Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Romance

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Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Romance
Awarded forLiterary award
Sponsored by Lambda Literary Foundation
DateAnnual
Website lambdaliterary.org/awards/

The Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian 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

YearAuthorWorkResultRef.
2007 Georgia Beers Fresh TracksWinner [2]
Ronica Black Wild AbandonFinalist [2]
Grace Lennox Chance
Karin Kallmaker Finders Keepers
Radclyffe Turn Back Time
2008 KG MacGregor Out of LoveWinner [3] [4]
Marianne K. Martin For Now, for AlwaysFinalist [4]
Gun Brooke Sheridan’s Fate
Frankie J. Jones The Road Home
Radclyffe When Dreams Tremble
2009 Karin Kallmaker The Kiss That CountedWinner [5]
Catherine Friend A Pirate’s HeartFinalist [5]
Georgia Beers Finding Home
JLee Meyer Hotel Liaison
Radclyffe The Lonely Hearts Club
2010 Colette Moody The Sublime and Spirited Voyage of Original SinWinner [6]
Carsen Taite It Should Be a CrimeFinalist [6]
Tracey Richardson No Rules of Engagement
Karin Kallmaker Stepping Stone
KG MacGregor Worth Every Step
2011 Cate Culpepper River WalkerWinner [7]
Karin Kallmaker Above TemptationFinalist [8]
Lindsey Stone Awakening to Sunlight
Ann Roberts Beacon of Love
Georgia Beers Starting from Scratch
2012 Kenna White Taken by SurpriseWinner [9]
Robbi McCoy For Me and My GalFinalist
Rebecca S. Buck Ghosts of Winter
Julie Cannon Rescue Me
Gerri Hill Storms
2013 Yolanda Wallace Month of SundaysWinner [10] [11]
Kieran York Appointment with a SmileFinalist [11]
Lesley Davis Dark Wings Descending
Ali Vali Love Match
Anne Laughlin Runaway
Trin Denise She Left Me Breathless
Yvonne Heidt Sometime Yesterday
Chris Paynter Survived by Her Longtime Companion
Lynette Mae Tactical Pursuit
Q. Kelly Third
2014 Andrea Bramhall Clean SlateWinner [12] [13]
Lynn Ames All That Lies WithinFinalist [13]
Gerri Hill At Seventeen
D. Jordan Redhawk Broken Trails
Mason Dixon Date with Destiny
D. Jackson Leigh Hold Me Forever
Ann McMan and Salem West Hoosier Daddy
Tracey Richardson Last Salute
Karin Kallmaker Love by the Numbers
Neil Stark The Princess Affair
2015 Robbi McCoy The Farmer's DaughterWinner [14]
Lisa Girolami The Heat of AngelsFinalist [15]
Kris Bryant Jolt
Andrea Bramhall Nightingale
Jesse J. Thoma Seneca Falls
Marianne K. Martin Tangled Roots
2016 Julie Blair Making a ComebackWinner [16] [17]
Shelley Thrasher Autumn SpringFinalist [18]
Andrea Bramhall The Chameleon’s Tale
Dillon Watson Full Circle
Rachel Spangler Heart of the Game
Jackie D Infiltration
Blythe H. Warren My Best Friend’s Girl
Amy Dunne The Renegade
2017 Virginia Hale The Scorpion’s Empress Winner [19]
Barbara Ann Wright CoilsFinalist [20]
Karma Kingsley Finding Lizzie
Lila Bruce Little Lies
Kiki Archer Lost in the Starlight
Susan Wittig Albert Loving Eleanor
Rachel Spangler Perfect Pairing
Marianne K. Martin The Liberators of Willow Run
2018 Yolanda Wallace Tailor-MadeWinner [21] [22]
Rachel Spangler Close to HomeFinalist [23]
Aurora Rey Crescent City Confidential
Ann McMan Goldenrod
Ann Roberts Vagabond Heart
Yoshiyuki Ly Venus and Lysander
Julie Cannon Wishing on a Dream
Karis Walsh You Make Me Tremble
2019 Ann McMan Beowulf for Cretins: A Love StoryWinner [24]
Aurora Rey Autumn’s LightFinalist [25]
Erin Zak Breaking Down Her Walls
Jenny Frame Charming the Vicar
Rachel Spangler In Development
Jae Just for Show
Lola Keeley The Music and the Mirror
Sheri Lewis Wohl The Talebearer
2020 Emily Noon Aurora’s Angel: A Dark Fantasy RomanceWinner [26] [27] [28]
Erin Zak Create a Life to LoveFinalist [29] [30]
Alyssa Cole Once Ghosted, Twice Shy
M. Ullrich Pretending in Paradise
Jae The Roommate Arrangement
Virginia Hale The Secret Chord
Donna K. Ford Tennessee Whiskey
M. Ullrich Top of Her Game
2021 Alexandria Bellefleur Written in the StarsWinner [31] [32] [33]
Clare Ashton Finding Jessica LambertFinalist [34]
Anna Burke Nottingham
Ali Vali One More Chance
Jae Wrong Number, Right Woman
2022 Milena McKay The HeadmistressWinner [35]
Jae Chemistry LessonsFinalist [36]
E. J. Noyes Go Around
Haley Cass In the Long Run
Gerri Hill Red Tide at Heron Bay
2023 Nan CampbellThe Rules of ForeverWinner [37]
Susie Dumond Queerly BelovedFinalist [38]
Aurora Rey Hard Pressed
E. J. Noyes If I Don’t Ask
K. B. Draper Southbound and Down
2024 Marianne Ratcliffe A Lady to TreasureFinalist [39]
Kris Bryant Catch
Georgia Beers Dance with Me
Lisa Peers Love at 350°
Melissa Brayden Lucky in Lace

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