The 23rd Lambda Literary Awards were held in 2011, to honour works of LGBT literature published in 2010.
Beginning with the 2011 awards, the Lambda Literary Foundation took over the administration and presentation of the Jim Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelists' Prize, formerly a program of the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival.
| Category | Winner |
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| Pioneer Award | Edward Albee, Val McDermid |
| Jim Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelists' Prize | Alex Sánchez, Susan Stinson |
| Category | Winner | Nominated |
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| Bisexual Fiction | Myrlin Hermes, The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet |
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| Bisexual Non-Fiction | Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli, Border Sexualities, Border Families in Schools |
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| Gay Debut Fiction | David Pratt, Bob the Book |
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| Gay Erotica | Jon Macy, Teleny and Camille |
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| Gay Fiction | Adam Haslett, Union Atlantic |
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| Gay Memoir/Biography | Justin Spring, Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist and Sexual Renegade |
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| Gay Mystery | David Lennon, Echoes |
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| Gay Poetry | Brian Teare, Pleasure |
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| Gay Romance | Erik Orrantia, Normal Miguel |
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| Lesbian Debut Fiction | Amber Dawn, Sub Rosa |
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| Lesbian Erotica | Tristan Taormino, ed., Sometimes She Lets Me: Best Butch/Femme Erotica |
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| Lesbian Fiction | Eileen Myles, Inferno (a poet's novel) |
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| Lesbian Memoir/Biography | Barbara Hammer, Hammer! Making Movies Out of Sex and Life Julie Marie Wade, Wishbone: A Memoir in Fractures |
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| Lesbian Mystery | Val McDermid, Fever of the Bone |
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| Lesbian Poetry | Anna Swanson, The Nights Also |
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| Lesbian Romance | Cate Culpepper, River Walker |
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| LGBT Anthology | Kate Bornstein and S. Bear Bergman, Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation |
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| LGBT Children's/Young Adult | Jane Eagland, Wildthorn |
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| LGBT Drama | Maureen Angelos, Dominique Dibbell, Peg Healey and Lisa Kron, Oedipus at Palm Springs: A Five Lesbian Brothers Play |
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| LGBT Non-Fiction | Virginie Despentes, King Kong Theory |
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| LGBT Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror | Sandra McDonald, Diana Comet and Other Improbable Stories |
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| LGBT Studies | Scott Herring, Another Country: Queer Anti-Urbanism Gayle Salamon, Assuming a Body: Transgender and Rhetorics of Materiality |
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| Transgender Fiction | Zoe Whittall, Holding Still for As Long As Possible |
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| Transgender Non-Fiction | Noach Dzmura, Balancing on the Mechitza: Transgender in Jewish Community |
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Lambda Literary Awards are awarded yearly by the United States-based Lambda Literary Foundation to published works that celebrate or explore LGBT themes. To qualify, a book must have been published in the United States in the year current to the official year of the award; the presentation ceremony is held a year later. The Lambda Literary Foundation states that its mission is "to celebrate LGBT literature and provide resources for writers, readers, booksellers, publishers, and librarians - the whole literary community."
The Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation to a work of fiction on gay male themes. As the award is presented based on themes in the work, not the sexuality or gender of the writer, women and heterosexual men may also be nominated for or win the award.
The Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation to a work of fiction on lesbian themes. As the award is presented based on themes in the work, not the sexuality or gender of the writer, men and heterosexual women may also be nominated for or win the award.
The Lambda Literary Award for Drama is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation to an LGBT-related literary or theatrical work. Most nominees are plays, or anthologies of plays; however, non-fiction works on theatre or drama have also sometimes been nominated for the award.
The Lambda Literary Award for Debut Fiction is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation to a debut work of fiction on LGBT themes. Formerly presented in two separate categories for gay male and lesbian debut fiction, beginning the 25th Lambda Literary Awards in 2013 a single award, inclusive of both male and female writers, was presented. The award was, however, discontinued after the 28th Lambda Literary Awards in 2016.
The Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation to a gay-themed book of poetry by a male writer.
The Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Poetry is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation to a lesbian-themed book of poetry by a female writer. At the first two Lambda Literary Awards in 1989 and 1990, a single award for LGBT Poetry, irrespective of gender, was presented. Beginning with the 3rd Lambda Literary Awards in 1991, the poetry award was split into two separate awards for Lesbian Poetry and Gay Poetry, which have been presented continuously since then except at the 20th Lambda Literary Awards in 2008, when a merged LGBTQ poetry award was again presented for that year only.
Jane Fletcher is an English writer of lesbian speculative fiction. Her The Walls of Westenfort won the Golden Crown Literary Society's 2005 "Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror / Paranormal / Speculative" award, and her The Empress and the Acolyte won its 2007 Speculative Fiction award. In 2009, she received The Alice B Readers Award for career achievement.
The Lambda Literary Awards are awarded yearly by the US-based Lambda Literary Foundation to published works that celebrate or explore LGBT themes. The organization is considered to be one of the main promoters of new and emerging LGBT writers.
The Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir/Biography is an annual literary award established in 1994, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, to a memoir, biography, autobiography, or works of creative nonfiction by or about lesbians. Works published posthumously and/or written with co-authors are eligible, but anthologies are not.
The Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Studies is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, presented to scholarly work that address "issues relating to sexual orientation and gender identity, and oriented toward academia, libraries, cultural professionals, and the more academic reader." Most works are published by university presses.
The Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Literature is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, that awards books with bisexual content. The award can be separated into three categories: bisexual fiction, bisexual nonfiction, and bisexual poetry. Awards are granted based on literary merit and bisexual content, and therefore, the writer may be homo-, hetero-, or asexual.
The Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Literature is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, that awards books with transgender content. Awards are granted based on literary merit and transgender content, and therefore, the writer may be cisgender. The award can be separated into three categories: transgender fiction, transgender nonfiction, and transgender poetry, though early iterations of the award included categories for bisexual/transgender literature, transgender/genderqueer literature, and transgender literature.
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."
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. The award has been included since the first Lambda Literary Award ceremony but has included different iterations.
The Lambda Literary Award for Gay Memoir/Biography is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, to a memoir, biography, autobiography, or works of creative nonfiction by or about gay men. Works published posthumously and/or written with co-authors are eligible, but anthologies are not.
The Lambda Literary Award for Nonfiction is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, that awards LGBT-themed nonfiction books whose intended audience is "general readers, as opposed to those targeted primarily to scholarly audiences." Anthologies and memoirs are not included as they have their own categories.
The Lambda Literary Award for Mystery is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, to a mystery novel by or about people in the LGBT community. Prior to 2021, the award was separated into separate categories for Gay and Lesbian Mystery.
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."
David Lennon is an American author. His 2011 novel Echoes won the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Mystery, and four other of his novels have been finalists for Lambda Literary Awards.