Lambda Literary Award for Erotica | |
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Awarded for | LGBT Erotica |
Sponsored by | Lambda Literary Foundation |
Date | Annual |
The Lambda Literary Award for Erotica is an annual literary award established in 2002 and presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation that awards books with LGBT characters and "whose content is principally of an erotic nature." [1] "Anthologies, novels, novellas, graphic novels, memoirs, and short story collections" are eligible for the award.
The award has been presented in the following categories: Gay Erotica, Lesbian Erotica, and LGBTQ Erotica.
Year | Category | Author(s) | Title | Result | Ref. |
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2002 | Erotica | Ian Philips | See Dick Deconstruct: Literotica for the Satirically Bent | Winner | [2] |
M. Christian | Dirty Words | Finalist | [2] | ||
Lawrence Schimel | His Tongue | ||||
Karen X. Tulchinsky | Hot & Bothered 3 | ||||
Lori Selke | Tough Girls: Down and Dirty Dyke Erotica | ||||
2003 | Erotica | Tristan Taormino (editor) | Best Lesbian Erotica 2003 | Winner | [3] |
Richard Labonte editor) | Best Gay Erotica 2003 | Finalist | [3] | ||
Leslea Newman (editor) | Bedroom Eyes | ||||
Bob Vickery | Cocksure | ||||
Stephen Greco | The Sperm Engine | ||||
2004 | Erotica | Tristan Taormino (editor) | Best Lesbian Erotica 2004 | Winner | [4] |
Richard Labonte (editor) | Best Gay Erotica 2004 | Finalist | [4] | ||
Karen X. Tulchinsky (editor) | Hot and Bothered 4 | ||||
Michael Thomas Ford , William J. Mann, Sean Wolfe, and Jeff Mann | Masters of Midnight | ||||
James Johnstone (editor) | Quickies 3 | ||||
2005 | Erotica | Richard Labonte (editor) | Best Gay Erotica 2005 | Winner | [5] |
Karin Kallmaker | All the Wrong Places | Finalist | [5] | ||
Tristan Taormino (editor) | Best Lesbian Erotica 2005 | ||||
Karin Kallmaker , Therese Syzmanski, Julia Watts, and Barbara Johnson | Once Upon a Dyke | ||||
Rachel Kramer Bussel Stacy M. Bias | Up All Night: Adventures in Lesbian Sex | ||||
2006 | Erotica | Stacia Seaman and Radclyffe, (editors) | Stolen Moments: Erotic Interludes 2 | Winner | [6] |
Matt Bernstein Sycamore and Richard Labonté | Best Gay Erotica 2006 | Finalist | [6] | ||
Eileen Myles and Tristan Taormino | Best Lesbian Erotica 2006 | ||||
Sacchi Green and Rakelle Valencia | Rode Hard But Away Wet: Lesbian Cowboy Erotica | ||||
Sean Wolfe | Close Contact | ||||
2007 | Gay Erotica | Jeff Mann | A History of Barbed Wire | Winner | [7] |
Richard Labonte Timothy J. Lambert (editors) | Best Gay Erotica 2007 | Finalist | [7] | ||
Zavo | Hot On His Trail | ||||
Lesbian Erotica | Laurinda D. Brown | Walk Like a Man | Winner | [7] | |
Karin Kallmaker | 18th & Castro | Finalist | [7] | ||
Tristan Taormino Emma Donoghue (editors) | Best Lesbian Erotica 2007 | ||||
Rachel Kramer Bussel (editor) | Glamour Girls | ||||
Midori | Master Han’s Daughter | ||||
2008 | Erotica | Simon Sheppard | Homosex: 60 Years of Gay Erotica | Winner | [8] [9] |
William Maltese Wayne Gunn | Ardennian Boy | Finalist | [8] | ||
Fiona Zedde | Every Dark Desire | ||||
J. D. Glass | Red Light | ||||
Victoria Brownworth and Judith M. Redding | The Golden Age of Lesbian Erotica | ||||
Lawrence Schimel | The Mammoth Book of New Gay Erotica | ||||
2009 | Gay Erotica | Richard Labonte James Lear | Best Gay Erotica 2009 | Winner | [10] |
William Maltese , Victor J. Banis, Jardonn Smith, and J.P. Bowie | Hard Working Men | Finalist | [10] | ||
James Lear | The Secret Tunnel | ||||
Lesbian Erotica | Radclyffe and Karin Kallmaker | In Deep Waters 2: Cruising the Strip | Winner | [10] | |
Sacchi Green and Rakelle Valencia | Lipstick on Her Collar | Finalist | [10] | ||
Lynne Jamneck | Periphery: Erotic Lesbian Futures | ||||
2010 | Gay Erotica | Kevin Killian | Impossible Princess | Winner | [11] |
Sean Wolfe | Eight Inches | Finalist | |||
Richard Labonté and Lawrence Schimel (editors) | I Like It Like That: True Tales of Gay Desire | ||||
Todd Gregory (editor) | Rough Trade: Dangerous Gay Erotica | ||||
James Lear | The Low Road | ||||
Lesbian Erotica | Sacchi Green and Rakelle Valencia (editors) | Lesbian Cowboys | Winner | [11] | |
Ronica Black | Flesh and Bone | Finalist | |||
Diane Anderson-Minshall | Punishment with Kisses | ||||
D.L. King | Where the Girls Are | ||||
Cecilia Tan (editor) | Women of the Bite | ||||
2011 | Gay Erotica | Jon Macy | Teleny and Camille | Winner | [12] [13] |
William Holden | A Twist of Grimm: Erotic Fairy Tales for Gay Men | Finalist | [12] | ||
Richard Labonté (editor) | Best of the Best Gay Erotica 3 | ||||
Jerry Wheeler (editor) | Tented: Gay Erotic Tales from Under the Big Top | ||||
Hank Edwards | Vancouver Nights | ||||
Lesbian Erotica | Tristan Taormino (editor) | Sometimes She Lets Me: Best Butch/Femme Erotica | Winner | [13] | |
Kathleen Warnock (editor); Lea DeLaria (introduction) | Best Lesbian Erotica 2011 | Finalist | [12] | ||
D Alexandria | This Is How We Do It: A Raw Mix of Lesbian Erotica | ||||
2012 | Gay Erotica | Dirk Vanden | All Together | Winner | [14] |
Natty Soltesz | Backwoods | Finalist | |||
Richard Labonte (editor) | Best Gay Erotica 2012 | ||||
Steven Haas (editor) | Gay Erotica | ||||
Richard Labonte (editor) | History’s Passions: Stories of Sex Before Stonewall | ||||
Lesbian Erotica | Debra Hyde | Story of L | Winner | [14] | |
Sacchi Green | A Ride to Remember & Other Erotic Tales | Finalist | |||
Sacchi Green (editor) | Lesbian Cops: Erotic Investigations | ||||
Lesley Gowan | The Collectors | ||||
2013 | Gay Erotica | Mykola Dementiuk | The Facialist | Winner | [15] |
Lukas Hand | Coming To: A Collection of Erotic and Other Epiphanies | Finalist | [15] | ||
Jerry L. Wheele | Strawberries and Other Erotic Fruits | ||||
Todd Gregory (editor) | Raising Hell: Demonic Gay Erotica | ||||
William Holden | Secret Societies | ||||
Lesbian Erotica | D.L. King | The Harder She Comes: Butch/Femme Erotica | Winner | [16] [15] | |
Ily Goyanes (editor) | Girls Who Score: Hot Lesbian Erotica | Finalist | [15] | ||
Catt Kingsgrave | One Saved to the Sea | ||||
2014 | Gay Erotica | Alex Jeffers | The Padisah’s Son and the Fox: an erotic novella | Winner | [17] [18] |
Aleksandr Voinov L.A. Witt | Capture & Surrender | Finalist | [19] | ||
Michael Luongo (editor) | Sensual Travels: Gay Erotic Stories | ||||
Richard Labonte (editor) | Show-Offs: Gay Erotic Stories | ||||
Winston Gieseke (editor) | Team Players: Gay Erotic Stories | ||||
Lesbian Erotica | Sacchi Green (editor) | Wild Girls Wild Nights: True Lesbian Sex Stories | Winner | [17] [20] | |
Rebekah Weatherspoon | At Her Feet | Finalist | [19] | ||
Kathleen Warnock (editor) | Best Lesbian Erotica 2014 | ||||
2015 | Gay Erotica | Tiffany Reisz | The King | Winner | [19] |
Hushicho | Incubus Tales | Finalist | [21] | ||
Raven Kaldera | Leather Spirit Stallion | ||||
Jerry Wheeler | The Bears of Winter | ||||
William Holden | The Thief Taker | ||||
Lesbian Erotica | Diana Cage | Lesbian Sex Bible | Winner | [19] | |
Andi Marquette R.G. Emanuelle | All You Can Eat. A Buffet of Lesbian Erotica and Romance | Finalist | [21] | ||
Cheyenne Blue | Forbidden Fruit: stories of unwise lesbian desire | ||||
2016 | Gay Erotica | Miodrag Kojadinovic | Érotiques Suprèmes | Winner | [22] [23] |
Jennifer Levine Rian Darcy | Charming: Modern Gay Fairytales | Finalist | [24] | ||
Natty Soltesz | College Dive Bar, 1 AM | ||||
William Holden | Grave Desires | ||||
Michael Ampersant | Green Eyes — an erotic novel (sort-of) | ||||
Lesbian Erotica | Meghan O'Brien | The Muse | Winner | [22] [23] | |
Salome Wilde Talon Rihai (editors) | Desire Behind Bars: Lesbian Prison Erotica | Finalist | [24] | ||
Sinclair Sexsmith | Sweet & Rough: Queer Kink Erotica | ||||
2017 | Erotica | Rebekah Weatherspoon | Soul to Keep | Winner | [25] [26] |
Meghan O'Brien | Camp Rewind | Finalist | [27] | ||
Marie Sexton L.A. Witt | Roped In | ||||
Scott Alexander Hess | Skyscraper | ||||
Alexa Black | Steel and Promise | ||||
2018 | Erotica | Steve Berman | His Seed | Winner | [28] [29] |
Siri Caldwell | Mistletoe Mishap | Finalist | [30] | ||
L.A. Witt | The Master Will Appear | ||||
D.L. King | Unspeakably Erotic | ||||
Sacchi Green | Witches, Princesses, and Women at Arms | ||||
2019 | Erotica | Blue Delliquanti and Kazimir Lee | Miles & Honesty in SCFSX! | Winner | [31] |
Sacchi Green | Best Lesbian Erotica of the Year, Volume 3 | Finalist | [32] | ||
Niki Smith | Crossplay | ||||
Matthew Bright | Gents: Steamy Stories From the Age of Steam | ||||
Tom Cardamone | The Lurid Sea | [33] [34] | |||
2020 | Erotica | LA Warman | Whore Foods | Winner | [35] [36] [37] |
Vikram Kolmannskog | Lord of the Senses | Finalist | [38] [39] | ||
Rosalind Chase | Lot’s Wife: An Erotic Novella | ||||
Thomas Kearnes | Texas Crude | ||||
Gary Garth McCann | The Shape of the Earth | ||||
2021 | Erotica | Lee Suksi | The Nerves | Winner | [40] [41] [42] |
Sinclair Sexsmith | Best Lesbian Erotica of the Year, Volume 5 | Finalist | [43] | ||
Anne Shade | Femme Tales | ||||
Andrea Purcell | Smut Peddler Presents: Silver | ||||
Kel Hardy , Tianna Henry, and MJ Lyons | Smut Peddlers: Glad Day 50 | ||||
2022 | LGBTQ Erotica | Samuel R. Delany | Big Joe | Winner | [44] |
MJ Lyons | Queer Werewolves Destroy Capitalism: Smutty Stories | Finalist | [45] | ||
Tab Kimpton and Harry-Anne Bentley (eds.) | Nectar: Trans Femme and Non Binary Erotic Comics Anthology | ||||
Tab Kimpton and Jade Sarson (eds.) | Ambrosia: Trans Masc and Non Binary Erotic Comics Anthology | ||||
Levi Huxton | The Lodger, That Summer | ||||
2023 | LGBTQ Romance and Erotica | Alison Cochrun | Kiss Her Once For Me | Winner | [46] |
Ruby Barrett | The Romance Recipe | Finalist | [47] | ||
Meryl Wilsner | Mistakes Were Made | ||||
Edie Cay | A Lady’s Finder | ||||
Joseph Brennan | Loose Lips: A Gay Sea Odyssey | ||||
2024 | LGBTQ Romance and Erotica | laura q | A Tight Squeeze: Smutty Trans and Queer Stories | Winner | [48] |
TJ Alexander | Chef's Choice | Finalist | [49] | ||
Andie Burke | Fly with Me | ||||
Ashley Herring Blake | Iris Kelly Doesn't Date | ||||
Alexandria Bellefleur | The Fiancee Farce |
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