20th_Lambda_Literary_Awards Knowpia

The 20th Lambda Literary Awards were held in 2008, to honour works of LGBT literature published in 2007.

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Category	Winner
Pioneer Award	Malcolm Boyd, Mark Thompson

Nominees and winners edit

Category	Winner	Nominated
Bisexual Literature	Brent Hartinger, Split Screen	Jennifer Baumgardner, Look Both Ways Beth Firestein, Becoming Visible Jeff Hobbs, The Tourists Sheri Joseph, Stray
Gay Debut Fiction	Christopher Kelly, A Push and a Shove	James Canon, Tales from the Town of Widows Michael Quadland, That Was Then Kemble Scott, SoMa James St. James, Freak Show
Gay Fiction	André Aciman, Call Me By Your Name	Andrew W. M. Beierle, First Person Plural Samuel R. Delany, Dark Reflections Thomas Mallon, Fellow Travelers Manuel Muñoz, The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue
Gay Memoir/Biography	Kevin Sessums, Mississippi Sissy	Thom Bierdz, Forgiving Troy Mark Doty, Dog Years Martin Duberman, The Worlds of Lincoln Kirstein Kenny Fries, The History of My Shoes and the Evolution of Darwin’s Theory Aaron Raz Link and Hilda Raz, What Becomes You
Gay Mystery	Greg Herren, Murder in the Rue Chartres	Chris Beakey, Double Abduction Anthony Bidulka, Stain of the Berry Roberto Ferrari, Pierce Neil Plakcy, Mahu Surfer Caro Soles, Drag Queen in the Court of Death
Gay Romance	Michael Thomas Ford, Changing Tides	Robin Reardon, A Secret Edge Frederick Smith, Right Side of the Wrong Bed Seth Rudetsky, Broadway Nights Robert Taylor, A Few Hints and Clews
Lesbian Debut Fiction	Aoibheann Sweeney, Among Other Things, I've Taken Up Smoking	Holly Farris, Lockjaw Myriam Gurba, Dahlia Season Lu Vickers, Breathing Underwater Corrina Wycoff, O Street
Lesbian Fiction	Ali Liebegott, The IHOP Papers	Lucy Jane Bledsoe, Biting the Apple Mari SanGiovanni, Greetings from Jamaica Sarah Schulman, The Child Julia Watts, The Kind of Girl I Am Jess Wells, The Mandrake Broom
Lesbian Memoir/Biography	Nicola Griffith, And Now We Are Going to Have a Party	Marusya Bocurkiuw, Comfort Food for Breakups Amy Hoffman, An Army of Ex-Lovers Janet Malcolm, Two Lives: Gertrude & Alice Jacqueline Taylor, Waiting for the Call
Lesbian Mystery	Gabrielle Goldsby, Wall of Silence	Ellen Hart, Mortal Groove Gerri Hill, In the Name of the Father Jennifer L. Jordan, Selective Memory Ursula Steck, Laura’s War
Lesbian Romance	KG MacGregor, Out of Love	Gun Brooke, Sheridan’s Fate Frankie J. Jones, The Road Home Marianne K. Martin, For Now, for Always Radclyffe, When Dreams Tremble
LGBT Anthology	Richard Labonté and Lawrence Schimel, First Person Queer	Jennifer Camper, Juicy Mother 2 Richard Canning, Vital Signs Sean Meriwether and Greg Wharton, Men of Mystery: Homoerotic Tales of Intrigue and Suspense Michelle Tea, Baby Remember My Name
LGBT Children's/Young Adult	Perry Moore, Hero	Peter Cameron, Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You P. E. Ryan, Saints of Augustine James St. James, Freak Show Ellen Wittlinger, Parrotfish
LGBT Drama	Steve Susoyev and George Birimisa, eds., Return to the Caffe Cino	Dan Bernitt, Dose: Plays & Monologues Victor Bumbalo, Niagara Falls
LGBT Erotica	Simon Sheppard, Homosex: 60 Years of Gay Erotica	Victoria Brownworth and Judith M. Redding, The Golden Age of Lesbian Erotica J. D. Glass, Red Light William Maltese and Wayne Gunn, Ardennian Boy Lawrence Schimel, The Mammoth Book of New Gay Erotica Fiona Zedde, Every Dark Desire
LGBT Non-Fiction	Michael S. Sherry, Gay Artists in Modern American Culture	Sharon Marcus, Between Women Toni Mirosevich, Pink Harvest Michael Rowe, Other Men’s Sons David Valentine, Imagining Transgender
LGBT Poetry	Henri Cole, Blackbird and Wolf	Dawn Lundy Martin, A Gathering of Matter/A Matter of Gathering Carol Potter, Otherwise Obedient Reginald Shepherd, Fata Morgana C. Dale Young, The Second Person Rachel Zolf, Human Resources
LGBT Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror	Lee Thomas, The Dust of Wonderland	Ginn Hale, Wicked Gentlemen Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear, A Companion to Wolves Brian Francis Slattery, Spaceman Blues: A Love Song Jo Walton, Ha'penny
LGBT Studies	Sharon Marcus, Between Women	Bertram Cohler, Writing Desire Pagan Kennedy, The First Man-Made Man Mark Padilla, Caribbean Pleasure Industry Robert Reid-Pharr, Once You Go Black: Choice, Desire, & the Black American Intellectual
Transgender Literature	Cris Beam, ed., Transparent	LeeRay M. Costa, Male Bodies, Women’s Souls Eli Clare, The Marrow’s Telling Aaron Raz Link and Hilda Raz, What Becomes You Matt Bernstein Sycamore, Nobody Passes
Arts & Culture	Matthew Hays, The View from Here: Conversations with Gay and Lesbian Filmmakers	Kevin Barnhurst, Media Queered Kittredge Cherry, Art That Dares Heather Love, Feeling Backward Michael Rowe, Other Men’s Sons

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20th Lambda Literary Awards

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