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2008 GUIDELINES will be available no later than October 1, 2008.
Books will be accepted for consideration between October 1 and December 1, 2008.
If you have any questions, contact us at 323-936-5876 or awards@lambdaliterary.org.
2007 GUIDELINES - FOR REFERENCE ONLY
1) Lambda Literary Awards are presented in twenty-one (21) categories (see below). In determining whether a book should be nominated, consider that the Lambda Literary Awards are based principally on the quality of the writing and the LGBT content of the work. The sexual orientation of the author is secondary.
2) Nominations will be accepted between September 1 and December 1, 2007.
3) A book can be nominated only by its author or by its publisher.
4) A book can be nominated in a maximum of two categories. If you have any questions about which category would be most appropriate for a book, please email us at awards@lambdaliterary.org.
5) If a category receives less than ten (10) nominations, the category will not be active in this awards cycle. The nominated books will be reassigned to another category if appropriate, and the administrative fee will be refunded if the book cannot compete in another category.
6) Each nomination includes a completed nomination form, an administrative fee of $20, and four (4) copies of the book. . Only one nomination form is required per book; however, additional fees and books are required if a book is nominated in two categories. Example: A debut novel may be entered in both the Fiction and Debut Fiction categories. One (1) nomination form, two fees ($40) and eight (8) copies of the book will be necessary to be judged in both categories.
7) For books being published in late 2007 (especially December), bound galleys or bound manuscripts are accepted in lieu of finished copies of the book. Please note: electronic versions of books (PDFs) are not accepted.
8) The book must be published and distributed (i.e. available in bookstores) in the United States during 2007.
9) Self-published books are eligible.
10) Paperback reprints of previously published hardcover books are not eligible. Second (or later) editions of a book are eligible if there is at least 25% new/revised content from the previous edition(s).
11) The book must be published in English. Translations from other languages into English are accepted (and encouraged).
12) Each category will have five finalists, to be announced no later than March 15, 2008.
13) Each category will be judged by four individuals. Judges may be writers themselves, booksellers, librarians, teachers, book reviewers, journalists, and/or members of the literary community. No editor or publisher or member of the Board of Trustees is eligible to serve as a judge. The identity of the judges will be made public when the winners are announced.
14) Winners will be announced at the 20th Annual Lambda Literary Awards Ceremony, to be held on Thursday, May 29, 2008, in West Hollywood, CA.
2007 CATEGORIES
WOMEN’S and MEN’S CATEGORIES (8)
Each category below will have separate awards for women and men, rather than the former designations of “lesbian” and “gay.” This change is intended to better represent the range of experience and identity within our literature.
WOMEN'S: Books eligible for this category are those that depict the lesbian, female bisexual, and/or transgender male-to-female experience. The gender and orientation of the author are not considered in determining the book’s eligibility.
MEN'S: Books eligible for this category are those that depict the gay male, male bisexual, and/or transgender female-to-male experience. The gender and orientation of the author are not considered in determining the book’s eligibility.
Fiction—Novels, novellas, and short story collections. Anthologies are not eligible.
Memoir/Biography—Posthumously published authors or those with co-authors are also eligible. Anthologies are not eligible.
Mystery— Novels, novellas, and short story collections. Anthologies are not eligible.
Romance— Novels, novellas, and short story collections. Anthologies are not eligible.
LGBT CATEGORIES (9)
These categories are open to all orientations and genders.
LGBT Anthology—Collections of fiction, poetry, drama, and/or nonfiction are eligible.
LGBT Arts & Culture—Books about music, architecture, visual arts, dance, film, TV, popular culture, essays, literary criticism, etc.
LGBT Children’s/Young Adult—Fiction, nonfiction, picture books, poetry, and anthologies—whose intended audience are young readers—are all eligible.
LGBT Drama/Theater—Books and anthologies of plays, histories of theater, drama studies are all eligible. An auto/biography of an actor, director, or theater professional is eligible, but may be better placed in Autobiography/Biography.
LGBT Erotica—Anthologies, novels, memoirs, short story collections whose content is principally of an erotic nature.
LGBT Nonfiction—Books and subjects for the general reader, e.g. histories, politics, community organizations, humor, parenting, religion, spirituality, relationships, psychology, travel, etc.
LGBT Poetry—Single volumes, selected and collected poems, and anthologies are eligible. Chapbooks are not eligible.
LGBT Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror—Novels, novellas, short story collections, and anthologies are eligible.
LGBT Studies—Scholarly work oriented toward academia, libraries, cultural professionals, and the more academic reader.
ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES (4)
Betty Berzon Prize for Lesbian
Debut Fiction—Novels, novellas, or short story collections by lesbians who have not previously published a book of fiction. Anthologies are not eligible. Authors who have appeared in anthologies are eligible, as long as they have not published a volume identified as theirs alone.
Betty Berzon Prize for Gay
Debut Fiction—Novels, novellas, or short story collections by gay men who have not previously published a book of fiction. Anthologies are not eligible. Authors who have appeared in anthologies are eligible, as long as they have not published a volume identified as theirs alone.
Bisexual—Fiction and nonfiction: novels, short story collections, anthologies, poetry, memoirs, cultural studies, public policy, law, history, spirituality, gender studies, etc.
Transgender—Fiction and nonfiction: novels, short story collections, anthologies, poetry, memoirs, cultural studies, public policy, law, history, spirituality, gender studies, etc.
2007 NOMINATION FORM
The Nomination form is available as a PDF. If you would like one faxed or emailed to you, please send a request to awards@lambdaliterary.org.
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