Winners of the 21st Lambda Literary Awards Announced

May 29 , 2009—The Lambda Literary Foundation honored Leslie Feinberg, Andrew Holleran, Felice Picano, and Edmund White as this year’s recipients of its Pioneer Awards, at the 21st annual Lambda Literary Awards on May 28, 2009 in New York City.

Guest Presenters included Kate Clinton, Michelangelo Signorile, Jackie Woodson, Keith Boykin, Alice Quinn, and many more!

The Lambda Literary Awards seek to recognize excellence in the field of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender literature. Each year, over 80 judges -- writers, booksellers, librarians, journalists -- assess the entries in more than 20 categories.

This year, 105 finalists representing 72 publishers competed for awards in 22 categories.

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 | Gay Memoir/Biography

Lesbian Mystery | Gay Mystery

Lesbian Poetry |Gay Poetry

Lesbian Romance | Gay Romance

BISEXUAL

• Open, Jenny Block, Seal Press
  

TRANSGENDER

• Intersex (For Lack of a Better Word), Thea Hillman, Manic D Press

LGBT ANTHOLOGIES

• Our Caribbean, edited by Thomas Glave, Duke University Press

LGBT CHILDRENS/YOUNG ADULT

• Out of the Pocket, Bill Konigsberg, Dutton

LGBT DRAMA

• The Second Coming of Joan of Arc, Carolyn Gage, Outskirts Press

LGBT NONFICTION

• Loving The Difficult, Jane Rule, Hedgerow Press
  

LGBT SCI-FI/FANTASY/HORROR

• Turnskin, Nicole Kimberling, Blind Eye Books
  

LGBT STUDIES

• Criminal Intimacy: Prison and the Uneven History of Modern American Sexuality, Regina Kunzel, The University of Chicago Press

LESBIAN DEBUT FICTION

• The Bruise, Magdalena Zurawski, Fiction Collective Two/University of Alabama Press

LESBIAN EROTICA

• In Deep Waters 2: Cruising the Strip, Radclyffe and Karin Kallmaker, Bold Strokes Books

LESBIAN FICTION (a tie!)

• The Sealed Letter, Emma Donoghue, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• All the Pretty Girls, Chandra Mayor, Conundrum Press

LESBIAN MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY

• Sex Talks to Girls: A Memoir, Maureen Seaton, University of Wisconsin Press

LESBIAN MYSTERY

• Whacked, Josie Gordon, Bella Books

LESBIAN POETRY

• love belongs to those who do the feeling, Judy Grahn, Red Hen Press
  

LESBIAN ROMANCE

• The Kiss That Counted, Karin Kallmaker, Bella Books

GAY DEBUT FICTION

• Finlater, Shawn Ruff, Quote Editions
  

GAY EROTICA

• Best Gay Erotica 2009, Richard Labonte & James Lear, Cleis Press
  
  

GAY FICTION

• We Disappear, Scott Heim, Harper Perennial

GAY MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY

• Edward Carpenter:  A Life of Liberty and Love, Sheila Rowbotham, Verso Books

GAY MYSTERY

• First You Fall, Scott Sherman, Alyson Books

GAY POETRY (a tie!)

• Fire to Fire, Mark Doty, Harper
• Now You're the Enemy, James Allen Hall, Univ. of Arkansas Press

GAY ROMANCE

• Got 'til it's Gone, Larry Duplechan, Arsenal Pulp Press

Golden Crown Literary Conference
July 23-26, 2009

Lambda Literary is proud to co-sponsor the 2009 Golden Crown Conference in Orlando, FL, with keynote speaker JM Redmann. Join them for a weekend of events for publishers, authors, supporters and fans of lesbian books with panels, seminars, and workshops focused on encouraging and advancing the art of publishing as well as hosting the Fifth Annual Golden Crown Literary Awards Program.

Find out more at Golden Crown Literary Conference.

July BOOK BUZZ now online

Check out the July installment of BOOK BUZZ, John Morgan Wilson's monthly column on LGBT publishing, including an interview with Vince Liaguno and Chad Helder, whose anthology Unspeakable Horrors is the first GLBT-themed horror anthology to win a Stoker Award in its 22-year history of the Bram Stoker Awards! Check it out!

Are You A G.E.M.?

As we brace for a turbulent 2009 economy, we’re creating ways for our friends to support us that are easy, flexible, and cost-effective. I hope you'll consider joining our G.E.M. (Giving Every Month) program by pledging a monthly gift that is automatically charged to the debit/credit card of your choice.

As a G.E.M., you’ll receive a monthly email with reviews of LGBT books and author interviews before they are published in Lambda Book Report or on our website. You’ll also receive our press releases first, including an early-bird announcement of Lambda Literary Award finalists (March 16) and winners (May 28).

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Lambda Literary Directory of Professional Services Launches

This is a new service from the Lambda Literary Foundation: a directory of professional literary services. This directory will provide a list of working professionals in the following areas, among others:

• Editors
• Literary Agents
• Publicists
• Graphic Designers
• Web Designers
• Writing Workshops
• Writers to Hire
  

Lists of publishers (Find a Publisher), literary journals (Find a Literary Journal), and bookstores (Find a Bookstore) are located elsewhere in the Resource Center. Additions to those lists may be sent to info@lambdaliterary.org.

If you are a literary professional who would like to be listed in the directory, the annual fee is $25. Consult the Directory Information page, and send any questions to info@lambdaliterary.org: