Lambda Literary Awards 2023

25 books

On June 9, 2023, we announced the winners of the 35th Annual Lambda Literary Awards. These winners were selected by a panel of over 60 literary professionals from more than 1,300 book submissions from over 300 publishers.

Gods of Want

Stories

K-Ming Chang, 2022

Gay Fiction

The Foghorn Echoes

Danny Ramadan, 2022

Bisexual Fiction

Reluctant Immortals

Gwendolyn Kiste, 2022

Transgender Fiction

The Call-Out

A Novel in Rhyme

Cat Fitzpatrick, 2022

Bisexual Nonfiction

Appropriate Behavior

Maria San Filippo, 2022

Transgender Nonfiction

The Third Person

Emma Grove, 2022

LGBTQ+ Nonfiction

The Black Period

On Personhood, Race, and Origin

Hafizah Augustus Geter, 2022

Lesbian Poetry

As She Appears

Shelley Wong, 2022

Gay Poetry

Some Integrity

Padraig Regan, 2022

Bisexual Poetry

Real Phonies and Genuine Fakes

Nicky Beer, 2022

Transgender Poetry

Miss Settl

Kamden Ishmael Hilliard, 2022

Lesbian Memoir/Biography

Lost & Found

A Memoir

Kathryn Schulz, 2022

Gay Memoir/Biography

High-Risk Homosexual

A Memoir

Edgar Gomez, 2022

Lesbian Romance

The Rules of Forever

Nan Campbell, 2022

Gay Romance

I'm So (Not) Over You

Kosoko Jackson, 2022

LGBTQ+ Anthology

OutWrite

The Speeches That Shaped LGBTQ Literary Culture

Julie R. Enszer, Elena Gross, 2022

LGBTQ+ Children’s Books

Mighty Red Riding Hood

A Fairly Queer Tale

Wallace West, 2022

LGBTQ+ Middle Grade

Nikhil Out Loud

Maulik Pancholy, 2022

LGBTQ+ Young Adult

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

Sonora Reyes, 2022

LGBTQ+ Comics

Mamo

Sas Milledge, 2022

LGBTQ+ Drama

Iphigenia and the Furies (on Taurian Land) & Antigone

Ho Ka Kei, 2021

LGBTQ+ Romance & Erotica

Kiss Her Once for Me

A Novel

Alison Cochrun, 2022

LGBTQ+ Mystery

Dirt Creek

A Novel

Hayley Scrivenor, 2022

LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction

The Wicked and the Willing

An F/F Gothic Horror Vampire Novel

Lianyu Tan, 2022

LGBTQ+ Studies

Keeping It Unreal

Black Queer Fantasy and Superhero Comics

Darieck Scott, 2022