2004 | 2005
2004 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARDS RECIPIENTS AND FINALISTS
Anthologies/Fiction
Fresh Men: New Voices in Gay Fiction edited by Donald Weise (Carroll & Graf)
- Best Lesbian Love Stories 2004 edited by Angela Brown (Alyson)
- Pills, Thrills, Chills, and Heartache: Adventures in the First Person edited by Clint Catalyst and Michelle Tea (Alyson)
- Serendipity: The Gay Times Book of New Stories edited by Peter Burton (GMP/Millivres)
- The Milk of Human Kindness edited by Lori L. Lake (Regal Crest)
Anthologies/Nonfiction
I Do/I Don’t: Queers on Marriage edited by Greg Wharton and Ian Philips (Suspect Thoughts)
- Biting the Error: Writers Explore Narrative edited by Mary Burger, Robert Gluck, Camille Roy, and Gail Scott (Coach House)
- Mentsh: On Being Jewish and Queer edited by Angela Brown (Alyson)
- That’s Revolting!: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation edited by Mattilda, a.k.a. Matt Bernstein Sycamore (Soft Skull)
- Wonderlands edited by Raphael Kadushin (University of Wisconsin)
Autobiography/Memoir
Name All the Animals by Alison Smith (Scribner)
- Blue Days, Black Nights by Ron Nyswaner (Advocate)
- Long Life by Mary Oliver (Da Capo)
- Rent Girl by Michelle Tea (Last Gasp)
- The Tomcat Chronicles by Jack Nichols (Harrington Park)
Biography
Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde by Alexis De Veaux (W.W. Norton)
- Alice Walker: A Life by Evelyn C. White (W.W. Norton)
- Both: A Portrait in Two Parts by Douglas Crase (Pantheon)
- Jerome Robbins by Deborah Jowitt (Simon & Schuster)
- Laud Humphreys: Prophet of Homosexuality and Sociology by John F. Galliher, Wayne H. Brekhus, and David P. Keys (University of Wisconsin)
Children’s/Young Adult
So Hard to Say by Alex Sanchez (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
- Luna by Julie Anne Peters (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
- Orphea Proud by Sharon Dennis Wyeth (Delacorte)
- Rosemary and Juliet by Judy MacLean (Alice Street Editions)
- The Realm of Possibility by David Levithan (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
Drama
I Am My Own Wife by Doug Wright (Faber and Faber)
- Fabulous! by Donald Reuter (Broadway)
- How to Make Dances in an Epidemic by David Gere (University of Wisconsin)
- love conjure/blues by Sharon Bridgeforth (RedBone)
- The Queer Encyclopedia of Music, Dance and Musical Theater edited by Claude J. Summers (Cleis)
Erotica
Best Gay Erotica 2005 edited by Richard Labonte (Cleis)
- All the Wrong Places by Karin Kallmaker (Bella)
- Best Lesbian Erotica 2005 edited by Tristan Taormino (Cleis)
- Once Upon a Dyke by Karin Kallmaker, Therese Syzmanski, Julia Watts, and Barbara Johnson (Bella)
- Up All Night: Adventures in Lesbian Sex by Rachel Kramer Bussel and Stacy M. Bias (Alyson)
Gay Men’s Debut Fiction
Clay’s Way by Blair Mastbaum (Alyson)
- A Son Called Gabriel by Damian McNicholl (CDS)
- Half-Life by Aaron Krach (Alyson)
- How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship, and Musical Theater by Mar Acito (Broadway)
- World Famous Love Acts by Brian Leung (Sarabande)
Gay Men’s Fiction
The Master by Colm Toibin (Scribner)
- Collage by Ted Wojtasik (Livingston)
- The Disinherited by Han Ong (FS&G)
- The Haunted Hillbilly by Derek McCormack (Soft Skull)
- The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst (Bloomsbury)
Gay Men’s Poetry
Written in Water by Luis Cernuda (City Lights)
- Cocktails by D.A. Powell (Graywolf)
- nothin’ ugly fly by Marvin K. White (RedBone)
- The Rest of Love by Carl Phillips (FS&G)
- Voluntary Servitude by Mark Wunderlich (Graywolf)
Gay Men’s Mystery
Flight of Aquavit by Anthony Bidulka (Insomniac)
- Jackson Square Jazz by Greg Herren (Kensington)
- Moth and Flame by John Morgan Wilson (St. Martin’s Minotaur)
- Someone You Know by Gary Zebrun (Alyson)
- The Role Players by Dorien Grey (GLB)
Humor
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris (Little, Brown)
- Fat Girls and Lawn Chairs by Cheryl Peck (Warner)
- Kyle’s Bed & Breakfast by Greg Fox (Kenisington)
- Magical Thinking by Augusten Burroughs (St. Martin’s)
- Alexander the Fabulous by Michael Alvear and Vicky A. Shecter (Advocate)
Lesbian Debut Fiction
Crybaby Butch by Judith Frank (Firebrand)
- Death by Discount by Mary Vermillion (Alyson)
- Dish It Up, Baby! by Kristie Helms (Firebrand)
- Fire & Brimstone by Laurinda D. Brown (Strebor)
- Minus One: A Twelve-Step Journey by Bridget Bufford (Alice Street)
Lesbian Fiction
A Seahorse Year by Stacey D’Erasmo (Houghton Mifflin)
- Abundant Light by Valerie Miner (Michigan State University)
- Life Mask by Emma Donoghue (Harcourt)
- Skels by Maggie Dubris (Soft Skull)
- Venus of Chalk by Susan Stinson (Firebrand)
Lesbian Poetry
Sweet to Burn by Beverly Burch (Gival)
- Antidotes for an Alibi by Amy King (BlazeVox)
- Femme’s Dictionary by Carol Guess (Calyx)
- The School Among the Ruins by Adrienne Rich (W.W. Norton)
- Why I Wake Early by Mary Oliver (Beacon)
Lesbian Mystery
Hancock Park by Katherine V. Forrest (Berkley Prime Crime)
- An Intimate Ghost by Ellen Hart (St. Martin’s Minotaur)
- Commitment to Die by Jennifer Jordan (Bean Pole)
- Death by Discount by Mary Vermillion (Alyson)
- The Wombat Strategy by Claire McNab (Alyson)
LGBT Studies
For the Love of Women: Gender, Identity and Same-Sex Relations in a Greek Provincial Town by Elisabeth Kirtsoglou (Routledge)
- All-Night Party by Andrea Barnet (Algonquin)
- A Passion to Preserve by Will Fellows (University of Wisconsin)
- Families Like Mine by Abigail Garner (HarperCollins)
- Why Marriage Matters by Evan Wolfson (Simon & Schuster)
Photography/Visual Arts
At Ease: Navy Men of World War II by Evan Bachner (Harry Abrams)
- Lust Unearthed by Thomas Waugh (Arsenal Pulp)
- The Queer Movie Poster Book by Jenni Olson (Chronicle)
- Rent Girl by Michelle Tea, illustrated by Laurenn McCubbin (Last Gasp)
- The Queer Encyclopedia of the Visual Arts edited by Claude J. Summers (Cleis)
Romance
Almost Like Being in Love by Steve Kluger (HarperCollins)
- All the Wrong Places by Karin Kallmaker (Bella)
- Confessions of a Casanova by Chris Kenry (Kensington)
- Gulf Breeze by Gerri Hill (Bella)
- Under the Witness Tree by Marianne Martin (Bywater)
Religion/Spirituality
Jesus and the Shamanic Tradition of Same-Sex Love by Will Roscoe (Suspect Thoughts)
- Queering Creole Spiritual Traditions by Randy Conner and David Hatfield Sparks (Harrington Park)
- Same-Sex Marriage: A Christian Ethical Analysis by Marvin M. Ellison (Pilgrim)
- Sanctity and Male Desire by Donald L. Boisvert (Pilgrim)
- Wrestling with God & Men by Rabbi Steven Greenberg (University of Wisconsin)
Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror
The Ordinary by Jim Grimsley (Tor)
- Firelands by Michael Jensen (Alyson)
- Shadows of the Night: Queer Tales of the Uncanny and Unusual edited by Greg Herren (Southern Tier)
- The Wizard of Isis by Jean Stewart (Bella)
- With Her Body by Nicola Griffith (Aqueduct)
Independent Press Award
Suspect Thoughts Press
Bella Books
Transgender/GenderQueer
The Gender Frontier by Mariette Pathy Allen (Kehrer Verlag)
- Becoming a Visible Man by Jamison Green (Vanderbilt University)
- From the Inside Out: Radical Gender Transformation, FTM and Beyond edited by Morty Diamond (Manic D)
- Luna by Julie Anne Peters (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
- My Husband Betty: Love, Sex and Life with a Crossdresser by Helen Boyd (Thunder’s Mouth)
2005 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARDS RECIPIENTS AND FINALISTS
Anthologies
Freedom in this Village: 25 Years of Black, Gay Men’s Writing edited by E. Lynn Harris (Carroll & Graf)
- Red Light: Superheroes, Saints, & Sluts edited by Anna Camilleri (Arsenal Pulp)
- Lesbian Pulp Fiction edited by Katherine Forrest (Cleis)
- Everything I Have is Blue: Short Fiction by Working-Class Men edited by Wendell Ricketts (Suspect Thoughts)
- Bullets and Butterflies: Queer Spoken Word Poetry edited by Emanuel Xavier (Suspect Thoughts)
Belles Lettres
The Tricky Part by Martin Moran (Beacon)
- Quicksands: A Memoir by Sybille Bedford (Counterpoint)
- Tab Hunter Confidential by Tab Hunter, with Eddie Muller (Algonquin)
- My One Night Stand with Cancer by Tania Katan (Alyson)
- When I Knew edited by Robert Trachtenberg, illustrated by Tom Bachtell (Regan)
Biography
February House by Sherrill Tippins (Houghton Mifflin)
- The Fabulous Sylvester by Joshua Gamson (Henry Holt)
- Nothing is True, Everything is Permitted: The Life of Brion Gysin by John Geiger (The Disinformation Company)
- Beyond Recall by Mary Meigs and Lise Weil (Talonbooks)
- Wild Girls: Paris, Sappho, & Art by Diana Souhami (St. Martin's)
Children's/Young Adult
Swimming in the Monsoon Sea by Shyam Selvadurai (Tundra)
- Antonio's Card/La Tarjeta de Antonio by Rigoberto Gonzalez (Children’s Book)
- Totally Joe by James Howe (Simon & Schuster)
- And Tango Makes Three by Peter Parnell & Justin Richardson (Simon & Schuster)
- Rainbow Road by Alex Sanchez (Simon & Schuster)
Erotica
Stolen Moments: Erotic Interludes 2 edited by Stacia Seaman and Radclyffe (Bold Strokes)
- Best Gay Erotica 2006 edited by Matt Bernstein Sycamore and Richard Labonte (Cleis)
- Best Lesbian Erotica 2006 edited by Eileen Myles and Tristan Taormino (Cleis)
- Rode Hard But Away Wet: Lesbian Cowboy Erotica edited by Sacchi Green & Rakelle Valencia (Suspect Thoughts)
- Close Contact by Sean Wolfe (Kensington)
Gay Men’s Debut Fiction
You Are Not the One by Vestal McIntyre (Carroll & Graf)
- Setting the Lawn on Fire by Mack Friedman (Wisconsin)
- Mother of Sorrows by Richard McCann (Pantheon)
- The First Verse by Barry McCrea (Carroll & Graf)
- Bilal's Bread by Sulyman X (Alyson)
Gay Men's Fiction
The Sluts by Dennis Cooper (Carroll & Graf)
- German Officer’s Boy by Harlan Greene (Wisconsin)
- Faith for Beginners by Aaron Hamburger (Random House)
- What We Do is Secret by Kief Hillsbery (Villard)
- Acqua Calda by Keith McDermott (Carroll & Graf)
Gay Men's Mystery
One of These Things is Not Like the Other by D. Travers Scott (Suspect Thoughts)
- The Actor’s Guide to Greed by Rick Copp (Kensington)
- The Paper Mirror by Dorien Grey (GLB)
- White Tiger by Michael Allen Dymmoch (St. Martin's Minotaur)
- Cajun Snuff by W. Randy Haynes (Publish America)
Gay Men's Poetry
Crush by Richard Siken (Yale)
- School of the Arts by Mark Doty (HarperCollins)
- For Dust Thou Art by Timothy Lui (Southern Illinois)
- Sugar by Martin Pousson (Suspect Thoughts)
- Blue on Blue Ground by Aaron Smith (Pittsburgh)
Humor
Don't Get too Comfortable by David Rakoff (Doubleday)
- Invasion of Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel (Alyson)
- Juicy Mother by Jennifer Camper (Soft Skull)
- What the L ? by Kate Clinton (Carroll & Graf)
- Revenge of the Paste Eaters by Cheryl Peck (5 Spot, Warner)
Lesbian Debut Fiction
The Beautifully Worthless by Ali Leibegott (Suspect Thoughts)
- Crashing America by Katia Noyes (Alyson)
- Manstealing for Fat Girls by Michelle Embree (Soft Skull)
- In Too Deep by Ronica Black (Bold Strokes)
- Bliss by Fiona Zedde (Kensington)
Lesbian Fiction
Babyji by Abha Dawesar (Anchor)
- Wild Dogs by Helen Humphrys (W. W. Norton)
- With or Without You by Lauren Sanders (Akashic)
- Five Books of Moses Lapinsky by Karen Tulchinsky (Raincoast)
- Lighthousekeeping by Jeanette Winterson (Harcourt)
Lesbian Mystery
Desert Blood: The Juarez Murders by Alicia Gaspar De Alba (Arte Publico)
- Women of Mystery edited by Katherine Forrest (Haworth)
- The Iron Girl by Ellen Hart (St. Martin's Minotaur)
- Darkness Descending by Penny Mickelbury (Kings Crossing)
- Justice Served by Radclyffe (Bold Strokes)
Lesbian Poetry
Directed by Desire: Collected Poems by June Jordan (Copper Canyon)
- Where the Apple Falls by Samiya Bashir (RedBone)
- Life Mask by Jackie Kay (Bloodaxe)
- New and Selected Poems, Volume II by Mary Oliver (Beacon)
- Eye of Water by Amber Flora Thomas (Pittsburgh)
LGBT Studies
When Heroes Love: The Ambiguity of Eros in the Stories of Gilgamesh and David by Susan Ackerman (Columbia)
- Zest for Life: Lesbians’ Experience of Menopause by Jennifer Kelly (Spinifex)
- Why I Hate Abercrombie and Fitch by Dwight A. McBride (NYU)
- Lesbian Communities Festivals, Rvs And the Internet edited by Esther D. Rothblum and Penny Sablove (Harrington Park)
- Love’s Rite: Same-Sex Marriage in India and the West by Ruth Vanita (Palgrave Macmillan)
Nonfiction
Words to Our Now by Thomas Glave (Minnesota)
- Gore Vidal’s America by Dennis Altman (Polity)
- Beyond the Down Low by Keith Boykin (Carroll & Graf)
- Raising Boys without Men by Peggy Drexler (Rodale)
- Women Together/Women Apart by Tirza True Latimer (Rutgers)
Romance
Distant Shores, Silent Thunder by Radclyffe (Bold Strokes)
- Artist’s Dream by Gerri Hill (Bella)
- Just Like That by Karin Kallmaker (Bella)
- The Price of Temptation by M. J. Pearson (Seventh Window)
- Walt Loves the Bearcat by Randy Boyd (West Beach)
Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror
Daughters of an Emerald Dusk by Katherine V. Forrest (Alyson)
- Fledgling by Octavia Butler (Seven Stories)
- Shapers of Darkness by David B. Coe (Tor)
- Temple Landfall by Jane Fletcher (Bold Strokes)
- No Sister of Mine by Jeanne G’Fellers (Bella)
Spirituality
Qu(e)erying Evangelism by Cheri DiNovo (Pilgrim)
- The Seven Sisters of the Pleiades by Munya Andrews (Spinifex)
- The Path of the Green Man by Michael Thomas Ford (Citadel)
- I Am This One Walking Beside Me by Daniel Gebhardt (Pilgrim)
- Fumbling Toward Divinity by Craig Hickman (Annabessacook Farm)
Transgender/GenderQueer
Choir Boy by Charlie Anders (Soft Skull)
- In a Queer Time and Place by Judith Halberstam (NYU)
- Deliver Me from Nowhere by Tennessee Jones (Soft Skull)
- Just Add Hormones by Matt Kailey (Beacon)
- The Riddle of Gender by Deborah Rudacille (Pantheon)
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