2nd Lambda Literary Awards

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The 2nd Lambda Literary Awards were held in 1990 to honour works of LGBT literature published in 1989.

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Special awards

CategoryWinner
Editor's Choice Gertrude Stein (Rebecca Mark, ed.), Lifting Belly
Publisher's Service Carol Seajay, Feminist Bookstore News

Recipients

2nd Lambda Literary Awards winners and finalists
CategoryAuthorTitleResult
AIDS Literature Larry Kramer Reports from the Holocaust: The Story of an AIDS Activist Winner
Christopher Bram In Memory of Angel ClareFinalist
Billy Howard Epitaphs for the Living Finalist
John Preston Personal DispatchesFinalist
Susan Sontag AIDS and Its Metaphors Finalist
Gay Anthology Martin B. Duberman Hidden from HistoryWinner
Christie Balka and Andy Rose Twice BlessedFinalist
Charles Ludlam Collected Plays of Charles LudlamFinalist
Michael Nava Finale: Stories of MysteryFinalist
John Preston Personal DispatchesFinalist
Gay Debut Fiction John Weir The Irreversible Decline of Eddie SocketWinner
David B. Feinberg Eighty-SixedFinalist
Mickey C. Fleming About CourageFinalist
M. S. Hunter The BuccaneerFinalist
Randall Kenan A Visitation of Spirits Finalist
Gay Fiction David B. Feinberg Eighty-SixedWinner
Christopher Bram In Memory of Angel ClareFinalist
Dennis Cooper CloserFinalist
Kevin Killian ShyFinalist
Armistead Maupin Sure of YouFinalist
Gay Mystery Mark Richard Zubro Simple Suburban MurderWinner
Stan Leventhal Faultlines: Stories of SuspenseFinalist
Jeffrey N. McMahan Somewhere in the NightFinalist
Michael Nava FinaleFinalist
Samuel M. Steward Caravaggio ShawlFinalist
Gay Non-Fiction Neil Miller In Search of Gay America: Women and Men in a Time of ChangeWinner
Richard A. Isay Being HomosexualFinalist
Sheppard B. Kominars Accepting OurselvesFinalist
Harold Norse Memoirs of a Bastard AngelFinalist
W. J. Weatherby James Baldwin: Artist on FireFinalist
Gay science fiction, fantasy or horror Jeffrey N. McMahan Somewhere in the NightWinner
William K. Eakins Key West 2720 ADFinalist
Mercedes Lackey Magic’s PawnFinalist
Geoff Mains Gentle WarriorsFinalist
Thom Nickels Walking Water/After All ThisFinalist
Humor Robert Triptow Gay ComicsWinner
Elizabeth Dean Cut-Outs and Cut-UpsFinalist
N. Leigh Dunlap Run That Sucker at Six!!!Finalist
Celeste West Lesbian Love AdvisorFinalist
T. R. Witomski KvetchFinalist
Lesbian Anthology Tee Corinne Intricate PassionsWinner
Martin B. Duberman Hidden from HistoryWinner
C. McEwen and S. O'Sullivan Out the Other SideWinner
Irene Zahava Lesbian Love StoriesFinalist
Terry Woodrow Lesbian Bedtime StoriesFinalist
Lesbian Debut Fiction Patricia R. Schwartz The Names of the Moons of MarsWinner
Nisa Donnelly The Bar Stories: A Novel After AllFinalist
Paula Martinac and Carla Tomaso Voyages OutFinalist
Roz Perry Rose PenskiFinalist
Ruthann Robson Eye of a HurricaneFinalist
Lesbian Fiction Nisa Donnelly The Bar Stories: A Novel After AllWinner
Valerie Miner Trespassing and Other StoriesFinalist
Jane Rule After the FireFinalist
May Sarton Education of Harriet HatfieldFinalist
Shay Youngblood The Big Mama StoriesFinalist
Lesbian Mystery Katherine V. Forrest The Beverly MalibuWinner
Antoinette Azolakov The Contactees Die YoungFinalist
Ellen Hart Hallowed MurderFinalist
Claire McNab Fatal ReunionFinalist
Barbara Wilson Dog Collar MurdersFinalist
Lesbian Non-Fiction Judy Grahn Really Reading Gertrude SteinWinner
Christie Balka and Andy Rose Twice BlessedFinalist
Loralee MacPike There’s Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell YouFinalist
Cynthia Rich Desert YearsFinalist
Celeste West Lesbian Love AdvisorFinalist
Lesbian science fiction, fantasy or horror Jessica Amanda Salmonson What Did Miss Darrington See?Winner
Nancy Tyler Glenn Clicking StonesFinalist
Lee Lynch Sue Slate: Private EyeFinalist
Susanna J. Sturgis Memories and VisionsFinalist
Lauren Wright Douglas In the BloodFinalist
Poetry Michael Klein Poets for LifeWInner
Cheryl Clarke Humid Pitch: Narrative PoetryFinalist
Robert Glück ReaderFinalist
Christian McEwen Naming the WavesFinalist
Adrienne Rich Time’s Power: Poems 1985-1988Finalist
Small Press Larry Mitchell My Life As a MoleWinner
Judy Dahl River of PromiseFinalist
Mike Hippler Matlovich: The Good SoldierFinalist
Joan Lindau Letting in the NightFinalist
Vega Studios Men of ColorFinalist
Young adult/children's MaryKate Jordan Losing Uncle Tim Winner
Susan Cohen and Daniel Cohen When Someone You Know Is Gay Finalist
A.M. Homes JackFinalist
Leslea Newman and Diana Souza Heather Has Two Mommies Finalist
George Shannon Unlived AffectionsFinalist

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