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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
Craig Laurance Gidney
Jac Jemc
Vivek Shraya, Ness Lee (illustrator)
E. Patrick Johnson
Vikram Kolmannskog
Selby Wynn Schwartz
Akwaeke Emezi
Brett Krutzsch
Karen Tongson
Mariko Tamaki, Rosemary Valero O'Connell (illustrator)
Hugh Ryan
Rory Power
Tillie Walden
Carmen Maria Machado
Rosalind Chase
LA Warman
Kelsey Wroten
Jaime Hernandez
Thomas Kearnes
W. Ian Bourland
Gary Garth McCann
Robin Stevenson
Erin Zak
Aishah Shahidah Simmons
Fatimah Asghar and Safia Elhillo
Alexandra Villasante
Luiza Flynn-Goodlett
M. Ullrich
Jae
Lisa Jenn Bigelow
Saundra Mitchell
Amber Dawn and Justin Ducharme
Virginia Hale
M. Ullrich
Jaye Robin Brown
Donna K. Ford
Alyssa Cole
Jeff Mann and Julia Watts
Nicole Melleby
Micah Rajunov and Scott Duane
The Other Foundation
Emily Noon
t'ai freedom ford
Etel Adnan, Sarah Riggs (translator)
Gala Mukomolova
Sharanpal Ruprai
Lee Ann Roripaugh
Franny Choi
Amelia Ellis

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