6th Annual Lambda Literary Awards
Author: Edit Team
July 13, 1994
Anthologies
- WINNER: Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader by Henry Abelove, Michele Aina Barale and David Halperin (Routledge)
- Growing Up Gay edited by Bennett L. Singer (New)
- Lesbian Culture by Julia Penelope and Susan Wolfe (Crossing)
- Sisters, Sexperts, and Queers by Arlene Stein (Plume)
- Eyes of Desire by Raymond Luczak (Alyson)
Children’s/Young Adult Literature
- WINNER: The Cat Came Back by Hilary Mullins (Naiad)
- Saturday is Pattyday by Leslea Newman, illustrated by Annette Hegel (New Victoria)
- We’re Not Alone by Rik Isensee (Lavender Press)
- Living In Secret by Christina Salat (Bantam)
- Uncle What-Is-It Is Coming To Visit!! written and illustrated by Michael Willhoite (Alyson Wonderland)
Drama
- WINNER: Angels in America: Millenium Approaches by Tony Kushner (TCG)
- The Destiny of Me by Larry Kramer (Plume)
- Falsettos by William Finn (Plume)
- We Oughta Be In Pictures by Julia Willis (Alamo Square)
- She’s Always Liked the Girls Best by Claudia Allen (Third Side)
Editor’s Choice
- A Star Bright Lie by Coleman Dowell (Dalkey Archive)
Gay Men’s Biography/Autobiography
- WINNER: Genet by Edmund White (Knopf)
- City Poet by Brad Gooch (Knopf)
- Travels With Lizbeth by Lars Eighner (St. Martin’s)
- Before Night Falls by Reinaldo Arenas (Viking)
- Coming Unbuttoned by James Broughton (City Lights)
Gay Men’s Fiction
- WINNER: Living Upstairs by Joseph Hansen (Dutton)
- Fragments that Remain by Steven Corbin (Alyson)
- Martin and John by Dale Peck (HarperPerennial)
- The Listener by Bo Huston (St. Martin’s)
- Scissors, Paper, Rock by Fenton Johnson (Pocket)
Gay Men’s Mystery
- WINNER: Catilina’s Riddle by Steven Saylor (St. Martin’s)
- Mae West Murder Case by George Baxt (St. Martin’s)
- Bohannon’s Country by Joseph Hansen (Viking)
- Torsos by John Cooke (Warner)
- Dead On Your Feet by Grant Michaels (St. Martin’s)
Gay Men’s Poetry
- WINNER (Tie): Collected Poems by James Schuyler (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
- WINNER (Tie): 1990 by Michael Klein (Provincetown Arts)
- My Alexandria by Mark Doty (University of Illinois)
- Orpheus in his Underwear by William Bory (Cythoera)
- Tranquil Lake of Love by Carl Cook (Vega)
Gay Men’s Studies
- WINNER: Conduct Unbecoming by Randy Shilts (St. Martin’s)
- Stonewall by Martin Duberman (Dutton)
- A Place at the Table by Bruce Bawer (Poseidon)
- Cherry Grove/Fire Island by Esther Newman (Beacon)
- The Queen’s Throat by Wayne Koestenbaum (Vintage)
Humor
- WINNER: Spawn of Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel (Firebrand)
- Hothead Paisan by Diane DiMassa (Cleis)
- Whores of Lost Atlantis by Charles Busch (Hyperion)
- Closet Case by Robert Rodi (Dutton)
- Members of the Tribe by Michael Willhoite (Alyson)
Lesbian Biography/Autobiography
- WINNER: Marguerite Yourcenar by Josyanne Savigneau (University of Chicago)
- Forty-Three Septembers by Jewelle Gomez (Firebrand)
- How Am I To Be Heard: Letters of Lillian Smith edited by Rose Gladney (University of North Carolina)
- Mary Renault by David Sweetman (Harcourt Brace)
- Family Values by Phyllis Burke (Random House)
Lesbian Fiction
- WINNER: Written on the Body by Jeannette Winterson (Knopf)
- Sea of Light by Jenifer Levin (Dutton)
- Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg (Firebrand)
- Women On Women 2 edited by Joan Nestle & Naomi Holoch (Plume)
- Home Movies by Paula Martinac (Seal)
Lesbian Mystery
- WINNER: Divine Victim by Mary Wings (Dutton)
- Trouble In Transylvania by Barbara Wilson (Seal)
- Long Goodbyes by Nikki Baker (Naiad)
- Case of the Not-So-Nice Nurse by Mabel Maney (Cleis)
- I’ll Be Leaving You Always by Sandra Scoppetone (Little, Brown)
Lesbian Poetry
- WINNER: The Marvelous Arithmetics of Distance by Audre Lorde (Norton)
- The Last Generation by Cherrie Moraga (South End)
- The Black Back-Ups by Kate Rushin (Firebrand)
- Experimental Love Poetry by Cheryl Clarke (Firebrand)
- Collected Poems (1930-1993) by May Sarton (Norton)
Lesbian Studies
- WINNER: Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold by Elizabeth Kennedy and Madeline Davis (Routledge)
- Blood, Bread, and Roses by Judy Grahn (Beacon)
- The Apparitional Lesbian by Terry Castle (Columbia University)
- Vampires & Violets by Andrea Weiss (Penguin)
- What is Found There by Adrienne Rich (Norton)
Publisher’s Service Award
- Michael Denneny, St. Martin’s Press
Science Fiction/Fantasy
- WINNER: The Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk (Bantam)
- Drawing Blood by Poppy Brite (Delacorte)
- In the Garden of Dead Cars by Sybil Claiborne (Cleis)
- Burning Bright by Melissa Scott (TOR)
- The Unfinished by Jay Laws (Alyson)
Small Press Book Award
- WINNER (Tie): Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg (Firebrand)
- WINNER (Tie): Sojourner by Other Countries (Other Countries)
- Lotus of Another Color by Ratti Rakesh (Alyson)
- Eyes of Desire by Raymond Luczak (Alyson)
- Blue by Denise Ohio (MacPherson & Co.)