9th Lambda Literary Awards

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The 9th Lambda Literary Awards were held in 1997 to honour works of LGBT literature published in 1996.

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Special awards

CategoryWinner
Editor's Choice Donald Windham, Tennessee Williams’ Letters to Donald Windham, 1940-1965
Pioneer Award Helaine Harris, Daedalus Books
Publishers Service Award Norman Laurila, A Different Light

Nominees and winners

9th Lambda Literary Awards winners and finalists
CategoryAuthor/EditorTitleResult
Anthologies (Fiction) Joan Nestle and Naomi Holoch (eds.)Women on Women 3Winner
David Bergman (ed.)Men on Men 6Finalist
Victoria Brownworth Night BitesFinalist
Bruce Morrow and Charles H. Rowell (eds.)ShadeFinalist
Shawn Stewart Ruff (ed.)Go the Way Your Blood BeatsFinalist
Anthologies (Nonfiction Fiction) Michael Bronski (ed.)Taking Liberties: Gay Men's Essays on Politics, Culture, & SexWinner
Bruce Bawer (ed.)Beyond QueerFinalist
Robin Bernstein and Seth Clark Silberman (eds.)Generation QFinalist
Lee Lynch and Akia Woods (eds.)Off the RagFinalist
Patrick Merla (ed.)Boys Like UsFinalist
Children's and Young Adult Nancy Garden Good Moon RisingWinner
Earl Alexander , Sheila Rudin, and Pam Sejkora My Dad Has HIVFinalist
Ellen Bass and Kate Kaufman Free Your MindFinalist
Michael Thomas Ford The World Out ThereFinalist
Michael Willhoite Daddy’s WeddingFinalist
Drama Sue-Ellen Case Split Britches Winner
Mart Crowley Three Plays by CrowleyFinalist
Rosemary Keefe Curb Amazon All-StarsFinalist
Holly Hughes Clit NotesFinalist
Michael Kearns Acting=LifeFinalist
Gay Biography and Autobiography Fenton Johnson Geography of the HeartWinner
Bernard Cooper Truth SerumFinalist
Mark Doty Heaven’s CoastFinalist
David Hajdu Lush Life: A Biography of Billy StrayhornFinalist
Assotto Saint Spells of a Voodoo DollFinalist
Gay Fiction Shyam Selvadurai Funny Boy Winner
Michael Arditti Pagan’s FatherFinalist
Andrew Holleran The Beauty of Men Finalist
Patrick Moore IowaFinalist
Dale Peck The Law of Enclosures Finalist
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Mystery Michael Nava The Death of FriendsWinner
Grant Michaels Time to Check OutFinalist
Steven Saylor Murder on the Appian WayFinalist
John Morgan Wilson Simple JusticeFinalist
R. D. Zimmerman TribeFinalist
Gay Poetry Rafael Campo What the Body ToldWinner
Kenny Fries AnesthesiaFinalist
Michael Lassell Eros in BoystownFinalist
Jaime Manrique My Night With Federico Garcia LorcaFinalist
Reginald Shepherd Angel, InterruptedFinalist
Gay Studies Patrick Merla (ed.)Boys Like UsWinner
Keith Boykin One More River to Cross Finalist
Will Fellows Farm BoysFinalist
Harry Hay and Will Roscoe Radically GayFinalist
David Tuller Cracks in the Iron ClosetFinalist
Humor Judy Carter The Homo Handbook Winner
Tim Barela Kurt Cobain & Mozart Are Both DeadFinalist
Mary Dugger History of Lesbian HairFinalist
Helen Eisenbach Lesbianism Made EasyFinalist
Liz Tracey and Sydney Pokorny So You Want to Be a Lesbian?Finalist
Lesbian Memoir or Biography Doris Grumbach Life in a DayWinner
Candace Gingrich Accidental ActivistFinalist
Honor Moore The White BlackbirdFinalist
Torie Osborn Coming Home to AmericaFinalist
Helen Sheehy Eva Le GallienneFinalist
Lesbian Fiction Achy Obejas Memory Mambo Winner
Carol Anshaw Seven MovesFinalist
Rebecca Brown What Keeps Me HereFinalist
Sarah Van Arsdale Toward AmnesiaFinalist
Barbara Wilson If You Had a FamilyFinalist
Lesbian Mystery Ellen Hart Robber's WineWinner
Katherine V. Forrest Liberty SquareFinalist
Jaye Maiman Baby, It’s ColdFinalist
Jackie Manthorne Final TakeFinalist
Claire McNab Inner CircleFinalist
Lesbian Poetry Robin Becker All-American GirlWinner
Maureen Seaton Furious CookingWinner
Clare Coss Arc of LoveFinalist
Jeredith Merrin ShiftFinalist
Linda Smukler Home in Three Days. Don’t Wash.Finalist
Lesbian Studies Bernadette J. Brooten Love Between WomenWinner
Victoria Brownworth Too QueerFinalist
Meg Daly Surface TensionFinalist
Lindsay Van Gelder and Pamela Brandt Girls Next DoorFinalist
Ruth Vanita Sappho and the Virgin MaryFinalist
Photography and Visual Arts Susie Bright and Jill Posener Nothing But the GirlWinner
Persimmon Blackbridge SunnybrookFinalist
Loren Cameron Body Alchemy: Transsexual Portraits Finalist
Derek Jarman Derek Jarman’s GardenFinalist
Susan Stryker and Jim Van Buskirk Gay by the BayFinalist
Science fiction, fantasy or horror Clive Barker SacramentWinner
Eric Garber and Jewelle Gomez Swords of the RainbowFinalist
Pam Keesey Women Who Run With WerewolvesFinalist
Rachel Pollack Godmother NightFinalist
Michael Rowe and Thomas S. RocheSons of DarknessFinalist
Small Press Loren Cameron Body Alchemy: Transsexual Portraits Winner
Victoria Brownworth Too QueerFinalist
Diamanda Galas Shit of GodFinalist
Bernard Welt MythomaniaFinalist
Celeste West Lesbian PolyfidelityFinalist
Spirituality Peter Gomes The Good BookWinner
Marc Adams The Preacher’s SonFinalist
Marilyn Alexander and James PrestonWe Were Baptized TooFinalist
Keith Hartman Congregations in ConflictFinalist
Lev Raphael Journeys & ArrivalsFinalist
Transgender Loren Cameron Body Alchemy: Transsexual Portraits Winner
Phyllis Burke Gender Shock: Exploding the Myths of Male and Female Finalist
Catalina de Erauso Lieutenant NunFinalist
Leslie Feinberg Transgender Warriors Finalist
Leon E. Pettiway Honey, Honey Miss ThangFinalist

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