Lambda Literary Awards 2021

by Lambda Literary

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21 books

On June 1, 2021, we announced the winners of the 33rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards. These winners were selected by a panel of over 60 literary professionals from more than 1,000 book submissions from over 300 publishers.

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Lesbian Fiction

Fiebre Tropical

Juli Delgado Lopera, 2020

Gay Fiction

Neotenica

Joon Oluchi Lee, 2020

Bisexual Fiction

You Exist Too Much

Zaina Arafat, 2021

Transgender Fiction

The Thirty Names of Night

Zeyn Joukhadar, 2020

Bisexual Nonfiction

Wow, No Thank You

Samantha Irby, 2020

Transgender Nonfiction

The Black Trans Prayer Book

Dane Figueroa Edidi, 2020

LGBTQ Nonfiction

The Lonely Letters

Ashon T. Crawley, 2020

Lesbian Poetry

Funeral Diva

Pamela Sneed, 2020

Gay Poetry

Guillotine

Eduardo C. Corral, 2020

Bisexual Poetry

Lesbian Memoir/Biography

My Autobiography of Carson McCullers: A Memoir

Jenn Shapland, 2020

Gay Memoir/Biography

A Dutiful Boy

Mohsin Zaidi, 2020

Lesbian Romance

Written in the Stars

Alexandria Bellefleur, 2020

Gay Romance

The Ghost and Charlie Muir

Felice Stevens, 2020

LGBTQ Anthology

Love After the End

An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction

Joshua Whitehead, 2020

LGBTQ Children’s/Middle Grade

King and the Dragonflies

Kacen Callender, 2020

LGBTQ Young Adult

Flamer

Mike Curato, 2020

LGBTQ Comics

Apsara Engine

Bishakh Som, 2020

LGBTQ Erotica

The Nerves

Lena Suksi, 2020

LGBTQ Mystery

I Hope You're Listening

LGBTQ Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror

Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel

Julian K. Jarboe, 2020

LGBTQ Studies

Becoming Human

Matter and Meaning in an Antiblack World

Zakiyyah Iman Jackson, 2020