Publishing Professional Award

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The Lambda Literary Publishing Professional Award, established in 2016, "honors a distinguished individual in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community whose innovative work in the publishing industry promotes and promulgates LGBTQ literature." [1]

Recipients

YearRecipientDescriptionRef.
2016 Lisa C. Moore Founder of and editor for RedBone Press [2] [3]
2017 Michele Karlsberg Publicist and founder and editor of Amethyst Press [4]
2018 Bluestockings Bookstore Feminist Bookstore Collective [1]
2019 Barbara Smith [5] [6] [7]
2020 Brian Lam President of Arsenal Pulp Press [8] [9]
2023 Charis Books

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