21st Annual Lambda Literary Awards
New York City, May 28, 2009

Over 400 LGBT book folks gathered on May 28 to hear the winners announced for the 21st Lambda Literary Awards. Winners are listed here.

Photographs by Donna Aceto and Michael Luongo.

Host Scott Nevins (above) warms up the crowd.

Teresa DeCrescenzo (left) presenting Shawn Stewart Ruff with the Betty Berzon Prize for Gay Debut Fiction, for his novel, Finlater.

Regina Kunzel accepting LGBT Studies for her book, Criminal Intimacy: Prison and the Uneven History of Modern American Sexuality.

Co-winners for Gay Poetry, Mark Doty (l) and James Allen Hall.

Bill Konigsberg accepting the Children's / Young Adult Award for his novel, Out of Pocket.

Judy Grahn (right) greeting Joan Larkin (left), while Honor Moore (center) watches on, at the reception. Grahn later won the Lesbian Poetry Award for her book, love belongs to those who do the feeling.

Edmund White presenting the awards for Lesbian Memoir/ Biography and Gay Memoir/Biography. He later accepted a Pioneer Award for his role in the Violet Quill, a gay men's writing group during the 1980s.

Thomas Glave accepting the LGBT Anthology award for Our Caribbean: A Gathering of Lesbian and Gay Writing from the Antilles.

Nicole Kimberling considers the light saber that Katherine V. Forrest presented to her (along with the Lammy for Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror Award).

Scott Sherman showing the crystal Lammy for Best Gay Mystery

A speechless Larry Duplechan accepting the Gay Romance Award from Felice Picano (left), for his novel, Got 'til It's Gone.