{"id":89716,"date":"2019-06-04T08:25:29","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T12:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/winners-of-the-31st-annual-lambda-literary-awards-for-best-lgbtq-books-announced-full-list\/"},"modified":"2019-06-04T08:25:29","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T12:25:29","slug":"winners-of-the-31st-annual-lambda-literary-awards-for-best-lgbtq-books-announced-full-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/winners-of-the-31st-annual-lambda-literary-awards-for-best-lgbtq-books-announced-full-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Winners of the 31st Annual \u2018Lambda Literary Awards\u2019 for Best LGBTQ Books Announced: FULL LIST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Winners of the 31st Annual \u2018Lambda Literary Awards\u2019 for Best LGBTQ Books Announced: FULL LIST<\/b><\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>The winners of the<strong> <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"31st Annual Lambda Literary Awards  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lambdaliterary.org\/awards\/\" target=\"_blank\">31st Annual Lambda Literary Awards <\/a>(aka The Lammys) were announced on Monday night at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>According to organizers, \u201c60 literary professionals served as judges this year, spending countless hours considering this year\u2019s record number of submissions. This year\u2019s finalists were chosen from over 1,000 books<strong> <\/strong>submitted by over 300 publishers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The awards were handed out at a ceremony hosted by Mx Justin Vivian Bond. The Lambda Literary Foundation is the nation\u2019s leading nonprofit organization advancing LGBTQ literature.<\/p>\n<p>Lambda reports: \u201cAlong with the 25 book award winners, three special honors were also given to Alexander Chee, Masha Gessen, and Barbara Smith. Alexander Chee received Lambda\u2019s Trustee Award for his immeasurable contributions to culture as a novelist, essayist, activist, and teacher, which was presented on stage by award-winning actor Anthony Rapp. Masha Gessen received the Visionary Award for their work advancing public awareness around the global threat of totalitarianism, which was presented by HuffPost Editor-in-Chief Lydia Polgreen. Barbara Smith received the Publishing Professional Award for a lifetime of work that has profoundly shaped our collective understanding of the interconnections between race, class, and gender. Smith\u2019s award was presented by the poet, educator, and activist Cheryl Clarke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And here are the nominees and winners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lesbian Fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"La Bastarda (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Hr8xcT\" target=\"_blank\">La Bastarda<\/a><\/em>, Trifonia Melibea Obono, Translated by Lawrence Schimel, The Feminist Press at CUNY<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Evolution of Love (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2XLpTXi\" target=\"_blank\">The Evolution of Love<\/a>,<\/em> Lucy Jane Bledsoe, Rare Bird Books<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Fifth Woman (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2tVJwyv\" target=\"_blank\">The Fifth Woman<\/a><\/em>, Nona Caspers, Sarabande Books<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Maggie Terry (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2TpEnOi\" target=\"_blank\">Maggie Terry<\/a><\/em>, Sarah Schulman, The Feminist Press at CUNY<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Pretend We Live Here (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2XJH9wf\" target=\"_blank\">Pretend We Live Here<\/a><\/em>, Genevieve Hudson, Future Tense Books<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sodom Road Exit (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2H7IcAV\" target=\"_blank\">Sodom Road Exit<\/a><\/em>, Amber Dawn, Arsenal Pulp Press<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Tiger Flu (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2TjCl1Y\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Tiger Flu<\/strong><\/a><\/em><strong>, Larissa Lai, Arsenal Pulp Press (WINNER)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Two Moons: Stories (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Hj7209\" target=\"_blank\">Two Moons: Stories<\/a><\/em>, Krystal A. Smith, BLF Press<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Gay Fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Drapetomania, or the Narrative of Cyrus Tyler and Abednego Tyler, Lovers (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Hj8dwB\" target=\"_blank\">Drapetomania, or the Narrative of Cyrus Tyler and Abednego Tyler, Lovers<\/a><\/em>, John R. Gordon, Team Angelica Publishing<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"History of Violence: A Novel (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2VHRQxq\" target=\"_blank\">History of Violence: A Novel<\/a><\/em>, \u00c9douard Louis, Translated by Lorin Stein, Farrar, Straus and Giroux<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The House of Impossible Beauties: A Novel (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Hl6vLh\" target=\"_blank\">The House of Impossible Beauties: A Novel<\/a><\/em>, Joseph Cassara, HarperCollins \/ Ecco<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Jonny Appleseed (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2XMsGQn\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Jonny Appleseed<\/strong><\/a><\/em><strong>, Joshua Whitehead, Arsenal Pulp Press (WINNER)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Luminous Traitor: The Just and Daring Life of Roger Casement, a Biographical Novel (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2HkUTaW\" target=\"_blank\">Luminous Traitor: The Just and Daring Life of Roger Casement, a Biographical Novel<\/a><\/em>, Martin Duberman, University of California Press<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Some Hell: A Novel (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2XIVEQZ\" target=\"_blank\">Some Hell: A Novel<\/a><\/em>, Patrick Nathan, Graywolf Press<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Speak No Evil, A Novel (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2TpHbL4\" target=\"_blank\">Speak No Evil, A Novel<\/a><\/em>, Uzodinma Iweala, HarperCollins \/ Harper<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"State of the Nation (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2HlAZNg\" target=\"_blank\">State of the Nation<\/a><\/em>, David Jackson Ambrose, The TMG Firm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Bisexual Fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Behind These Doors: Radical Proposals Book 1 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2XKkAaP\" target=\"_blank\">Behind These Doors: Radical Proposals Book 1<\/a><\/em>, Jude Lucens, Greenwose Books<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Best Bad Things: A Novel (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2XLrhJu\" target=\"_blank\">The Best Bad Things: A Novel<\/a><\/em>, Katrina Carrasco, MCD \/ FSG<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Bhopal Dance: A Novel (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2EKz8OK\" target=\"_blank\">Bhopal Dance: A Novel<\/a><\/em>, Jennifer Natalya Fink, University of Alabama Press \/ FC2<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Disoriental (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2H6q2Qk\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Disoriental<\/strong><\/a><\/em><strong>, N\u00e9gar Djavadi, Translated by Tina Kover, Europa Editions (WINNER)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Jilted (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2u3Z57n\" target=\"_blank\">Jilted<\/a><\/em>, Lilah Suzanne, Interlude Press<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Origin of Doubt: Fifty Short Fictions (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2tUqwjN\" target=\"_blank\">The Origin of Doubt: Fifty Short Fictions<\/a><\/em>, Nathan Alling Long, Press 53<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Palmetto Rose (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2H7me0T\" target=\"_blank\">Palmetto Rose<\/a><\/em>, J.E. Sumerau, Brill \/ Sense<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Wild Birds (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2VFMt1L\" target=\"_blank\">The Wild Birds<\/a><\/em>, Emily Strelow, Rare Bird Books \/ A Barnacle Book<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Transgender Fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Confessions of the Fox: A Novel (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Hl4puK\" target=\"_blank\">Confessions of the Fox: A Novel<\/a><\/em>, Jordy Rosenberg, One World \/ Random House<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Freshwater (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2XHD7Eu\" target=\"_blank\">Freshwater<\/a><\/em>, Akwaeke Emezi, Grove Atlantic \/ Grove Press<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Invasions (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2VHal59\" target=\"_blank\">Invasions<\/a><\/em>, Calvin Gimpelevich, Instar Books<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Little Fish (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2VIZasU\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Little Fish<\/strong><\/a><\/em><strong>, Casey Plett, Arsenal Pulp Press (WINNER)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sketchtasy (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2tS8Qp1\" target=\"_blank\">Sketchtasy<\/a><\/em>, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, Arsenal Pulp Press<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>     Bisexual Nonfiction<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Many Love: A Memoir of Polyamory and Finding Love(s) (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2EThsSn\" target=\"_blank\">Many Love: A Memoir of Polyamory and Finding Love(s)<\/a><\/em>, Sophie Lucido Johnson, Simon &#038; Schuster, Inc. \/ Touchstone<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"No Archive Will Restore You (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2EIVRuR\" target=\"_blank\">No Archive Will Restore You<\/a><\/em>, Julietta Singh, Punctum Books \/ 3Ecologies Imprint<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Out of Step: A Memoir (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2XGgSPj\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Out of Step: A Memoir<\/strong><\/a><\/em><strong>, Anthony Moll, The Ohio State University Press (WINNER)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Transgender Nonfiction<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2TlG0MO\">Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man<\/a><\/em>, Thomas Page McBee, Scribner<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Histories of the Transgender Child (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2tZd8e1\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Histories of the Transgender Child<\/strong><\/a><\/em><strong>, Julian Gill-Peterson, University of Minnesota Press (WINNER)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em>I\u2019m Afraid of Men<\/em>, Vivek Shraya, Penguin Canada<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Mobile Subjects: Transnational Imaginaries of Gender Reassignment (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2tUIxhP\" target=\"_blank\">Mobile Subjects: Transnational Imaginaries of Gender Reassignment<\/a><\/em>, Aren Z. Aizura, Duke University Press<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Soul of the Stranger: Reading God and Torah from a Transgender Perspective (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2UsQJBC\" target=\"_blank\">The Soul of the Stranger: Reading God and Torah from a Transgender Perspective<\/a><\/em>, Joy Ladin, Brandeis University Press<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>LGBTQ Nonfiction<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Boys of Fairy Town: Sodomites, Female Impersonators, Third-Sexers, Pansies, Queers, and Sex Morons in Chicago's First Century (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2HlfJXR\" target=\"_blank\">The Boys of Fairy Town: Sodomites, Female Impersonators, Third-Sexers, Pansies, Queers, and Sex Morons in Chicago\u2019s First Century<\/a>, <\/em>Jim Elledge, Chicago Review Press<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Butch Heroes (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2TouRL2\" target=\"_blank\">Butch Heroes<\/a><\/em>, Ria Brodell, The MIT Press<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Has the Gay Movement Failed? (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2XK7rP5\" target=\"_blank\">Has the Gay Movement Failed?<\/a>,<\/em> Martin Duberman, University of California Press<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Ladies Lazarus (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2XLsqAM\" target=\"_blank\">Ladies Lazarus<\/a>, <\/em>Piper J. Daniels, Tarpaulin Sky Press<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2XKFKFz\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry<\/strong><\/a><strong>,<\/strong><\/em><strong> Imani Perry, Beacon Press (WINNER)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"No Place Like Home: Lessons in Activism from LGBT Kansas (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2VKtaEr\" target=\"_blank\">No Place Like Home: Lessons in Activism from LGBT Kansas<\/a>,<\/em> C.J. Janovy, University Press of Kansas<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Resistance: The LGBT Fight Against Fascism in WWII (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Ur9YLM\" target=\"_blank\">Resistance: The LGBT Fight Against Fascism in WWII<\/a>,<\/em> Avery Cassell, Stacked Deck Press<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2H7597E\" target=\"_blank\">Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements<\/a>,<\/em> Charlene A. Carruthers, Beacon Press<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>      Lesbian Poetry<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Body Work (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2TrlZo3\" target=\"_blank\">Body Work<\/a><\/em>, Emilia Nielsen, Signature Editions<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Each Tree Could Hold a Noose or a House (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2SRurYt\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Each Tree Could Hold a Noose or a House<\/strong><\/a><\/em><strong>, Nina Puro, New Issues Poetry &#038; Prose (WINNER)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Evolution (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2UqiquI\" target=\"_blank\">Evolution<\/a><\/em>, Eileen Myles, Grove Atlantic \/ Grove Press<\/li>\n<li><em>Gaze Back<\/em>, Marylyn Tan, Ethos Books<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Obits (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Trm6Qv\" target=\"_blank\">Obits<\/a>.<\/em>, Tess Liem, Coach House Books<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Past Lives, Future Bodies (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2tRw6n4\" target=\"_blank\">Past Lives, Future Bodies<\/a><\/em>, Kristin Chang, Black Lawrence Press<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Surge (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2XFNzwm\" target=\"_blank\">Surge<\/a><\/em>, Etel Adnan, Nightboat Books<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Who Is Trixie the Trasher? And Other Questions (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2tX5bGi\" target=\"_blank\">Who Is Trixie the Trasher? And Other Questions<\/a><\/em>, Jane Miller, Copper Canyon Press<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Gay Poetry<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"ESL or You Weren\u2019t Here (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Trmezt\" target=\"_blank\">ESL or You Weren\u2019t Here<\/a><\/em>, Aldrin Valdez, Nightboat Books<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Indecency (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2tWeXss\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Indecency<\/strong><\/a><\/em><strong>, Justin Phillip Reed, Coffee House Press (WINNER)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Inquisition (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Urj5we\" target=\"_blank\">Inquisition<\/a><\/em>, Kazim Ali, Wesleyan University Press<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Junk (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2TpI1HO\" target=\"_blank\">Junk<\/a><\/em>, Tommy Pico, Tin House Books<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Not Here (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2XGiatD\" target=\"_blank\">Not Here<\/a><\/em>, Hieu Minh Nguyen, Coffee House Press<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Stereo(TYPE) (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2tTF96T\" target=\"_blank\">Stereo(TYPE)<\/a><\/em>, Jonah Mixon-Webster, Ahsahta Press<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Unfinished Sketches of a Revolution (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2tXuEj8\" target=\"_blank\">Unfinished Sketches of a Revolution<\/a><\/em>, Brane Mozeti\u010d, Translated by Barbara Jursa, Talisman House Publishers<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Wild Is the Wind: Poems (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2UqUrf7\" target=\"_blank\">Wild Is the Wind: Poems<\/a><\/em>, Carl Phillips, Farrar, Straus and Giroux<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Bisexual Poetry <\/strong>(*new category for the 31st Annual Lammys)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Cenzontle (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2tZf5qR\" target=\"_blank\">Cenzontle<\/a><\/em>, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, BOA Editions Ltd.<\/li>\n<li><em>If They Come for Us<\/em>, Fatimah Asghar, Random House \/ One World<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Mad Quick Hand of the Seashore: Love Poems (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2SQqzaq\" target=\"_blank\">Mad Quick Hand of the Seashore: Love Poems<\/a><\/em>, Frances Donovan, Reaching Press \/ Createspace<\/li>\n<li><em>My Woman Card Is anti-Native &#038; Other Two-Spirit Truths<\/em>, Xemiyulu Manibusan Tapepechul, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"We Play a Game (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2H6D28r\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>We Play a Game<\/strong><\/a><\/em><strong>, Duy Doan, Yale University Press (WINNER)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Transgender Poetry<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Heal Your Love (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2tSyxFQ\" target=\"_blank\">Heal Your Love<\/a>,<\/em> Luna Merbruja, biyuti publishing<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Holy Wild (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2EVm5eT\" target=\"_blank\">Holy Wild<\/a><\/em>, Gwen Benaway, Book*hug Press<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"If the Color Is Fugitive (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2HqjZFg\" target=\"_blank\">If the Color Is Fugitive<\/a>,<\/em> Sara Mithra, Nomadic Press<\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Lo Terciario \/ The Tertiary (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2TksR6N\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Lo Terciario \/ The Tertiary<\/strong><\/a><\/em><strong>, Raquel Salas Rivera, Timeless, Infinite Light (WINNER)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Some Animal (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2H5TxS8\" target=\"_blank\">Some Animal<\/a>,<\/em> Ely Shipley, Nightboat Books<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>      Lesbian Mystery<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>A Matter of Blood,<\/em> Catherine Maiorisi, Bella Books<\/li>\n<li><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2IknHPD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"A Study in Honor: A Novel (opens in a new tab)\">A Study in Honor: A Novel<\/a><\/strong><\/em><strong>, Claire O\u2019Dell, HarperCollins \/ HarperVoyager (WINNER)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em>A Whisper of Bones: A Jane Lawless Mystery<\/em>, Ellen Hart, Minotaur Books<\/li>\n<li><em>Alice Isn\u2019t Dead: A Novel,<\/em> Joseph Fink, Harper Perennial<\/li>\n<li><em>Gnarled Hollow,<\/em> Charlotte Greene, Bold Strokes Books<\/li>\n<li><em>The Locket,<\/em> Gerri Hill, Bella Books<\/li>\n<li><em>Secrets of the Last Castle<\/em>, A. Rose Mathieu, Bold Strokes Books<\/li>\n<li><em>Stolen: A Kieran Yeats Mystery<\/em>, Linda J. Wright, Cats Paw Books<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Gay Mystery<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Black Diamond Fall<\/em>, Joseph Olshan, Polis Books<\/li>\n<li><em>Boystown 11: Heart\u2019s Desire<\/em>, Marshall Thornton, Kenmore Books<\/li>\n<li><em>Death Checks In<\/em>, David S. Pederson, Bold Strokes Books<\/li>\n<li><em>Dodging and Burning: A Mystery<\/em>, John Copenhaver, Pegasus Books<\/li>\n<li><em>The God Game: A Dan Sharp Mystery,<\/em> Jeffrey Round, Dundurn<\/li>\n<li><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2W82hdy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Late Fees: A Pinx Video Mystery (opens in a new tab)\">Late Fees: A Pinx Video Mystery<\/a><\/strong><\/em><strong>, Marshall Thornton, Kenmore Books (WINNER)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em>Somewhere Over Lorain Road<\/em>, Bud Gundy, Bold Stroke Books<\/li>\n<li><em>Survival Is a Dying Art: An Angus Green Novel<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Lesbian Memoir\/Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Apocalypse, Darling<\/em>, Barrie Jean Borich, Mad Creek Books \/ The Ohio State University Press<\/li>\n<li><em>Berenice Abbott: A Life in Photography<\/em>, Julia Van Haaften, W. W. Norton &#038; Company<\/li>\n<li><em>A Certain Loneliness: A Memoir<\/em>, Sandra Gail Lambert, University of Nebraska Press<\/li>\n<li><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2W82k9e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Chronology (opens in a new tab)\">Chronology<\/a><\/strong><\/em><strong>, Zahra Patterson, Ugly Duckling Presse (WINNER)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em>Food Was Her Country: The Memoir of a Queer Daughter<\/em>, Marusya Bociurkiw, Dagger Editions<\/li>\n<li><em>MINE: Essays<\/em>, Sarah Viren, University of New Mexico Press<\/li>\n<li><em>My Butch Career: A Memoir<\/em>, Esther Newton, Duke University Press<\/li>\n<li><em>n\u00eetis\u00e2nak<\/em>, Lindsay Nixon, Metonymy Press<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Gay Memoir\/Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Harvey Milk: His Lives and Death<\/em>, Lillian Faderman, Yale University Press<\/li>\n<li><em>How to Write an Autobiographical Novel<\/em>, Alexander Chee, Bloomsbury Publishing<\/li>\n<li><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2IgtrKv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America (opens in a new tab)\">No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America<\/a><\/strong><\/em><strong>, Darnell L. Moore, Bold Type (WINNER)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em>On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope<\/em>, Deray Mckesson, Viking<\/li>\n<li><em>The Marble Faun of Grey Gardens: A Memoir of the Beales, the Maysles<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Brothers and Jacqueline Kennedy<\/em>, Jerry Torre &#038; Tony Maietta, Querelle Press<\/li>\n<li><em>The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke<\/em>, Jeffrey C. Stewart, Oxford University Press<\/li>\n<li><em>The Unpunished Vice: A Life of Reading<\/em>, Edmund White, Bloomsbury Publishing<\/li>\n<li><em>There Will Be No Miracles Here: A Memoir<\/em>, Casey Gerald, Penguin Random House<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> Lesbian Romance<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Autumn\u2019s Light,<\/em> Aurora Rey, Bold Strokes Books<\/li>\n<li><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2IbOGgc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Beowolf For Cretins: A Love Story (opens in a new tab)\">Beowolf For Cretins: A Love Story<\/a>,<\/strong><\/em><strong> Ann McMan, Bywater Books (WINNER)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em>Breaking Down Her Walls<\/em>, Erin Zak, Bold Strokes Books<\/li>\n<li><em>Charming the Vicar,<\/em> Jenny Frame, Bold Strokes Books<\/li>\n<li><em>In Development,<\/em> Rachel Spangler, Brisk Press<\/li>\n<li><em>Just For Show,<\/em> Jae, Ylva Publishing<\/li>\n<li><em>The Music And The Mirror,<\/em> Lola Keeley, Ylva Publishing<\/li>\n<li><em>The Talebearer, <\/em>Sheri Lewis Wohl, Bold Strokes Books<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Gay Romance<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The CEO\u2019s Christmas Manny, <\/em>Angela McCallister, Dreamspinner Press<\/li>\n<li><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2WmL0lJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Crashing Upwards (opens in a new tab)\">Crashing Upwards<\/a>,<\/strong><\/em><strong> S.C. Wynne, self-published (WINNER)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em>Detour,<\/em> Reesa Herberth &#038; Michelle Moore, Riptide Publishing<\/li>\n<li><em>Learn with Me,<\/em> Kris Jacen, MLR Press, LLC<\/li>\n<li><em>No Luck, <\/em>Kayleigh Sky, Kiss Drunk Books<\/li>\n<li><em>Of Sunlight and Stardust,<\/em> Christina Lee &#038; Riley Hart, self-published<\/li>\n<li><em>Point of Contact,<\/em> Melanie Hansen, Carina Press<\/li>\n<li><em>Undue Influence: A Persuasion Retelling,<\/em> Jenny Holiday, self-published<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> LGBTQ Anthology<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>As You Like It: The Gerald Kraak Anthology Volume II<\/strong><\/em><strong>, The Other Foundation, Jacana Media (WINNER)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em>Beyond II: The Queer Post-Apocalyptic &#038; Urban Fantasy Comic Anthology<\/em>, Taneka Stotts &#038; Sf\u00e9 R. Monster, Beyond Press<\/li>\n<li><em>Foglifter Volume 3, Issue 1,<\/em> Miah Jefra, Chad Koch, et al., Foglifter Press<\/li>\n<li><em>Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture<\/em>, Roxane Gay, HarperCollins \/ Harper Perennial<\/li>\n<li><em>Q2Q: Queer Canadian Performance Texts<\/em>, Peter Dickinson, C.E. Gatchalian, Kathleen Oliver, Dalbir Singh, Playwrights Canada Press<\/li>\n<li><em>Sista!: An Anthology of Writing By and About Same Gender Loving Women of African\/Caribbean Descent with a UK Connection<\/em>, Phyll Opoku-Gyimah, Rikki Beadle-Blair, John R. Gordon, Team Angelica Publishing<\/li>\n<li><em>Spawning Generations: Rants and Reflections on Growing Up with LGBTQ Parents<\/em>, Sadie Epstein-Fine &#038; Makeda Zook, Demeter Press<\/li>\n<li><em>Written on the Body: Letters from Trans and Non-Binary Survivors of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence<\/em>, Lexie Bean, Jessica Kingsley Publishers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> LGBTQ Children\u2019s\/Young Adult<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Anger Is a Gift: A Novel<\/em>, Mark Oshiro, Tor Teen<\/li>\n<li><em>The Dangerous Art of Blending In<\/em>, Angelo Surmelis, HarperCollins \/ Balzer &#038; Bray<\/li>\n<li><em>Darius the Great Is Not Okay<\/em>, Adib Khorram, Dial<\/li>\n<li><em>Girl Made of Stars<\/em>, Ashley Herring Blake, Houghton Mifflin &#038; Little, Brown<\/li>\n<li><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2JVnRQO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Hurricane Child (opens in a new tab)\">Hurricane Child<\/a><\/strong><\/em><strong>, Kheryn Callender, Scholastic \/ Scholastic Press (WINNER)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em>The Poet X<\/em>, Elizabeth Acevedo, HarperCollins \/ HarperTeen<\/li>\n<li><em>Sawkill Girls<\/em>, Claire Legrand, HarperCollins \/ Katherine Tegen Books<\/li>\n<li><em>This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story<\/em>, Kheryn Callender, HarperCollins \/ Balzer + Bray<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> LGBTQ Drama<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Black Light<\/em>, Daniel Alexander Jones, produced by The Public Theater<\/li>\n<li><em>Collective Rage: A Play in Five Betties,<\/em> Jen Silverman, Samuel French, Inc.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Draw the Circle<\/strong><\/em><strong>, Mashuq Mushtaq Deen, Dramatists Play Service (WINNER)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em>Plot Points in Our Sexual Development<\/em>, Miranda Rose Hall, produced by LCT3 at Lincoln Center Theater<\/li>\n<li><em>Singlet<\/em>, Erin Markey, produced by The Bushwick Starr<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> LGBTQ Erotica<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Best Lesbian Erotica of the Year, Volume 3<\/em>, Sacchi Green, Cleis Press<\/li>\n<li><em>Crossplay,<\/em> Niki Smith, Iron Circus Comics<\/li>\n<li><em>Gents: Steamy Stories From the Age of Steam<\/em>, Matthew Bright, Lethe Press<\/li>\n<li><em>The Lurid Sea, <\/em>Tom Cardamone, Bold Strokes Books<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Miles &#038; Honesty in SCFSX!<\/strong><\/em><strong>, Blue Delliquanti &#038; Kazimir Lee, self-published (WINNER)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> LGBTQ Graphic Novels<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles<\/em>, Mark Russell (Writer), Sean Parsons, Mark Morales, Howard Porter, Mike Feehan (Illustrators), DC Entertainment<\/li>\n<li><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2HU7y4I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Lie and How We Told It (opens in a new tab)\">The Lie and How We Told It<\/a><\/strong><\/em><strong>, Tommi Parrish, Fantagraphics Books (WINNER)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em>Love Letters to Jane\u2019s World<\/em>, Paige Braddock, Lion Forge<\/li>\n<li><em>On a Sunbeam<\/em>, Tillie Walden, First Second \/ Roaring Brook Press<\/li>\n<li><em>Our Wretched Town Hall<\/em>, Eric Kostiuk Williams, Retrofit Comics &#038; Big Planet Comics<\/li>\n<li><em>The Pervert<\/em>, Michelle Perez (Writer), Remy Boydell (Illustrator), Image Comics<\/li>\n<li><em>Unpacking<\/em>, Steve MacIsaac, Northwest Press<\/li>\n<li><em>We\u2019re Still Here: An All-Trans Comics Anthology<\/em>, Jeanne Thornton &#038; Tara Madison Avery, Stacked Deck Press<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> LGBTQ Science Fiction\/Fantasy\/Horror<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Barrow Will Send What It May<\/em>, Margaret Killjoy, <a href=\"http:\/\/Tor.com\" class=\"autohyperlink\">Tor.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>The Breath of the Sun<\/strong><\/em><strong>, Isaac R. Fellman, Aqueduct (WINNER)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em>The Descent of Monsters<\/em>, JY Yang, <a href=\"http:\/\/Tor.com\" class=\"autohyperlink\">Tor.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Forget the Sleepless Shores,<\/em> Sonya Taaffe, Lethe Press<\/li>\n<li><em>In the Vanishers\u2019 Palace<\/em>, Aliette de Bodard, JABberwocky<\/li>\n<li><em>Metabolize, If Able<\/em>, Clay AD, Monster House Press<\/li>\n<li><em>Resilience<\/em>, Fletcher DeLancey, Heartsome Publishing<\/li>\n<li><em>Witchmark<\/em>, C.L. Polk, <a href=\"http:\/\/Tor.com\" class=\"autohyperlink\">Tor.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> LGBTQ Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Black. Queer. Southern. Women.: An Oral History,<\/em> E. Patrick Johnson, University of North Carolina Press<\/li>\n<li><em>Erotic Islands: Art and Activism in the Queer Caribbean<\/em>, Lyndon K. Gill, Duke University Press<\/li>\n<li><em>Gay, Inc.: The Nonprofitization of Queer Politics<\/em>, Myrl Beam, University of Minnesota Press<\/li>\n<li><em>Herlands: Exploring the Women\u2019s Land Movement in the United States<\/em>, Keridwen N. Luis, University of Minnesota Press<\/li>\n<li><em>Media and the Coming Out of Gay Male Athletes in American Team Sports<\/em>, Andrew Billings &#038; Leigh Moscowitz, Peter Lang International Academic Publishers<\/li>\n<li><em>Post-Borderlandia: Chicana Literature and Gender Variant Critique<\/em>, T. 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