Awards & Winners

2003 Lambda Literary Award

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Lambda Literary Award for LGBT SF/Fantasy/Horror

Helen Sandler

Honored for : Necrologue: The Diva Book of the Dead and the Undead
Lambda Literary Award for Anthologies/Fiction

Michael Bronski

Honored for : Pulp Friction: Uncovering the Golden Age of Gay Male Pulps

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Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Bronski Pulp Friction: Uncovering the Golden Age of Gay Male Pulps
Jon Jeffrey All I Want for Christmas
Ben Tyler All I Want for Christmas
Chris Kenry All I Want for Christmas
William J. Mann All I Want for Christmas
Angela Brown Best Lesbian Love Stories 2003
Karl Woelz M2M: New Literary Fiction
Lynda Hall Telling Moments: Autobiographical Lesbian Short Stories
Lambda Literary Award for Anthologies/Non-fiction

Bob Guter

Honored for : Queer Crips: Disabled Gay Men and Their Stories

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Nominee Nominated Work
Bob Guter Queer Crips: Disabled Gay Men and Their Stories
John R. Killacky Queer Crips: Disabled Gay Men and Their Stories
Kevin Bentley Boyfriends from Hell: True Tales of Tainted Lovers, Disastrous Dates, and Love Gone Wrong
Robert Klitzman Mortal Secrets: Truth and Lies in the Age of AIDS
Ronald Bayer Mortal Secrets: Truth and Lies in the Age of AIDS
Greg Wharton The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name
Mary Davies Pinned Down by Pronouns
Toni Amato Pinned Down by Pronouns
Lambda Literary Award for Autobiography/Memoir

Lillian Faderman

Honored for : Naked in the Promised Land

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Nominee Nominated Work
Lillian Faderman Naked in the Promised Land
Robert Tewdwr Moss Cleopatra's Wedding Present: Travels through Syria
Bill Bean Going the Other Way: Lessons from a Life in and out of Major-League Baseball
M. E. Kerr Highsmith: A Romance of the 1950's
Jennifer Finney Boylan She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders
Lambda Literary Award for Biography

Andrew Wilson

Honored for : Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith

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Nominee Nominated Work
Andrew Wilson Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith
Lois Banner Intertwined Lives: Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, and Their Circle
John D'Emilio Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin
Keith Fleming Original Youth: The Real Story of Edmund White's Boyhood
Robert A. Schanke That Furious Lesbian: The Story of Mercedes de Acosta
Lambda Literary Award for Children's/Young Adult

David Levithan

Honored for : Boy Meets Boy

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Nominee Nominated Work
David Levithan Boy Meets Boy
Brent Hartinger Geography Club
Tea Benduhn Gravel Queen
Julie Anne Peters Keeping You a Secret
Alex Sánchez Rainbow High
Lambda Literary Award for Drama

Brian Drader

Honored for : Prok

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Nominee Nominated Work
Brian Drader Prok
Ben Hodges Forbidden Acts
C. E. Gatchalian Motifs & Repetitions & Other Plays
Mart Crowley The band plays
Robert A. Schanke Women in Turmoil
Lambda Literary Award for Erotica

Tristan Taormino

Honored for : Best Lesbian Erotica 2004

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Nominee Nominated Work
Tristan Taormino Best Lesbian Erotica 2004
Richard Labonte Best Gay Erotica 2004
Karen X. Tulchinsky Hot & Bothered 4: Short Short Fiction on Lesbian Desire
Michael Thomas Ford Masters of Midnight: Erotic Tales of the Vampire
William J. Mann Masters of Midnight: Erotic Tales of the Vampire
Jeff Mann Masters of Midnight: Erotic Tales of the Vampire
Sean Wolfe Masters of Midnight: Erotic Tales of the Vampire
James C. Johnstone Quickies 3: Short Short Fiction on Gay Male Desire
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Fiction

Christopher Bram

Honored for : Lives of the Circus Animals: A Novel

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Nominee Nominated Work
Christopher Bram Lives of the Circus Animals: A Novel
Philip Gambone Beijing
Monique Truong The Book of Salt
Paul Russell War Against the Animals
William J. Mann Where the boys are
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Mystery

John Morgan Wilson

Honored for : Blind Eye: A Benjamin Justice Novel

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Morgan Wilson Blind Eye: A Benjamin Justice Novel
Greg Herren Bourbon Street Blues
Mark Richard Zubro Dead Egotistical Morons: A Paul Turner Mystery
Elliott Mackle It Takes Two
David Stukas Wearing Black to the White Party: Doing This Circuit Can Be a Real Killer...
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Poetry

Mark Bibbins

Honored for : Sky Lounge

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Nominee Nominated Work
Mark Bibbins Sky Lounge
Henri Cole Middle Earth
Reginald Shepherd Otherhood
Peter Pereira Saying the World
Rafael Campo The Healing Art: A Doctor's Black Bag of Poetry
Lambda Literary Award for Humor

Alison Bechdel

Honored for : Dykes and Sundry Other Carbon-Based Life-Forms to Watch Out For

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Nominee Nominated Work
Alison Bechdel Dykes and Sundry Other Carbon-Based Life-Forms to Watch Out For
Glen Hanson Chelsea Boys
Allan Neuwirth Chelsea Boys
Michael Alvear Men Are Pigs, but We Love Bacon: Not-So-Straight Answers from America's Most Outrageous Gay Sex Columnist
Michael Thomas Ford My Big Fat Queer Life: The Best of Michael Thomas Ford
Joel Perry That\u2019s Why They\u2019re in Cages, People!
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery

Elizabeth Sims

Honored for : Damn Straight: A Lillian Byrd Crime Story

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Nominee Nominated Work
Elizabeth Sims Damn Straight: A Lillian Byrd Crime Story
Baxter Clare Cry Havoc
Lauren Maddison Epitaph for an Angel: A Connor Hawthorne Mystery
Ida Swearingen Owl of the Desert
Bett Reece Johnson The Woman Who Found Grace
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Poetry

Minnie Bruce Pratt

Honored for : The Dirt She Ate: Selected and New Poems

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Nominee Nominated Work
Minnie Bruce Pratt The Dirt She Ate: Selected and New Poems
Terry Wolverton Embers: A Novel in Poems
Daphne Gottlieb Final Girl
Susan McCabe Swirl
Michelle Tea The Beautiful: Collected Poems
Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Studies

Devon W. Carbado, Donald Weise

Honored for : Time on Two Crosses: The Collected Writings of Bayard Rustin

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Nominee Nominated Work
Devon W. Carbado Time on Two Crosses: The Collected Writings of Bayard Rustin
Donald Weise Time on Two Crosses: The Collected Writings of Bayard Rustin
Wayne Besen Anything but Straight: Unmasking the Scandals and Lies Behind the Ex-Gay Myth
Michael Mancilla Love in the Time of HIV: The Gay Man's Guide to Sex, Dating, and Relationships
Lisa Troshinsky Love in the Time of HIV: The Gay Man's Guide to Sex, Dating, and Relationships
James McCourt Queer Street: Rise and Fall of an American Culture, 1947-1985
Mack Friedman Strapped for Cash: A History of American Hustler Culture
Lambda Literary Award for Photography/Visual Arts

Lothar Schirmer

Honored for : Women Seeing Women: From the Early Days of Photography to the Present

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Nominee Nominated Work
Lothar Schirmer Women Seeing Women: From the Early Days of Photography to the Present
John Peterson A Face in the Crowd: Expressions of Gay Life in America
Martin Bedogne A Face in the Crowd: Expressions of Gay Life in America
Laurie Toby Edison Familiar Men: A Book of Nudes
Roslyn Banish Focus on Living: Portraits of Americans With HIV and AIDS
Lawrence Schimel Vacation in Ibiza
Sebas Vacation in Ibiza
Lambda Literary Award for Romance

Michael Thomas Ford

Honored for : Last Summer

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Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Thomas Ford Last Summer
Karin Kallmaker Maybe Next Time
Dave Benbow Daytime Drama
Michelle Sawyer They Say She Tastes Like Honey
Angela Brown Best Lesbian Love Stories 2003
Lambda Literary Award for Romance

Karin Kallmaker

Honored for : Maybe Next Time

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Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Thomas Ford Last Summer
Karin Kallmaker Maybe Next Time
Dave Benbow Daytime Drama
Michelle Sawyer They Say She Tastes Like Honey
Angela Brown Best Lesbian Love Stories 2003
Lambda Literary Award for Science Fiction/Fantasy

Helen Sandler

Honored for : Necrologue: The Diva Book of the Dead and the Undead

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Nominee Nominated Work
Helen Sandler Necrologue: The Diva Book of the Dead and the Undead
David M. Pierce Elf Child
Diana Rivers The Red Line of Yarmald
Perry Brass The Substance of God: A Spiritual Thriller
Michael Schiefelbein Vampire Thrall
Lambda Literary Award for Spirituality

Fenton Johnson

Honored for : Keeping Faith: A Skeptic's Journey

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Nominee Nominated Work
Fenton Johnson Keeping Faith: A Skeptic's Journey
Wayne Besen Anything but Straight: Unmasking the Scandals and Lies Behind the Ex-Gay Myth
Toby Johnson Gay Perspective: Things Our Homosexuality Tells Us about the Nature of God and the Universe
Christopher Penczak Gay Witchcraft: Empowering the Tribe
Theodore W. Jennings The Man Jesus Loved: Homoerotic Narratives from the New Testament
Lambda Literary Award for Transgender/GenderQueer

Jennifer Finney Boylan

Honored for : She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jennifer Finney Boylan She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders
Donna Troka The Drag King Anthology
Kathleen Lebesco The Drag King Anthology
Bobby Noble The Drag King Anthology
Justin Edward Tanis Trans-Gendered: Theology, Ministry, and Communities of Faith
Virginia Ramey Mollenkott Transgender Journeys
Vanessa Sheridan Transgender Journeys

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