28th Lambda Literary Awards

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The 28th Lambda Literary Awards were held on June 6, 2016, to honour works of LGBT literature published in 2015. [1] [2] The list of nominees was released on March 8. [1]

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Special awards

CategoryWinner
Pioneer Award Eileen Myles [2]
Judith A. Markowitz Emerging Writer Award Bryan Borland, JP Howard [2]
Trustee Award Hilton Als [2]

Nominees and winners

CategoryWinnerNominated
Bisexual Literature Emily Bingham, Irrepressible: The Jazz Age Life of Henrietta Bingham [2]
Anna North, The Life and Death of Sophie Stark [2]
Gay Erotica Miodrag Kojadinovic, Érotiques Suprèmes [2]
Gay Fiction Hasan Namir, God in Pink [2]
Gay Memoir/Biography Langdon Hammer, James Merrill: Life and Art [2]
Gay Mystery Marshall Thornton, Boystown 7: Bloodlines [2]
Gay Poetry Nicholas Wong, Crevasse [2]
Carl Phillips, Reconnaissance [2]
Gay Romance Debbie McGowan, When Skies Have Fallen [2]
Lesbian Erotica Meghan O'Brien, The Muse [2]
Lesbian Fiction Chinelo Okparanta, Under the Udala Trees [2]
Lesbian Memoir/Biography Kate Carroll de Gutes, Objects in the Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear [2]
Lesbian Mystery Ann Aptaker, Tarnished Gold [2]
Victoria Brownworth, Ordinary Mayhem [2]
Lesbian Poetry Dawn Lundy Martin, Life in a Box is a Pretty Life [2]
Lesbian Romance Julie Blair, Making a Comeback [2]
LGBT Anthology Damien Luxe, Heather M. Ács and Sabina Ibarrola, Glitter and Grit: Queer Performance from the Heels on Wheels Femme Galaxy [2]
Sfé R. Monster and Taneka Stotts, Beyond: The Queer Sci-Fi & Fantasy Comic Anthology [2]
LGBT Children's/Young Adult Alex Gino, George [2]
LGBT Debut Fiction Victor Yates, A Love Like Blood [2]
LGBT Drama Tanya Barfield, Bright Half Life [2]
LGBT Graphic Novel E. K. Weaver, The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ & Amal [2]
LGBT Non-Fiction Marcia M. Gallo, “No One Helped”: Kitty Genovese, New York City, and the Myth of Urban Apathy [2]
LGBT Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Kirsty Logan, The Gracekeepers [2]
LGBT Studies Hiram Pérez, A Taste for Brown Bodies: Gay Modernity and Cosmopolitan Desire [2]
Transgender Fiction Roz Kaveney, Tiny Pieces of Skull, or a Lesson in Manners [2]
Transgender Non-Fiction Willy Wilkinson, Born on the Edge of Race and Gender: A Voice for Cultural Competency [2]
Transgender Poetry kari edwards, succubus in my pocket [2]

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