21st Annual Lambda Literary Awards
Author: Antonio Gonzalez Cerna
February 18, 2010
LGBT Anthologies | 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 ANTHOLOGIES
- Our Caribbean edited by Thomas Glave (Duke University Press)
- A Casulty of War: Gay Short Fiction by Peter Burton (Arcadia Books)
- Live Through This edited by Sabrina Chapadjiev (Seven Stories Press)
- Love, West Hollywood edited by Chris Freeman and James J. Berg (Alyson)
- Big Trips: More Good Gay Travel Writing edited by Raphael Kadushin (University of Wisconsin Press)
BISEXUAL
- Open by Jenny Block (Seal Press)
- Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women’s Love & Desire by Lisa M. Diamond (Harvard University Press)
- The Bishop’s Daughter by Honor Moore (W.W. Norton)
- Kinsey Zero Through Sixty: Bisexual Perspectives on Kinsey by Ron Jackson Suresha (Taylor & Francis Journals)
- Rimbaud by Edmund White (Atlas & Company)
TRANSGENDER
- Intersex (For Lack of a Better Word) by Thea Hillman (Manic D Press)
- 10,000 Dresses by Marcus Ewert & Rex Ray (Seven Stories Press)
- Two Truths and a Lie by Scott Schofield (Homofactus Press)
- Boy with Flowers by Ely Shipley (Barrow Street Press)
- Transgender History by Susan Stryker (Seal Press)
LGBT CHILDRENS/YOUNG ADULT
- Out of the Pocket by Bill Konigsberg (Dutton)
- Hit the Road, Manny: A Manny Files Novel by Christian Burch (Simon and Schuster)
- How They Met & Other Stories by David Levithan (Knopf Children’s Books)
- Mousetraps by Pat Schmatz (Carolrhoda Books)
- What They Always Tell Us by Martin Wilson (Random House Children’s Books)
- Love & Lies: Marisol’s Story by Ellen Wittlinger (Simon and Schuster)
LGBT DRAMA
- The Second Coming of Joan of Arc by Carolyn Gage (Outskirts Press)
- Phi Alpha Gamma by Dan Bernitt (Sawyer House)
- Radical Acts: Collected Political Plays by Martin Duberman (The New Press)
- Two Truths and a Lie by Scott Schofield (Homofactus Press)
- Vile Affections by Vanda (Original Works Publishing)
LGBT NONFICTION
- Loving The Difficult by Jane Rule (Hedgerow Press)
- Me as Her Again by Nancy Agabian (Aunt Lute Books)
- If I Could Write This in Fire by Michelle Cliff (Univ of Minnesota Press)
- Dishonorable Passions: Sodomy Laws in America 1861-2003 by William N. Eskridge Jr (Penguin Group)
- Beyond (Straight & Gay) Marriage by Nancy Polikoff (Beacon Press)
- Drifting Toward Love by Kai Wright (Beacon Press)
LGBT SCI-FI/FANTASY/HORROR
- Turnskin by Nicole Kimberling (Blind Eye Books)
- The Archer’s Heart by Astrid Amara (Blind Eye Books)
- The Magician and the Fool by Barth Anderson (Bantam Del Rey)
- Wilde Stories 2008 by Steve Berman (Lethe Press)
- Sea, Swallow Me and Other Stories by Craig Gidney (Lethe Press)
LGBT STUDIES
- Criminal Intimacy: Prison and the Uneven History of Modern American Sexuality by Regina Kunzel (The University of Chicago Press)
- Tomboys: A Literary & Cultural History by Michelle Ann Abate (Temple University Press)
- The Dividends of Dissent: How Conflict and Culture Work in Lesbian and Gay Marches on Washington by Amin Ghaziani (The University of Chicago Press)
- Political Manhood: Red Bloods, Mollycoddles, & the Politics of Progressive Reform by Kevin P. Murphy (Columbia University Press)
- Screening Sex by Linda Williams (Duke University Press)
LESBIAN DEBUT FICTION
- The Bruise by Magdalena Zurawski (Fiction Collective Two/University of Alabama Press)
- Red Audrey & the Roping by Jill Malone (Bywater Books)
- Passing for Black by Linda Villarosa (Kensington)
- Closer to Fine by Meri Weiss (Kensington)
- Love Does Not Make Me Gentle or Kind by Chavisa Woods (Fly by Night Press)
LESBIAN EROTICA
- In Deep Waters 2: Cruising the Strip by Radclyffe and Karin Kallmaker (Bold Strokes Books)
- Lipstick on Her Collar by Sacchi Green and Rakelle Valencia (Pretty Things Press)
- Periphery: Erotic Lesbian Futures by Lynne Jamneck (Lethe Press)
LESBIAN GENERAL FICTION
- Tie: The Sealed Letter by Emma Donoghue (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
- Tie: All the Pretty Girls by Chandra Mayor (Conundrum Press)
- The Slow Fix by Ivan E. Coyote (Arsenal Pulp Press)
- Map of Ireland by Stephanie Grant (Scribner)
- Breaking Spirit Bridge by Ruth Perkinson (Spinsters Ink)
LESBIAN MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY
- Sex Talks to Girls: A Memoir by Maureen Seaton (University of Wisconsin Press)
- Wrestling with the Angel of Democracy by Susan Griffin (Shambhala Publications)
- Intersex (For Lack of a Better Word) by Thea Hillman (Manic D Press)
- Sex Variant Woman by Joanne Passet (Da Capo)
- Case of a Lifetime by Abbe Smith (Palgrave Macmillan)
LESBIAN MYSTERY
- Whacked by Josie Gordon (Bella Books)
- Blind Faith by Diane and Jacob Anderson-Minshall (Bold Strokes Books)
- Sweet Poison by Ellen Hart (St. Martin’s Press)
- Losers Weepers by Jessica Thomas (Bella Books)
- Calling the Dead by Ali Vali (Bold Strokes Books)
LESBIAN POETRY
- love belongs to those who do the feeling by Judy Grahn (Red Hen Press )
- Interpretive Work by Elizabeth Bradfield (Arktoi/Red Hen Press)
- Kissing Dead Girls by Daphne Gottlieb (Soft Skull Press)
- Same Life by Maureen N. McLane, Farrar (Straus and Giroux)
- Two Minutes of Light by Nancy K. Pearson (Perugia Press)
LESBIAN ROMANCE
- The Kiss That Counted by Karin Kallmaker (Bella Books)
- Finding Home by Georgia Beers (Bold Strokes Books)
- A Pirate’s Heart by Catherine Friend (Bold Strokes Books)
- Hotel Liaison by JLee Meyer (Bold Strokes Books)
- The Lonely Hearts Club by Radclyffe (Bold Strokes Books)
GAY DEBUT FICTION
- Finlater by Shawn Stewart Ruff (Quote Editions)
- Shuck by Daniel Allen Cox (Arsenal Pulp Press)
- Light Fell by Evan Fallenberg (Soho Press)
- The Screwed-Up Life of Charlie The Second by Drew Ferguson (Kensington)
- The Steve Machine by Mike Hoolboom (Coach House Books)
GAY EROTICA
- Best Gay Erotica 2009 by Richard Labonte & James Lear (Cleis Press)
- The Secret Tunnel by James Lear (Cleis Press)
- Hard Working Men by William Maltese, Victor J. Banis, Jardonn Smith, & J.P. Bowie (MLR Press)
GAY GENERAL FICTION
- We Disappear by Scott Heim (Harper Perennial)
- Stray Dog Winter by David Francis (Macadam/Cage Publishing)
- The Torturer’s Wife by Thomas Glave (City Light Publishers)
- The Conversion by Joseph Olshan (St. Martin’s Press)
- The Boomerang Kid by Jay Quinn (Alyson)
GAY MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY
- Edward Carpenter: A Life of Liberty and Love by Sheila Rowbotham (Verso Books)
- Bringing Him Home by Aaron Cooper (Late August Press)
- Swish by Joel Derfner (Broadway Books)
- Assisted Loving by Bob Morris (Harper)
- King of Shadows by Aaron Shurin (City Lights Publishers)
GAY MYSTERY
- First You Fall by Scott Sherman (Alyson Books)
- The Fisher Boy by Stephen Anable (Poisoned Pen Press)
- Sundowner Ubuntu by Anthony Bidulka (Insomniac Press)
- Mahu Fire by Neil Plakcy (Alyson Books)
- Spider Season by John Morgan Wilson (St. Martin’s Press)
GAY POETRY
- Tie: Fire to Fire by Mark Doty (Harper)
- Tie: Now You’re the Enemy by James Allen Hall (Univ. of Arkansas Press)
- Want by Rick Barot (Sarabande Press)
- Please by Jericho Brown (New Issues)
- My Vocabulary Did This to Me: The Collected Poetry of Jack Spicer by Jack Spicer, edited by Peter Gizzi & Kevin Killian (Wesleyan University Press)
GAY ROMANCE
- Got ’til it’s Gone by Larry Duplechan (Arsenal Pulp Press)
- Mexican Heat by Laura Baumbach & Josh Lanyon (MLR Press)
- The Protector by N.L. Gassert (Seventh Window Publications)
