27th Lambda Literary Awards

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The 27th Lambda Literary Awards were held on June 1, 2015, to honour works of LGBT literature published in 2014. [1] The list of nominees was released on March 4. [1]

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The ceremony was held at Cooper Union. [1]

Special awards

CategoryWinner
Pioneer Award Rita Mae Brown
Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award Anne Balay, Daisy Hernández [2]
Trustee Award John Waters

Nominees and winners

CategoryWinnerNominated
Bisexual Fiction Ana Castillo, Give It to Me [3]
Bisexual Non-Fiction Charles M. Blow, Fire Shut Up in My Bones [3]
Gay Erotica Tiffany Reisz, The King [3]
Gay Fiction Tom Spanbauer, I Loved You More [3]
Gay Memoir/Biography Richard Blanco, The Prince of Los Cocuyos [3]
John Lahr, Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh [3]
  • Sean Strub, Body Counts: A Memoir of Politics, Sex, AIDS, and Survival
  • Brent Phillips, Charles Walters: The Director Who Made Hollywood Dance
  • Rob Smith, Closets, Combat and Coming Out: Coming of Age as a Gay Man in the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Army
  • Edmund White, Inside a Pearl: My Years in Paris
  • Alain Mabanckou, Letter to Jimmy
  • Philip Gefter, Wagstaff: Before and After Mapplethorpe
Gay Mystery Katie Gilmartin, Blackmail, My Love [3]
Gay Poetry Danez Smith, [insert] boy [3]
Gay Romance Jeff Mann, Salvation: A Novel of the Civil War [3]
Lesbian Erotica Diana Cage, Lesbian Sex Bible [3]
Lesbian Fiction Alexis De Veaux, Yabo [3]
Lesbian Memoir/Biography Alethia Jones, Virginia Eubanks and Barbara Smith, Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around: Forty Years of Movement Building [3]
Lesbian Mystery Ellen Hart, The Old Deep and Dark [3]
Lesbian Poetry Valerie Wetlaufer, Mysterious Acts by My People [3]
Lesbian Romance Robbi McCoy, The Farmer’s Daughter [3]
LGBT Anthology Leila J. Rupp and Susan K. Freeman, Understanding and Teaching US Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History [3]
LGBT Children's/Young Adult Tim Federle, Five, Six, Seven, Nate! [3]
LGBT Debut Fiction Abdi Nazemian, The Walk-In Closet [3]
LGBT Drama Robert O'Hara, Bootycandy [3]
LGBT Graphic Novel Joyce Brabner and Mark Zingarelli, Second Avenue Caper [3]
LGBT Non-Fiction Martin Duberman, Hold Tight Gently: Michael Callen, Essex Hemphill, and the Battlefield of AIDS [3]
LGBT Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Chaz Brenchley, Bitter Waters [3]
LGBT Studies Vincent Woodard, Justin A. Joyce and Dwight McBride, The Delectable Negro: Human Consumption and Homoeroticism within US Slave Culture [3]
Transgender Fiction Casey Plett, A Safe Girl to Love [3]
Transgender Non-Fiction Thomas Page McBee, Man Alive: A True Story of Violence, Forgiveness and Becoming a Man [3]
  • Janet Mock, Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love and So Much More
  • Laura Erickson-Schroth, Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "The 27th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists". Lambda Literary Foundation, March 4, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Upcoming: Pride 5K; Comics; Brave Face; Lambda Literary awards; HER app". Windy City Times , May 12, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Kellogg, Carolyn (June 2, 2015). "Lambda Literary Awards laud best gay, lesbian and transgender books". Los Angeles Times .
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