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Lambda Literary Awards Finalists & Winners

For over 30 years, the Lambda Literary Awards have recognized the best LGBTQ books published in a given year across dozens of categories.

Below is a directory of all previous Lammy finalists and winners dating back to 1988. You can search by a title or author, and filter by the drop-down fields.

Note that each year’s Lambda Literary Awards celebrates books published between January 1 and December 31 of the previous year. For example, books from the 2020 Lammys will show a publication year of 2019 in this table.

Publication Year
Category
Book Title
Author Name
Publisher
Award Status
Cari Hunter
Ann Roberts
Sarah Pinder
Constance Merritt
Yolanda Wallace
Jen Bervin
Rosamond S. King
Jessica L. Webb
M. Redmann
Ana-Maurine Lara
Ann McMan
Ellen Hart
A.E. Radley
Eric Kostiuk Williams
Anne-christine d’Adesky
Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
Emil Ferris
Chavisa Woods
Christine d’Abo
Nicole J. Georges
Anne Garréta
Tillie Walden
SJ Sindu
Carmen Maria Machado
Ariel Gore
Leona Beasley
Roxane Gay
Patricia A. Smith
Gengoroh Tagame
Melissa Febos
Eileen Myles
Renate Stendhal
Danez Smith
Charif Shanahan
Tommy Pico
Michael Nava
Chen Chen
C. S. Poe
Kim Fielding
Mark Zubro
Tom Mendicino
Cedar Sigo
Bryan T. Clark
Rhys Ford
Randall Mann
Audra North
L.A. Witt
CA Conrad
Johnny Diaz
Laurie Loft

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