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Stacey D’Erasmo and Brian Leung Named 2012 Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Prize Winners

Posted on May 15, 2012 by in Foundation Updates

The Lambda Literary Foundation, the country’s leading national nonprofit organization for the LGBT literary community, is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2012 Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Prize.  This year the prize recognizes Stacey D’Erasmo (A Seahorse Year) and Brian Leung (Take Me Home).     (more…)

Armistead Maupin and Kate Millett to be Honored at 24th Annual Lambda Literary Awards Gala

Posted on April 24, 2012 by in Foundation Updates

Comedienne Kate Clinton to Host Ceremony
Stellar Lineup of Presenters includes
Olympia Dukakis & Charles Busch!

Special Performance by Lypsinka
Lady Bunny to DJ VIP After-Party!

The Lambda Literary Foundation is pleased to announce this year’s Pioneer Award recipients: Kate Millett and Armistead Maupin. They will be honored at the 24th Annual Lambda Literary Awards (“Lammys”) ceremony to be hosted by comedienne Kate Clinton on Monday, June 4th in New York City at the CUNY Graduate Center, Proshansky Auditorium (365 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street). Legendary entertainer Lypsinka will give a special performance at the ceremony. The VIP After-Party, immediately following at Slate (54 West 21st Street), will feature celebrity DJ, Lady Bunny. The Lammys brings together over 400 attendees, sponsors, and celebrities to celebrate excellence in LGBT literature, making it the most glamorous LGBT literary event in the country. (more…)

Support an Emerging LGBT Writer! The Future of Our Literature Depends on It!

Posted on March 29, 2012 by in Foundation Updates

At some level, we in the LGBT community all look to our writers to keep our stories, and the history of those stories, alive.  This is an important responsibility we cannot ignore, and one many of us have supported for 25 years through our premier LGBT literary organization, the Lambda Literary Foundation. (more…)

24th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists Announced

Posted on March 20, 2012 by in Foundation Updates

Finalists for the Lambda Literary Awards were announced today by the Lambda Literary Foundation (LLF) in Los Angeles.  Books from major mainstream publishers and from academic presses, from both long-established and new LGBT publishers, as well as from emerging publish-on-demand technologies, make up the 119 finalists for the “Lammys.”  The finalists were selected from a record number of nominations. (more…)

Amazon.com Renews $25,000 Grant to Lambda Literary’s Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBT Voices

Posted on March 13, 2012 by in Foundation Updates

The Lambda Literary Foundation, the country’s leading national nonprofit organization for the LGBT literary community, is pleased to announce the renewal of a grant of $25,000 from Amazon.com for a third year in a row, a continuation of Amazon.com’s support for the Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBT Voices.  This year’s Retreat will be held July 28th through August 4th, 2012 in Los Angeles. (more…)

2012 Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Prize: Revised Guidelines

Posted on January 15, 2012 by in Foundation Updates

2012 Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Prize
Revised Guidelines Now Posted!

 

The Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Prize is presented annually at the Lambda Literary Awards ceremony.  The award, made possible by James Duggins, PhD, consists of two cash prizes of $5000.  The awards will be presented to two LGBT-identified authors. Age is not a determining factor. The award recognizes LGBT content of importance to the LGBT community and with emergent LGBT authors who have written and published at least three novels, or two novels and substantial additional literary work such as poetry, short stories, or essays. (more…)

2012 Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBT Voices

Posted on January 8, 2012 by in Calls for Submissions, Foundation Updates

The Lambda Literary Foundation is proud to announce details for the 2012 Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBT Voices, the only queer writers residency in the world. The Retreat will be held July 28 – August 4, 2012 on the campus of the American Jewish University (AJU) in Los Angeles. (more…)

Make a Year-End Tax-Deductible Gift to LLF by Midnight, December 31

Posted on December 27, 2011 by in Foundation Updates

As we bid farewell to 2011, I’ll make this simple.  If the Lambda Literary Foundation is one of your favorite nonprofit organizations, if the work we do on behalf of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender literature – the literary awards, the Emerging Writers Retreat, the reviews and interviews, LGBT authors in schools – if these programs are meaningful to you, and if you plan to make one more tax-deductible contribution before the end of the year, please send your donation to LLF (more…)

LLF Exceeds Challenge Grant Goal!

Posted on December 7, 2011 by in Foundation Updates

You did it!  We did it. Together we raised over $55,000 ($30,000 in donations in addition to the $25,000 matching grant) during LLF’s Fall Challenge Grant and Membership Drive.  That’s a record amount raised for Lambda Literary Foundation’s programs and services thanks to you
and to our generous Bay Area donors Jan Zivic (who pledged $10,000), Chuck Forester (who pledged $10,000) and Al Baum (who pledged $5,000).

On behalf of LLF’s Board of Trustees and all of us at the Foundation, we are deeply grateful for your generosity, your support and your faith in our work.

$25,000 Challenge Grant & Membership Drive

Posted on October 31, 2011 by in Foundation Updates

We have incredible news!  Three Bay Area donors have offered the opportunity to match the $25,000 they are extending as a challenge grant to the Lambda Literary Foundation for LLF’s fall fundraiser and membership drive.  Through the month of November 2011, Jan Zivic (pledging $10,000), Chuck Forester (pledging $10,000) and Al Baum (pledging $5,000) are challenging you to match their offer.  New memberships at the $25 level or higher, as well as any additional donations by current LLF members, will be matched dollar-for-dollar to help raise an unprecedented $50,000 for LLF!

Active in philanthropy, LGBT civil rights, the arts and literature, Ms. Zivic, Mr. Forester and Mr. Baum are major supporters of the Foundation’s mission to nurture, celebrate and preserve LGBT literature through programs that honor excellence, promote visibility and encourage the development of emerging writers.

If you are not yet a contributing member to Lambda Literary now is the perfect opportunity to join the nation’s leading advocate of LGBT literature and see your tax-deductible gift doubled.

If you are already a member of LLF, use this occasion to increase your yearly contribution and your tax-deductible gift will be matched.

LLF’s $25,000 challenge grant and membership drive will stretch your dollars in this struggling economy to help us continue to deliver exceptional, one-of-a-kind programming, including:

  • The Lambda Literary Awards, since 1989 the most prestigious literary prize in the LGBT community.
  • The Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBT Voices, established in 2007, the first of its kind ever offered to LGBT writers: a one-week intensive immersion in fiction, nonfiction, genre fiction, or poetry and an unparalleled opportunity to learn from our very best writers and publishing industry professionals.
  • LGBT Authors in Schools pilot program, in collaboration with the Gay/Straight Educators Alliance, is pairing our community’s authors with English classrooms in high school and college to bring our rich literary traditions to our youth!

For nonprofits like ours, particularly now when budget cuts are the rule of the day, we are constantly tested and stretched to continue our programs.  The Lambda Literary Foundation counts on your support to sustain our programs, pay our rent, purchase supplies, host readings and workshops, spotlight our publishers, keep readers and librarians current on the latest LGBT book releases, engage our community in dynamic conversations about the state of queer publishing through forums, workshops, readings and book groups, and continue to put our community’s literature front and center.

We can’t do this work without people like you, people whose lives are enriched by literature, who want to read the LGBT experience in fiction, nonfiction and poetry, who believe in the power of the written word and in our ability to make change through the literary arts.

Give during LLF’s $25,000 challenge grant and membership drive and your dollars will go twice as far to champion lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans literature.

Please give generously.  Whether you can afford $25, $100 or $1000, you will see your contribution doubled during the challenge grant!  Help us to continue our highly respected programs, expand our capacity to serve the entire LGBT literary community, and increase the visibility of our books and writers.

We are deeply grateful to Jan Zivic, Chuck Forester and Al Baum for their generosity.  Help us meet their $25,000 challenge by making a donation today.

We sincerely thank you for your support!

 

 

 

Tony Valenzuela
Executive Director

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