The 20th Lambda Literary Awards were held in 2008, to honour works of LGBT literature published in 2007.
Special awards CategoryWinnerPioneer AwardMalcolm Boyd, Mark Thompson
Nominees and winners CategoryWinnerNominated Bisexual Literature Brent Hartinger, Split ScreenJennifer Baumgardner, Look Both Ways Beth Firestein, Becoming Visible Jeff Hobbs, The Tourists Sheri Joseph, Stray Gay Debut Fiction Christopher Kelly, A Push and a ShoveJames 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 NameAndrew 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 SissyThom 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 ChartresChris 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 TidesRobin 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 SmokingHolly Farris, Lockjaw Myriam Gurba, Dahlia Season Lu Vickers, Breathing Underwater Corrina Wycoff, O Street Lesbian Fiction Ali Liebegott, The IHOP PapersLucy 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 PartyMarusya 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 SilenceEllen 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 LoveGun 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 QueerJennifer 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, HeroPeter 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 CinoDan Bernitt, Dose: Plays & Monologues Victor Bumbalo, Niagara Falls LGBT Erotica Simon Sheppard, Homosex: 60 Years of Gay EroticaVictoria 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 CultureSharon Marcus, Between Women Toni Mirosevich, Pink Harvest Michael Rowe, Other Men’s Sons David Valentine, Imagining Transgender LGBT Poetry Henri Cole, Blackbird and WolfDawn 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 WonderlandGinn 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 WomenBertram 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., TransparentLeeRay 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 FilmmakersKevin Barnhurst, Media Queered Kittredge Cherry, Art That Dares Heather Love, Feeling Backward Michael Rowe, Other Men’s Sons
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