Awards & Winners

2008 Lambda Literary Award

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Lambda Literary Award for LGBT SF/Fantasy/Horror

Nicole Kimberling

Honored for : Turnskin

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Nominee Nominated Work
Nicole Kimberling Turnskin
Astrid Amara The Archer's Heart
Barth Anderson The Magician and the Fool
Steve Berman Wilde Stories 2008: The Best of the Year's Gay Speculative Fiction
Craig Gidney Sea, Swallow Me and Other Stories
Lambda Literary Award for Transgender

Thea Hillman

Honored for : Intersex (For Lack of a Better Word)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Thea Hillman Intersex (For Lack of a Better Word)
Mark Ewert
Rex Ray
Scott Turner Schofield Two Truths and a Lie
Ely Shipley Boy with Flowers
Susan Stryker Transgender History
Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Anthologies

Thomas Glave

Honored for : Our Caribbean: A Gathering of Lesbian and Gay Writing from the Antilles

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Nominee Nominated Work
Thomas Glave Our Caribbean: A Gathering of Lesbian and Gay Writing from the Antilles
Peter Burton A Casualty of War: The Arcadia Book of Gay Short Stories
Sabrina Chapadjiev Live Through This: On Creativity and Self-Destruction
James J. Berg Love, West Hollywood: Reflections of Los Angeles
Chris Freeman Love, West Hollywood: Reflections of Los Angeles
Raphael Kadushin Big Trips: More Good Gay Travel Writing
Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Drama

Carolyn Gage

Honored for : The Second Coming of Joan of Arc and Other Plays

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Nominee Nominated Work
Carolyn Gage The Second Coming of Joan of Arc and Other Plays
Dan Bernitt Phi Alpha Gamma
Martin Duberman Radical Acts: Collected Political Plays
Scott Turner Schofield Two Truths and a Lie
Vanda Vile Affections
Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Nonfiction

Jane Rule

Honored for : Loving The Difficult

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jane Rule Loving The Difficult
Nancy Agabian Me as Her Again: True Stories of an Armenian Daughter
Michelle Cliff If I Could Write This In Fire
William Eskridge Dishonorable Passions: Sodomy Laws in America, 1861-2003
Nancy Polikoff Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage: Valuing All Families Under the Law
Kai Wright Drifting Toward Love: Black, Brown, Gay, and Coming of Age on the Streetsof New York
Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Studies

Regina Kunzel

Honored for : Criminal Intimacy: Prison and the Uneven History of Modern American Sexuality

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Nominee Nominated Work
Regina Kunzel Criminal Intimacy: Prison and the Uneven History of Modern American Sexuality
Michelle Ann Abate Tomboys: A Literary and Cultural History
Amin Ghaziani The Dividends of Dissent: How Conflict and Culture Work in Lesbian and Gay Marches on Washington
Kevin P. Murphy Political Manhood: Red Bloods, Mollycoddles, & the Politics of Progressive Era Reform
Linda Williams Screening Sex
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Debut Fiction

Magdalena Zurawski

Honored for : The Bruise

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Nominee Nominated Work
Magdalena Zurawski The Bruise
Jill Malone Red Audrey and the Roping
Linda Villarosa Passing for Black
Meri Weiss Closer to Fine
Chavisa Woods Love Does Not Make Me Gentle or Kind
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Erotica

Radclyffe, Karin Kallmaker

Honored for : In Deep Waters 2: Cruising the Strip

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Nominee Nominated Work
Radclyffe In Deep Waters 2: Cruising the Strip
Karin Kallmaker In Deep Waters 2: Cruising the Strip
Rakelle Valencia Lipstick on Her Collar
Connie Wilkins Lipstick on Her Collar
Lynne Jamneck Periphery: Erotic Lesbian Futures
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction

Emma Donoghue

Honored for : The Sealed Letter

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Nominee Nominated Work
Emma Donoghue The Sealed Letter
Chandra Mayor All the Pretty Girls
Ivan E. Coyote The Slow Fix
Stephanie Grant Map of Ireland
Ruth Perkinson Breaking Spirit Bridge
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction

Chandra Mayor

Honored for : All the Pretty Girls

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Nominee Nominated Work
Emma Donoghue The Sealed Letter
Chandra Mayor All the Pretty Girls
Ivan E. Coyote The Slow Fix
Stephanie Grant Map of Ireland
Ruth Perkinson Breaking Spirit Bridge
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir/Biography

Maureen Seaton

Honored for : Sex Talks to Girls: A Memoir

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Nominee Nominated Work
Maureen Seaton Sex Talks to Girls: A Memoir
Susan Griffin Wrestling with the Angel of Democracy: On Being an American Citizen
Thea Hillman Intersex (For Lack of a Better Word)
Joanne Ellen Passet Sex Variant Woman: The Life of Jeannette Howard Foster
Abbe Smith Case of a Lifetime: A Criminal Defense Lawyer's Story
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery

Josie Gordon

Honored for : Whacked

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Nominee Nominated Work
Josie Gordon Whacked
Diane Anderson-Minshall Blind Faith
Jacob Anderson-Minshall Blind Faith
Ellen Hart Sweet Poison
Jessica Thomas Losers Weepers
Ali Vali Calling the Dead
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Poetry

Judy Grahn

Honored for : Love Belongs to Those Who Do the Feeling

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Nominee Nominated Work
Judy Grahn Love Belongs to Those Who Do the Feeling
Elizabeth Bradfield Interpretive Work: Poems
Daphne Gottlieb Kissing Dead Girls
Maureen N. McLane Same Life: Poems
Nancy K. Pearson Two Minutes of Light
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Romance

Karin Kallmaker

Honored for : The Kiss That Counted

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Nominee Nominated Work
Karin Kallmaker The Kiss That Counted
Georgia Beers Finding Home
Catherine Friend A Pirate's Heart
JLee Meyerr Hotel Liaison
Radclyffe The Lonely Hearts Club
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Debut Fiction

Shawn Stewart Ruff

Honored for : Finlater

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Nominee Nominated Work
Shawn Stewart Ruff Finlater
Daniel Allen Cox Shuck
Evan Fallenberg Light Fell
Drew Ferguson The Screwed-Up Life of Charlie The Second
Mike Hoolboom The Steve Machine
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Erotica

Richard Labonte, Rupert Smith

Honored for : Best Gay Erotica 2009

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Nominee Nominated Work
Richard Labonte Best Gay Erotica 2009
Rupert Smith Best Gay Erotica 2009
Rupert Smith The Secret Tunnel
William Maltese Hard Working Men
J.P. Bowie Hard Working Men
Victor J. Banis Hard Working Men
Jardonn Smith Hard Working Men
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Fiction

Scott Heim

Honored for : We Disappear

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Nominee Nominated Work
Scott Heim We Disappear
David Francis Stray Dog Winter
Thomas Glave The Torturer's Wife
Joseph Olshan The Conversion
Jay Quinn The Boomerang Kid
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Memoir/Biography

Sheila Rowbotham

Honored for : Edward Carpenter: A Life of Liberty and Love

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Nominee Nominated Work
Sheila Rowbotham Edward Carpenter: A Life of Liberty and Love
Aaron Cooper Bringing Him Home: A Memoir
Joel Derfner Swish: My Quest to Become the Gayest Person Ever
Bob Morris Assisted Loving: True Tales of Double Dating with My Dad
Aaron Shurin King of Shadows
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Mystery

Scott Sherman

Honored for : First You Fall: A Kevin Connor Mystery

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Nominee Nominated Work
Scott Sherman First You Fall: A Kevin Connor Mystery
Stephen Anable The Fisher Boy
Anthony Bidulka Sundowner Ubuntu: A Russell Quant Mystery
Neil S. Plakcy Mahu Fire: A Hawaiian Mystery
John Morgan Wilson Spider Season: A Benjamin Justice Novel
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Poetry

Mark Doty

Honored for : Fire to Fire

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Nominee Nominated Work
Mark Doty Fire to Fire
James Allen Hall Now You're the Enemy
Rick Barot Want
Jericho Brown Please
Jack Spicer My Vocabulary Did This to Me: The Collected Poetry of Jack Spicer
Peter Gizzi My Vocabulary Did This to Me: The Collected Poetry of Jack Spicer
Kevin Killian My Vocabulary Did This to Me: The Collected Poetry of Jack Spicer
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Poetry

James Allen Hall

Honored for : Now You're the Enemy

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Nominee Nominated Work
Mark Doty Fire to Fire
James Allen Hall Now You're the Enemy
Rick Barot Want
Jericho Brown Please
Jack Spicer My Vocabulary Did This to Me: The Collected Poetry of Jack Spicer
Peter Gizzi My Vocabulary Did This to Me: The Collected Poetry of Jack Spicer
Kevin Killian My Vocabulary Did This to Me: The Collected Poetry of Jack Spicer
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Romance

Larry Duplechan

Honored for : Got 'til it's Gone

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Nominee Nominated Work
Larry Duplechan Got 'til it's Gone
Laura Baumbach Mexican Heat
Josh Lanyon Mexican Heat
N.L. Gassert The Protector
Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Children's/Young Adult

Bill Konigsberg

Honored for : Out of the Pocket

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Nominee Nominated Work
Bill Konigsberg Out of the Pocket
Christian Burch Hit the Road, Manny: A Manny Files Novel
David Levithan How They Met, and Other Stories
Pat Schmatz Mousetraps
Ellen Wittlinger Love & Lies: Marisol's Story
Martin Wilson What They Always Tell Us

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