13th Annual Lambda Literary Awards

Author: Antonio Gonzalez Cerna

July 9, 2001

Anthologies/Fiction

• WINNER: Men on Men 2000 edited by David Bergman and Karl Woelz (Plume)
• Queer Fear edited by Michael Rowe (Arsenal)
• Circa 2000: Lesbian Fiction at the Millenium edited by Robert Drake and Terry Wolverton (Alyson)
• Same Sex Love in India edited by Ruth Vanita and Saleem Kidwai (St. Martin’s)
• Kosher Meat edited by Lawrence Schimel (Sherman Asher)

Anthologies/Nonfiction

• WINNER: Out of the Ordinary edited by Noelle Howey and Ellen Samuels (St. Martin’s)
• Coming Out of Cancer edited by Victoria Brownworth (Seal)
• Home Fronts edited by Jess Wells (Alyson)
• Mama’s Boy edited by Dean Kostos (Painted Leaf)
• Revolutionary Voices edited by Amy Sonnie (Alyson)

Children’s/Young Adult

• WINNER: Out of the Ordinary edited by Noelle Howey and Ellen Samuels (St. Martin’s)
• Holly’s Secret by Nancy Garden (FS&G)
• Revolutionary Voices edited by Amy Sonnie (Alyson)
• The XY Survival Guide by Benjie Nycum (XY)
• Eight Seconds by Jean Ferris (Harcourt)

Drama

• WINNER: Hedwig and the Angry Inch by John Cameron Mithcell, music and lyrics by Stephen Trask (Overlook)
• The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told by Paul Rudnick (Overlook)
• Five Lesbian Brothers by Five Lesbian Brothers (Consortium)
• The Beginning of August by Tom Donaghy (Grove)
• I, Carmelita Tropicana by Alina Troyano (Beacon)

Gay Biography/Autobiography

• WINNER: Bosie by Douglas Murray (Talk Miramax)
• Marcel Proust by Jean-Yves Tadie (Viking)
• Brave Journeys by David Mixner (Bantam)
• The Mentor by Jay Quinn (Haworth)
• Lies by Ned Rorem (Counterpoint)

Gay Fiction

• WINNER: The World of Normal Boys by K.M. Soehnlein (Kensington)
• The Notorious Dr. August by Christopher Bram (William Morrow)
• The Married Man by Edmund White (Knopf)
• Guess Again by Bernard Cooper (Simon & Schuster)
• Between Dances by Erasmo Guerra (Painted Leaf)

Gay Men’s Mystery

• WINNER: The Limits of Justice by John Morgan Wilson (Doubleday)
• A Density of Souls by Christopher Rice (Talk Miramax)
• Name Games by Michael Craft (St. Martin’s)
• Love’s Last Chance by Krandall Kraus (Alyson)
• Nothing Gold Can Stay by Casey Nelson (Alyson)

Gay Poetry

• WINNER: Pastoral by Carl Phillips (Graywolf)
• Boss Cupid by Thom Gunn (FS&G)
• The World in Us by Michael Lassell and Elena Georgiou (St. Martin’s)
• Word of Mouth by Timothy Liu (Talisman)
• Plasticville by David Trinidad (Turtle Point)

Gay Studies

• WINNER: The Isherwood Century by James J. Berg and Chris Freeman (University of Wisconsin)
• Left Out – The Politics of Exclusion by Martin Duberman (Basic)
• Creating Change by d’Emilio, Turner and Vaid (St. Martin’s)
• Shorter Views: Queer Thoughts and the Politics of the Paramilitary by Samuel R. Delaney (Wesleyan University)
• Male Lust by Kerwin Kay et al (Haworth)

Horror/Science Fiction/Fantasy

• WINNER: Kirith Kirin by Jim Grimsley (Meisha Merlin)
• Queer Fear edited by Michael Rowe (Arsenal Pulp)
• Merrick by Anne Rice (Knopf)
• Angel Lust by Perry Brass (Belhue)
• Jumping off the Planet by David Gerrold (Tor)

Humor

• WINNER: Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris (Little Brown)
• It’s Not Mean if It’s True by Michael Thomas Ford (Alyson)
• Bruce! by Bruce Vilanch (J P Tarcher)
• Post-Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel (Firebrand)
• The Femme’s Guide to the Universe by Shar Rednour (Alyson)

Lesbian Biography/Autobiography

• WINNER: Lifesaving by Judith Barrington (Eight Mountain)
• Truly Wilde by Joan Schenkar (Basic)
• My Dangerous Desires by Amber Hollibaugh (Duke University)
• Soldier: A Poet’s Childhood by June Jordan (Basic)
• The Room Lit by Roses by Carole Maso (Counterpoint)

Lesbian Fiction

• WINNER: Valencia by Michelle Tea (Seal)
• Affinity by Sarah Waters (Riverhead)
• Tea by Stacey D’Erasmo (Algonquin)
• The Powerbook by Jeannette Wintersen (Knopf)
• Black Girl in Paris by Shay Youngblood (Riverhead)

Lesbian Mystery

• WINNER: Mommy Deadest by Jean Marcy (New Victoria)
• The Case of the Orphanned Bassoonists by Barbara Wilson (Seal)
• Booked for Murder by Val McDermid (Spinsters Ink)
• When Evil Changes Face by Therese Szymanski (Bella)
• Death Understood by Claire McNab (Naiad)

Lesbian Poetry

• WINNER: Mercy Mercy Me by Elena Georgiou (Painted Leaf)
• The Horse Fair by Robin Becker (University of Pittsburgh)
• A Map to the Next World by Joy Harjo (W.W. Norton)
• And on the Eighth Day Adam Slept Alone by Nancy Boutilier (Black Sparrow)
• Signs of Love by Leslea Newman (Windstorm Creative)

Lesbian Studies

• WINNER: Lesbian Art in America by Harmony Hammond (Rizzoli)
• Margaret Mead Made Me Gay by Esther Newton (Duke University)
• The Girls: Sappho Goes to Hollywood by Diana McLellan (St. Martin’s)
• Girl Reed by Bonnie J. Morris (Coffeehouse)
• My Dangerous Desires by Amber Hollibaugh (Duke)

Spirituality/Religion

• WINNER (Tie): Gay Spirituality by Toby Johnson (Alyson)
• WINNER (Tie): It’s Never About What It’s About by Krandall Kraus and Paul Borja (Alyson)
• The Silence of Sodom by Mark Jordan (University of Chicago)
• Interviews/Entrevistas by Gloria E. Anzaldua (Routledge)
• ReCreations edited by Catherine Lake (Queer)

Small Press

• WINNER (Tie): Kamikaze Lust by Lauren Sanders (Akashic)
• WINNER (Tie): Between Dances by Erasmo Guerra (Painted Leaf)
• Outline of My Lover by Douglas A. Martin (Soft Skull)
• Bridge Across the Ocean by Randy Boyd (West Beach)
• Undertow by Amy Shcutzer (CALYX)

Transgender

• WINNER: The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff (Viking)
• As Nature Made Him by John Colapinto (HarperCollins)
• Trans-Sister Radio by Chris Bohjalian (Harmony)
• Out of the Ordinary edited by Noelle Hawley and Ellen Samuels (St. Martin’s)
• Are You a Boy or a Girl? by Karleen Pendleton Jimenez (Green Dragon)

Visual Arts

• WINNER: Faeries by Keri Pickett (Aperture)
• Lesbian Art in America by Harmony Hammond (Rizzoli)
• Stars in My Eyes by Don Bachardy (University of Wisconsin)
• Black and White Men by James Spada (Pond Street)
• As I See It by Greg Gorman (powerHouse)