Awards & Winners

2006 Lambda Literary Award

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Lambda Literary Award for LGBT SF/Fantasy/Horror

Neal Drinnan

Honored for : Izzy and Eve: An Erotic Thriller
Lambda Literary Award for Anthologies

Greg Herren

Honored for : Love, Bourbon Street: Relections of New Orleans

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Nominee Nominated Work
Greg Herren Love, Bourbon Street: Relections of New Orleans
Paul J. Willis Love, Bourbon Street: Relections of New Orleans
Harlyn Aizley Confessions of the Other Mother: Non-Biological Lesbian Moms Tell All
Ted Gideonse From Boys to Men: Gay Men Write About Growing Up
Rob Williams From Boys to Men: Gay Men Write About Growing Up
Toby Johnson Charmed Lives: Gay Spirit in Storytelling
Steve Berman Charmed Lives: Gay Spirit in Storytelling
Catherine Lake No Margins: Writing Canadian Fiction in Lesbian
Nairne Holtz No Margins: Writing Canadian Fiction in Lesbian
Lambda Literary Award for Arts & Culture

Lillian Faderman, Stuart Timmons

Honored for : Gay L.A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, And Lipstick Lesbians

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Nominee Nominated Work
Lillian Faderman Gay L.A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, And Lipstick Lesbians
Stuart Timmons Gay L.A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, And Lipstick Lesbians
Alison Bechdel Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Sergio de la Mora Cinemachismo: Masculinities and Sexuality in Mexican Film
Jennifer Doyle Sex Objects: Art And The Dialectics Of Desire
Ernest Hardy Blood Beats: Vol. 1 - Demos, Remixes & Extended Versions
Lambda Literary Award for Children's/Young Adult

David Levithan, Billy Merrell

Honored for : The Full Spectrum: A New Generation of Writing about Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Other Identities

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Nominee Nominated Work
David Levithan The Full Spectrum: A New Generation of Writing about Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Other Identities
Billy Merrell The Full Spectrum: A New Generation of Writing about Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Other Identities
Julie Anne Peters Between Mom and Jo
Christian Burch The Manny Files
Brian Sloan Tale of Two Summers
Kim Wallace Erik & Isabelle Senior Year at Foresthill High
Lambda Literary Award for Children's/Young Adult

Julie Anne Peters

Honored for : Between Mom and Jo

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Nominee Nominated Work
David Levithan The Full Spectrum: A New Generation of Writing about Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Other Identities
Billy Merrell The Full Spectrum: A New Generation of Writing about Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Other Identities
Julie Anne Peters Between Mom and Jo
Christian Burch The Manny Files
Brian Sloan Tale of Two Summers
Kim Wallace Erik & Isabelle Senior Year at Foresthill High
Lambda Literary Award for Drama/Theater

Tim Miller

Honored for : 1001 Beds: Performances, Essays, and Travels

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Nominee Nominated Work
Tim Miller 1001 Beds: Performances, Essays, and Travels
Victor Bumbalo Questa
Steven Fales Confessions of a Mormon Boy: Behind the Scenes of the off-Broadway Hit
Lambda Literary Award for Humor

Joe Keenan

Honored for : My Lucky Star

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Nominee Nominated Work
Joe Keenan My Lucky Star
Hillary Carlip Queen of the Oddballs: And Other True Stories from a Life Unaccording to Plan
Ralf König Roy & Al
Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Nonfiction

Lillian Faderman, Stuart Timmons

Honored for : Gay L.A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, And Lipstick Lesbians

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Nominee Nominated Work
Lillian Faderman Gay L.A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, And Lipstick Lesbians
Stuart Timmons Gay L.A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, And Lipstick Lesbians
Marcia Gallo Different Daughters: A History of the Daughters of Bilitis and the Rise of the Lesbian Rights Movement
Kate Bornstein Hello Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks and Other Outlaws
James T. Sears Behind the Mask of the Mattachine: The Hal Call Chronicles and the Early Movement for Homosexual Emancipation
Brian Whitaker Unspeakable Love: Gay and Lesbian Life in the Middle East
Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Nonfiction

Marcia Gallo

Honored for : Different Daughters: A History of the Daughters of Bilitis and the Rise of the Lesbian Rights Movement

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Nominee Nominated Work
Lillian Faderman Gay L.A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, And Lipstick Lesbians
Stuart Timmons Gay L.A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, And Lipstick Lesbians
Marcia Gallo Different Daughters: A History of the Daughters of Bilitis and the Rise of the Lesbian Rights Movement
Kate Bornstein Hello Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks and Other Outlaws
James T. Sears Behind the Mask of the Mattachine: The Hal Call Chronicles and the Early Movement for Homosexual Emancipation
Brian Whitaker Unspeakable Love: Gay and Lesbian Life in the Middle East
Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Studies

Horace Griffin

Honored for : Their Own Receive Them Not: African American Lesbians And Gays in Black Churches

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Nominee Nominated Work
Horace Griffin Their Own Receive Them Not: African American Lesbians And Gays in Black Churches
Carellin Brooks Every Inch a Woman: Phallic Possession, Femininity, And the Text
David Eisenbach Gay Power: An American Revolution
Robert McRuer Crip Theory: Cultural Signs of Queerness and Disability
Kathryn Stockton Beautiful Bottom, Beautiful Shame: Where \u201CBlack\u201D Meets \u201CQueer\u201D
Lambda Literary Award for Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror

Neal Drinnan

Honored for : Izzy and Eve: An Erotic Thriller

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Nominee Nominated Work
Neal Drinnan Izzy and Eve: An Erotic Thriller
Elizabeth Bear Carnival
Douglas Clegg Mordred, Bastard Son
R.W. Day A Strong and Sudden Thaw
Chris Moriarty Spin Control
Lambda Literary Award for Spirituality

Michael McColly

Honored for : The After-Death Room: Journey Into Spiritual Activism

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Nominee Nominated Work
Michael McColly The After-Death Room: Journey Into Spiritual Activism
Daniel A. Helminiak Sex and the Sacred: Gay Identity and Spiritual Growth
Lisa Moore Spirited: Affirming the Soul and Black Gay/Lesbian Identity
G. Winston James Spirited: Affirming the Soul and Black Gay/Lesbian Identity
Mary Saracino The Singing of Swans
Giti Thadani Moebius Trip: Digressions from India's Highways
Lambda Literary Award for Transgender

Susan Stryker, Stephen Whittle

Honored for : The Transgender Studies Reader

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Nominee Nominated Work
Susan Stryker The Transgender Studies Reader
Stephen Whittle The Transgender Studies Reader
Paisley Currah Transgender Rights
Richard M. Juang Transgender Rights
Shannon Price Minter Transgender Rights
Leslie Feinberg Drag King Dreams
Alicia E. Goranson Supervillainz
Max Wolf Valerio The Testosterone Files: My Hormonal and Social Transformation from Female to Male
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction

Sarah Waters

Honored for : The Night Watch

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Nominee Nominated Work
Sarah Waters The Night Watch
J. D. Glass Punk Like Me
Leslie Larson Slipstream
Sheila Ortiz Taylor Outrageous
Michelle Tea Rose of No Man's Land
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Romance

Georgia Beers

Honored for : Fresh Tracks

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Nominee Nominated Work
Georgia Beers Fresh Tracks
Ronica Black Wild Abandon
Karin Kallmaker Finders Keepers
Grace Lennox Chance
Radclyffe Turn Back Time
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery

Laurie R. King

Honored for : The Art of Detection

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Laurie R. King The Art of Detection
Jennifer Fulton Sleep of Reason
Ellen Hart Night Vision: A Jane Lawless Mystery
Joan Opyr Idaho Code
Jessica Thomas The Weekend Visitor
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Poetry

Sina Queyras

Honored for : Lemon hound

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Nominee Nominated Work
Sina Queyras Lemon hound
Robin Becker Domain of Perfect Affection
Cheryl Clarke The Days of Good Looks: The Prose and Poetry of Cheryl Clarke, 1980 to 2005
Juliet Patterson The Truant Lover
Nathalie Stephens Touch To Affliction
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir/Biography

Alison Bechdel

Honored for : Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

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Nominee Nominated Work
Alison Bechdel Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Bettina Aptheker Intimate Politics: How I Grew up Red, Fought for Free Speech, and Became a Feminist Rebel
Hillary Carlip Queen of the Oddballs: And Other True Stories from a Life Unaccording to Plan
Catherine Friend Hit by a Farm: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Barn
Barbara Wilson Incognito Street: How Travel Made Me a Writer
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Erotica

Laurinda D. Brown

Honored for : Walk Like a Man

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Nominee Nominated Work
Laurinda D. Brown Walk Like a Man
Rachel Kramer Bussel Glamour Girls: Femme/Femme Erotica
Karin Kallmaker 18th & Castro
Midori Master Han's Daughter
Tristan Taormino Best Lesbian Erotica 2007
Emma Donoghue Best Lesbian Erotica 2007
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Debut Fiction

Ellis Avery

Honored for : The Teahouse Fire

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ellis Avery The Teahouse Fire
Kirsten Dinnall Hoyte Black Marks
Ana-Maurine Lara Erzulie's Skirt
Peggy Munson Origami Striptease
Leslie Larson Slipstream
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Fiction

Robert Westfield

Honored for : Suspension

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Nominee Nominated Work
Robert Westfield Suspension
Lisa Carey Every Visible Thing
Neal Drinnan Izzy and Eve: An Erotic Thriller
Stephen McCauley Alternatives To Sex
Tom Spanbauer Now Is the Hour
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Romance

Rob Byrnes

Honored for : When The Stars Come Out

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Nominee Nominated Work
Rob Byrnes When The Stars Come Out
Timothy Beck Someone Like You
Lawrence Schimel Two Boys in Love
Scott Pomfret Surf 'N Turf
Scott Whittier Surf 'N Turf
Andy Zeffer Going Down in La-La Land
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Mystery

Garry Ryan

Honored for : The Lucky Elephant Restaurant: A Detective Lane Mystery

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Nominee Nominated Work
Garry Ryan The Lucky Elephant Restaurant: A Detective Lane Mystery
Greg Herren Mardi Gras Mambo
Josh Lanyon The Hell You Say
Rupert Smith The Back Passage
Randall Peffer Provincetown Follies, Bangkok Blues
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Poetry

Jim Elledge

Honored for : A History of My Tattoo

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jim Elledge A History of My Tattoo
Justin Chin Gutted
Jeffery Conway The Album That Changed My Life
Rigoberto González Other Fugitives And Other Strangers
Dwaine Rieves When the Eye Forms
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Memoir/Biography

Bernard Cooper

Honored for : The Bill from My Father: A Memoir

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Nominee Nominated Work
Bernard Cooper The Bill from My Father: A Memoir
Alan Bennett Untold Stories
Patrick Moore Tweaked
Kim Powers The History of Swimming: A Memoir
Jonathan G. Silin My Father's Keeper: The Story of a Gay Son and His Aging Parents
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Erotica

Jeff Mann

Honored for : A History of Barbed Wire

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jeff Mann A History of Barbed Wire
Richard Labonte Best Gay Erotica 2007
Timothy J. Lambert Best Gay Erotica 2007
Zavo Hot on His Trail: An Erotic Novel
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Debut Fiction

Robert Westfield

Honored for : Suspension

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Nominee Nominated Work
Robert Westfield Suspension
Martin Hyatt A Scarecrow's Bible
Alex MacLennan The Zookeeper: A Novel
Patrick Ryan Send Me
Timothy J. Williams 5 Minutes and 42 Seconds

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