4th Lambda Literary Awards

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The 4th Lambda Literary Awards were held in 1992 to honour works of LGBT literature published in 1991.

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Special awards

CategoryWinner
Editor's Choice Lillian Faderman, Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in 20th Century America
Publisher Service Barbara Grier and Donna McBride, Naiad Press

Nominees and winners

CategoryAuthorTitleResult
Children's/Young Adult Johnny Valentine and Lynette Schmidt The Duke Who Outlawed Jelly Beans and Other StoriesWinner
Aaron Fricke and Walter Fricke Sudden StrangersFinalist
Nancy Garden Lark in the MorningFinalist
Ann Heron , Meredith Maran, and Kris Kovick How Would You Feel if Your Dad Was Gay?Finalist
Leslea Newman and Russell Crocker Gloria Goes to Gay PrideFinalist
Gay Anthology Essex Hemphill (ed.)Brother to Brother: New Writings by Black Gay MenWinner
Robert Drake and Terry Wolverton Indivisible: New Short FictionFinalist
John Preston Hometowns: Gay Men Write About Where They BelongFinalist
Mark Thompson Leatherfolk: Radical Sex, People, Politics and PracticeFinalist
Edmund White Faber Book of Gay Short FictionFinalist
Gay Fiction Harlan Greene What the Dead RememberWinner
Dennis Cooper FriskFinalist
Melvin Dixon Vanishing RoomsFinalist
Philip Gambone Language We Use Up HereFinalist
Paul Monette Halfway HomeFinalist
Gay Mystery Joseph Hansen A Country of Old MenWinner
Stan Cutler Best Performance by a PatsyFinalist
Stan Cutler The Face on the Cutting Room FloorFinalist
Larry Townsend Master’s CounterpointsFinalist
Mark Richard Zubro Sorry Now?Finalist
Gay Non-Fiction Will Roscoe The Zuni Man-WomanWinner
Roger Austen and John W. Crowley Genteel Pagan: The Double Life of Charles Warren StoddardFinalist
Martin Duberman Cures: A Gay Man’s OdysseyFinalist
Bruce R. Smith Homosexual Desire in Shakespeare’s EnglandFinalist
David Wojnarowicz Close to the Knives: A Memoir of DisintegrationFinalist
Gay Poetry Assotto Saint (ed.)The Road Before Us: 100 Gay Black PoetsWinner
John Ash The Burnt PagesFinalist
Perry Brass Sex-ChargeFinalist
Mark Doty Bethlehem in Broad DaylightFinalist
David Trinidad Hand Over HeartFinalist
Gay science fiction, fantasy or horror Frank M. Robinson The Dark Beyond the Stars Winner
Perry Brass MirageFinalist
Eric Garber Embracing the DarkFinalist
Jay B. Laws SteamFinalist
Jeffrey N. McMahan Vampires AnonymousFinalist
Humor Joe Keenan Putting on the Ritz Winner
Ben Davis Strange AngelFinalist
Elizabeth Dean , Linda Wells, and Andrea Curren Coming Out!: More Fun ‘n’ GamesFinalist
Kris Kovick What I Love About Lesbian Politics Is Arguing with People I Agree WithFinalist
Rosalind Warren Women’s Glib: A Collection of Women’s HumorFinalist
Lesbian Anthology Carla Trujillo (ed.)Chicana Lesbians: The Girls Our Mothers Warned Us AboutWinner
Judith Barrington An Intimate Wilderness: Lesbian Writers on SexualityFinalist
Loraine Hutchins and Lani Ka'ahumanu Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out Finalist
Barbara Sang , Joyce Warshow, and Adrienne Smith Lesbians at Midlife: The Creative TransitionFinalist
Terry Wolverton and Robert Drake Indivisible: New Short Fiction by West Coast Gay & Lesbian WritersFinalist
Lesbian Fiction Blanche McCrary Boyd The Revolution of Little GirlsWinner
Jewelle Gomez The Gilda Stories Winner
Anna Livia MinimaxFinalist
Judith McDaniel Just Say YesFinalist
Diane Salvatore BenedictionFinalist
Lesbian Mystery Katherine V. Forrest Murder by TraditionWinner
Claire McNab Cop OutFinalist
Mary Morell Final SessionFinalist
Sandra Scoppettone Everything You Have is MineFinalist
Amanda Kyle Williams The Providence FileFinalist
Lesbian Non-Fiction Sandra Butler and Barbara Rosenblum Cancer in Two VoicesWinner
Judith Barrington An Intimate Wilderness: Lesbian Writers on SexualityFinalist
Lillian Faderman Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America Finalist
Minnie Bruce Pratt Rebellion: Essays 1980-1991Finalist
Diana Souhami Gertrude and Alice Finalist
Lesbian Poetry Adrienne Rich An Atlas of the Difficult World: Poems 1988-1991Winner
Becky Birtha The Forbidden PoemsFinalist
Eloise Klein Healy Artemis in Echo ParkFinalist
Eileen Myles Not MeFinalist
Maureen Seaton Fear of SubwaysFinalist
Lesbian science fiction, fantasy or horror Jewelle Gomez The Gilda Stories Winner
Judith Alguire Zeta BaseFinalist
Camarin Grae StrandedFinalist
B.L. Holmes MegaFinalist
Chris Anne Wolfe Shadows of AggarFinalist
Small Press Winston Leyland (ed.)Gay Roots: Twenty Years of Gay SunshineWinner
Pat Califia The Advocate AdvisorFinalist
Edisol W. Dotson Putting Out ’91Finalist
Bad Object-Choices How Do I Look?: Queer Film and VideosFinalist
Garbo Rusty: How Me and Her Went to Colorado and Everything, Except Not ReallyFinalist

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