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May 31, 2007 — Winners for the 19th annual Lambda Literary Awards were announced tonight by the Lambda Literary Foundation at a gala celebration attended by 300 people.

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Awards were presented in 25 categories. Winners were chosen by a jury of judges who come from all walks of literary life: journalists, authors, booksellers, librarians, playwrights, illustrators. In all, 85 judges participated in the selection of winners from the pool of 381 books that were nominated by 147 publishers.

In addition, Marijane Meaker and Martin Duberman were recognized for their lifetime achievements by receiving the Pioneer Award from Lambda Literary Foundation.

Anthology
Arts & Culture
Bisexual
Childrens/Young Adult
Drama/Theater
Humor
LGBT Nonfiction
LGBT Studies
Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror
Spirituality
Transgender

Lesbian Fiction
Lesbian Romance
Lesbian Mystery
Lesbian Poetry
Lesbian Memoir/Biography
Lesbian Erotica
Lesbian Debut Fiction

Gay Fiction
Gay Romance
Gay Mystery
Gay Poetry
Gay Memoir/Biography
Gay Erotica
Debut Gay Fiction

Winner for ANTHOLOGY

• Love, Bourbon Street, edited by Greg Herren & Paul J. Willis (Alyson)

Winner for ARTS & CULTURE

• GAY L.A. by Lillian Faderman & Stuart Timmons (Basic Books)

Winner for BISEXUAL

• The Bisexual's Guide to the Universe, Michael Szymanski & Nicole Kristal (Alyson)

Winner for CHILDRENS/YOUNG ADULT (tie)

• Full Spectrum, edited by David Levithan & Billy Merrell (Random House Children's Books)
• Between Mom & Jo by Julie Anne Peters (Little Brown)

Winner for DRAMA/THEATER

• 1001 Beds by Tim Miller (University of Wisconsin)

Winner for HUMOR

• My Lucky Star by Joe Keenan (Little Brown)

Winner for LGBT NONFICTION (tie)

• GAY L.A. by Lillian Faderman & Stuart Timmons (Basic Books)
• Different Daughters by Marcia M. Gallo (Carroll & Graf)

Winner for LGBT STUDIES

• Their Own Receive Them Not by Horace L. Griffin (Pilgrim Press)

Winner for SCI-FI/FANTASY/HORROR

• Izzy and Eve by Neal Drinnan (Green Candy Press)

Winner for SPIRITUALITY

• The After-Death Room by Michael McColly (Soft Skull Press)

Winner for TRANSGENDER

• The Transgender Studies Reader edited by Susan Stryker & Stephen Whittle (Routledge)

Winner for LESBIAN FICTION

• The Night Watch by Sarah Waters (Riverhead Books)

Winner for LESBIAN ROMANCE

• Fresh Tracks by Georgia Beers (Bold Strokes)

Winner for LESBIAN MYSTERY

• The Art of Detection by Laurie R. King (Bantam)

Winner for LESBIAN POETRY

• Lemon Hound by Sina Queyras (Coach House Books)

Winner for LESBIAN MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY

• Fun Home by Alison Bechdel (Houghton Mifflin)

Winner for LESBIAN EROTICA

• Walk Like a Man by Laurinda D. Brown (Q-Boro Books)

Winner for LESBIAN DEBUT FICTION

• The Teahouse Fire by Ellis Avery (Riverhead)

Winner for GAY FICTION

• Suspension by Robert Westfield (Harper Perennial)

Winner for GAY ROMANCE

• When the Stars Come Out by Rob Byrnes (Kensington)

Winner for GAY MYSTERY

• The Lucky Elephant Restaurant by Garry Ryan (NeWest Press)

Winner for GAY POETRY

• A History of My Tattoo by Jim Elledge (Stonewall)

Winner for GAY MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY

• The Bill From My Father by Bernard Cooper (Simon & Schuster)

Winner for GAY EROTICA

• A History of Barbed Wire by Jeff Mann (Suspect Thoughts)

Winner for GAY DEBUT FICTION

• Suspension by Robert Westfield (Harper Perennial)