23rd Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists and Winners
These winners and finalists represent books published in 2010.
BISEXUAL — Fiction
- WINNER: The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet by Myrlin A. Hermes Harper Perennial [Review]
- Fall Asleep Forgetting, by Georgeann Packard The Permanent Press
- If You Follow Me, by Malena Watrous Harper Perennial [Review]
- Krakow Melt, by Daniel Allen Cox Arsenal Pulp Press [Review]
- Pride/Prejudice: A Novel of Mr. Darcy, Elizabeth Bennet, and Their Forbidden Lovers, by Ann Herendeen Harper Paperbacks
BISEXUAL — Nonfiction
- WINNER: Border Sexualities, Border Families in Schools, by Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli Rowman & Littlefield
- Dear John, I Love Jane: Women Write about Leaving Men for Women, edited by Candace Walsh and Laura Andre Seal Press [Review]
- Just Kids, by Patti Smith Ecco [Review]
- Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead, by Paula Byrne HarperCollins/It Books
- Sal Mineo, by Michael Gregg Michaud Crown Archetype
TRANSGENDER — Fiction
- WINNER: Holding Still for As Long As Possible, by Zoe Whittall House of Anansi Press
- Glamazonia: The Uncanny Super Tranny, by Justin Hall with Diego Gomez, Fred Noland & Jon Macy Northwest Press
- Jumpstart the World, by Catherine Ryan Hyde Random House Children’s Books
TRANSGENDER — Nonfiction
- WINNER: Balancing on the Mechitza: Transgender in Jewish Community, edited by Noach Dzmura North Atlantic Books [Review]
- Assume Nothing, by Rebecca Swan Soft Skull Press
- The Color of Sunlight, by Michelle Alexander and Michelle Diane Rose CreateSpace
- Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation, edited by Kate Bornstein & S. Bear Bergman Seal Press [Review]
- Just One of the Guys?: Transgender Men and the Persistence of Gender Inequality, by Kristen Schilt University of Chicago Press
LGBT ANTHOLOGY
- WINNER: Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation, edited by Kate Bornstein & S. Bear Bergman Seal Press [Review]
- Best Lesbian Romance 2010, edited by Radclyffe Cleis Press
- Gay Shame, edited by David M. Halperin & Valerie Traub University of Chicago Press [Review]
- Kicked Out, edited by Sassafras Lowrey Homofactus Press [Review | Feature]
- War Diaries, edited by Tisa Bryant & Ernest Hardy AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA) and the Global Forum on MSM & HIV (MSMGF) [Download]
LGBT CHILDREN’S/YOUNG ADULT
- WINNER: Wildthorn, by Jane Eagland Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Christian, the Hugging Lion, by Justin Richardson & Peter Parnell, illustrated by Amy June Bates Simon & Schuster
- God Loves Hair, by Vivek Shraya llustrated by Juliana Neufeld Vivek Shraya [Review]
- Jumpstart the World, by Catherine Ryan Hyde Random House Books for Children
- Love Drugged, by James Klise Flux
LGBT DRAMA
- WINNER: Oedipus at Palm Springs: A Five Lesbian Brothers Play, by Maureen Angelos, Dominique Dibbell, Peg Healey, & Lisa Kron Samuel French
- The Brother/Sister Plays, by Tarell Alvin McCraney Theatre Communications Group
- Lydia, by Octavio Solis Samuel French
- Slipping, by Daniel Talbott Dramatists Play Service
- With Bated Breath, by Bryden MacDonald Talonbooks
LGBT NONFICTION
- WINNER: King Kong Theory, by Virginie Despentes The Feminist Press
- Balancing on the Mechitza: Transgender in Jewish Community, edited by Noach Dzmura North Atlantic Books [Review]
- Ex-Gay No Way: Survival and Recovery from Sexual Abuse, by Jallen Rix EdD. Findhorn Press
- Inseparable: Desire Between Women in Literature, by Emma Donoghue Alfred A. Knopf [Interview]
- The Right to Be Out: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in America’s Public Schools, by Stuart Biegel University of Minnesota Press [Review]
LGBT SF/FANTASY/HORROR
- WINNER: Diana Comet and Other Improbable Stories, by Sandra McDonald Lethe Press
- Disturbed by Her Song, by Tanith Lee Lethe Press [Interview]
- Flowers of Edo, by Nene Adams Black Car Publishing
- Wilde Stories 2010: The Year’s Best Gay Speculative Fiction, edited by Steve Berman Lethe Press
- Wolfsbane Winter, by Jane Fletcher Bold Strokes Books
[Review]
LGBT STUDIES
- WINNER-TIE: Another Country: Queer Anti-Urbanism, by Scott Herring New York University Press
- WINNER-TIE:Assuming a Body: Transgender and Rhetorics of Materiality, by Gayle Salamon Columbia University Press
- Backward Glances: Contemporary Chinese Cultures and the Female Homoerotic Imaginary, by Fran Martin Duke University Press
- Citizen Invert Queer: Lesbianism and War in Early Twentieth-Century Britain, by Deborah Cohler University of Minnesota Press [Review]
- Queering the Public Sphere in Mexico and Brazil: Sexual Rights Movements in Emerging Democracies, Rafael de la Dehesa Duke University Press
LESBIAN DEBUT FICTION
- WINNER: Sub Rosa, by Amber Dawn Arsenal Pulp Press
- Alcestis, by Katharine Beutner Soho Press [Review]
- Fall Asleep Forgetting, by Georgeann Packard The Permanent Press
- The More I Owe You, by Michael Sledge Counterpoint Press [Review]
- One More Stop, by Lois Walden Arcadia Books
LESBIAN EROTICA
- WINNER: Sometimes She Lets Me: Best Butch/Femme Erotica, edited by Tristan Taormina Cleis Press [Review]
- Best Lesbian Erotica 2011, edited by Kathleen Warnock & selected by Lea DeLaria Cleis Press
- This Is How We Do It: A Raw Mix of Lesbian Erotica, by D Alexandria RedThorn Art
LESBIAN FICTION
- WINNER: Inferno (a poet’s novel), by Eileen Myles OR Books [Review]
- Big Bang Symphony, by Lucy Jane Bledsoe University of Wisconsin Press
- Fifth Born II: The Hundredth Turtle, by Zelda Lockhart LaVenson Press
- Holding Still for as Long as Possible, by Zoe Whittall House of Anansi
- Homeschooling, by Carol Guess PS Publishing
LESBIAN MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY
- WINNER-TIE: Hammer!: Making Movies Out of Sex and Life, by Barbara Hammer The Feminist Press [Review]
- WINNER-TIE: Wishbone: A Memoir in Fractures, by Julie Marie Wade Colgate University Press [Review]
- Blood Strangers: A Memoir, by Katherine A. Briccetti Heyday Books
- Like Me: Confessions of a Heartland Country Singer, by Chely Wright Pantheon Books
- She Looks Just Like You: A Memoir of (Nonbiological Lesbian) Motherhood, by Amie Klempnauer Miller Beacon Press
LESBIAN MYSTERY
- WINNER: Fever of the Bone, by Val McDermid HarperCollins [Review]
- The Cruel Ever After, by Ellen Hart Minotaur/St. Martin’s Press
- Missing Lynx, by Kim Baldwin & Xenia Alexiou Bold Strokes Books [Review]
- Parallel Lies, by Stella Duffy Bywater Books [Review]
- Water Mark, by J.M. Redmann Bold Strokes Books [Review]
LESBIAN POETRY
- WINNER: The Nights Also, by Anna Swanson Tightrope Books
- The Inquisition Yours, by Jen Currin Coach House Books
- Money for Sunsets, by Elizabeth J. Colen Steel Toe Books [Review]
- The Sensual World Re-Emerges, by Eleanor Lerman Sarabande Books
- White Shirt, by Laurie MacFayden Frontenac House
LESBIAN ROMANCE
- WINNER: River Walker, by Cate Culpepper Bold Strokes Books [Review]
- Above Temptation, by Karin Kallmaker Bella Books [Review]
- Awakening to Sunlight, by Lindsey Stone Bold Strokes Books
- Beacon of Love, by Ann Roberts Bella Books [Review]
- Starting from Scratch, by Georgia Beers Brisk Press [Review]
GAY DEBUT FICTION
- WINNER: Bob the Book, by David Pratt Chelsea Station Editions [Review]
- The Palisades, by Tom Schabarum Cascadia Publishing
- Passes Through, by Rob Stephenson University of Alabama Press/FC
- Probation, by Tom Mendicino Kensington Publishing
- XOXO Hayden, by Chris Corkum P.D. Publishing
GAY EROTICA
- WINNER: Teleny and Camille, by Jon Macy Northwest Press [Review]
- Best of the Best Gay Erotica 3, edited by Richard Labonté Cleis Press
- Tented: Gay Erotic Tales from Under the Big Top, edited by Jerry Wheeler Lethe Press
- A Twist of Grimm: Erotic Fairy Tales for Gay Men, by William Holden Lethe Press
- Vancouver Nights, by Hank Edwards Lethe Press
GAY FICTION
- WINNER: Union Atlantic, by Adam Haslett Doubleday [Review]
- By Nightfall, by Michael Cunningham Farrar, Straus & Giroux [Review]
- Children of the Sun, by Max Schaefer Soft Skull
- Consolation, by Jonathan Strong Pressed Wafer
- The Silver Hearted, by David McConnell Alyson Books [Review]
GAY MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY
- WINNER: Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist and Sexual Renegade, by Justin Spring Farrar, Straus & Giroux [Review | Interview]
- Beyond Normal: The Birth of Gay Pride, by Gale Chester Whittington BookLocker.com
- Grant Wood: A Life, by R. Tripp Evans Alfred A. Knopf [Review]
- The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham, by Selina Hastings Random House
- She Ain’t Heavy, She’s My Mother, by Bryan Batt Harmony Books [Review]
GAY MYSTERY
- WINNER: Echoes, by David Lennon Blue Spike Publishing [Review]
- Cockeyed, by Richard Stevenson MLR Press [Review]
- Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers, by I.E. Woodward iUniverse [Review]
- Smoked, by Garry Ryan NeWest Press [Review]
- Vieux Carre Voodoo, by Greg Herren Bold Strokes Books [Review]
GAY POETRY
- WINNER: Pleasure, by Brian Teare Ahsahta Press [Review]
- darkacre, by Greg Hewett Coffee House Press [Review]
- Other Flowers: Uncollected Poems, by James Schuyler Farrar, Straus & Giroux [Review]
- The Salt Ecstasies: Poems, by James L. White Graywolf Press [Review]
- then, we were still living, by Michael Klein GenPop Books [Review]
GAY ROMANCE
- WINNER: Normal Miguel, by Erik Orrantia Cheyenne Publishing [Review]
- The Road Home, by Michael Thomas Ford Kensington Publishing [Review]
- Three Wrong Turns in the Desert, by Neil Plakcy Loose Id [Review]
