean Marcy

Honored for : Mommy Deadest: A Meg Darcy Mystery

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jean Marcy Mommy Deadest: A Meg Darcy Mystery
Barbara Wilson The Case of the Orphaned Bassoonists: A Cassandra Reilly Mystery
Val McDermid Booked for Murder
Therese Szymanski When Evil Changes Face
Claire McNab Death Understood
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Poetry

Elena Georgiou

Honored for : Mercy Mercy Me

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Nominee Nominated Work
Elena Georgiou Mercy Mercy Me
Robin Becker The Horse Fair: Poems
Joy Harjo A Map to the Next World: Poems
Nancy Boutilier And on the Eighth Day Adam Slept Alone
Lesléa Newman Signs of Love
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Studies

Harmony Hammond

Honored for : Lesbian Art in America: A Contemporary History

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Nominee Nominated Work
Harmony Hammond Lesbian Art in America: A Contemporary History
Esther Newton Margaret Mead Made Me Gay: Personal Essays, Public Ideas
Diana McLellan The Girls: Sappho Goes to Hollywood
Bonnie Morris Girl Reel
Amber Hollibaugh My Dangerous Desires: A Queer Girl Dreaming Her Way Home
Lambda Literary Award for Spirituality/Religion

Toby Johnson

Honored for : Gay Spirituality: Gay Identity and the Transformation of Human Consciousness

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Nominee Nominated Work
Toby Johnson Gay Spirituality: Gay Identity and the Transformation of Human Consciousness
Krandall Kraus It\u2019s Never About What It\u2019s About: What We Learned About Living While Waiting to Die
Paul Borja It\u2019s Never About What It\u2019s About: What We Learned About Living While Waiting to Die
Mark D. Jordan The Silence of Sodom: Homosexuality in Modern Catholicism
Gloria E. Anzaldúa Interviews/Entrevistas
Catherine Lake ReCreations: Religion and Spirituality in the Lives of Queer People
Lambda Literary Award for Spirituality/Religion

Krandall Kraus, Paul Borja

Honored for : It\u2019s Never About What It\u2019s About: What We Learned About Living While Waiting to Die

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Nominee Nominated Work
Toby Johnson Gay Spirituality: Gay Identity and the Transformation of Human Consciousness
Krandall Kraus It\u2019s Never About What It\u2019s About: What We Learned About Living While Waiting to Die
Paul Borja It\u2019s Never About What It\u2019s About: What We Learned About Living While Waiting to Die
Mark D. Jordan The Silence of Sodom: Homosexuality in Modern Catholicism
Gloria E. Anzaldúa Interviews/Entrevistas
Catherine Lake ReCreations: Religion and Spirituality in the Lives of Queer People
Lambda Literary Award for Small Press

Lauren Sanders

Honored for : Kamikaze Lust

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Nominee Nominated Work
Lauren Sanders Kamikaze Lust
Erasmo Guerra Between Dances
Douglas A. Martin Outline of My Lover
Randy Boyd Bridge Across the Ocean
Amy Schutzer Undertow
Lambda Literary Award for Small Press

Erasmo Guerra

Honored for : Between Dances

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Nominee Nominated Work
Lauren Sanders Kamikaze Lust
Erasmo Guerra Between Dances
Douglas A. Martin Outline of My Lover
Randy Boyd Bridge Across the Ocean
Amy Schutzer Undertow
Lambda Literary Award for Transgender

David Ebershoff

Honored for : The Danish Girl

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Nominee Nominated Work
David Ebershoff The Danish Girl
John Colapinto As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as A Girl
Chris Bohjalian Trans-Sister Radio
Noelle Howey Out of the Ordinary: Essays on Growing Up with Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Parents
Ellen Samuels Out of the Ordinary: Essays on Growing Up with Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Parents
Karleen Pendleton Jimenez Are You a Boy or a Girl?
Lambda Literary Award for Visual Arts

Keri Pickett

Honored for : Faeries: Visions, Voices and Pretty Dresses

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Nominee Nominated Work
Keri Pickett Faeries: Visions, Voices and Pretty Dresses
Harmony Hammond Lesbian Art in America: A Contemporary History
Don Bachardy Stars in My Eyes
James Spada Black & White Men: Images
Greg Gorman As I See It

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