Books Submitted for the 22nd Annual
Lambda Literary Awards

Guidelines for submitting a book for the Lambda Literary Awards are available. Books will be submitted between October 1 and December 1, 2009. This list will be updated periodically. If you notice an error in your listed submission, we apologize and will correct it immediately. Contact us at info@lambdaliterary.org.

Updated February 2, 2010

LGBT Anthologies | LGBT Childrens/Young Adult

LGBT Drama | LGBT Nonfiction

LGBT Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror | LGBT Studies

Bisexual | Transgender |

Lesbian Debut Fiction | Gay Debut Fiction

Lesbian Erotica | Gay Erotica

Lesbian Fiction | Gay Fiction

Lesbian Memoir/Biography | Men's Memoir/Biography

Lesbian Mystery | Gay Mystery

Lesbian Poetry |Gay Poetry

Lesbian Romance | Gay Romance

BISEXUAL

• Map, Audrey Beth Stein, Lulu.com
• The Janeid, Bobbie Geary, The Graeae Press
• Gaia and the New Politics of Love, Serena Anderlini-D'Onofrio, North Atlantic Books
• Holy Communion, Mykola Dementiuk, Synergy Press
• Torn, Amber Lehman, Closet Case Press
• Leaving India: My Family's Journey From Five Villages, Minal Hajratwala, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Arusha, JE Knowles, Spinsters Ink
• White as Bone, Red as Blood: The Fox Sorceress, Cerridwen Fallingstar, Cauldron Publications
• Queer Greer, AJ Walkley, Wordclay
• Love You Two, Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli, Random House Australia
• Hunga Dunga, Philip C Polizatto, Dog Ear Publishing
• Secret Society of Saint Mystic, Hiram Ed Taylor, Rose Dog Books
• Lavenderblack, Adam Lowe, Fruit Bruise Press
• Swing! Adventures in Swinging by Today's Top Erotica Writers, Jolie du Pre', Logical-Lust Publications

TRANSGENDER

• Doing Gender Diversity: Readings in Theory and Real-World Experience, Lis M Maurer & Rebecca F. Plante, Westview Press
• Social Work Practice with Transgender and Gender Variant Youth, Gerald P Mallon, Routledge
• The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You, S Bear Bergman, Arsenal Pulp Press
• El Muro/The Wall, Eduardo Hernandez Santos, Red Trillium Press
• Mantras from the Great Void, Janice Josephine Carney, Xlibris
• Children of Mother Glory, CM Harris, Spinsters Ink
• Bharat jiva, Kari Edwards, Litmus Press
• No Gender: Reflections on the Life and Work of Kari Edwards, Julian T Brolaski, Erica Kaufman, E Tracy Grinnell, Litmus Press
• Transmigration, Joy Ladin, Sheepmeadow Press
• Lynnee Breedlove's One Freak Show, Lynn Breedlove, Manic D Press
• Troglodyte Rose, Adam Lowe, Cadaverine Publications
• Delinquent, Mina Pam Dick, Futurepoem Books

LGBT ANTHOLOGIES

• And Baby Makes More: Known Donors, Queer Parents & Our Unexpected Families, Susan Goldberg & Chloe Brushwood Rose, Insomniac Press
• Second Person Queer, Lawrence Schimel & Richard Labonte', Arsenal Pulp Press
• Portland Queer: Tales of the Rose City, Ariel Gore, Lit Star Press
• Who's Your Daddy: And Other Writings on Queer Parenting, Rachel Epstein, Sumach Press
• Time Well Bent, Constance H Wilkins, Lethe Press
• My Diva: 65 Gay Men on the Women Who Inspire Them, Michael Montlack, University of Wisconsin Press
• Gay American Autobiography: Writings from Whitman to Sadaris, David Bergman, University of Wisconsin Press
• Something to Declare: Good Lesbian Travel Writing, Gillian Kendall, University of Wisconsin Press
• No Gender: Reflections on the Life and Work of Kari Edwards, Julian T Brolaski, Erica Kaufman, E Tracy Grinnell, Litmus Press
• Romantic Interludes 2: Secrets, Radclyffe and Stacia Seaman, Bold Strokes Books
• Yuri Monogatari 6, Various, ALC Publishing
• Best Lesbian Romance 2010, Radclyffe, Cleis Press
• Outsiders, Susan X Meagher, Lynn Ames, Georgia Beers, JD Glass, Susan Smith, Brisk Press
• Betweeen Men 2, Richard Canning, Alyson Books
• Outsiders, Aaron Hicklin, Alyson Books
• 50 Gay & Lesbian Books Everybody Must Read, Richard Canning, Alyson
• Smash the Church, Smash the State! The Early Years of Gay Liberation, Tommi Avicolli Mecca, City Lights
• Visible: A Femmethology, Volumes 1 & 2, Jennifer Clare Burke, Homofactus Press
• Sapphistries: A Global History of Love Between Women, Leila J. Rupp, NYU Press
• Moral Panics, Sex Panics: Fear and the Fight Over Sexual Rights, Gilbert Herdt, NYU Press
• Torah Queeries: Weekly Commentaries on the Hebrew Bible, Gregg Drinkwater, Joshua Lesser, David Shneer, NYU Press
• Swing! Adventures in Swinging by Today's Top Erotica Writers, Jolie du Pre', Logical-Lust Publications

LGBT CHILDRENS/YOUNG ADULT

• Without Sin, J Tomas, Prizm Books
• Comfort Me, Louis Flint Ceci, Prizm Books
• She's Shameless: Women Write About Growing Up, Rocking Out and Fighting Back, Stacey May Fowles & Megan Griffith-Greene, Tightrope Books
• Josef Jaeger, Jere M Fishback, Prizm Books
• Love You Two, Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli, Random House Australia
• Inferno, Robin Stevenson, Orca Book Publishers
• Torn, Amber Lehman, Closet Case Press
• David Inside Out, Lee F Bantle, Henry Holt
• Qualities of Light, Mary Carroll Moore, Spinsters Ink
• Second Time Around, Linda Kay Silva, Spinsters Ink
• In Mike We Trust, PE Ryan, HarperCollins Children's Books
• How Beautiful the Ordinary, Michael Cart, HarperCollins Children's Books
• Magic and Misery, Peter Marino, Holiday House
• A Vigil for Joe Rose, Michael Whatling, iUniverse
• Queer Greer, AJ Walkley, Wordclay
• RAGE: A Love Story, Julie Anne Peters, Random House Children's Books
• Love is the Higher Law, David Levithan, Random House Children's Books
• Almost Perfect, Brian Katcher, Random House Children's Books
• In Keisha's Shadow, Sandra Barret, Bedazzled Ink Publishing
• Maladaptation, LA Fields, Queer Mojo
• Bait, Alex Sanchez, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Crash Into Me, Albert Borris, Simon Pulse
• The Demon's Lexicon, Sarah Rees Brennan, Margaret K. McElderry
• City of Glass, Cassandra Clare, Margaret K. McElderry
• VIP Lounge, Ed Decter, Simon Pulse
• The One, Ed Decter and Laura Burns, Simon Pulse
• Return of the Homework Machine, Dan Gutman, Simon & Schuster for Young Readers
• Here's How I See It - Here's How It Is, Heather Henson, Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Resurrection, Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie, Simon Pulse
• Tricks, Ellen Hopkins, Margaret K. McElderry
• Swoon, Nina Malkin, Simon Pulse
• Fade, Lisa McMann, Simon Pulse
• Why I Fight, J Adam Oaks, Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Crashed, Robin Wasserman, Simon Pulse
• Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude, Jonah Winter, Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• The Mariposa Club, Rigoberto Gonzalez, Alyson Books
• ASH, Malinda Lo, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Art for Art's Sake: Meredith's Story, Barbara Clanton, Regal Crest Enterprises
• Quite an Undertaking: Devon's Story, Barbara Clanton, Regal Crest Enterprises
• The Vast Fields of Ordinary, Nick Burd, Penguin

LGBT DRAMA

• Revenge of the Women's Studies Professor, Bonnie Jean Morris, Indiana University Press
• Portraits, Plays, Perversions, George Birimisa, Sweetheart Press
• A Phoenix Rising and Other Gay Plays, Hiram Ed Taylor, Xlibris
• Bad Reputation, Penny Arcade, Semiotext(e)
• The Beebo Brinker Chronicles, Kate Moira Ryan & Linda S Chapman, Dramatists Play Service
• The Collected Plays of Mart Crowley, Mart Crowley, Alyson Books
• Vamp, Ry Herman, Ry Herman

LGBT NONFICTION

• American Hunks, David Chapman & Brett Josef Grubisic, Arsenal Pulp Press
• Portrait of a Decade: 1968-1978, Ellen Shumsky, The Graeae Press
• Love Won't Let Me Be Silent, Terry Angel Mason, IUniverse
• What We Love Will Save Us, David Oates, Kelson Books
• But The Show Went On - San Francisco 1987-1988, Robert Julian, Lulu
• Queer Hauntings: True Tales of Gay and Lesbian Ghosts, Kenneth Lee Summers, Lethe Press
• Leaving India: My Family's Journey From Five Villages, Minal Hajratwala, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Ties That Bind: Familial Homophobia and Its Consequences, Sarah Schulman, The New Press
• The Greeks and Greek Love, James Davidson, Random House
• I Am Your Sister: Collected and Unpublished Writings of Audre Lorde, Rudolph P. Byrd, Johnnetta Betsch Cole, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Oxford University Press
• Advocate Days & Other Stories, Mark Thompson, Queer Mojo (A Rebel Satori Imprint)
• The Golden Age of Gay Fiction, Drewey Wayne Gunn, MLR Press
• The Importance of Being Iceland, Eileen Myles, Semiotext(e)
• Unfriendly Fire, Nathaniel Frank, St. Martin's Press
• I Shudder, Paul Rudnick, HarperCollins
• Mapping the Territory: Selected Nonfiction, Christopher Bram, Alyson Books
• Bigger Than Life, Jeffrey Esoffier, Running Press
• Quench! refreshing devotionals by gay, trans, and affirming Christians, Rev. Keith J. Phillips, Found Pearl Press
• The Manly Art of Seduction, Perry Brass, Belhue Press
• The Meaning of Matthew, Judy Shepard, Penguin/Hudson Street Press
• Nothing Personal: Chronicles of Chicago's LGBTQ Community, 1977-1998, Jon-Henri Damski, Firetrap Press
• Gringa: A Contradictory Girlhood, Melissa Hart, Seal Press
• American Romances, Rebecca Brown, City Lights
• The Human Eye, Adrienne Rich, W.W. Norton
• I Told You So, Kate Clinton, Beacon Press
• Bears on Bears: Interviews & Discussions, Ron J. Suresha, Bear Bones Books/Lethe Press
• Welcome Home: Building the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, Angela Jimenez, Angela Jimenez Photography
• Byron in Love, Edna O'Brien, WW Norton
• A Christian Spirituality and Psychotherapy: A Gay Psychologist's Practice of Clinical Theology, Richard H. York, PhD, Wipf and Stock Publishers
• When You Lie About Your Age, the Terrorists Win: Reflections on Looking in the Mirror, Carol Leifer, Random House
• The Canadian War on Queers: National Security as Sexual Regulation, Gary Kinsman, Patrizia Gentile, UBC Press
• Resilience: Queer Professors from the Working Class, Kenneth Oldfield, Richard Greggory Johnson III, SUNY Press

LGBT SCI-FI/FANTASY/HORROR

• Queeroes, Steven Bereznai, Jambor Publishing
• Fist of the Spider Woman, Amber Dawn, Arsenal Pulp Press
• Strange Fortune, Josh Lanyon, Blind Eye Books
• Wilde Stories 2009, Steve Berman, Lethe Press
• The Vampire's Angel, Damian Serbu, Regal Crest Enterprises
• The High Priest and the Idol, Jane Fletcher, Bold Strokes Books
• Goldenseal, Gill McKnight, Bold Strokes Books
• Everafter, Nell Stark and Trinity Tam, Bold Strokes Books
• Bashed, Rick R Reed, MLR Press
• Day of the Dead, Victoria Brownworth, Spinsters Ink
• Midnight Hunger, Todd Gregory, Chase Masters, Sean Wolfe, Kensington Publishing
• Angels of the Deep, Kirby Crow, MLR Press
• Recycler, Lauren McLaughlin, Random House Children's Books
• Friends in High Places, Andi Marquette, Bedazzled Ink Publishing
• Troglodyte Rose, Adam Lowe, Cadaverine Publications
• In the Closet, Under the Bed, Lee Thomas, Dark Scribe Press
• Pumpkin Teeth: Stories, Tom Cardamone, Lethe Press
• The Veil of Sorrow, Crystal Michallet-Romero, PD Publishing
• Palimpsest, Catherynne M. Valente, Spectra
• Centuries Ago and Very Fast, Rebecca Ore, Aqueduct Press

LGBT STUDIES

• Doing Gender Diversity: Readings in Theory and Real-World Experience, Lis M Maurer & Rebecca F Plante, Westview Press
• Queer Political Performance and Protest, Benjamin Heim Shepard, Routledge
• Social Work Practice with Transgender and Gender Variant Youth, Gerald P Mallon, Routledge
• Law of Desire, Jose Quiroga, Arsenal Pulp Press
• Gods and Monsters, Noah Tsika, Arsenal Pulp Press
• Trash, Jon Davies, Arsenal Pulp Press
• Gaia and the New Politics of Love, Serena Anderlini-D'Onofrio, North Atlantic Books
• The Straight State: Sexuality and Citizenship in Twentieth Century America, Margot Canaday, Princeton University Press
• Filming Difference: Actors, Directors, Producers, and Writers on Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Film, Daniel Bernardi, University of Texas Press
• Manhood in Hollywood from Bush to Bush, David Greven, University of Texas Press
• Flaunt It! Queers Organizing for Public Education and Justice, Therese Quinn and Erica R Meiners, Peter Lang Publishing
• Slumming: Sexual and Racial Encounters in American Nightlife, 1855-1940, Chad Heap, University of Chicago Press
• Moving Politics: Emotion and ACT UP's Fight Against AIDS, Deborah B Gould, University of Chicago Press
• Manly Love: Romantic Friendship in American Fiction, Axel Nissen, University of Chicago Press
• Living in Arcadia: Homosexuality, Politics, and Morality in France from Liberation to AIDS, Julian Jackson, University of Chicago Press
• The Resurrection of the Body: Pier Paolo Pasolini from Saint Paul to Sade, Armando Maggi, University of Chicago Press
• Unlimited Intimacy: Reflections on the Subculture of Barebacking, Tim Dean, University of Chicago Press
• Is the Rectum a Grave? And Other Essays, Leo Bersani, University of Chicago Press
• Pre-Gay L.A.: A Social History of the Movement of Homosexual Rights, C Todd White, University of Illinois Press
• And They Were Wonderful Teachers: Florida's Purge of Gay and Lesbian Teachers, Karen L Graves, University of Illinois Press
• Banning Queer Blood: Rhetorics of Citizenship, Contagion, and Resistance, Jeffrey A. Bennett, University of Alabama Press
• Queer Ricans: Cultures and Sexualities in the Diaspora, Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes, University of Minnesota Press
• Gay Fatherhood: Narratives of Family and Citizenship in America, Ellen Lewin, University of Chicago Press
• Pleasure Consuming Medicine: The Queer Politics of Drugs, Kane Race, Duke University Press
• For the Record: On Sexuality and the Colonial Archive in India, Anjali Arondekar, Duke University Press
• The Queer Child, or Growing Sideways in the Twentieth Century, Kathryn Bond Stockton, Duke University Press
• Metropolitan Lovers: The Homosexuality of Cities, Julie Abraham, University of Minnesota Press
• Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity, Jose Esteban Munoz, NYU Press
• Out in the Country: Youth, Media, and Queer Visibility in Rural America, Mary L. Gray, NYU Press
• When Gay People Get Married: What Happens When Societies Legalize Same Sex Marriage, MV Lee Badgett, NYU Press
• Queer Mobilizations: LGBT Activists Confront the Law, Scott Barclay, Mary Bernstein, Anna-Maria Marshall, NYU Press
• Materializing Queer Desire, Elisa Glick, SUNY Press

LESBIAN DEBUT FICTION

• The Bigness of the World, Lori Ostlund, University of Georgia Press
• Accidental Rebels, Kelly Leigh Sinclair, Blue Feather Books
• The Middle of Somewhere, Clifford Henderson, Bold Strokes Books
• Arusha, JE Knowles, Spinsters Ink
• Playing for First, Chris Paynter, Blue Feather Books
• The Creamsickle, Rhiannon Argo, Spinsters Ink
• The Killing Kindness, Barbara T Williams, Spinsters Ink
• The Elijah Tree, Cynthea Masson, Queer Mojo (A Rebel Satori Imprint)
• Verge, Z Egloff, Bywater Books
• So Much Better, Terri Griffith, Green Lantern Press
• Land Beyond Maps, Maida Tilchen, Savvy Press
• More of This World or Maybe Another, Barb Johnson, HarperCollins
• October's Promise, Marianne Garver, Bella Books
• Waltzing at Midnight, Robbi McCoy, Bella Books
• Keile's Chance, Dillon Watson, Bella Books
• Perpetual Care: A Novel, Laura Beth Caldwell, AuthorHouse

LESBIAN EROTICA

• Sapphistocated, Alessia Brio, Jolie du Pre, Beth Wylde & Yeva Wiest, Phaze Books
• Attractions of the Heart, Cheri Crystal, loveyoudivine
• Radical Encounters, Radclyffe, Bold Strokes Books
• Flesh and Bone, Ronica Black, Bold Strokes Books
• Punishment with Kisses, Diane Anderson-Minshall, Bold Strokes Books
• The Pleasure Planner, Larkin Rose, Bold Strokes Books
• Where the Girls Are, DL King, Cleis Press
• Best Lesbian Erotica 2010, Kathleen Warnock, Cleis Press
• Lesbian Cowboys, Sacchi Green and Rakelle Valencia, Cleis Press
• Women of the Bite, Cecilia Tan, Alyson Books

LESBIAN GENERAL FICTION

• This One's Going To Last Forever, Nairne Holtz, Insomniac Press
• The Mere Future, Sarah Schulman, Arsenal Pulp Press
• My Life With Stella Kane, Linda Morganstein, Regal Crest Enterprises
• The Reluctant Daughter, Leslea Newman, Bold Strokes Books
• The Seduction of Moxie, Colette Moody, Bold Strokes Books
• Beggar of Love, Lee Lynch, Bold Strokes Books
• White as Bone, Red as Blood: The Fox Sorceress, Cerridwen Fallingstar, Cauldron Publications
• Little Book of Days, Nona Caspers, Spuyten Duyvil Press, NYC
• The Children of Mother Glory, CM Harris, Spinsters Ink
• The Labrys Reunion, Terry Wolverton, Spinsters Ink
• Forgetting the Alamo, Or, Blood Memory, Emma Perez, University of Texas Press
• Field Guide to Deception, Jill Malone, Bywater Books
• Risk, Elana Dykewomon, Bywater Books
• My Sweet Curiosity, Amanda Hale, Thistledown Press
• Dismantled, Jennifer McMahon, HarperCollins
• Family Affair, Saxon Bennett, Bella Books
• Consequences, April Blair "Skyy," Kings Crossing Publishing
• Everything Is Now: New and Collected Stories, Michelle Cliff, University of Minnesota Press
• Detours, Jane Vollbrecht, Blue Feather Books
• The Others, Seba al-Herz, Seven Stories Press
• The Blonde on the Train (and other Stories), Eleanor Lerman, Mayapple Press

LESBIAN MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY

• Real Country: From the Fast Track to Appalachia, Leslie Brunetsky, Mill City Press
• My Sweet Wild Dance, Mikaya Heart, Dog Ear Publishing
• Evelyn Brent: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Lady Crook, Lynn Kear, McFarland
• The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You, S Bear Bergman, Arsenal Pulp Press
• Map, Audrey Beth Stein, Lulu.com
• Likewise: The High School Comic Chronicles of Ariel Schrag, Ariel Schrag, Touchstone
• The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith, Joan Schenkar, St. Martin's Press
• Called Back: My Reply to Cancer, My Return to Life, Mary Cappello, Alyson Books
• My Red Blood: A Memoir of Growing Up Communist, Coming Onto the Greenwich Village Folk Scene, and Coming Out in the Feminist Movement, Alix Dobkin, Alyson Books
• Lynnee Breedlove's One Freak Show, Lynn Breedlove, Manic D Press
• The Other Side of Paradise, Staceyann Chin, Scribner
• Mean Little Deaf Queer: A Memoir, Terry Galloway, Beacon Press
• Not Quite the Same, Sheila Morris, Red Letter Press

LESBIAN MYSTERY

• The Ties That Bind, Andi Marquette, Regal Crest Enterprises
• X, JD Glass, Bold Strokes Books
• Thief of Always, Kim Baldwin and Xenia Alexiou, Bold Strokes Books
• Justice for All, Radclyffe, Bold Strokes Books
• Death of a Dying Man, JM Redmann, Bold Strokes Books
• On Dangerous Ground, DL Line, Bold Strokes Books,
• Veritas, Anne Laughlin, Bold Strokes Books
• The Seeker, Ronica Black, Bold Strokes Books
• From Hell to Breakfast, Joan Opyr, Blue Feather Books
• Command of Silence, Paulette Callen, Spinsters Ink
• The Venus Vendetta, Rose Pry, Spinsters Ink
• One Last Kiss, Mary Wilbon, Kensington Publishing
• Delusional, Terri Breneman, Bella Books
• Toasted, Josie Gordon, Bella Books
• Mirror and the Mask, Ellen Hart, St. Martin's Press
• Lilac Mines, Cheryl Klein, Manic D Press
• Dying for a Change, Sean Reynolds, Suspect Thought Press

LESBIAN POETRY

• Field Notes of a Lesbian Naturalist, Anne Mackay, Bayview Books
• When it Happens To You …, Alice Lynn Teeter, Star Cloud Press
• The Heart's Traffic: A Novel in Poems, Ching-In Chen, Arktoi Books
• The Desense of Nonfense, Megan A Volpert, Blazevox Books
• In Praise of Falling, Cheryl Dumesnil, University of Pittsburgh
• Somewhere To Run From, Tara-Michelle Ziniuk, Tightrope Books
• Automaton Biographies, Larissa Lai, Arsenal Pulp Press
• Mantras from the Great Void, Janice Josephine Carney, Xlibris
• Night Work, Carde Elizabeth Perry, Sarabande Books
• a, Sophie Robinson, Les Figues Press
• Tryst, Angie Estes, Oberlin College Press
• Bird Eating Bird, Kristin Naca, HarperCollins
• Cave of the Yellow Volkswagen, Maureen Seaton, Carnegie Mellon University Press
• Stars of the Night Commute, Ana Bozicevic, Tarpaulin Sky Press
• Security Posture, Sarah Dowling, Snare Books
• Gospel: Poems, Samiya Bashir, Red Bone Press
• Diminuendo, Emily Reed, Blue Feather Books
• Names, Marilyn Hacker, WW Norton

LESBIAN ROMANCE

• Losing Control, Cheril N Clarke, Dodi Press
• Uncross My Heart, Andrews and Austin, Bold Strokes Books
• Fireside, Cate Culpepper, Bold Strokes Books
• Paybacks, Gabrielle Goldsby, Bold Strokes Books
• Suspect Passions, VK Powell, Bold Strokes Books
• The Sublime and Spirited Voyage of Original Sin, Colette Moody, Bold Strokes Books
• Sanctuary, I Beacham, Bold Strokes Books
• Blue Skies, Ali Vali, Bold Strokes Books
• Between the Lines, Bobbi Marolt, Bold Strokes Books
• No Leavin' Love, Larkin Rose, Bold Strokes Books
• September Canvas, Gun Brooke, Bold Strokes Books
• Secrets in the Stone, Radclyffe, Bold Strokes Books
• Point of Ignition, Erin Dutton, Bold Strokes Books
• Erosistible, Gill McKnight, Bold Strokes Books
• Breaking the Ice, Kim Baldwin, Bold Strokes Books
• It Should Be a Crime, Carsen Taite, Bold Strokes Books
• Returning Tides, Radclyffe, Bold Strokes Books
• Power Play, Julie Cannon, Bold Strokes Books
• Chaps, Jove Belle, Bold Strokes Books
• Battle Scars, Meghan O'Brien, Bold Strokes Books
• The Legacy, Susan X Meagher, Brisk Books
• Worth Every Step, KG MacGregor, Bella Books
• Side Order of Love, Tracey Richardson, Bella Books
• The Color of Dust, Claire Rooney, Bella Books
• No Strings, Gerri Hill, Bella Books
• Warming Trend, Karin Kallmaker, Bella Books
• Wrong Turns, Jackie Calhoun, Bella Books
• Comfortable Distance, Kenna White, Bella Books
• Root of Passion, Ann Roberts, Bella Books
• Sea Legs, KG MacGregor, Bella Books
• No Rules of Engagement, Tracey Richardson, Bella Books
• Stepping Stone, Karin Kallmaker, Bella Books
• Yours for the Asking, Kanna White, Bella Books
• The Scorpion, Gerri Hill, Bella Books
• In the Works, Valerie Brown, Blue Feather Books
• Complementary Colors, Kate Evans, Vanilla Heart Publishing
• Clinical Distance, Maria V. Ciletti, Intaglio Publications

GAY DEBUT FICTION

• God Says No, James Hannaham, McSweeney's
• Shaming the Devil: Collected Short Stories, G Winston James, Top Pen Press
• Metropause, Mark Evan & Frank Lulias, Bubble Press
• Struck, Keith Pyeatt, Regal Crest Enterprises
• Say Uncle, Garland Steward, IUniverse
• Heights of Passion, Don Schecter, BookSurge
• Amnesic Nostalgia, Zea Edward Miller, BookSurge
• The Heart's Redemption, Michael Grant Wright, BookSurge
• Soldier Boys, Thomas Norman Turner, BookSurge
• Benediction, Jim Arnold, BookSurge
• The Love Thing, Chris Delyani, BookSurge
• Lightbearer, John Caruso, Bold Strokes Books
• Voice of Force, G Roger Denson, self-published via Oracle
• Lover's Knot, Donald Hardy, Running Press
• Sugarless: A Novel, James Magruder, University of Wisconsin Press
• Stealing Ganymede, J Warren, Queer Mojo (A Rebel Satori Imprint)
• Rounding Third, Walter G Meyer, Maxm LTD
• The Summer Between, Andrew Binks, Nightwood Editions
• Blue Boy, Rakesh Satyal, Kensington Publishing
• Mulligans, Charlie David, Palari Publishing
• Here, And Always Have Been, Kenneth Craigside, Nazca Plains Corp.
• Concord, Virginia: A Southern Town in Eleven Stories, Peter Neofotis, St. Martin's Press
• Minor Deities, Edward D Padilla, Edward D Padilla
• The Silent Hustler, Sean Meriwether, Lethe Press
• Pop Salvation, Lance Reynald, HarperCollins
• Times Square Kiss, Kevin Voglino, Rogue Pheonix Press
• The Sacrifice of the Golden Heart, Spencer Allen, Eloquent Books
• Secret Society of Saint Mystic, Hiram Ed Taylor, Rose Dog Books
• Conquering Venus, Collin Kelley, Vanilla Heart Publishing
• The Hadrian Enigma: A Forbidden History, George Gardiner, GMP Editions
• Mathilda Savitch, Victor Lodato, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
  
  

GAY EROTICA

• I Like It Like That, Richard Labonte' & Lawrence Schimel, Arsenal Pulp Press
• The Complete Dr. Fell Vol 1 & 2, Syd McGinley, Torquere Press
• Rough Trade: Dangerous Gay Erotica, Todd Gregory, Bold Strokes Books
• Eight Inches, Sean Wolfe, Kensington Publishing
• Men I Might Have Known, Brad Saunders, Kensington Publishing
• A Carnal Cruise, Hank Edwards, Lethe Press
• The Low Road, James Lear, Cleis Press
• Best Gay Erotica 2010, Richard Labonte', Cleis Press
• Unmasked II, Eric Summers, Starbooks Press
• Boytoon Adventures, Patrick Fillion, Class Comics Inc.
• Impossible Princess, Kevin Killian, City Lights

GAY GENERAL FICTION

• Silver Lake, Peter Gadol, Tyrus Books
• Kelland: A Novel, Paul G Bens, Jr., Casperian Books
• Out of the Box, Don Schecter, BookSurge
• The River in Winter, Matt Dean, Queen's English Productions
• Holy Communion, Mykola Dementiuk, Synergy Press
• Salvation Army, Abdellah Taïa, Semiotext(e)
• The Sky Below, Stacey D'Erasmo, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• No More Tomorrows: Two Lives, Two Stories, One Love, Rodney Lofton, Simon & Schuster/Strebor Books
• The Haunted Heart and Other Tales, Jameson Currier, Lethe Press
• Sistine Heresy, Justine Saracen, Bold Strokes Books
• The Sower, Kemble Scott, Numina Press
• Men With Their Hands, Raymond Luczak, Queer Mojo (A Rebel Satori Imprint)
• Love Hard: Collected Stories 1989-2009, D. Travers Scott, Queer Mojo (A Rebel Satori Imprint)
• Said and Done, James Morrison, Black Lawrence Press/Dzane Books
• Object of Desire, William J Mann, Kensington Publishing
• Beantown Cubans, Johnny Diaz, Kensington Publishing
• Divas Las Vegas, Rob Rosen, Cleis Press
• The Riddle of the Sands, Geoffrey Knight, Cleis Press
• Pacific Agony, Bruce Benderson, Semiotext(e)
• The Disappearance of Seth, Kazim Ali, Etruscan Press
• Michael's Secrets, Milton Stern, Starbooks Press
• Lake Overturn, Vestal McIntyre, HarperCollins
• Ugly Man, Dennis Cooper, HarperCollins
• The Hour Between, Sebastian Stuart, Alyson Books
• The Lonely War, Alan Chin, Zumaya Publications
• Stonewall: Stories of Gay Liberation, Jack Fritscher, Palm Drive Publishing
• Basketball Jones, E. Lynn Harris, Doubleday

GAY MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY

• In Jupiter's Shadow, Gregory Gerard, Infinity Publishing
• Assembly Required: Notes from a Deaf Gay Life, Raymond Luczak, RID Press
• A Report from Winter, Wayne Alan Courtois, Lethe Press
• Retail Hell: How I Sold My Soul to the Store Confessions of a Tortured Sales Associate, Freeman Hall, Adams Media
• All Screwed Up, Steve Fellner, Benu Press
• Waiting to Land: A (mostly) Political Memoir, Martin Duberman, The New Press
• In and Out of Hollywood: A Biographer's Memoir, Chris Higham, University of Wisconsin Press
• My Germany: A Jewish Writer Returns to the World His Parents Escaped, Lev Raphael, University of Wisconsin Press
• Mental, Eddie Sarfaty, Kensington Publishing
• Deflowered, Jon Ginoli, Cleis Press
• Do You Live Around Here?, Charles Q Forester, Xlibris
• You Better Not Cry, Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's Press
• Sordid Truths: Selling My Innocense for the Taste of Stardom, Aiden Shaw, Alyson Books
• Pieces of Ice (An Autobiographical, Tell-All Picture Book), Timothy D Bellavia, T.I.M.M.E. Company Incorporated
• The Drama of AIDS, Michael Kearns, Heinemann
• The Fire of Life: The Robert Legorreta-Cyclona Collection, Robb Hernandez, Chicano Studies Research Center
• Hunga Dunga, Philip C Polizatto, Dog Ear Publishing
• Ardent Spirits: Leaving Home, Coming Back, Reynolds Price, Scribner
• Cheever: A Life, Blake Bailey, Alfred A. Knopf
• The Pure Lover: A Memoir of Grief, David Plante, Beacon Press
• Merv Griffin, A Life in the Closet, Darwin Porter, Blood Moon Productions
• Paul Newman, The Man Behind the Baby Blues, Darwin Porter, Blood Moon Productions
• Steve McQueen, King of Cool, Tales of a Lurid Life, Darwin Porter, Blood Moon Productions
• Once You Go Back, Douglas A Martin, Seven Stories Press

GAY MYSTERY

• Aloha, Candy Hearts, Anthony Bidulka, Insomniac Press
• The 38 Million Dollar Smile, Richard Stevenson, MLR Press
• Bangkok Dragons, Cape Cod Tears, Randall Peffer, Big Earth Publishing/Bleak House Books
• Murder on Camac, Joseph RG DeMarco, Lethe Press
• Glad Hand Saloon, Steve Scott, Smoke Tree Press
• Nothing/Everything Disconnects/Connects, William Lester Tarvin, Xlibris
• A Murderous Ball of Fluff, Ken Lansdowne, H Publishing
• Straight Lies, Rob Byrnes, Kensington Publishing
• What We Remember, Michael Thomas Ford, Kensington Publishing
• Love and Genetic Weaponry, Lee Patton, Alyson Books
• Mahu Vice, Neil Plakcy, Alyson Books
• Murder in the Garden District, Greg Herren, Alyson Books
• Aaron's Wait, Dorien Grey, Zumaya Publications
• All Lost Things, Josh Aterovis , PD Publishing
• Death in Key West, Jeffrey Round, Cormorant Books
• Killer of Orchids, Ralph Ashworth, Borders

GAY POETRY

• McPoems, Billeh Nickerson, Arsenal Pulp Press
• Zero Summer, Andrew Demcak, Blazevox Books
• Equal to the Earth, Jee Leong Koh, Bench Press
• Desolation of the Chimera, Luis Cernuda, White Pine Press
• What the Right Hand Knows, Tom Healy, Four Way Books
• Leaving My Found Eden: A Poetography Collection, Ron L Zheng, Literary Road Press
• Exile to Gayville, Ragan Fox, Lethe Press
• Pink Zinnia, Frank Abbott, self-published via AuthorHouse
• Crosstown, Jason Roush, Orchard House Press
• The Dance of Nottard Feelings, Mark Bibbins, Copper Canyon Press
• Sweet Core Orchard, Benjamin S Grossberg, University of Tampa Press
• Kipocihkan, Gregory Scofield, Nightwood Editions
• Chronic, DA Powell, Graywolf Press
• Conjuring Jesus, Brian Day, Guernica Editions
• Burning Blue, Melvin Palowski Moore, Xlibris
• Hymn, John Barton, Brick Books
• The First Risk, Charles Jensen, Lethe Press
• Breakfast with Thom Gunn, Randall Mann, University of Chicago Press
• Watch, Greg Miller, University of Chicago Press
• Persistent Voices: An Anthology of Poets Lost to AIDS, Philip Clark and David Groff, Alyson Books
• The Brother Swimming Beneath Me, Brent Goodman, Black Lawrence Press
• Soft Where, Marcus McCann, Chaudiere Books
• Fresh Frozen, My Blue Monk, Eat My Words - Coming Out Poetry Trilogy, Jon-Henri Damski, Firetrap Press
• Poems of the Black Object, Ronaldo V. Wilson, Futurepoem Books
• Advanced Elvis Course, CA Conrad, Soft Skull Press
• Bright Felon: Autobiography and Cities, Kazim Ali, Wesleyan University Press
• Lavenderblack, Adam Lowe, Fruit Bruise Press
• The Book of Frank, CA Conrad, Chax Press
• True Concessions, Craig Poile, Goose Lane Editions
• The Craving of Knives, Blaine Marchand, BuschekBooks

GAY ROMANCE

• Out of Position, Kyell Gold, Sofawolf Press
• A Keen Edge, H Leigh Aubrey, H. Leigh Aubrey
• Take Me Always, Ryan Field, Ravenous Romance
• The Rest of Our Lives, Dan Stone, Lethe Press
• Transgressions, Erastes, Running Press
• Tangled Web, Lee Rowan, Running Press
• Drama Queers!, Frank Anthony Polito, Kensington Publishing
• E-Male, Scott Pomfret and Scott Whittier, Palari Publishing
• Boy Midflight, Charlie David, Palari Publishing
• Captain Harding's Six Day War, Elliott Mackle, Alyson Books
• Time After Time, JP Bowie, MLR Press

2009-2010 List of Participating Publishers

(Please contact info@lambdaliterary.org to correct any errors. Thank you.)

Adams Media
ALC Publishing
Alfred A. Knopf
Alyson Books
Angela Jimenez Photography
Aqueduct Press
Arktoi Books
Arsenal Pulp Press
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
AuthorHouse
Bayview Books
Beacon Press
Bedazzled Ink Publishing
Belhue Press
Bella Books
Bench Press
Benu Press
Big Earth Publishing/Bleak House Books
Black Lawrence Press
Blazevox Books
Blind Eye Books
Blood Moon Productions
Blue Feather Books
Bold Strokes Books, Inc
Booksurge LLC
Borders
Brick Books
Brisk Press
Bubble Press
BuschekBooks
Bywater Books
Cadaverine Publications
Carnegie Mellon University Press
Casperian Books
Cauldron Publications
Chaudiere Books
Chax Press
Chicano Studies Research Center
City Lights
Class Comics Inc.
Cleis Press
Closet Case Press
Copper Canyon Press
Cormorant Books Inc
Dark Scribe Press
Dodi Press
Dog Ear Publishing
Doubleday
Dramatists Play Service
Duke University Press
Dzane Books/Black Lawrence Press
Edward D. Padilla
Eloquent Books
Etruscan Press
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Firetrap Press
Found Pearl Press
Four Way Books
Fruit Bruise Press
Futurepoem Books
GMP Editions
Goose Lane Editions
Graywolf Press
Green Lantern Press
Guernica Editions
H Publishing
H. Leigh Aubrey
HarperCollins Publishers
Heinemann
Henry Holt
Holiday House
Homofactus Press, L.L.C.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Indiana University Press
Infinity Publishing
Insomniac Press
Intaglio Publications
iUniverse
Jambor Publishing
Kelson Books
Kensington Publishing
Kings Crossing Publishing
Les Figues Press
Lethe Press
Lethe Press/Bear Bones Books
Lit Star Press
Literary Road Press
Litmus Press
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Logical-Lust Publications
loveyoudivine
Lulu
Manic D Press
Maxm LTD
Mayapple Press
McFarland
McSweeney's
Mill City Press
MLR Press
Nazca Plains Corp.
Nightwood Editions
North Atlantic Books
Numina Press
NYU Press
Oberlin College Press
Oracle
Orca Book Publishers
Orchard House Press
Oxford University Press
Palari Publishing
Palm Drive Publishing
PD Publishing
Penguin/Hudson Street Press
Peter Lang, Inc
Phaze Books
Princeton University Press
Prizm Books
Prizm Division of Torquere Press
Queen's English Productions
Random House
Ravenous Romance
Rebel Satori Press/Queer Mojo
Red Bone Press
Red Trillium Press
Regal Crest Enterprises (Quest Imprint)
Regal Crest Enterprises, LLC
RID Press
Rogue Phoenix Press
Rose Dog Books
Routledge
Routledge/Taylor & Francis
Running Press
Ry Herman
Sarabande Books
Savvy Press
Scribner
Seal Press
Semiotext(e)
Seven Stories Press
Simon & Schuster
Strebor Books
Smoke Tree Press
Snare Books
Sofawolf Press
Soft Skull Press
Spectra Bantam
Spinsters Ink
Spuyten Duyvil Press, NYC
St. Martin's Press
Star Cloud Press
Starbooks Press
Sumach Press
SUNY Press
Suspect Thought Press
Sweetheart Press
Synergy Press
T.I.M.M.-E. Company Inc
Tarpaulin Sky Press
The Graeae Press
The New Press
The Sheepmeadow Press
Thistledown Press
Tightrope Books
Top Pen Press
Torquere Press
Touchstone/Simon & Schuster
Tyrus Books
University of Alabama Press
University of British Columbia Press
University of Chicago Press
University of Georgia Press
University of Illinois Press
University of Minnesota Press
University of Pittsburgh
University of Tampa Press
University of Texas Press
University of Wisconsin Press
Vanilla Heart Publishing
W.W. Norton
Wesleyan University Press
Westview Press
White Pine Press
Wipf and Stock Publishers
Wordclay
Xlibris
Zumaya Publications LLC/Boundless

To be notified when news becomes available, enter your e-mail address below: