15th Annual Lambda Literary Awards
Author: Antonio Gonzalez Cerna
July 9, 2003
Anthologies/Fiction
- WINNER: Black Like Us edited by Devon Carbado, Dwight McBride and Done Weise (Cleis)
- Bend Sinister – The Gay Times Book of Disturbing Stories edited by Peter Burton (GMP)
- Queer Fear II edited by Michael Rowe (Arsenal Pulp)
- Rebel Yell 2 edited by Jay Quinn (Southern Tier/Harrington Park)
- Summer Share by Chris Kenry, William J. Mann, Andy Schell and Ben Tyler (Kensington)
Anthologies/Nonfiction
- WINNER: The Man I Might Become edited by Bruce Shenitz (Marlowe & Company)
- Found Tribe edited by Lawrence Schimel (Sherman Asher)
- From ACT UP to the WTO edited by Benjamin Shepard and Ronald Hayduk (Verso)
- GenderQueer edited by Joan Nestle, Riki Wilchins and Claire Howell (Alyson)
- This Bridge We Call Home edited by Analouise Keating and Gloria Anzaldua (Routledge)
Autobiography
- WINNER: Surviving Madness by Betty Berzon (University of Wisconsin)
- Famous Builder by Paul Lisicky (Graywolf)
- Insurgent Muse by Terry Wolverton (City Lights)
- The Chelsea Whistle by Michelle Tea (Seal)
- Wild Animals I Have Known by Kevin Bentley (Green Candy)
Biography
- WINNER: Ridiculous! by David Kaufman (Applause Theatre & Cinema)
- Gay Revel of the Harlem Renaissance edited by Thomas Wirth (Duke University)
- Glenway Wescott Personally by Jerry Rosco (University of Wisconsin)
- Rare and Commonplace Flowers by Carmen L. Oliveira (Rutgers University)
- Wild Heart by Suzanne Rodriguez (Ecco)
Bridge Builder Award
- Betty DeGeneres, author of Love, Ellen and Just a Mom
Children’s/Young Adult
- WINNER: Letters in the Attic by Bonnie Shimko (Academy Chicago Press)
- Felicia’s Favorite Story by Leslea Newman (Two Lives Publishing)
- King & King by Linda de Haan and Stern Nijland (Tricycle)
- Lovers’ Legends: The Gay Greek Myths by Andrew Calimach (Haiduk)
- The Sissy Duckling by Harvey Fierstein (Simon & Schuster)
Editor’s Choice
- The World Turned by John D’Emilio (Duke University)
Erotica
- WINNER: Best Lesbian Erotica 2003 edited by Tristan Taormino (Cleis)
- Bedroom Eyes edited by Leslea Newman (Alyson)
- Best Gay Erotica 2003 edited by Richard Labonte (Cleis)
- Cocksure by Bob Vickery (Alyson)
- The Sperm Engine by Stephen Greco (Green Candy)
Gay Men’s Fiction
- WINNER: At Swim Two Boys by Jamie O’Neill (Scribner)
- Avoidance by Michael Lowenthal (Graywolf)
- Boulevard by Jim Grimsley (Alogonquin)
- Letters to Montgomery Clift by Noel Alumit (MacAdam/Cage)
- The Martian Child by David Gerrold (Forge)
Gay Men’s Mystery
- WINNER: The Snow Garden by Christopher Rice (Miramax)
- Hot Spot by Michael Craft (St. Martin’s)
- Murder in the Rue Dauphine by Greg Herren (Alyson)
- The Hired Man by Dorien Grey (GLB)
- The Lodger by Drew Gummerson (GMP)
Gay Men’s Poetry
- WINNER: Hazmat by J.D. McClatchy (Alfred A. Knopf)
- The Christmas Poems by Krandall Kraus (AttaGirl)
- Landscape with Human Figure by Rafael Campo (Duke University)
- Ten Tongues by Reginald Harris (Three Conditions)
- Theory of Devolution by David Groff (University of Illinois)
Humor
- WINNER: Skipping Toward Gomorrah by Dan Savage (Dutton)
- Gaydar by Donald F. Reuter (Crown)
- Is It a Date or Just Coffee? by Mo Brownsey (Alyson)
- Screening Party by Dennis Hensley (Alyson)
- The Big Book of Lesbian Horse Stories by Alisa Surkis and Monica Nolan (Kenisngton)
Lesbian Fiction
- WINNER: Fingersmith by Sarah Waters (Riverhead)
- Lucky in the Corner by Carol Anshaw (Houghton Mifflin)
- Godspeed by Lynn Breedlove (St. Martin’s)
- Stay by Nicola Griffith (Doubleday)
- This Place Called Absence by Lydia Kwa (Kensington)
Lesbian Mystery
- WINNER: Good Bad Woman by Elizabeth Woodcraft (Kensington)
- WINNER: Immaculate Midnight by Ellen Hart (St. Martin’s)
- Accidental Murder by Claire McNab (Bella)
- Death by Prophecy by Lauren Maddison (Alyson)
- The Weeping Buddha by Heather Dune Macadam (Akashic)
Lesbian Poetry
- WINNER: Mules of Love by Ellen Bass (BOA Editions)
- Body Language by C.C. Carter (Kings Crossing)
- Passing by Eloise Klein Healy (Red Hen)
- Red by Melanie Braverman (Perugia)
- Unraveling at the Name by Jenny Factor (Copper Canyon)
LGBT Studies
- WINNER: Sex-Crime Panic by Neil Miller (Alyson)
- From Identity to Politics by Craig Rimmerman (Temple University)
- Love in a Dark Time by Colm Toibin (Scribner)
- Queering India edited by Ruth Vanita (Routledge)
- Soul Beneath the Skin by David Nimmons (St. Martin’s)
Pioneer Award
- Barbara Grier, Naiad Press
- Judy Shepard, The Matthew Shepard Foundation
Romance
- WINNER: The Winter of Our Discoteque by Andrew W.M. Beierle (Kensington)
- Boyfriend Material by Jon Jeffrey (Kensington)
- Different People by Orland Outland (Alyson)
- Nora and Liz by Nancy Garden (Bella)
- She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not by Leslea Newman (Alyson)
Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror
- WINNER: Queer Fear II edited by Michael Rowe (Arsenal Pulp)
- Daughters of an Amber Noon by Katherine V. Forrest (Alyson)
- Seeds of Fire by Karin Kallmaker writing as Laura Adams (Bella)
- The Devil Inside by Randy Boyd (West Beach)
- Wired Hard 3 edited by Cecilia Tan (Circlet)
Small Press
- Kings Crossing Publishing, Robin G. White, Sha Mendon
Spirituality
- WINNER: Courage to Love by Geoffrey Duncan (Pilgrim)
- Found Tribe edited by Lawrence Schimel (Sherman Asher)
- Lovers’ Legends: The Gay Greek Myths by Andrew Calimach (Haiduk)
- Queer Jews edited by David Scneer and Caryn Aviv (Routledge)
- Queering Christ by Robert E. Goss (Pilgrim)
Transgender
- WINNER: Dress Codes by Noelle Howey (Picador)
- Brazen Femme edited by Chloe Brushwood Rose and Anna Camilleri (Arsenal Pulp)
- GenderQueer edited by Joan Nestle, Riki Wilchins and Claire Howell (Alyson)
- Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (FS&G)
- Some of the Parts by T Cooper (Akashic)
Visual Arts
- WINNER: A Hidden Love by Dominique Fernandez (Prestel)
- On the Couch – Volume One by Tom Bianchi (Bruno Gmunder Verlag)
- Out/Lines by Thomas Waugh (Arsenal Pulp)
- Outlaw Representation by Richard Meyer (Oxford University)
- Paul Cadmus: The Male Nude by Justin Spring (Universe)