Congratulations 2023 Lammy Award Winners
On June 9, 2023, we announced the winners of the 35th Annual Lambda Literary Awards. These winners were selected by a panel of over 60 literary professionals from more than 1,300 book submissions from over 300 publishers.
In addition to the winners below, five special honors were awarded: Eboni J. Dunbar (Kenan Prize), Jaquira Diaz (Cordova Prize), Maya Salameh & Naseem Jamnia (Markowitz Prize) , Christopher Tradowski (Samuel Prize), Aaron Hamburger & Ryka Aoki (Duggins Prize).
You can pick up any of the winning books you haven’t read on our curated list at Bookshop.org, where your purchases benefit Lambda Literary.
Lesbian Fiction
Gods of Want
K-Ming Chang
One World
Gay Fiction
The Foghorn Echoes
Danny Ramadan
Canongate Books
Bisexual Fiction
Reluctant Immortals
Gwendolyn Kiste
S&S / Saga Press
Transgender Fiction
The Call-Out
Cat Fitzpatrick
7 Stories Press
Bisexual Nonfiction
Appropriate Behavior
Maria San Filippo
McGill-Queens University Press
Transgender Nonfiction
The Third Person
Emma Grove
Drawn & Quarterly
LGBTQ+ Nonfiction
The Black Period: On Personhood, Race, and Origin
Hafizah Augustus Geter
Random House
Lesbian Poetry
As She Appears
Shelley Wong
YesYes Books
Gay Poetry
Some Integrity
Padraig Regan
Carcanet Press
Bisexual Poetry
Real Phonies and Genuine Fakes
Nicky Beer
Milkweed Editions
Transgender Poetry
MissSettl
Kamden Ishmael Hilliard
Nightboat Books
Lesbian Memoir/Biography
Lost & Found: A Memoir
Kathryn Schulz
Random House
Gay Memoir/Biography
High-Risk Homosexual: A Memoir
Edgar Gomez
Soft Skull Press
Lesbian Romance
The Rules of Forever
Nan Campbell
Bold Strokes Books
Gay Romance
I’m So Not Over You
Kosoko Jackson
Berkley Romance
LGBTQ+ Anthology
OutWrite: The Speeches That Shaped LGBTQ Literary Culture
Julie R. Enszer and Elena Gross
Rutgers University Press
LGBTQ+ Children’s Books
Mighty Red Riding Hood
Wallace West
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
LGBTQ+ Middle Grade
Nikhil Out Loud
Maulik Pancholy
Balzer + Bray
LGBTQ+ Young Adult
The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School
Sonora Reyes
Balzer + Bray
LGBTQ+ Comics
Mamo
Sas Milledge
BOOM! Studios
LGBTQ+ Drama
Iphigenia and the Furies (On Taurian Land) & Antigone: 方
Ho Ka Kei (Jeff Ho)
Playwrights Canada Press
LGBTQ+ Romance & Erotica
Kiss Her Once for Me
Alison Cochrun
Atria Books
LGBTQ+ Mystery
Dirt Creek: A Novel
Hayley Scrivenor
Flatiron Books
LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction
The Wicked and the Willing
Lianyu Tan
Shattered Scepter Press
LGBTQ+ Studies
Keeping It Unreal: Black Queer Fantasy and Superhero Comics
Darieck Scott
NYU Press
