Lambda Literary Award for Gay Romance
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Annual literary award for gay romance books
Awarded forLiterary award
Sponsored byLambda Literary Foundation
DateAnnual
Websitelambdaliterary.org/awards/
| Lambda Literary Award for Gay Romance | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Literary award |
| Sponsored by | Lambda Literary Foundation |
| Date | Annual |
| Website | lambdaliterary |
The Lambda Literary Award for Gay Romance is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, to a novel, novella, or short story collection "by a single author that focus on a central love relationship between two or more characters, not including anthologies. The submission guidelines mention several sub-genres are included, "including traditional, historical, gothic, Regency, and paranormal romance".[1]
| Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Rob Byrnes | When the Stars Come Out | Winner | [2] |
| Andy Zeffer | Going Down in La-La Land | Finalist | [2] | |
| Timothy James Beck | Someone Like You | |||
| Scott & Scott | Surf ‘N Turf | |||
| Lawrence Schimel | Two Boys in Love | |||
| 2008 | Michael Thomas Ford | Changing Tides | Winner | [3][4] |
| Robert Taylor | A Few Hints and Clews | Finalist | [3] | |
| Robin Reardon | A Secret Edge | |||
| Seth Rudetsky | Broadway Nights | |||
| Frederick Smith | Right Side of the Wrong Bed | |||
| 2009 | Larry Duplechan | Got ’til it’s Gone | Winner | [5] |
| Laura Baumbach and Josh Lanyon | Mexican Heat | Finalist | [5] | |
| N. L. Gassert | The Protector | |||
| 2010 | Frank Anthony Polito | Drama Queers! | Winner | [6] |
| H. Leigh Aubrey | A Keen Edge | Finalist | [6] | |
| Dan Stone | The Rest of Our Lives | |||
| J. P. Bowie | Time After Time | |||
| Erastes | Transgressions | |||
| 2011 | Erik Orrantia | Normal Miguel | Winner | [7][8] |
| Michael Thomas Ford | The Road Home | Finalist | [9] | |
| Neil Plakcy | Three Wrong Turns in the Desert | |||
| 2012 | Jim Provenzano | Every Time I Think of You | Winner | [10] |
| Jay Bell | Something Like Summer | Finalist | ||
| Mel Bossa | Split | |||
| Barry Brennessel | Tinseltown | |||
| 2013 | Jay Bell | Kamikaze Boys | Winner | [11] |
| J. H. Trumble | Don’t Let Me Go | Finalist | [11] | |
| Barry Brennessel | The Celestial | |||
| Brad Boney | The Nothingness of Ben | |||
| William Masswa | Toughskins | |||
| 2014 | TJ Klune | Into This River I Drown | Winner | [12][13] |
| L. A. Witt | Covet Thy Neighbor | Finalist | [12] | |
| Alexis Hall | Glitterland | |||
| Edmond Manning | King Mai | |||
| L. A. Fields | My Dear Watson | |||
| L. C. Chase | Pickup Men | |||
| Madison Parker | Play Me, I’m Yours | |||
| Lynley Wayne | Rocky’s Road | |||
| Larry Benjamin | Unbroken | |||
| J. H. Trumble | Where You Are | |||
| 2015 | Jeff Mann | Salvation: A Novel of the Civil War | Winner | [14][15][16] |
| Barry Lowe | Everything’s Coming Up Roses: Four Tales of M/M Romance | Finalist | [14] | |
| Timothy Lambert and R.D. Cochrane | Foolish Hearts: New Gay Fiction | |||
| Georgina Li | Like They Always Been Free | |||
| Jim Provenzano | Message of Love | |||
| Lloyd A. Meeker | The Companion | |||
| David Reddish | The Passion of Sergius & Bacchus, A Novel of Truth | |||
| 2016 | Debbie McGowan | When Skies Have Fallen | Winner | [17][18] |
| Vanessa North | Blueberry Boys | Finalist | [19] | |
| Ralph Josiah Bardsley | Brothers | |||
| Alexis Hall | For Real | |||
| L. A. Witt | General Misconduct | |||
| Garrett Leigh | Misfits | |||
| Jay Bell | Something Like Stories, Volume One | |||
| Brad Boney | Yes | |||
| 2017 | Pene Henson | Into the Blue | Winner | [20][21] |
| Lisa Henry | Adulting 101 | Finalist | [22] | |
| Jamie Deacon | Caught Inside | |||
| Jeff Mann | Country | |||
| Marshall Thornton | Femme | |||
| Alexis Hall | Pansies | |||
| Richard Compson Sater | Rank | |||
| Garrett Leigh | Rented Heart | |||
| 2018 | Laurie Loft | Love and Other Hot Beverages | Winner | [23][24] |
| L. A. Witt | At the Corner of Rock Bottom & Nowhere | Finalist | [25] | |
| Bryan T. Clark | Come to The Oaks: The Story of Ben and Tobias | |||
| Audra North | Midlife Crisis | |||
| Johnny Diaz | Six Neckties | |||
| Tom Mendicino | Stealing Home | |||
| Adrienne Wilder | Wild | |||
| Christine d’Abo | Working It | |||
| 2019 | S. C. Wynne | Crashing Upwards | Winner | [26] |
| Reesa Herberth and Michelle Moore | Detour | Finalist | [27] | |
| Kris Jacen | Learn with Me | |||
| Kayleigh Sky | No Luck | |||
| Christina Lee and Riley Hart | Of Sunlight and Stardust | |||
| Melanie Hansen | Point of Contact | |||
| Angela McCallister | The CEO’s Christmas Manny | |||
| Jenny Holiday | Undue Influence: A Persuasion Retelling | |||
| 2020 | James Lovejoy | Joseph Chapman: My Molly Life | Winner | [28][29][30] |
| Chris Delyani | Best Man | Finalist | [31][32] | |
| Rick R. Reed | Blue Umbrella Sky | |||
| Marshall Thornton | Code Name: Liberty | |||
| Jay Hogan | Digging Deep | |||
| Bryan T. Clark | Escaping Camp Roosevelt | |||
| Garrett Leigh | Kiss Me Again | |||
| R. A. Thorn | My Baby Chased Away the Blues | |||
| 2021 | Felice Stevens | The Ghost and Charlie Muir | Winner | [33][34][35] |
| Adriana Herrera | Finding Joy | Finalist | [36] | |
| Lance Ringel | Flower of Iowa | |||
| Erin C. McRae and Racheline Maltese | Ink and Ice | |||
| Cat Sebastian | Two Rogues Make a Right | |||
| 2022 | Larry Benjamin | Excellent Sons: A Love Story in Three Acts | Winner | [37] |
| Sander Santiago | Best of the Wrong Reasons | Finalist | [38] | |
| John Patrick | Dublin Bay | |||
| Lance Ringel | Floridian Nights | |||
| Farhad J. Dadyburjor | The Other Man | |||
| 2023 | Kosoko Jackson | I’m So Not Over You | Winner | [39] |
| Marie Sinclair | Forever After | Finalist | [40] | |
| A. M. Johnson | Forever, Con Amor | |||
| Felice Stevens | Just One Night | |||
| Fearne Hill | Two Tribes | |||
| 2024 | Cat Sebastian | We Could Be So Good | Winner | [41] |
| E. H. Lupton | Dionysus in Wisconsin | Finalist | [42] | |
| M. A. Wardell | Mistletoe & Mishigas | |||
| Jay Hogan | The Art of Husbandry | |||
| KJ Charles | The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen | |||
| 2025 | Benjamin S. Grossberg | The Spring Before Obergefell | Winner | [43] |
| Jem Wendel | It Takes Three To Tango | Finalist | [44] | |
| Logan Sage Adams | Our Own Light | |||
| William Leet | Outside the Wire | |||
| Philip Ellis | We Could Be Heroes | |||
| 2026 | Derek Sowers | A Bridge in Glass | Finalist | [45] |
| Timothy Janovsky | A Mannequin for Christmas | |||
| Blair Fell | Disco Witches of Fire Island | |||
| Carey Sass | Good Boy | |||
| Erin Dunn | He’s to Die For |
References
- ↑ "Submission Guidelines". Lambda Literary Foundation. Archived from the original on January 1, 2022. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- 1 2 Gonzalez Cerna, Antonio (April 30, 2006). "19th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on August 9, 2020. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
- 1 2 Gonzalez Cerna, Antonio (April 30, 2007). "20th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on May 22, 2019. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
- ↑ "2008 Lambda Award Winners Announced". McNally Robinson Booksellers. June 8, 2008. Archived from the original on August 19, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
- 1 2 Gonzalez Cerna, Antonio (February 18, 2010). "21st Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on January 5, 2020. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
- 1 2 Valenzuela, Tony (May 10, 2010). "22nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on March 20, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
- ↑ Lee, Stephan (May 27, 2011). "Lambda Literary Awards". EW.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
- ↑ "23rd Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners". Lambda Literary. May 27, 2011. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
- ↑ Johnson, William (June 27, 2011). "23rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on April 2, 2018. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
- ↑ "24th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced in New York". Lambda Literary. June 5, 2012. Archived from the original on November 18, 2018. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
- 1 2 "25th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced!". Lambda Literary. June 4, 2013. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
- 1 2 "Winners of the 26th Annual Lambda Literary Awards Announced". Lambda Literary. June 3, 2014. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
- ↑ bent (June 3, 2014). "Full List of 2014 Lambda Literary Award Winners". IndieWire. Archived from the original on January 12, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
- 1 2 "27th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced!". Lambda Literary. June 2, 2015. Archived from the original on February 11, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
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- ↑ Thrasher, Steven W (June 2, 2015). "John Waters receives 'crown of queer royalty' at 27th Lambda literary awards". the Guardian. Archived from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
- ↑ "28th Annual Lammy Award Winners Announced". Lambda Literary. June 7, 2016. Archived from the original on January 20, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
- ↑ King, Anna (June 7, 2016). "The Lambda Literary Awards Crown the Best Queer Books of 2015". Slate Magazine. Archived from the original on February 4, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
- ↑ "Lambda Literary Awards Finalists Revealed: Carrie Brownstein, Hasan Namir, 'Fun Home' and Truman Capote Shortlisted". Out Magazine. March 8, 2016. Archived from the original on December 8, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ↑ "29th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced". Lambda Literary. June 13, 2017. Archived from the original on February 11, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
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- ↑ "29th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists Announced". Lambda Literary. March 14, 2017. Archived from the original on December 30, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ↑ "30th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced". Lambda Literary. June 5, 2018. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
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- ↑ Boureau, Ella (March 6, 2018). "30th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists Announced". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on March 19, 2020. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ↑ "31st Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced". Lambda Literary. June 4, 2019. Archived from the original on January 20, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
- ↑ "31st Annual Lammy Finalists". Lambda Literary. March 7, 2019. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
- ↑ Vanderhoof, Erin (June 1, 2020). "EXCLUSIVE: The Winners of the 32nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on June 10, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
- ↑ "2020 Winners". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on February 6, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
- ↑ Aviles, Gwen (June 1, 2020). "Lambda Literary announces 25 winning books for annual Lammy Awards". NBC News. Archived from the original on March 20, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
- ↑ Hart, Michelle (March 10, 2020). "Here are the Finalists For the 2020 Lambda Literary Awards". Oprah Daily. Archived from the original on February 15, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
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- ↑ Essen, Leah Rachel von (June 2, 2021). "Announcing the Winners of the 2021 Lambda Literary Awards". BOOK RIOT. Archived from the original on January 20, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
- ↑ Qiao, Vicky (June 2, 2021). "Indigenous anthology Love After The End wins Lambda Literary Award". CBC Books. Archived from the original on March 20, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
- ↑ Anderson, Porter (March 15, 2021). "The US-Based Lambda Literary Awards Program Names Its 2021 Finalists". Publishing Perspectives. Archived from the original on January 1, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
- ↑ Segal, Corinne (June 13, 2022). "Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 Lambda Literary Awards!". Literary Hub. Archived from the original on June 15, 2022. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
- ↑ "Current Finalists". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on June 13, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
- ↑ "2023 Winners". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on May 25, 2024. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
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- ↑ Sobhan, Athena (June 12, 2024). "2024 Lambda Literary Awards - See the Complete List of Winners". People. Archived from the original on June 15, 2024. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
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