19th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners 2006

19th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners and Finalists

The Lambda Awards by year:

1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 |1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 

2002 | 2003 | 2004 |2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010

2006 Categories:
Overview of the categories by year

• Lesbian: 
• Debut Fiction, Erotica, Fiction, Memoir/Biography, Mystery,  Poetry, Romance
• Bisexual
• General LGBT: 
• Arts & Culture, Children's/ Young Adult, Drama, Humour, Non-fiction, Science fiction/ Fantasy/ Horror, Spirituality, LGBT Studies
• Gay Men's: 
• Debut Fiction, Erotica, Fiction, Memoir/Biography, Mystery,  Poetry, Romance
• Transgender

Lesbian Debut Fiction:

• Winner The Teahouse Fire by Ellis Avery (Riverhead)  [Literature winner, Stonewall Awards 2008]
• Finalists
  • Black Marks by Kirsten Dinnall Hoyte (Akashic)
  • Erzulie’s Skirt by Ana-Maurine Lara (Redbone Press)
  • Slipstream by Leslie Larson (Crown)
  • Origami Striptease by Peggy Munson (Suspect Thoughts)

Lesbian Erotica:

• Winner Walk Like a Man by Laurinda D. Brown (Q-Boro Books)
• Finalists
  • Glamour Girls: Femme/femme Erotica edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel (Harrington Park Press)
  • 18th & Castro by Karin Kallmaker (Bella Books)
  • Master Han’s Daughter by Midori (Circlet Press)
  • Best Lesbian Erotica 2007 edited by Tristan Taormino & Emma Donoghue (Cleis Press)

Lesbian Fiction:

• Winner The Night Watch by Sarah Waters (Riverhead Books)
• Finalists
  • Punk Like Me by JD Glass (Bold Strokes)
  • Slipstream by Leslie Larson (Crown)
  • Outrageous by Sheila Ortiz Taylor (Spinsters Ink)
  • Rose of No Man’s Land by Michelle Tea (Macadam Cage)

Lesbian Memoir/Biography:

• Winner Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (Houghton Mifflin) [Non-fiction winner, Stonewall Awards 2007; Ouststanding Comic Book Winner, 18th GLAAD Awards]
• Finalists
  • Intimate Politics: How I Grew Up Red, Fought for Free Speech, and Became a Feminist Rebel by Bettina Aptheker (Seal Press)
  • Queen of the Oddballs by Hilary Carlip (Harper Paperbacks)
  • Hit by a Farm: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Barn by Catherine Friend (Marlowe & Co.)
  • Incognito Street: How Travel Made Me a Writer by Barbara Sjoholm (Seal Press)

Lesbian Mystery:

• Winner The Art of Detection by Laurie R. King (Bantam)
• Finalists
  • Sleep of Reason by Rose Beecham (Bold Strokes)
  • Night Vision by Ellen Hart (St. Martins)
  • Idaho Code by Joan Opyr (Bywater Books)
  • The Weekend Visitor by Jessica Thomas (Bella Books)

Lesbian Poetry:

• Winner Lemon Hound by Sina Queyras (Coach House Books)
• Finalists
  • Domain of Perfect Affection by Robin Becker (University of Pittsburgh)
  • Days of Good Looks by Cheryl Clarke (Carroll & Graf)
  • The Truant Lover by Juliet Patterson (Nightboat Books)
  • Touch to Affliction by Nathalie Stephens (Coach House Books)

Lesbian Romance:

• Winner Fresh Tracks by Georgia Beers (Bold Strokes)
• Finalists
  • Wild Abandon by Ronica Black (Bold Strokes)
  • Finders Keepers by Karin Kallmaker (Bella Books)
  • Chance by Grace Lennox (Bold Strokes)
  • Turn Back Time by Radclyffe (Bold Strokes)

Bisexual

• Winner The Bisexual’s Guide to the Universe: Quips, Tips and Lists for Those Who Go Both Ways, Michael Szymanski & Nicole Kristal (Alyson)
• Finalists
  • Eros by Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio (Harrington Park Press)
  • Affirmative Psychotherapy with Bisexual Women & Bisexual Men by Ronald C. Fox (Harrington Park Press)
  • Three Sides to Every Story by Clarence Nero (Harlem Moon/Broadway)
  • Bi Guys: The Deliciousness of His Sex, edited by Ron Jackson Suresha (Harrington Park Press)
  • Bi Men: Coming Out Every Which Way, edited by Ron Jackson Suresha & Pete Chvany (Harrington Park Press)

LGBT Anthology:

• Winner Love, Bourbon Street:A Celebration of New Orleans, edited by Greg Herren & Paul J. Willis (Alyson)
• Finalists
• Confessions of the Other Mother: Non-Biological Lesbian Moms Tell All, edited by Harlyn Aizley (Beacon)
• From Boys to Men: Gay Men Write About Growing Up, edited by Ted Gideonse & Rob Williams (Carroll & Graf)
• Charmed Lives: Gay Spirit in Storytelling, edited by Toby Johnson & Steve Berman (White Crane Books)
• No Margins: Writing Canadian Fiction in Lesbian, edited by Catherine Lake & Nairne Holtz (Insomniac)

LGBT Arts & Culture

• Winner: GAY L.A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics and Lipstick Lesbians by Lillian Faderman & Stuart Timmons (Basic Books)
• Finalists
  • Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (Houghton Mifflin)
  • Cinemachismo: Masculinities and Sexuality in Mexican Film by Sergio de la Mora (University of Texas Press)
  • Sex Objects: Art and the Dialetics of Desire by Jennifer Doyle (University of Minnesota Press)
  • Blood Beats: Vol 1 by Ernest Hardy (Redbone Press)

Children's/Young Adult:

• Winner The Full Spectrum: A New Generation of Writing About Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning and Other Identities, edited by David Levithan & Billy Merrell (Random House Childrens Books)
• Finalists
  • Between Mom & Jo by Julie Anne Peters (Little, Brown)
  • The Manny Files by Christian Burch (Simon & Schuster)
  • Tale of Two Summers by Brian Sloan (Simon & Schuster)
  • Erik & Isabelle’s Junior Year at Foresthill High by Kim Wallace (Foglight Press)

LGBT Drama: 

• Winner 1001 Beds: Performances, Essays and Travels by Tim Miller (University of Wisconsin)
• Finalists
• Questa by Victor Bumbalo (Broadway Publishing Inc.)
• Confessions of a Mormon Boy: Behind the Scenes of the Off-Broadway Hit by Steven Fales (Alyson)

LGBT Humour

• Winner My Lucky Star by Joe Keenan (Little, Brown)
• Finalists
  • Queen of the Oddballs: And Other True Stories from a Life Unaccording to Plan by Hilary Carlip (Harper Paperbacks)
  • Roy & Al by Ralf Konig (Arsenal Pulp Press)

LGBT Non-Fiction:

• Winner GAY L.A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics and Lipstick Lesbians by Lillian Faderman & Stuart Timmons (Basic Books)
• Finalists
  • Different Daughters:A History of the Daughters of Bilitis and the Rise of the Lesbian Rights Movement by Marcia Gallo (Carroll & Graf)
  • Hello, Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks and Other Outlaws by Kate Bornstein (Seven Stories)
  • Behind the Mask of the Mattachine by James T. Sears (Harrington Park Press)
  • Unspeakable Love: Gay and Lesbian Life in the Middle East by Brian Whitaker (University of California)

LGBT Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror: 

• Winner Izzy and Eve: An Erotic Thriller by Neal Drinnan (Green Candy Press) [Gay, Science fiction]
• Finalists
  • Carnival by Elizabeth Bear (Bantam Spectra) [Shortlisted for Best Novel, Gaylactic Spectrum Awards 2007] [Gay, Science fiction]
  • Mordred, Bastard Son by Douglas Clegg (Alyson)  [Gay, Fantasy]
  • A Strong and Sudden Thaw by R.W. Day (Iris Print) [Gay, Science fiction]
  • Spin Control by Chris Moriarty (Bantam Spectra) [Shortlisted for Best Novel, Gaylactic Spectrum Awards 2007] [Science fiction]

LGBT Spirituality

• Winner: The After-Death Room: Journey Into Spiritual Activism by Michael McColly (Soft Skull Press)
• Finalists:
  • Sex & the Sacred by Daniel Helminiak (Harrington Park Press)
  • Spirited: Affirming the Soul and Black Gay/Lesbian Identity edited by Lisa Moore & G. Winston James (Redbone Press)
  • The Singing of Swans by Mary Saracino (Pearlsong Press )
  • Mobius Trip: Digressions from India's Highways by Giti Thadani (Spinifex Press)

LGBT Studies:

• Winner Their Own Receive Them Not: African American Lesbians and Gays in Black Churches by Horace Griffin (Pilgrim Press)
• Finalists
  • Every Inch A Man: Phallic Possession, etc. by Carellin Brooks (UBC Press)
  • Gay Power: An American Revolution by David Eisenbach (Carroll & Graf)
  • Crip Theory: Cultural Signs of Queerness and Disability by Robert McRuer (NYU Press)
  • Beautiful Bottom, Beautiful Shame: Where "Black" Meets "Queer" by Kathryn Stockton (Duke University Press)

Gay Debut Fiction:

• Winner Suspension by Robert Westfield (Harper Perennial)
• Finalists
  • A Scarecrow’s Bible by Martin Hyatt (Suspect Thoughts)
  • The Zookeeper by Alex MacLennan (Alyson)
  • Send Me by Patrick Ryan (Dial Press)
  • 5 Minutes & 42 Seconds by Timothy Williams (Amistad)

Gay Erotica:

• Winner A History of Barbed Wire by Jeff Mann (Suspect Thoughts)
• Finalists
  • Best Gay Erotica 2007 edited by Richard Labonte & Timothy J. Lambert (Cleis Press)
  • Hot On His Trail by Zavo (Alyson)

Gay Fiction:

• Winner Suspension by Robert Westfield (Harper Perennial)
• Finalists
  • Every Visible Thing by Lisa Carey (William Morrow)
  • Izzy and Eve by Neal Drinnan (Green Candy Press)
  • Alternatives to Sex by Stephen McCauley (Simon & Schuster)
  • Now Is the Hour by Tom Spanbauer (Houghton Mifflin)

Gay Memoir/Biography:

• Winner The Bill From My Father by Bernard Cooper (Simon & Schuster)
• Finalists
  • Untold Stories by Alan Bennett (FSG)
  • Tweaked: A Crystal Meth Memoir by Patrick Moore (Kensington)
  • History of Swimming by Kim Powers (Carroll & Graf)
  • My Father’s Keeper: The Story of a Gay Son and His Aging Parents by Jonathan Silin (Beacon)

Gay Mystery: 

• Winner The Lucky Elephant Restaurant by Garry Ryan (NeWest Press)
• Finalists
  • Mardi Gras Mambo by Greg Herren (Kensington)
  • The Hell You Say by Josh Lanyon (I-Universe)
  • The Back Passage by James Lear (Cleis Press)
  • Provincetown Follies, Bangkok Blues by Randall Peffer (Bleak House Books)

Gay Poetry: 

• Winner A History of My Tattoo by Jim Elledge (Stonewall)
• Finalists
  • Gutted by Justin Chin (Manic D Press)
  • The Album That Changed My Life by Jeffrey Conway (Cold Calm Press)
  • Other Fugitives & Other Strangers by Rigoberto Gonzalez (Tupelo Press)
  • When the Eye Forms by Dwaine Rieves (Tupelo Press)

Gay Romance: 

• Winner When the Stars Come Out by Rob Byrnes (Kensington)
• Finalists
  • Someone Like You by Timothy James Beck (Kensington)
  • Two Boys in Love by Lawrence Schimel (Seventh Window)
  • Surf ‘N Turf by Scott & Scott (Romentics)
  • Going Down in La-La Land by Andy Zeffer (Harrington Park Press

Transgender:

• Winner The Transgender Studies Reader edited by Susan Stryker & Stephen Whittle (Routledge)
• Finalists
  • Transgender Rights edited by Paisley Currah, Richard M. Juang, and Shannon Price Minter (University of Minnesota Press)
  • Drag King Dreams by Leslie Feinberg (Carroll & Graf)
  • Supervillainz by Alicia E. Goranson (Suspect Thoughts)
  • The Testosterone Files: My Hormonal and Social Transformation from Female to Male by Max Wolf Valerio (Seal Press)

The Lambda Awards by year:

1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 |1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 

2002 | 2003 | 2004 |2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010

• Overview of all yearly Lambda Award categories 
• The Lesbian Book Awards Page 
• The Stonewall Book Awards
• The Alice B Readers award  
• The GLAAD Media Awards