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".
Recipients + Lambda Literary Award for Gay Romance winners and finalists Year Author Title Result 2007When the Stars Come OutWinnerGoing Down in La-La LandFinalistSomeone Like YouScott & ScottSurf 'N TurfTwo Boys in Love2008Changing TidesWinnerA Few Hints and ClewsFinalistA Secret EdgeBroadway NightsRight Side of the Wrong Bed2009Got 'til it's GoneWinner and Josh LanyonMexican HeatFinalistThe Protector2010Drama Queers!WinnerA Keen EdgeFinalistThe Rest of Our LivesTime After TimeTransgressions2011Normal MiguelWinnerThe Road HomeFinalistThree Wrong Turns in the Desert2012Every Time I Think of YouWinnerSomething Like SummerFinalistSplitTinseltown2013Kamikaze BoysWinnerDon't Let Me GoFinalistThe CelestialThe Nothingness of BenToughskins2014Into This River I DrownWinnerCovet Thy NeighborFinalistGlitterlandKing MaiMy Dear WatsonPickup MenPlay Me, I'm YoursRocky's RoadUnbrokenWhere You Are2015Salvation: A Novel of the Civil WarWinnerEverything's Coming Up Roses: Four Tales of M/M RomanceFinalist and R.D. CochraneFoolish Hearts: New Gay FictionLike They Always Been FreeMessage of LoveThe CompanionThe Passion of Sergius & Bacchus, A Novel of Truth2016When Skies Have FallenWinnerBlueberry BoysFinalistBrothersFor RealGeneral MisconductMisfitsSomething Like Stories, Volume OneYes2017Into the BlueWinnerAdulting 101FinalistCaught InsideCountryFemmePansiesRankRented Heart2018Love and Other Hot BeveragesWinnerAt the Corner of Rock Bottom & NowhereFinalistCome to The Oaks: The Story of Ben and TobiasMidlife CrisisSix NecktiesStealing HomeWildWorking It2019Crashing UpwardsWinner and Michelle MooreDetourFinalistLearn with MeNo Luck and Riley HartOf Sunlight and StardustPoint of ContactThe CEO's Christmas MannyUndue Influence: A Persuasion Retelling2020Joseph Chapman: My Molly LifeWinnerBest ManFinalistBlue Umbrella SkyCode Name: LibertyDigging DeepEscaping Camp RooseveltKiss Me AgainMy Baby Chased Away the Blues2021The Ghost and Charlie MuirWinnerFinding JoyFinalistFlower of Iowa and Racheline MalteseInk and IceTwo Rogues Make a Right2022Excellent Sons: A Love Story in Three ActsWinnerBest of the Wrong ReasonsFinalistDublin BayFloridian Nights The Other Man2023I'm So Not Over YouWinnerForever AfterFinalistForever, Con AmorJust One NightTwo Tribes2024 We Could Be So GoodWinner Dionysus in Wisconsin Finalist Mistletoe & Mishigas 2025Benjamin S. GrossbergThe Spring Before ObergefellWinnerJem WendelIt Takes Three To TangoFinalistLogan Sage AdamsOur Own LightWilliam LeetOutside the WirePhilip EllisWe Could Be Heroes2026WinnerFinalistDisco Witches of Fire Island Good Boy He's to Die For
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