Lambda Literary Award for Gay Romance

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Lambda Literary Award for Gay Romance
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Sponsored by Lambda Literary Foundation
DateAnnual
Website lambdaliterary.org/awards/

The Lambda Literary Award for Gay Romance is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, to a novel, novella, or short story collection "by a single author that focus on a central love relationship between two or more characters, not including anthologies. [1] The submission guidelines mention several sub-genres are included, " including traditional, historical, gothic, Regency, and paranormal romance". [1]

Recipients

Lambda Literary Award for Gay Romance winners and finalists
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
2007 Rob Byrnes When the Stars Come OutWinner [2]
Andy Zeffer Going Down in La-La LandFinalist [2]
Timothy James Beck Someone Like You
Scott & ScottSurf ‘N Turf
Lawrence Schimel Two Boys in Love
2008 Michael Thomas Ford Changing TidesWinner [3] [4]
Robert Taylor A Few Hints and ClewsFinalist [3]
Robin Reardon A Secret Edge
Seth Rudetsky Broadway Nights
Frederick SmithRight Side of the Wrong Bed
2009 Larry Duplechan Got ’til it’s GoneWinner [5]
Laura Baumbach and Josh Lanyon Mexican HeatFinalist [5]
N. L. Gassert The Protector
2010 Frank Anthony Polito Drama Queers!Winner [6]
H. Leigh Aubrey A Keen EdgeFinalist [6]
Dan StoneThe Rest of Our Lives
J. P. Bowie Time After Time
Erastes Transgressions
2011 Erik Orrantia Normal MiguelWinner [7] [8]
Michael Thomas Ford The Road HomeFinalist [9]
Neil Plakcy Three Wrong Turns in the Desert
2012 Jim Provenzano Every Time I Think of YouWinner [10]
Jay Bell Something Like Summer Finalist
Mel Bossa Split
Barry Brennessel Tinseltown
2013 Jay Bell Kamikaze BoysWinner [11]
J. H. Trumble Don’t Let Me GoFinalist [11]
Barry Brennessel The Celestial
Brad Boney The Nothingness of Ben
William Masswa Toughskins
2014 TJ Klune Into This River I DrownWinner [12] [13]
L. A. Witt Covet Thy NeighborFinalist [12]
Alexis Hall Glitterland
Edmond Manning King Mai
L. A. Fields My Dear Watson
L. C. Chase Pickup Men
Madison Parker Play Me, I’m Yours
Lynley Wayne Rocky’s Road
Larry Benjamin Unbroken
J. H. Trumble Where You Are
2015 Jeff Mann Salvation: A Novel of the Civil WarWinner [14] [15] [16]
Barry Lowe Everything’s Coming Up Roses: Four Tales of M/M RomanceFinalist [14]
Timothy Lambert and R.D. CochraneFoolish Hearts: New Gay Fiction
Georgina Li Like They Always Been Free
Jim Provenzano Message of Love
Lloyd A. Meeker The Companion
David Reddish The Passion of Sergius & Bacchus, A Novel of Truth
2016 Debbie McGowan When Skies Have FallenWinner [17] [18]
Vanessa North Blueberry BoysFinalist [19]
Ralph Josiah Bardsley Brothers
Alexis Hall For Real
L. A. Witt General Misconduct
Garrett Leigh Misfits
Jay Bell Something Like Stories, Volume One
Brad Boney Yes
2017 Pene Henson Into the BlueWinner [20] [21]
Lisa Henry Adulting 101Finalist [22]
Jamie Deacon Caught Inside
Jeff Mann Country
Marshall Thornton Femme
Alexis Hall Pansies
Richard Compson Sater Rank
Garrett Leigh Rented Heart
2018 Laurie Loft Love and Other Hot BeveragesWinner [23] [24]
L. A. Witt At the Corner of Rock Bottom & NowhereFinalist [25]
Bryan T. Clark Come to The Oaks: The Story of Ben and Tobias
Audra North Midlife Crisis
Johnny Diaz Six Neckties
Tom Mendicino Stealing Home
Adrienne Wilder Wild
Christine d’Abo Working It
2019 S. C. Wynne Crashing UpwardsWinner [26]
Reesa Herberth and Michelle MooreDetourFinalist [27]
Kris Jacen Learn with Me
Kayleigh Sky No Luck
Christina Lee and Riley HartOf Sunlight and Stardust
Melanie Hansen Point of Contact
Angela McCallister The CEO’s Christmas Manny
Jenny Holiday Undue Influence: A Persuasion Retelling
2020 James Lovejoy Joseph Chapman: My Molly LifeWinner [28] [29] [30]
Chris Delyani Best ManFinalist [31] [32]
Rick R. Reed Blue Umbrella Sky
Marshall Thornton Code Name: Liberty
Jay Hogan Digging Deep
Bryan T. Clark Escaping Camp Roosevelt
Garrett Leigh Kiss Me Again
R. A. Thorn My Baby Chased Away the Blues
2021 Felice Stevens The Ghost and Charlie MuirWinner [33] [34] [35]
Adriana Herrera Finding JoyFinalist [36]
Lance Ringel Flower of Iowa
Erin C. McRae and Racheline MalteseInk and Ice
Cat Sebastian Two Rogues Make a Right
2022 Larry Benjamin Excellent Sons: A Love Story in Three ActsWinner [37]
Sander Santiago Best of the Wrong ReasonsFinalist [38]
John PatrickDublin Bay
Lance Ringel Floridian Nights
Farhad J. Dadyburjor The Other Man
2023 Kosoko Jackson I’m So Not Over YouWinner [39]
Marie SinclairForever AfterFinalist [40]
A. M. Johnson Forever, Con Amor
Felice Stevens Just One Night
Fearne Hill Two Tribes
2024 Cat Sebastian We Could Be So GoodWinner [41]
E. H. Lupton Dionysus in WisconsinFinalist [42]
M. A. Wardell Mistletoe & Mishigas
Jay Hogan The Art of Husbandry
KJ Charles The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen

References

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  2. 1 2 Gonzalez Cerna, Antonio (April 30, 2006). "19th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on August 9, 2020. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
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