27th Lambda Literary Awards
Appearance
The 27th Lambda Literary Awards were held on June 1, 2015, to honour works of LGBT literature published in 2014.[1] The list of nominees was released on March 4.[1]
The ceremony was held at Cooper Union.[1]
Special awards
[edit]Category | Winner |
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Pioneer Award | Rita Mae Brown |
Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award | Anne Balay, Daisy Hernández[2] |
Trustee Award | John Waters |
Nominees and winners
[edit]Category | Winner | Nominated |
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Bisexual Fiction | Ana Castillo, Give It to Me[3] |
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Bisexual Non-Fiction | Charles M. Blow, Fire Shut Up in My Bones[3] |
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Gay Erotica | Tiffany Reisz, The King[3] |
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Gay Fiction | Tom Spanbauer, I Loved You More[3] |
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Gay Memoir/Biography | Richard Blanco, The Prince of Los Cocuyos[3] John Lahr, Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh[3] |
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Gay Mystery | Katie Gilmartin, Blackmail, My Love[3] |
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Gay Poetry | Danez Smith, [insert] boy[3] |
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Gay Romance | Jeff Mann, Salvation: A Novel of the Civil War[3] |
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Lesbian Erotica | Diana Cage, Lesbian Sex Bible[3] |
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Lesbian Fiction | Alexis De Veaux, Yabo[3] |
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Lesbian Memoir/Biography | Alethia Jones, Virginia Eubanks and Barbara Smith, Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around: Forty Years of Movement Building[3] |
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Lesbian Mystery | Ellen Hart, The Old Deep and Dark[3] |
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Lesbian Poetry | Valerie Wetlaufer, Mysterious Acts by My People[3] |
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Lesbian Romance | Robbi McCoy, The Farmer’s Daughter[3] |
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LGBT Anthology | Leila J. Rupp and Susan K. Freeman, Understanding and Teaching US Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History[3] |
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LGBT Children's/Young Adult | Tim Federle, Five, Six, Seven, Nate![3] |
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LGBT Debut Fiction | Abdi Nazemian, The Walk-In Closet[3] |
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LGBT Drama | Robert O'Hara, Bootycandy[3] |
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LGBT Graphic Novel | Joyce Brabner and Mark Zingarelli, Second Avenue Caper[3] |
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LGBT Non-Fiction | Martin Duberman, Hold Tight Gently: Michael Callen, Essex Hemphill, and the Battlefield of AIDS[3] |
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LGBT Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror | Chaz Brenchley, Bitter Waters[3] |
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LGBT Studies | Vincent Woodard, Justin A. Joyce and Dwight McBride, The Delectable Negro: Human Consumption and Homoeroticism within US Slave Culture[3] |
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Transgender Fiction | Casey Plett, A Safe Girl to Love[3] |
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Transgender Non-Fiction | Thomas Page McBee, Man Alive: A True Story of Violence, Forgiveness and Becoming a Man[3] |
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c "The 27th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists". Lambda Literary Foundation, March 4, 2015.
- ^ "Upcoming: Pride 5K; Comics; Brave Face; Lambda Literary awards; HER app". Windy City Times, May 12, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Kellogg, Carolyn (June 2, 2015). "Lambda Literary Awards laud best gay, lesbian and transgender books". Los Angeles Times.