11th Annual Lambda Literary Awards
Author: Antonio Gonzalez Cerna
July 15, 1999
Anthologies/Fiction
- WINNER: Columbia Anthology of Gay Literature edited by Byrne R.S. Fone (Columbia University)
- Mammoth Book of Gay Erotica edited by Lawrence Schimel (Carroll & Graf)
- Men on Men 7 edited by Joel Tan (Penguin/Plume)
- Queer PAPI Porn by Joel Tan (Cleis)
- To Be Continued edited by Michele Karlsberg and Karen X. Tulchinsky (Firebrand)
Anthologies/Non-Fiction
- WINNER (Tie): Mom: Candid Memoirs by Lesbians About the First Woman in Their Life edited by Nisa Donnelly (Alyson)
- WINNER (Tie): Q & A: Queer in Asian America edited by David L. Eng (Temple University)
- Lesbian Travels edited by Lucy Jane Bledsoe (Whereabouts)
- Queer 13 edited by Clifford Chase (Weisbach)
- Telling Tales Out of School edited by Kevin Jennings (Alyson)
Children
- WINNER: Telling Tales Out of School by Kevin Jennings (Alyson)
- I Was a Teenage Fairy by Francesca Lia Block (HarperCollins)
- Lucy Goes to the Country by Joseph Kennedy, illustrated by John Canemaker (Alyson)
- Outspoken by Michael Thomas Ford (Morrow Junior)
- Queer 13 by Clifford Chase (Weisbach)
Drama
- WINNER: O Solo Homo edited by Holly Hughes (Grove)
- Mr. Universe and Other Plays by Jim Grimsley and David Roman (Algonquin)
- Place For Us by D.A. Miller (Harvard University)
- Stagestruck by Sarah Schulman (Duke)
- The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler (Villard)
Editor’s Choice Award
- The Boy by Naeem Murr (Houghton Mifflin)
Gay Men’s Biography/Autobiography
- WINNER: Wisecracker by William J. Mann (Viking)
- Auden and Isherwood: The Berlin Years by Norman Page (St. Martin’s)
- The Best Little Boy in the World Grows Up by Andrew Tobias (Random House)
- Gentleman Junkie: The Life and Legacy of William S. Burroughs by Graham Caveney (Little Brown)
- In The Flesh by Gavin Geoffrey Dillard (Barricade)
Gay Men’s Fiction
- WINNER: An Arrow’s Flight by Mark Merlis (St. Martin’s)
- The Hours by Michael Cunningham (FS&G)
- Koolaids: The Art of War by Rabih Alameddine (St. Martin’s/Picador)
- The Long Falling by Keith Ridgway (Houghton Mifflin)
- Where the Rainbow Ends by Jameson Currier (Overlook)
Gay Men’s Mystery
- WINNER: Outburst by R.D. Zimmerman (Delacourt)
- Dead as a Doornail by Grant Michaels (St. Martin’s)
- Federal Fag by Fred Hunter (St. Martin’s)
- Strachey’s Folly by Richard Stevenson (St. Martin’s)
- Uprising by Randy Boyd (Westbeach)
Gay Men’s Poetry
- WINNER: Ten Commandments by J.D. McClatchy (Knopf)
- A Flame for the Touch That Matters by Michael Lassell (Painted Leaf)
- A Frieze for a Temple of Love by Edward Field (Black Sparrow)
- Say Goodnight by Timothy Liu (Copper Canyon)
- Sweet Machine by Mark Doty (Harper Flamingo)
Gay Men’s Studies
- WINNER: The Other Side of Silence by John Loughery (Henry Holt)
- Becoming Visible by Molly McGarry and Fred Wasserman (NYPL/Penguin Studio)
- Changing Ones by Will Roscoe (St. Martin’s)
- Love Undetectable: Notes on Friendship, Sex, and Survival by Andrew Sullivan (Knopf)
- The Pleasure Principle by Michael Bronski (St. Martin’s)
Humor
- WINNER: Alec Baldwin Doesn’t Love Me and Other Trials of My Queer Life by Michael Thomas Ford (Alyson)
- Don’t Get Me Started by Kate Clinton (Ballantine)
- The Indelible Alison Bechdel: Confessions, Comix, and Miscellaneous Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel (Firebrand)
- Savage Love by Dan Savage (Dutton)
- Split-Level Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel (Firebrand)
Lesbian Biography/Autobiography
- WINNER: The Indelible Alison Bechdel; Confessions, Comix, and Miscellaneous Dykes to Watch Out for by Alison Bechdel (Firebrand)
- A Fragile Union by Joan Nestle (Cleis)
- Empty Without You by Rodger Streitmatter (The Free Press)
- The Queen of Whale Cay by Kate Summerscale (Viking)
- Radclyffe Hall: A Woman Called John by Sally Cline (Overlook)
Lesbian Fiction
- WINNER: Cavedweller by Dorothy Allison (Dutton)
- bull-jean stories by Sharon Bridgforth (RedBone)
- Shimmer by Sarah Schulman (Avon)
- The Dogs by Rebecca Brown (City Lights)
- They Call Me Mad Dog by Erika Lopez (Simon & Schuster)
Lesbian Mystery
- WINNER: The Blue Place by Nicola Griffith (Avon)
- Shaman’s Moon by Sarah Dreher (New Victoria)
- Mother May I by Randye Lordon (Avon)
- Past Due by Claire McNab (Naiad)
- Wicked Games by Ellen Hart (St. Martin’s)
Lesbian Poetry
- WINNER: Marianne Faithfull’s Cigarette by Gerry Gomez Pearlberg (Cleis)
- Imagine Being More Afraid of Freedom than Slavery by Pamela Sneed (Owl)
- In the Open by Beatrix Gates (Painted Leaf)
- Juba by Letta Neely (Wildheart)
- The Little Butch Book by Leslea Newman (New Victoria)
Lesbian Studies
- WINNER: A Fragile Union by Joan Nestle (Cleis)
- Female Masculinity by Judith Halberstam (Duke)
- Gay Old Girls by Zsa Zsa Gershick (Alyson)
- Stagestruck by Sarah Schulman (Duke)
- The Truth That Never Hurts by Barbara Smith (Rutgers)
Photography/Visual Arts
- WINNER (Tie): The Male Nude by David Leddick (Taschen)
- WINNER (Tie): Women in Love by Barbara Seyda with Diana Herrera (Bullfinch/Little Brown)
- Affectionate Men by Russell Bush (St. Martin’s)
- Becoming Visible by Molly McGarry and Fred Wasserman (NYPL/Penguin Studio)
- The Passionate Camera by Deborah Bright (Routledge)
Pioneer Award
- Katherine V. Forrest
Publisher Service Award
- Joan M. Drury, Spinsters Ink
Religion/Spirituality
- WINNER: Ferocious Romance by Donna Minkowitz (Free Press)
- Both Feet Firmly Planted in Midair by John McNeill (Westminister John Knox)
- Closet Devotions by Richard Rambuss (Duke)
- How to Survive Your Own Gay Life by Perry Brass (Belhue)
- Sermons: Biblical Wisdom for Daily Living by Peter J. Gomes (Morrow)
Science Fiction/Fantasy
- WINNER: Bending the Landscape II edited by Nicola Griffith and Stephen Pagel (Overlook)
- Galilee by Clive Barker (HarperCollins)
- Desmond by Ulysses G. Dietz (Alyson)
- Falling to Earth by Elizabeth Brownrigg (Firebrand)
- Things Invisible to See edited by Lawrence Schimel (Ultra Violet)
Small Press
- WINNER: the bull-jean stories by Sharon Bridgforth (RedBone)
- The Indelible Alison Bechdel: Confessions, Comix, and Miscellaneous Dykes to Watch Out for by Alison Bechdel (Firebrand)
- Queer Japan edited by Barbara Summerhawk (New Victoria)
- The Reluctant Pornographer by Bruce LaBruce (Gutter)
- Uprising by Randy Boyd (Westbeach)
Transgender
- WINNER: The Empress Is a Man by Michael R. Gorman (Harrington Park)
- Boy-Wives and Female Husbands edited by Will Roscoe and Stephen Murray (St. Martin’s)
- Female Masculinity by Judith Halberstam (Duke)
- Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton by Diane Wood Middlebrook (Houghton Mifflin)
- Trans Liberation by Leslie Feinberg (Beacon)