Discover the Winners of the Lambda Literary Awards

Lesbian Fiction: Six Metres of Pavement, by Farzana Doctor, Dundrun Press

Gay Fiction: The Empty Family, by Colm Tóibín, Scribner

Lesbian Debut Fiction: Zipper Mouth, by Laurie Weeks, The Feminist Press

Gay Debut Fiction: Quarantine: Stories, by Rahul Mehta, Harper Perennial

Lesbian Memoir/Biography: When We Were Outlaws: A Memoir of Love & Revolution, Jeanne Córdova, Spinsters Ink

Gay Memoir/Biography: The Jack Bank: A Memoir of a South African Childhood, by Glen Retief, St. Martin’s Press

Lesbian Mystery: Dying to Live, by Kim Baldwin & Xenia Alexiou, Bold Strokes Books

Gay Mystery: Red White Black and Blue, by Richard Stevenson, MLR Press

LGBT Anthology: Gay Latino Studies: A Critical Reader, ed. by Michael Hames-García and Ernesto Javier Martínez, Duke University Press

LGBT Children’s/Young Adult: Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy, by Bil Wright, Simon & Schuster

LGBT Drama: A Menopausal Gentleman: The Solo Performances of Peggy Shaw, by Peggy Shaw, University of Michigan Press

LGBT Nonfiction: A Queer History of the United States, by Michael Bronski, Beacon Press

LGBT SF/Fantasy/Horror: The German, by Lee Thomas, Lethe Press

LGBT Studies: Sister Arts: The Erotics of Lesbian Landscapes, by Lisa L. Moore, University of Minnesota Press

Bisexual Fiction: The Correspondence Artist, by Barbara Browning, Two Dollar Radio

Bisexual Nonfiction: The Horizontal Poet, by Jan Steckel, Zeitgest Press

Transgender Fiction: Take Me There: Trans and Genderqueer Erotica, ed. by Tristan Taormino, Cleis Press

Transgender Nonfiction: Tango: My Childhood Backwards and in High Heels, by Justin Vivian Bond, The Feminist Press

Lesbian Erotica: Story of L, by Debra Hyde, Ravenous Romance

Gay Erotica: All Together, by Dirk Vanden, iloveyoudivine Alerotica

Lesbian Poetry: Love Cake, by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, TSAR Publications

Gay Poetry: A Fast Life: The Collected Poems of Tim Dlugos, ed. by David Trinidad, Nightboat Books

Lesbian Romance: Taken by Surprise, by Kenna White, Bella Books

Gay Romance: Every Time I Think of You, by Jim Provenzano, CreateSpace/Myrmidude Press