8th Lambda Literary Awards

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The 8th Lambda Literary Awards were held in 1996 to honour works of LGBT literature published in 1995. [1]

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Special awards

CategoryWinner
Editor's Choice Patrick Califia and Janine Fuller, Forbidden Passages: Writings Banned in Canada
Pioneer AwardL. Page “Deacon” Maccubbin, Lambda Rising
Publisher's ServiceNancy Bereano, Firebrand Press
Janine Fuller and Stuart Blackley, Restricted Entry: Censorship on Trial

Nominees and winners

8th Lambda Literary Awards winners and finalists
CategoryAuthor/EditorTitleResult
Anthologies (Fiction) E. J. Levy (ed.)Tasting Life TwiceWinner
Pat Califia and Janine Fuller Forbidden Passages: Writings Banned in Canada Finalist
Robert Drake HisFinalist
Catherine McKinley and ` (eds.)AfreketeFinalist
Eileen Myles and Liz Kotz (eds.)The New Fuck YouFinalist
Anthologies (Non-Fiction) Claude J. Summers (ed.)Gay and Lesbian Literary HeritageWinner
Karla Jay (ed.)Dyke LifeFinalist
Leslea Newman (ed.)A Loving TestimonyFinalist
Lynn Witt , Sherry Thomas, and Eric Marcus (eds.)Out in All DirectionsFinalist
Lynn Yamaguchi and Karin Barber (eds.)TomboysFinalist
Children's and Young Adult Jacqueline Woodson From the Notebooks of Melanin SunWinner
Francesca Lia Block Baby Bebop Finalist
Kurt Chandler Passages of PrideFinalist
Daniel Vilmure Toby’s LieFinalist
Judith Vinga My Two UnclesFinalist
Drama Tony Kushner Slavs (Thinking About the Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness)Winner
Guinevere Turner and Rose Troche Go FishWinner
Michael Kearns T-Cells and SympathyFinalist
Eric Lane and Nina Shengold (eds.)The Actor’s Book of Gay and Lesbian PlaysFinalist
Terrence McNally Love! Valour! Compassion! Finalist
Gay Biography and Autobiography Lyle Leverich Tom: The Unknown Tennessee WilliamsWinner
Leroy F. Aarons Prayers for Bobby: A Mother's Coming to Terms with the Suicide of Her Gay Son Finalist
Bill T. Jones and Peggy Gillespie Last Night on EarthFinalist
Gore Vidal PalimpsestaFinalist
Edmund White Our ParisFinalist
Gay Fiction Michael Cunningham Flesh and BloodWinner
Christopher Bram Father of Frankenstein Finalist
Jim Grimsley Dream Boy Finalist
Scott Heim Mysterious SkinFinalist
Felice Picano Like People in HistoryFinalist
Gay Mystery R. D. Zimmerman ClosetWinner
George Baxt Queer Kind of UmbrellaFinalist
Steven Saylor The Venus Throw Finalist
Richard Stevenson Shock to the SystemFinalist
Mark Richard Zubro Another Dead TeenagerFinalist
Gay Poetry Mark Doty AtlantisWinner
David Laurents Badboy Book of Erotic VerseFinalist
Timothy Liu Burnt OfferingsFinalist
James Merrill Scattering of SaltsFinalist
Carl Phillips CortegeFinalist
Gay Studies Joseph Carrier De Los OtrosWinner
Daniel Halperin Saint=FoucaultFinalist
Jonathan Ned Katz The Invention of HeterosexualityFinalist
Pierre Seel I, Pierre Seel, Deported HomosexualFinalist
Andrew Sullivan Virtually Normal Finalist
Humor Ellen Orleans The Butches of Madison CountyWinner
Alison Bechdel Unnatural Dykes to Watch Out ForFinalist
Diane DiMassa Revenge of HotHead PaisanFinalist
Funny Gay Males Growing Up Gay: From Left Out to Coming OutFinalist
Mabel Maney Ghost in the ClosetFinalist
Lesbian Biography and Autobiography Erica Fischer Aimee & JaguarWinner
Dorothy Allison Two or Three Things I Know for SureFinalist
Claudia Brenner and Hannah Ashley Eight Bullets: One Woman's Story of Surviving Anti-Gay ViolenceFinalist
Susan E. Cayliff BabeFinalist
Deb Price and Joyce Murdoch And Say Hi to JoyceFinalist
Lesbian Fiction Jacqueline Woodson Autobiography of a Family Photo Winner
Lucy Jane Bledsoe SweatFinalist
Louise Blum AmnestyFinalist
Stephanie Grant Passion of AliceFinalist
Sarah Schulman Rat BohemiaFinalist
Lesbian Mystery Jean M. Redmann Intersection of Law and DesireWinner
Ellen Hart Faint PraiseFinalist
Jaye Maiman Someone to WatchFinalist
Penny Mickelbury Night SongsFinalist
Elizabeth Pincus Hangdog HustleFinalist
Lesbian Poetry Adrienne Rich Dark Fields of the RepublicWinner
Chrystos Fire PowerFinalist
Jewelle Gomez Oral TraditionFinalist
Eileen Myles Maxfield ParrishFinalist
Gerry Gomez Pearlberg Key to EverythingFinalist
Lesbian Studies Karla Jay Dyke LifeWinner
Julie Glamuzina and Alison J. Laurie Parker and HulmeFinalist
Minnie Bruce Pratt S/heFinalist
Urvashi Vaid Virtual Equality Finalist
Lynn Yamaguchi and Karin Barber TomboysFinalist
Photography and Visual Arts Andrea Weiss Paris Was a WomanWinner
Emmanuel Cooper Fully Exposed: The Male Nude in PhotographyFinalist
Howard Cruse Stuck Rubber Baby Finalist
Geoff Manasse and Jean Swallow Making Love VisibleFinalist
M.G. Soares Butch/FemmeFinalist
Science fiction, fantasy or horror Nicola Griffith Slow River Winner
Melissa Scott Shadow ManWinner
Samuel R. Delany Atlantis: Three Tales Finalist
Pam Keesey Dark AngelsFinalist
Felice Picano Dryland’s EndFinalist
Small Press Eileen Myles and Liz KotzThe New Fuck YouWinner
Staszek Three-Hand Jax and Other SpellsFinalist
Adam Klein The Medicine BurnsFinalist
Minnie Bruce Pratt S/HeFinalist
Vega Press Milking Black BullFinalist
Spirituality Brian Bouldrey Wrestling with the AngelWinner
Peter Cashorali Gay Fairy TalesFinalist
John J. McNeill Freedom, Glorious FreedomFinalist
Will Roscoe Queer SpiritsFinalist
Nancy Wilson Our TribeFinalist

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References

  1. Cerna, Antonio Gonzalez (14 July 1996). "8th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Lambdaliterary.org. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2014.