Lambda Literary Award1997

Given by Lambda Literary Foundation

Other Names: Lammies
89 Works / 92 Items 25,997 Books 255 Reviews ½ 4.0
Lambda Literary Awards (also known as the "Lammies") are awarded yearly by the US-based Lambda Literary Foundation to published works which celebrate or explore LGBT themes. Categories include show more Humor, Romance and Biography. To qualify, a book must have been published in the United States in the year current to the award. The Lambda Literary Foundation states that its mission is "to celebrate LGBT literature and provide resources for writers, readers, booksellers, publishers, and librarians - the whole literary community." The awards were instituted in 1988.

In determining whether a book should be submitted for consideration, the Lambda Literary Awards are based principally on the LGBT content of the work. The sexual orientation of the author is secondary. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (817), Finalist (2,142), Nominee (1,410)
Categories:
All, 100 Best Lesbian/Gay Books of the 20th Century (1), AIDS (14), Anthology (11), Anthology/Fiction (52), Anthology/Nonfiction (47), Arts & Culture (7), Autobiography (5), Autobiography/Memoir (15), Belles Lettres (5), Biography (25), Bisexual (16), Bisexual Fiction (70), Bisexual Literature (10), Bisexual Nonfiction (55), Bisexual Poetry (33), Children's/Young Adult (86), Drama (52), Editor's Choice (12), Erotica (23), Gay Biography/Autobiography (1), Gay Debut Fiction (24), Gay Erotica (37), Gay Fiction (73), Gay General Fiction (43), Gay Memoir/Biography (107), Gay Men's Anthology (18), Gay Men's Biography/Autobiography (38), Gay Men's Debut Fiction (31), Gay Men's Erotica (2), Gay Men's Fiction (94), Gay Men's Memoir (5), Gay Men's Mystery (85), Gay Men's Mystery/Science Fiction (5), Gay Men's Nonfiction (25), Gay Men's Poetry (79), Gay Men's Romance (5), Gay Men's SF/Fantasy (21), Gay Men's Small Press (10), Gay Men's Studies (38), Gay Mystery (89), Gay Poetry (101), Gay Romance (103), Humor (86), LGBT Anthologies (5), LGBT Anthology (49), LGBT Children's/Young Adult (51), LGBT Debut (8), LGBT Debut Fiction (28), LGBT Drama (36), LGBT Erotica (6), LGBT Graphic Novels (13), LGBT Nonfiction (58), LGBT Poetry (6), LGBT Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror (58), LGBT Studies (89), LGBTQ Anthology (38), LGBTQ Children's/Middle Grade (10), LGBTQ Children's/Young Adult (32), LGBTQ Comics (10), LGBTQ Drama (17), LGBTQ Erotica (29), LGBTQ Graphic Novels (20), LGBTQ Mystery (10), LGBTQ Nonfiction (42), LGBTQ SF/F/Horror (36), LGBTQ Speculative Fiction (5), LGBTQ Studies (42), LGBTQ Young Adult (10), LGBTQ+ Anthology (9), LGBTQ+ Children's Books (10), LGBTQ+ Comics (10), LGBTQ+ Drama (9), LGBTQ+ Middle Grade (10), LGBTQ+ Mystery (10), LGBTQ+ Nonfiction (10), LGBTQ+ Poetry (3), LGBTQ+ Romance and Erotica (10), LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction (10), LGBTQ+ Studies (10), LGBTQ+ Young Adult (10), Lesbian Anthology (18), Lesbian Biography/Autobiography (38), Lesbian Debut Fiction (53), Lesbian Erotica (32), Lesbian Fiction (167), Lesbian General Fiction (40), Lesbian Memoir (2), Lesbian Memoir/Biography (98), Lesbian Mystery (169), Lesbian Mystery/Science Fiction (4), Lesbian Nonfiction (21), Lesbian Poetry (182), Lesbian Romance (118), Lesbian SF/Fantasy (20), Lesbian Small Press (10), Lesbian Studies (38), Nonfiction (14), Photography/Visual Arts (50), Poetry (9), Publisher's Service Award (1), Religion/Spirituality (15), Romance (24), Science Fiction/Fantasy (67), Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror (1), Small Press (50), Spirituality (36), Spirituality/Religion (10), Transgender (51), Transgender Fiction (60), Transgender Nonfiction (62), Transgender Poetry (41), Transgender/Bisexual (3), Transgender/Genderqueer (10), Young Adult/Children's (5), No Category (2)
Years:
All, 2024 (124), 2023 (124), 2022 (116), 2021 (115), 2020 (160), 2019 (168), 2018 (154), 2017 (144), 2016 (155), 2015 (150), 2014 (183), 2013 (144), 2012 (117), 2011 (115), 2010 (115), 2009 (104), 2007 (109), 2006 (107), 2005 (102), 2004 (106), 2003 (95), 2002 (89), 2001 (96), 2000 (94), 1999 (94), 1998 (94), 1997 (92), 1996 (97), 1995 (96), 1994 (87), 1993 (82), 1992 (71), 1991 (73), 1990 (88), 1989 (81), 1988 (57)

Winner 30

WorkCategoryYear
His²: Brilliant New Fiction by Gay Writers by Robert DrakeAnthology/Fiction1997
Queers in Space: Communities, Public Places, Sites of Resistance by Yolanda RetterAnthology/Nonfiction1997
The House You Pass on the Way by Jacqueline WoodsonChildren's/Young Adult1997
Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde by Moisés KaufmanDrama1997
Billy's Boy by Patricia Nell WarrenEditor's Choice1997
The Poetry of Healing: A Doctor's Education in Empathy, Identity, and Desire by Rafael CampoGay Men's Biography/Autobiography1997
The Far Euphrates by Aryeh Lev StollmanGay Men's Fiction1997
The Magician's Tale by David HuntGay Men's Mystery1997
Beautiful Signor by Cyrus CassellsGay Men's Poetry1997
The Gay Metropolis by Charles KaiserGay Men's Studies1997
Hot, Throbbing Dykes to Watch Out for by Alison BechdelHumor1997
Flaming Iguanas: An Illustrated All-Girl Road Novel Thing by Erika LopezHumor1997
Naked by David SedarisHumor1997
Openly Bob by Bob SmithHumor1997
Barbie Unbound: A Parody of the Barbie Obsession by Sarah StrohmeyerHumor1997
My Life as a Boy: A Woman's Story by Kim CherninLesbian Biography/Autobiography1997
Virginia Woolf by Hermione LeeLesbian Biography/Autobiography1997
May Sarton: A Biography by Margot PetersLesbian Biography/Autobiography1997
Blue Windows: A Christian Science Childhood by Barbara WilsonLesbian Biography/Autobiography1997
Beyond the Pale by Elana DykewomonLesbian Fiction1997
Father, Forgive Me by Randye LordonLesbian Mystery1997
Cold River: Poems by Joan LarkinLesbian Poetry1997
School of Fish by Eileen MylesLesbian Poetry1997
Particular Voices: Portraits of Gay and Lesbian Writers by Robert GiardPhotography/Visual Arts1997
Naked Men: Pioneering Male Nudes, 1935-1955 by David LeddickPhotography/Visual Arts1997
Bending the Landscape: Fantasy by Nicola GriffithScience Fiction/Fantasy1997
Does Your Mama Know? An Anthology of Black Lesbian Coming Out Stories by Lisa C. MooreSmall Press1997
Like Bread on the Seder Plate: Jewish Lesbians and the Transformation of Tradition by Rebecca AlpertSpirituality/Religion1997
PoMoSexuals: Challenging Assumptions About Gender and Sexuality by Carol QueenTransgender1997
The Last Time I Wore A Dress by Dylan ScholinskiTransgender1997

Nominee 62

WorkCategoryYear
The Mammoth Book of Gay Short Stories by Peter BurtonAnthology/Fiction1997
Best American Gay Fiction #2 by Bernard CooperAnthology/Fiction1997
Best Lesbian Erotica 1997 (Annual) by Jewelle GomezAnthology/Fiction1997
Jo's Girls: Tomboy Tales of High Adventure, True Grit, and Real Life by Christian McEwenAnthology/Fiction1997
Gay Men at the Millennium: Sex, Spirit, Community by Michael LowenthalAnthology/Nonfiction1997
My Dear Boy: Gay Love Letters Through the Centuries by Rictor NortonAnthology/Nonfiction1997
PoMoSexuals: Challenging Assumptions About Gender and Sexuality by Carol QueenAnthology/Nonfiction1997
Lesbians Raising Sons by Jess WellsAnthology/Nonfiction1997
Blue Coyote by Liza KetchumChildren's/Young Adult1997
The Shared Heart: Portraits and Stories Celebrating Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Young People by Adam MastoonChildren's/Young Adult1997
SANCTUARY: A Tale of Life in the Woods by Paul MonetteChildren's/Young Adult1997
Rent by Jonathan LarsonDrama1997
Three Plays: Sex / The Drag / The Pleasure Man by Mae WestDrama1997
Porcelain and A Language of Their Own: Two Plays by Chay YewDrama1997
Track Conditions: A Memoir by Michael KleinGay Men's Biography/Autobiography1997
A House on the Ocean, a House on the Bay: A Memoir by Felice PicanoGay Men's Biography/Autobiography1997
Walt Whitman: A Gay Life by Gary SchmidgallGay Men's Biography/Autobiography1997
Gay Body: A Journey Through Shadow To Self by Mark ThompsonGay Men's Biography/Autobiography1997
Mr Clive and Mr Page by Neil BartlettGay Men's Fiction1997
Gossip by Christopher BramGay Men's Fiction1997
Plays Well with Others by Allan GurganusGay Men's Fiction1997
The Farewell Symphony by Edmund WhiteGay Men's Fiction1997
The Burning Plain by Michael NavaGay Men's Mystery1997
Revision of Justice by John Morgan WilsonGay Men's Mystery1997
Hostage by R. D. ZimmermanGay Men's Mystery1997
Desire by Frank BidartGay Men's Poetry1997
Packing Up for Paradise: Selected Poems 1946-1996 by James BroughtonGay Men's Poetry1997
Desire: Poems, 1986-1996 by Tom CareyGay Men's Poetry1997
A Queer World: The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader by Martin DubermanGay Men's Studies1997
Sexual Ecology: AIDS and the Destiny of Gay Men by Gabriel RotelloGay Men's Studies1997
Life Outside - The Signorile Report on Gay Men: Sex, Drugs, Muscles, and the Passages of Life by Michelangelo SignorileGay Men's Studies1997
Prozac Highway: A Novel by Persimmon BlackbridgeLesbian Fiction1997
Terminal Velocity by Blanche McCrary BoydLesbian Fiction1997
Crystal Diary: A Novel by Frankie HucklenbroichLesbian Fiction1997
A/K/A: A Novel by Ruthann RobsonLesbian Fiction1997
Evil Dead Center: A Mystery by Carole laFavorLesbian Mystery1997
Old Black Magic by Jaye MaimanLesbian Mystery1997
No Daughter of the South by Cynthia WebbLesbian Mystery1997
Diesel Fuel: Passionate Poetry by Patrick CalifiaLesbian Poetry1997
Poems Between Women: Four Centuries of Love, Romantic Friendship, and Desire by Emma DonoghueLesbian Poetry1997
Queer Dog: Homo Pup Poetry by Gerry Gomez PearlbergLesbian Poetry1997
Queerly Classed: Gay Man & Lesbians Write About Class by Susan RaffoLesbian Studies1997
Every Woman I'Ve Ever Loved: Lesbian Writers on Their Mothers by Catherine ReidLesbian Studies1997
Mrs Keppel and Her Daughter by Diana SouhamiLesbian Studies1997
Sex and Sensibility: Stories of a Lesbian Generation by Arlene SteinLesbian Studies1997
I Am My Lover: Women Pleasure Themselves by Joani BlankPhotography/Visual Arts1997
Men Together: Portraits of Love, Commitment, and Life by Anderson JonesPhotography/Visual Arts1997
Director's Cut by John WatersPhotography/Visual Arts1997
Monsters in the closet: Homosexuality and the Horror Film (Inside Popular Film) by Harry M. BenshoffScience Fiction/Fantasy1997
The Harvest: A Novel by Perry BrassScience Fiction/Fantasy1997
Grave Passions by William J. MannScience Fiction/Fantasy1997
Toward the New Degeneracy: An Essay by Bruce BendersonSmall Press1997
Bite Hard by Justin ChinSmall Press1997
Beyond the Pale by Elana DykewomonSmall Press1997
Barbie Unbound: A Parody of the Barbie Obsession by Sarah StrohmeyerSmall Press1997
Stealing Jesus: How Fundamentalism Betrays Christianity by Bruce BawerSpirituality/Religion1997
Cassell's Encyclopedia of Queer Myth, Symbol and Spirit: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Lore by Randy P. ConnerSpirituality/Religion1997
The Essential Gay Mystics by Andrew HarveySpirituality/Religion1997
Queer Dharma: Voices of Gay Buddhists Vol. 1 by Winston LeylandSpirituality/Religion1997
Sex Changes: The Politics of Transgenderism by Patrick CalifiaTransgender1997
Mema's House, Mexico City: On Transvestites, Queens, and Machos (Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender, and Culture) by Annick PrieurTransgender1997
Read My Lips: Sexual Subversion and the End of Gender by Riki Anne WilchinsTransgender1997

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