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Lambda Awards 2005 (for books published 2004)
The Lammy Awards are presented by the Lambda Book Report and cover a range of subjects and categories. Judging is by a large panel of people in publishing, booksellers and others. The winners this year will be announced June 4th.
And the nominations are: (with the winners in bold)
Lesbian Debut Fiction
(new category)
Crybaby Butch by Judith Frank
Death by Discount by Mary Vermillion
Dish It Up, Baby! by Kristie Helms
Fire & Brimstone by Laurinda D. Brown
Minus One: A Twelve-Step Journey by Bridget Bufford
Lesbian Fiction
A Seahorse Year by Stacey D'Erasmo
Abundant Light by Valerie Miner
Life Mask by Emma Donoghue
Skels by Maggie Dubris
Venus of Chalk by Susan Stinson
Gay Men's Debut Fiction
(new category)
A Son Called Gabriel by Damian McNicholl
Clay's Way by Blair Mastbaum
Half-Life by Aaron Krach
How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship and Musical Theater by Marc Acito
World Famous Love Acts by Brian Leung
Gay Men's Fiction
Collage by Ted Wojtasik, Livingston Press
The Disinherited by Han Ong
The Haunted Hillbilly by Derek McCormack
The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst, Bloomsbury
The Master by Colm Toibin
Lesbian Poetry
Antidotes for an Alibi by Amy King
Femme's Dictionary by Carol Guess
Sweet to Burn by Beverly Burch
The School Among the Ruins by Adrienne Rich
Why I Wake Early by Mary Oliver
Gay Men's Poetry
Cocktails by D.A. Powell
nothin' ugly fly by Marvin K. White
The Rest of Love by Carl Phillips
Voluntary Servitude by Mark Wunderlich
Written in Water by Luis Cernuda
Lesbian Mystery
An Intimate Ghost by Ellen Hart
Commitment to Die by Jennifer Jordan
Death by Discount by Mary Vermillion
Hancock Park by Katherine V. Forrest
The Wombat Strategy by Claire McNab
Gay Men's Mystery
Flight of Aquavit by Anthony Bidulka
Jackson Square Jazz by Greg Herren
Moth and Flame by John Morgan Wilson
Someone You Know by Gary Zebrun
The Role Players by Dorien Grey
Fiction Anthology
Best Lesbian Love Stories 2004 edited by Angela Brown
Fresh Men: New Voices in Gay Fiction selected by Edmund White, edited by Donald Weise
Pills, Thrills, Chills, and Heartache: Adventures in the First Person ed. by Clint Catalyst & Michelle Tea
Serendipity: Gay Times Book of New Stories edited by Peter Burton
The Milk of Human Kindness: Lesbian Authors Write About Mothers & Daughters ed. by Lori L. Lake
Nonfiction Anthology
Biting the Error: Writers Explore Narrative ed. by Mary Burger, Robert Gluck, Camille Roy and Gail Scott, Coach
I Do/I Don't: Queers on Marriage edited by Greg Wharton and Ian Philips
Mentsh: On Being Jewish and Queer edited by Angela Brown
That's Revolting!: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation edited by Mattilda, a.k.a Matt Bernstein Sycamore
Wonderlands edited by Raphael Kadushin
Memoir/Autobiography
Blue Days, Black Nights: A Memoir by Ron Nyswaner, Advocate Books
Long Life by Mary Oliver, Da Capo Press
Name All the Animals by Alison Smith, Scribner
Rent Girl by Michelle Tea, Last Gasp
The Tomcat Chronicles by Jack Nichols, Haworth Press
Biography
Alice Walker: A Life by Evelyn C. White
Both: A Portrait in Two Parts by Douglas Crase
Jerome Robbins by Deborah Jowitt
Laud Humphreys: Prophet of Homosexuality and Sociology by John F. Galliher, Wayne H. Brekhus, David P. Keys
Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde by Alexis De Veaux
Erotica
All the Wrong Places by Karin Kallmaker
Best Gay Erotica 2005 edited by Richard Labonte
Best Lesbian Erotica 2005 edited by Tristan Taormino
Once Upon A Dyke by Karin Kallmaker, Therese Syzmanski, Julia Watts and Barbara Johnson
Up All Night: Adventures in Lesbian Sex by Rachel Kramer Bussel and Stacy M. Bias
Romance
All the Wrong Places by Karin Kallmaker
Almost Like Being in Love by Steven Kluger
Confessions of a Casanova by Chris Kenry
Gulf Breeze by Gerri Hill
Under the Witness Tree by Marianne Martin
Children's/Young Adult
Luna by Julie Anne Peters, Little
Orphea Proud by Sharon Dennis Wyeth
Rosemary and Juliet by Judy MacLean
So Hard to Say by Alex Sanchez
The Realm of Possibility by David Levithan
Humor
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
Fat Girls and Lawn Chairs by Cheryl Peck
Kyle's Bed & Breakfast by Greg Fox
Magical Thinking by Augusten Burroughs
Alexander the Fabulous by Michael Alvear and Vicky A. Shecter, Advocate Books
Religion/Spirituality
Jesus and the Shamanic Tradition of Same-Sex Love by Will Roscoe, Suspect Thoughts
Queering Creole Spiritual Traditions by Randy Conner and David Hatfield Sparks, Haworth
Same-Sex Marriage: A Christian Ethical Analysis by Marvin M. Ellison, The Pilgrim Press
Sanctity and Male Desire by Donald L. Boisvert, The Pilgrim Press
Wrestling with God and Men by Rabbi Steven Greenberg, University of Wisconsin Press
Drama/Theater
Fabulous! by Donald Reuter
How to Make Dances in an Epidemic by David Gere
I am My Own Wife by Doug Wright
love conjure/blues by Sharon Bridgforth
The Queer Encyclopedia of Music, Dance and Musical Theater edited by Claude J. Summers
Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror
Firelands by Michael Jensen, Alyson Books
Shadow of the Night: Queer Tales of the Uncanny and Unusual edited by Greg Herren
The Ordinary by Jim Grimsley
The Wizard of Isis by Jean Stewart
With Her Body by Nicola Griffith, Aqueduct Press
Transgender/GenderQueer
Becoming a Visible Man by Jamison Green
From The Inside Out: Radical Gender Transformation, FTM and Beyond edited by Morty Diamond
Luna by Julie Anne Peters, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
My Husband Betty: Love, Sex and Life with a Crossdresser by Helen Boyd, Thunder's Mouth
The Gender Frontier by Mariette Pathy Allen, Kehrer Verlag
Visual Arts/Photography
At Ease: Navy Men of World War II by Evan Bachner
Lust Unearthed by Thomas Waugh
Queer Movie Posters by Jenni Olson
Rent Girl illustrated by Laurenn McCubbin
The Queer Encyclopedia of the Visual Arts edited by Claude J. Summers
LGBT Studies
All-Night Party by Andrea Barnet, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
A Passion to Preserve by Will Fellows, University of Wisconsin Press
Families Like Mine by Abigail Garner
For the Love of Women: Gender, Identity and Same-Sex Relations in a Greek Provincial Town by Elisabeth Kirtsoblou
Why Marriage Matters by Evan Wolfson
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