20th Annual Lambda Literary Awards
Author: Antonio Gonzalez Cerna
April 30, 2007
LGBT Anthology | 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 | LGBT Poetry | LGBT Erotica
LGBT Anthology
- First Person Queer, edited by Richard Labonte and Lawrence Schimel (Arsenal Pulp Press)
- Juicy Mother 2, Jennifer Camper (Manic D Press)
- Vital Signs, Richard Canning (Carroll & Graf)
- Men of Mystery: Homoerotic Tales of Intrigue and Suspense, Sean Meriwether & Greg Wharton, (Haworth)
- Baby Remember My Name, Michelle Tea (Carroll & Graf)
BISEXUAL
- Split Screen, Brent Hartinger (Harper Collins Children’s Books)
- Look Both Ways, Jennifer Baumgardner (Farrar, Strauss & Giroux)
- Becoming Visible, Beth Firestein, Ed., (Columbia University Press)
- The Tourists, Jeff Hobbs (Simon & Schuster)
- Stray, Sheri Joseph (MacAdam/Cage)
TRANSGENDER
- Transparent, Cris Beam (Harcourt)
- Male Bodies, Women’s Souls, LeeRay M. Costa, PhD, (Haworth)
- The Marrow’s Telling, Eli Clare (Homofactus Press)
- What Becomes You, Aaron Raz Link & Hilda Raz (University of Nebraska Press)
- Nobody Passes, Mattilda, aka Matt Bernstein Sycamore (Seal Press)
LGBT CHILDRENS/YOUNG ADULT
- Hero, Perry Moore (Hyperion)
- Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You, Peter Cameron (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
- Saints of Augustine, P.E. Ryan (HarperTeen)
- Freak Show, James St. James (Dutton Children’s/Penguin)
- Parrotfish, Ellen Wittlinger (Simon & Schuster)
LGBT DRAMA
- Return to the Caffe Cino, edited by Steve Susoyev and
George Birimisa (Moving Finger Press) - Dose: Plays & Monologues, Dan Bernitt (Sawyer House)
- Niagara Falls, Victor Bumbalo (Broadway Play Publishing)
LGBT NONFICTION
- Gay Artists in Modern American Culture, Michael S. Sherry (University of North Carolina Press)
- Between Women, Sharon Marcus (Princeton University Press)
- Pink Harvest, Toni Mirosevich (Mid-List Press)
- Other Men’s Sons, Michael Rowe (Cormorant Books)
- Imagining Transgender, David Valentine (Duke University Press)
LGBT SCI-FI/FANTASY/HORROR
- The Dust of Wonderland, Lee Thomas (Alyson Books)
- Wicked Gentlemen, Ginn Hale (Blind Eye Books)
- A Companion to Wolves, Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear (Tor Books)
- Spaceman Blues: A Love Song, Brian Francis Slattery (Tor Books)
- Ha’penny, Jo Walton (Tor Books)
LGBT STUDIES
- Between Women, Sharon Marcus (Princeton University Press)
- Writing Desire, Bertram Cohler (University of Wisconsin Press)
- The First Man-Made Man, Pagan Kennedy (Bloomsbury)
- Caribbean Pleasure Industry, Mark Padilla (University of Chicago Press)
- Once You Go Black: Choice, Desire, & the Black American Intellectual, Robert Reid-Pharr (NYU Press)
LESBIAN DEBUT FICTION
- Among Other Things, I’ve Taken Up Smoking, Aoibheann Sweeney (The Penguin Press)
- Lockjaw, Holly Farris (Gival Press)
- Dahlia Season, Myriam Gurba (Manic D Press)
- Breathing Underwater, Lu Vickers (Alyson Books)
- O Street, Corrina Wycoff (OV Books)
LESBIAN EROTICA
See LGBT Erotica
LESBIAN GENERAL FICTION
- The IHOP Papers, Ali Liebegott (Carroll & Graf)
- Biting the Apple, Lucy Jane Bledsoe (Carroll & Graf)
- Greetings from Jamaica, Mari San Giovanni (Bywater Books)
- The Child, Sarah Schulman (Carroll & Graf)
- The Kind of Girl I Am, Julia Watts (Spinsters Ink)
- The Mandrake Broom, Jess Wells (Firebrand Books)
LESBIAN MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY
- And Now We Are Going to Have a Party, Nicola Griffith (Payseur & Schmidt)
- Comfort Food for Breakups, Marusya Bocurkiuw (Arsenal Pulp Press)
- An Army of Ex-Lovers, Amy Hoffman (University of Massachusetts Press)
- Two Lives: Gertrude & Alice, Janet Malcolm (Yale University Press)
- Waiting for the Call, Jacqueline Taylor (University of Michigan Press)
LESBIAN MYSTERY
- Wall of Silence, Gabrielle Goldsby (Bold Strokes Books)
- Mortal Groove, Ellen Hart (St. Martin’s Press)
- In the Name of the Father, Gerri Hill (Bella Books)
- Selective Memory, Jennifer L. Jordan (Spinsters Ink)
- Laura’s War, Ursula Steck (Bella Books)
LESBIAN POETRY
See LGBT Poetry
LESBIAN ROMANCE
- Out of Love, K. G. MacGregor (Bella Books)
- Sheridan’s Fate, Gun Brooke (Bold Strokes Books)
- The Road Home, Frankie J. Jones (Bella Books)
- For Now, for Always, Marianne K. Martin (Bywater Books)
- When Dreams Tremble, Radclyffe (Bold Strokes Books)
GAY DEBUT FICTION
- A Push and a Shove, Christopher Kelly (Alyson Books)
- Tales from the Town of Widows, James Canon (Harpercollins)
- That Was Then, Michael Quadland (Red Hen Press)
- SoMa, Kemble Scott (Kensington)
- Freak Show, James St. James (Dutton Children’s/Penguin)
GAY EROTICA
See LGBT Erotica
GAY GENERAL FICTION
- Call Me By Your Name, Andre Aciman (Farrar Straus Giroux)
- First Person Plural, Andrew W.M. Beierle (Kensington)
- Dark Reflections, Samuel R. Delany (Carroll & Graf)
- Fellow Travelers, Thomas Mallon (Pantheon)
- The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue, Manuel Munoz (Algonquin)
GAY MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY
- Mississippi Sissy, Kevin Sessums (St. Martin’s Press)
- Forgiving Troy, Thom Bierdz (Hudson House)
- Dog Years, Mark Doty (HarperCollins)
- The Worlds of Lincoln Kirstein, Martin Duberman (Knopf)
- The History of My Shoes and the Evolution of Darwin’s Theory, Kenny Fries (Perseus Books)
- What Becomes You, Aaron Raz Link & Hilda Raz (University of Nebraska Press)
GAY MYSTERY
- Murder in the Rue Chartres, Greg Herren (Alyson Books)
- Double Abduction, Chris Beakey (J. Boylston/ ibooks, Inc.)
- Stain of the Berry, Anthony Bidulka (Insomniac Press)
- Pierce, Roberto Ferrari (Haworth)
- Mahu Surfer, Neil Plakcy (Alyson Books)
- Drag Queen in the Court of Death, Caro Soles (Haworth)
GAY POETRY
See LGBT Poetry
GAY ROMANCE
- Changing Tides, Michael Thomas Ford (Kensington)
- A Secret Edge, Robin Reardon (Kensington)
- Right Side of the Wrong Bed, Frederick Smith (Kensington)
- Broadway Nights, Seth Rudetsky (Alyson Books)
- A Few Hints and Clews, Robert Taylor (Haworth)
ARTS & CULTURE
- The View From Here, Matthew Hays (Arsenal Pulp Press)
- Media Queered, Kevin Barnhurst (Peter Lang Publishing)
- Art That Dares, Kittredge Cherry (AndroGyne Press)
- Feeling Backward, Heather Love (Harvard University Press)
- Other Men’s Sons, Michael Rowe (Cormorant Books)
LGBT EROTICA
- Homosex: 60 Years of Gay Erotica, Simon Sheppard (Running Press)
- The Golden Age of Lesbian Erotica, Victoria Brownworth & Judith M. Redding (Magic Carpet Books)
- Red Light, J. D. Glass (Bold Strokes Books)
- Ardennian Boy, William Maltese & Wayne Gunn (MLR Press)
- The Mammoth Book of New Gay Erotica, Lawrence Schimel (Carrol & Graf)
- Every Dark Desire, Fiona Zedde (Kensington)
SPIRITUALITY
- The After-Death Room by Michael McColly (Soft Skull Press)
- Sex & the Sacred by Daniel Helminiak (Harrington Park Press)
- Spirited edited by Lisa Moore & G. Winston James (Redbone Press)
- The Singing of Swans by Mary Saracino (Pearlsong Press )
- Mobius Trip by Giti Thadani (Spinifex Press)
LGBT POETRY
- Blackbird and Wolf, Henri Cole (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
- A Gathering of Matter/A Matter of Gathering, Dawn Lundy Martin (University of Georgia Press)
- Otherwise Obedient, Carol Potter (Red Hen Press)
- Fata Morgana, Reginald Shepherd (University of Pittsburgh)
- The Second Person, C. Dale Young (Four Way Books)
- Human Resources, Rachel Zolf (Coach House Books)
