Lambda Literary Award for Anthology

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The Lambda Literary Award for Anthology is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, that awards "[c]ollections of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry" with LGBT content. [1] The award has been included since the first Lambda Literary Award ceremony but has included different iterations (i.e., Anthology, Gay Anthology, Lesbian Anthology, LGBT Anthology, LGBT Anthology Fiction and Nonfiction, and LGBTQ Anthology, and LGBTQ Anthology Fiction and Nonfiction).

Recipients

YearCategoryEditor(s)WorkResultRef.
1990 Gay Anthology Martin Duberman , et al.Hidden from HistoryWinner [2]
Charles Ludlam Collected Plays of Charles LudlamFinalist [2]
Michael Nava Finale: Stories of Mystery
John Preston Personal Dispatches
Christie Balka and Andy RoseTwice Blessed
Lesbian Anthology Martin Duberman , et al.Hidden From HistoryWinner (tie) [2]
Tee Corinne Intricate Passions
C. McEwen and S. O’SullivanOut the Other Side
Terry Woodrow Lesbian Bedtime StoriesFinalist [2]
Irene Zahava Lesbian Love Stories
1991 Gay Anthology George Stambolian Men On Men 3Winner [3]
Robert Kus Gay Men of Alcoholics AnonymousFinalist [3]
Robert Kus Keys To Caring
Franklin Abbott Men and Intimacy
Cassady, Smith and StoneTriple Fiction
Lesbian Anthology Joan Nestle and Naomi HolochWomen On WomenWinner [4]
Terry Woodrow Lesbian Bedtime Stores 2Finalist [4]
Jeffner Allen Lesbian Philosophies and Cultures
Karla Jay and Joanne GlasgowLesbian Texts and Contexts
Irene ZahavaSpeaking Four Ourselves
1992 Gay Anthology Essex Hemphill Brother to Brother: New Writings by Black Gay MenWinner [5]
Edmund White Faber Book of Gay Short FictionFinalist [5]
John Preston Hometowns: Gay Men Write About Where They Belong
Terry Wolverton and Robert Drake Indivisible: New Short Fiction by West Coast Gay and Lesbian Writers
Mark Thompson Leatherfolk: Radical Sex, People, Politics and Practice
Lesbian Anthology Carla Trujillo Chicana Lesbians: The Girls Our Mothers Warned Us AboutWinner [5]
Judith Barrington An Intimate Wilderness: Lesbian Writers on SexualityFinalist [5]
Loraine Hutchins and Lani Ka'ahumanu Bi Any Other Name
Terry Wolverton and Robert Drake Indivisible: New Short Fiction by West Coast Gay and Lesbian Writers
Barbara Sang , Joyce Warshow, and Adrienne SmithLesbians at Midlife: The Creative Transition
1993 Gay Anthology John Preston A Member of the FamilyWinner [6]
Dennis Cooper DiscontentsFinalist [6]
John Preston Flesh and the Word
Assotto Saint Here to Dare
George Stambolian Men on Men 4
Lesbian Anthology Joan Nestle The Persistent DesireWinner [6]
Katherine V. Forrest and Barbara Grier Erotic NaiadFinalist [6]
Tee Corinne Poetry of Sex
Anne MacKay Wolf Girls at Vassar
Anita L. Pace Write from the Heart
1994 Anthology Henry Abelove , Michele Aina Barale and David Halperin Lesbian and Gay Studies ReaderWinner [7]
Raymond Luczak Eyes of DesireFinalist [7]
Bennett L. Singer Growing Up Gay
Julia Penelope and Susan WolfeLesbian Culture
Arlene Stein Sisters, Sexperts, and Queers
1995 Anthology Fiction Lillian Faderman Chloe Plus OliviaWinner [8]
Ira Silverberg and Amy ScholderHigh Risk 2Finalist [8]
Irene Zahava Lavender Mansions
David Bergman Men on Men 5
Sharon Lim-Hing The Very Inside
Anthology Nonfiction Joan Nestle and John Preston Sister and BrotherWinner [8]
Mark Thompson Long Road to FreedomFinalist [8]
Kevin Jennings One Teacher in Ten
Julia Penelope Out of the Class Closet
Patrick Higgins Queer Reader
1996 Anthology Fiction E.J. Levy Tasting Life TwiceWinner [9]
Catherine McKinley and L. Joyce DelaneyAfreketeFinalist [9]
Pat Califia and Janine Fuller Forbidden Passages
Robert Drake His
Eileen Myles and Liz Kotz New Fuck You
Anthology Nonfiction Claude J. Summers Gay and Lesbian Literary HeritageWinner [9]
Karla Jay Dyke LifeFinalist [9]
Leslea Newman A Loving Testimony
Lynn Witt , Sherry Thomas, and Eric Marcus Out in All Directions
Lynn Yamaguchi and Karen BarberTomboys
1997 Anthology Fiction Joan Nestle and Naomi HolochWomen on Women 3Winner [10]
Shawn Stewart Ruff Go the Way Your Blood BeatsFinalist [10]
David Bergman Men on Men 6
Victoria Brownworth Night Bites
Bruce Morrow and Charles H. RowellShade
Anthology Nonfiction Michael Bronski Taking LibertiesWinner [10]
Bruce Bawer Beyond QueerFinalist [10]
Patrick Merla Boys Like Us
Robin Bernstein and Seth Clark SilbermanGeneration Q
Lee Lynch and Akia WoodsOff the Rag
1998 Anthology Fiction Robert Drake and Terry Wolverton His(2)Winner [11]
Brian Bouldrey Best American Gay Fiction 2Finalist [11]
Tristan Taormino Best Lesbian Erotica 1997
Christian McEwen Jo’s Girls: Tomboy Tales of High Adventure, True Grit, and Real Life
Peter Burton The Mammoth Book of Gay Short Stories
Anthology Nonfiction Gordon Brent Ingram , AnneMarie Bouthillette, and Yolanda Retter Queers in Space: Communities, Public Places, Sites of ResistanceWinner [11]
Michel Lowenthal Gay Men at the MillenniumFinalist [11]
Jess Wells Lesbians Raising Sons
Rictor Norton My Dear Boy: Gay Love Letters Through the Centuries
Carol Queen and Lawrence Schimel PoMoSexuals: Challenging Assumptions About Gender and Sexuality
1999 Anthology Fiction Byrne R.S. Fone Columbia Anthology of Gay LiteratureWinner [12]
Lawrence Schimel Mammoth Book of Gay EroticaFinalist [12]
Joel Tan Men on Men 7
Joel Tan Queer PAPI Porn
Michele Karlsberg and Karen X. Tulchinsky To Be Continued
Anthology Nonfiction Nisa Donnelly Mom: Candid Memoirs by Lesbians About the First Woman in Their LifeWinner (tie) [12]
David L. Eng Q and A: Queer in Asian America
Lucy Jane Bledsoe Lesbian TravelsFinalist [12]
Clifford Chase Queer 13
Kevin Jennings Telling Tales Out of School
2000 Anthology Fiction Naomi Holoch , Joan Nestle, and Nancy Holden Vintage Book of International Lesbian FictionWinner [13]
Jaime Manrique and Jesse DorrisBesame Mucho: New Gay Latino FictionFinalist [13]
Robert Drake and Terry Wolverton Hers 3
Robert Drake and Terry Wolverton His 3
Emma Donoghue Mammoth Book of Lesbian Short Stories
Anthology Nonfiction Kris Kleindienst This Is What Lesbian Looks LikeWinner (tie) [13]
Steve Hogan and Lee HudsonCompletely Queer: The Gay and Lesbian Encyclopedia
Joan Larkin A Woman Like ThatFinalist [13]
Larry Gross and James D. WoodsColumbia Reader on Lesbians and Gay Men in Media, Society and Politics
Charles Michael Smith Fighting Words
2001 Anthology Fiction David Bergman and Karl Woelz Men on Men 2000Winner [14]
Robert Drake and Terry Wolverton Circa 2000: Lesbian Fiction at the MilleniumFinalist [14]
Lawrence Schimel Kosher Meat
Michael Rowe Queer Fear
Ruth Vanita and Saleem Kidwai Same Sex Love in India
Anthology Nonfiction Noelle Howey and Ellen Samuels Out of the OrdinaryWinner [14]
Victoria Brownworth Coming Out of CancerFinalist [14]
Jess Wells Home Fronts
Amy Sonnie Revolutionary Voices
Dean Kostos Mama’s Boy
2002 Anthologies - Fiction Helen Sandler Diva Book of Short StoriesWinner [15]
Jess Wells Love Shook My Heart 2Finalist [15]
Nicola Griffith and Stephen PageReading the Landscape: Horror
Jay Quinn Rebel Yell: Stories by Contemporary Southern Gay Authors
Quang Bao , Hanya Yanagihara, and Timothy LuiTake Out: Queer Writing from Asian Pacific America
Anthology Nonfiction Constantine-Simms The Greatest Taboo: Homosexuality In Black CommunitiesWinner [15]
Catherine Reid and Holly K. IglesiasHis Hands, His Tools, His Sex, His Dress: Lesbian Writers on Their FathersFinalist [15]
Terry Goldie In a Queer Country
Rebecca Alpert , Sue Levi Elwell, and Shirley IdelsonLesbian Rabbis: The First Generation
Winston Leyland Out in the Castro
2003 Anthology Fiction Devon Carbado , Dwight McBride and Don WeiseBlack Like UsWinner [16]
Peter Burton Bend Sinister – The Gay Times Book of Disturbing StoriesFinalist [16]
Michael Rowe Queer Fear II
Chris Kenry , William J. Mann, Andy Schell, and Ben TylerSummer Share
Jay Quinn Rebel Yell 2
Anthology Nonfiction Bruce Shenitz The Man I Might BecomeWinner [16]
Lawrence Schimel Found TribeFinalist [16]
Benjamin Shepard and Ronald HaydukFrom ACT UP to the WTO
Joan Nestle , Riki Wilchins, and Claire HowellGenderQueer
Analouise Keating and Gloria Anzaldua This Bridge We Call Home
2004 Anthology Fiction Michael Bronski Pulp FrictionWinner [17]
Jon Jeffrey , Chris Kenry, William J. Mann, and Ben TylerAll I Want for ChristmasFinalist [17]
Angela Brown Best Lesbian Love Stories 2003
Karl Woelz M2M
Lydia Hall Telling Moments
Anthology Nonfiction Bob Guter and John R. KillackyQueer CripsWinner [17]
Kevin Bentley Boyfriends from HellFinalist [17]
Robert Klitzman and Ronald BayerMortal Secrets
Toni Amato and Mary DaviesPinned Down by Pronouns
Greg Wharton The Love that Dare Not Speak Its Name
2005 Anthology Fiction Donald Weise Fresh Men: New Voices in Gay FictionWinner [18]
Clint Catalyst and Michelle Tea Pills, Thrills, Chills, and Heartache: Adventures in the First PersonFinalist [18]
Angela Brown Best Lesbian Love Stories 2004
Peter Burton Serendipity: The Gay Times Book of New Stories
Nonfiction Anthology Greg Wharton and Ian PhilipsI Do/I Don’t: Queers on MarriageWinner [18]
Mary Burger , Robert Gluck, Camille Roy, and Gail Scott Biting the Error: Writers Explore NarrativeFinalist [18]
Angela Brown Mentsh: On Being Jewish and Queer
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore That’s Revolting!: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation
Raphael Kadushin Wonderlands
2006 Anthology E. Lynn Harris Freedom in this Village: 25 Years of Black, Gay Men’s WritingWinner [19]
Emanuel Xavier Bullets and Butterflies: Queer Spoken Word PoetryFinalist [19]
Wendell Ricketts Everything I Have is Blue: Short Fiction by Working-Class Men
Katherine V. Forrest Lesbian Pulp Fiction
Anna Camilleri Red Light: Superheroes, Saints, and Sluts
2007 LGBT Anthology Greg Herren and Paul J. WillisLove, Bourbon StreetWinner [20]
Toby Johnson and Steve Berman Charmed LivesFinalist [20]
Harlyn Aizley Confessions of the Other Mother
Ted Gideonse and Rob WilliamsFrom Boys to Men
Catherine Lake and Nairne HoltzNo Margins: Writing Canadian Fiction in Lesbian
2008 LGBT Anthology Richard Labonte and Lawrence Schimel First Person QueerWinner [21] [22]
Michelle Tea Baby Remember My NameFinalist [22]
Jennifer Camper Juicy Mother 2
Sean Meriwether and Greg WhartonMen of Mystery: Homoerotic Tales of Intrigue and Suspense
Richard Canning Vital Signs
2009 LGBT Anthology Thomas Glave Our CaribbeanWinner [23]
Peter Burton A Casualty of War: Gay Short FictionFinalist [23]
Raphael Kadushin Big Trips: More Good Gay Travel Writing
Sabrina Chapadjiev Live Through This
Chris Freeman and James J. BergLove, West Hollywood
2010 LGBT Anthology Ariel Gore Portland Queer: Tales of the Rose CityWinner [24]
David Bergman Gay American Autobiography: Writings from Whitman to SedarisFinalist [24]
Gilbert Herdt Moral Panics, Sex Panics: Fear and the Fight Over Sexual RightsFinalist
Michael Montlack My Diva: 65 Gay Men on the Women Who Inspire ThemFinalist
Tommi Avicolli Mecca Smash the Church, Smash the State! The Early Years of Gay LiberationFinalist
2011 LGBT Anthology Kate Bornstein and S. Bear Bergman Gender Outlaws: The Next GenerationWinner [25]
Radclyffe Best Lesbian Romance 2010Finalist [26]
David M. Halperin and Valerie TraubGay Shame
Sassafras Lowrey Kicked Out
Tisa Bryant and Ernest HardyWar Diaries
2012 LGBT Anthology Michael Hames-García and Ernesto Javier MartínezGay Latino Studies: A Critical ReaderWinner [27]
Ivan E. Coyote and Zena Sharman Persistence: All Ways Butch and FemmeFinalist [28]
Lazaro Lima and Felice Picano Ambientes: New Queer Latino Writing
Qwo-Li Driskill , Daniel Heath Justice, Deborah Miranda, and Lisa TatonettiSovereign Erotics: A Collection of Two-Spirit Literature
Mark Thompson The Fire in Moonlight: Stories from the Radical Faeries
2013 LGBT Anthology Justin Hall No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer ComicsWinner [29] [30]
Keith Boykin For Colored BoysFinalist [29]
Audrey Bilger and Michele Kort Here Come the Brides!: Reflections on Lesbian Love and Marriage
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots? Flaming Challenges to Masculinity, Objectification, and the Desire to Conform
2014 LGBT Anthology - Fiction Karen Martin and Makhosazana Xaba Queer Africa: New and Collected FictionWinner [31] [32]
LGBT Anthology - Nonfiction Jim Elledge and David Groff Who’s Yer Daddy?: Gay Writers Celebrate Their Mentors and ForerunnersWinner
LGBT Anthology Harvey Milk , Jason Edward Black, and Charles E. MorrisAn Archive of Hope: Harvey Milk’s Speeches and WritingsFinalist [31]
Brittany Fonte and Regie Cabico Flicker and Spark: A Contemporary Queer of Spoken Word and Poetry
Evan J. Peterson and Vincent KovarGhosts in Gaslight. Monsters in Steam. Gay City: Volume 5
Adelaida R. Del Castillo and Gibran GuidoQueer in Aztlan: Chicano Male Recollections of Consciousness and Coming Out
Tristan Taormino , Constance Penley, Celine Parrenas Shimizu, and Mireille Miller-YoungThe Feminist Porn Book
Megan Volpert This Assignment Is So Gay: LGBTIQ Poets on the Art of Teaching
T.C. Tolbert and Tim Trace PetersonTroubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics
Vivek Shraya What I LOVE about being QUEER
2015 LGBT Anthology Leila K. Rupp and Susan K. FreemanUnderstanding and Teaching US Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender HistoryWinner [33] [34]
Bruce Gillespie A Family by Any Other Name: Exploring Queer RelationshipsFinalist [34]
Charles Stephens and Steven G. FullwoodBlack Gay Genius: Answering Joseph Beam’s Call
Mark McNease and Stephen DolainskiOuter Voices Inner Lives
Douglas Ray The Queer South: LGBTQ Writers on the American South
2016 LGBTQ Anthology - Fiction Sfé R. Monster and Taneka StottsBeyond: The Queer Sci-Fi and Fantasy ComicWinner [35] [36]
LGBTQ Anthology - Nonfiction Damien Luxe , Heather M. Ács, and Sabina IbarrolaGlitter and Grit: Queer Performance from the Heels on Wheels Femme GalaxyWinner
Anthology Julie Bozza A Pride of Poppies: Modern GLBTQI fiction of the Great WarFinalist [37]
Holly Hughes , Carmelita Tropicana, and Jill DolanMemories of the Revolution
Amy L. Stone and Jaime CantrellOut of the Closet, Into the Archives: Researching Sexual Histories
Nívea Castro with Geny CabralSoy Lesbiana y Que! Out Latina Lesbians
Torsten Højer Speak My Language, and Other Stories: An of Gay Fiction
Merritt Kopas Videogames for Humans: Twine Authors in Conversation
2017 Anthology Zena Sharman The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voices on Health and Health CareWinner [38]
Jon Macy and Tara Madison AveryALPHABET: The LGBTQAIU Creators from Prism ComicsFinalist [39]
Martha Amore and Lucian ChildsBuilding Fires in the Snow: A Collection of Alaska LGBTQ Short Fiction and Poetry
E. Patrick Johnson No Tea, No Shade: New Writings in Black Queer Studies
David J. Getsy Queer
2018 Anthology Juliana Delgado Lopera ¡Cuéntamelo! Oral Histories by LGBT Latino ImmigrantsWinner [40] [41]
Candace Walsh and Barbara Straus LodgeGreetings from Janeland: Women Write More About Leaving Men for WomenFinalist [42]
Cat Fitzpatrick and Casey Plett Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers
Joamette Gil Power and Magic: The Queer Witch Comics
Makhosazana Xaba and Karen MartinQueer Africa 2: new stories
Charlie Craggs To My Trans Sisters
Avi Ben-Zeev and Pete BaileyTrans Homo…Gasp! Gay FTM and Cis Men on Sex and Love
Reina Gossett , Eric A. Stanley, and Johanna BurtonTrap Door: Trans Cultural Production and the Politics of Visibility
2019 LGBTQ Anthology—Fiction The Other Foundation As You Like It: The Gerald Kraak Volume IIWinner [43]
LGBTQ Anthology—Nonfiction Roxane Gay Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape CultureWinner
LGBTQ Anthology Taneka Stotts and Sfé R. MonsterBeyond II: The Queer Post-Apocalyptic and Urban Fantasy ComicFinalist [44]
Miah Jeffra , Chad Koch, et al.Foglifter Volume 3, Issue 1
Peter Dickinson , C.E. Gatchalian, Kathleen Oliver, and Dalbir SinghQ2Q: Queer Canadian Performance Texts
Phyll Opoku-Gyimah , Rikki Beadle-Blair, and John R. Gordon Sista!: An Anthology of Writing By and About Same Gender Loving Women of African/Caribbean Descent with a UK Connection
Sadie Epstein-Fine and Makeda ZookSpawning Generations: Rants and Reflections on Growing Up with LGBTQ Parents
Lexie Bean Written on the Body: Letters from Trans and Non-Binary Survivors of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence
2020 Anthology Noam Sienna A Rainbow Thread: An of Queer Jewish Texts from the First Century to 1969Winner (tie) [45] [46] [47]
Aishah Shahidah Simmons Love WITH Accountability: Digging up the Roots of Child Sexual Abuse
Luiza Flynn-Goodlett Foglifter Volume 4 Issue 2Finalist [48] [49]
Amber Dawn and Justin DucharmeHustling Verse: An of Sex Workers’ Poetry
Jeff Mann and Julia Watts LGBTQ Fiction and Poetry from Appalachia
Micah Rajunov and Scott DuaneNonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identity
Fatimah Asghar and Safia Elhillo The BreakBeat Poets Volume 3: Halal if You Hear Me
The Other Foundation The Heart of the Matter: The Gerald Kraak Volume III
2021 LGBTQ Anthology Joshua Whitehead Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative FictionWinner [50] [51] [52]
Ejeris Dixon and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice MovementFinalist [53]
dave ring Glitter + Ashes: Queer Tales of a World That Wouldn’t Die
Jos Twist , Ben Vincent, Meg-John Barker, and Kat GuptaNon-Binary Lives: An Anthology of Intersecting Identities
Andrea Abi-Karam and Kay Gabriel We Want It All: An Anthology of Radical Trans Poetics
2022 LGBTQ Anthology Briona Simone Jones Mouths of Rain: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought Winner [54]
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore (Ed.)Between Certain Death and a Possible Future: Queer Writing on Growing Up with the AIDS CrisisFinalist [55]
Martin F. Manalansan IV , Alice Y. Hom, and Kale Bantigue FajardoQ & A: Voices from Queer Asian North America
Kemi Adeyemi , Kareem Khubchandani, and Ramón H. Rivera-Servera (Eds.)Queer Nightlife
Leanna Keyes , Lindsey Mantoan, and Angela Farr Schiller with Leanna Keyes, Azure D. Osborne-Lee, Ty Defoe, MJ Kaufman, Raphaël Amahl Khouri, j. Chavez, Sharifa Yasmin, and Mashuq Mushtaq Deen (playwrights)The Methuen Drama Book of Trans Plays
2023 LGBTQ Anthology Julie R. Enszer and Elena Gross OutWrite: The Speeches That Shaped LGBTQ Literary CultureWinner [56]
Michael Walsh (Ed.)Queer Nature: A Poetry AnthologyFinalist [57]
Elias Jahshan This Arab is Queer: An Anthology by LGBTQ+ Arab Writers
Laura Erickson-Schroth Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource by and for Transgender Communities (2nd ed.)
Isabela Oliveira and Jed Sabin Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth
2024 LGBTQ+ Anthology Tuck Woodstock and Niko Stratis2 Trans 2 Furious: An extremely serious journal of Transgender Street Racing StudiesFinalist [58] [59]
Andrew R. Spieldenner and Jeffrey EscoffierA Pill for Promiscuity: Gay Sex in an Age of Pharmaceuticals
Madeline Dyer (editor)Being Ace: An Anthology of Queer, Trans, Femme, and Disabled Stories of Asexual Love and Connection
Benjamin Schaefer Fairy Tale Review: The Rainbow Issue
Bogi Takács (editor)Rosalind's Siblings: Fiction and Poetry Celebrating Scientists of Marginalized Genders

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