Charles
Isherwood, Michelle Tea, and Jennifer Baumgardner are some
of the authors up for consideration at this year's
Lambda Literary Awards. The organization will choose
winners in 21 categories from 463 nominees, a record
for the LGBT book awards, according to a statement released
on Thursday.
Nearly 200
publishers -- a 29% increase from last year's pool --
participated in the nomination process, which awards books
in such categories as fiction, nonfiction, poetry,
memoir/biography, and children/young adult. The number
of entries this year was up 22%, from 381 to 463,
according to the group's executive director, Charles
Flowers.
Lambda Legal will
present the 20th annual Lammys at a gala in West
Hollywood this May.
For a full list
of the nominees, visit LambdaLiterary.org.
(The Advocate)
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