List of Lambda Literary Awards winners and nominees for science fiction, fantasy and horror
Award list
Also jointly won Gay Men's Small Press Book Award. Also nominated for Gay Men's Mystery.

List of Lambda Literary Awards winners and nominees for science fiction, fantasy and horror

Section Title: Award list
Table Section Text: Also jointly won Gay Men's Small Press Book Award. Also nominated for Gay Men's Mystery.

Year	Author(s) or Editor(s)	Book Title	Publisher	Category	Result

1989	Michael Nava	Goldenboy	Alyson	Gay M/SF	Won

1989	Donald Ward	Death Takes the Stage	St. Martin's Press	Gay M/SF	Nom

1989	Michael Bishop	Unicorn Mountain	William Morrow	Gay M/SF	Nom

1989	Joseph Hansen	Obedience	Mysterious Press	Gay M/SF	Nom

1989	George Baxt	Who Next	International Polygonics	Gay M/SF	Nom

1989	Antoinette Azolakov	Skiptrace	Banned Books	Lesb. M/SF	Won

1989	Claire McNab	Lessons In Murder	Naiad Press	Lesb. M/SF	Nom

1989	Judy Grahn	Mundane World	Crossing Press	Lesb. M/SF	Nom

1989	Dolores Klaich	Heavy Gilt	Naiad Press	Lesb. M/SF	Nom

1989	Sandy Bayer	The Crystal Curtain	Alyson	Lesb. M/SF	Nom

1990	Jeffrey N. McMahan	Somewhere in the Night	Alyson	Gay SF/F	Won

1990	Thom Nickels	Walking Water / After All This	Banned Books	Gay SF/F	Nom

1990	William K. Eakins	Key West 2720 AD	Knights Press	Gay SF/F	Nom

1990	Mercedes Lackey	Magic's Pawn	DAW Books	Gay SF/F	Nom

1990	Geoff Mains	Gentle Warriors	Knights Press	Gay SF/F	Nom

1990	Jessica Amanda Salmonson (ed.)	What Did Miss Darrington See?	Feminist Press	Lesb. SF/F	Won

1990	Nancy Tyler Glenn	Clicking Stones	Naiad Press	Lesb. SF/F	Nom

1990	Lauren Wright Douglas	In The Blood	Naiad Press	Lesb. SF/F	Nom

1990	Susanna J. Sturgis (ed.)	Memories and Visions	Crossing Press	Lesb. SF/F	Nom

1990	Lee Lynch	Sue Slate: Private Eye	Naiad Press	Lesb. SF/F	Nom

1991	Mercedes Lackey	Magic's Price	DAW Books	Gay SF/F	Won (Joint)

1991	Toby Johnson	Secret Matter	Lavender	Gay SF/F	Won(Joint)

1991	Marsh Cassady	Alternate Casts	Banned	Gay SF/F	Nom

1991	Storm Constantine	Enchantments of Flesh and Spirit	Tor	Gay SF/F	Nom

1991	Scott Edelman	The Gift	Space and Time	Gay SF/F	Nom

1991	Gael Baudino	Gossamer Axe	Roc	Lesb. SF/F	Won

1991	Patrick Califia	Doc and Fluff	Alyson	Lesb. SF/F	Nom

1991	Melissa Scott	Mighty Good Road	Baen	Lesb. SF/F	Nom

1991	Lynda Lyons	Priorities	Naiad Press	Lesb. SF/F	Nom

1991	Karen Marie Christa Minns	Virago	Naiad Press	Lesb. SF/F	Nom

1992	Frank M. Robinson	The Dark Beyond the Stars	Tor	Gay SF/F	Won

1992	Eric Garber (ed.)	Embracing the Dark	Alyson	Gay SF/F	Nom

1992	Perry Brass	Mirage	Belhue	Gay SF/F	Nom

1992	Jay B. Laws	Steam	Alyson	Gay SF/F	Nom

1992	Jeffrey N. McMahan	Vampires Anonymous	Alyson	Gay SF/F	Nom

1992	Jewelle Gomez	The Gilda Stories	Firebrand	Lesb. SF/F	Won

1992	B.L. Holmes	Mega	Mother Courage	Lesb. SF/F	Nom

1992	Chris Anne Wolfe	Shadows of Aggar	New Victoria	Lesb. SF/F	Nom

1992	Camarin Grae	Stranded	Naiad Press	Lesb. SF/F	Nom

1992	Judith Alguire	Zeta Base	Naiad Press	Lesb. SF/F	Nom

1993	Maureen F. McHugh	China Mountain Zhang	Tor	Gay SF/F	Won

1993	Poppy Z. Brite	Lost Souls	Abyss / Delacorte	Gay SF/F	Nom

1993	Lewis Gannett	The Living One	Random House	Gay SF/F	Nom

1993	Thomas T. Thomas	Cry Gender	Baen	Gay SF/F	Nom

1993	Anne Rice	The Tale of the Body Thief	Knopf	Gay SF/F	Nom

1993	Nicola Griffith	Ammonite	Del Rey	Lesb. SF/F	Won

1993	Jean Stewart	Return to Isis	Rising Tide	Lesb. SF/F	Nom

1993	Severna Park	Speaking Dreams	Firebrand	Lesb. SF/F	Nom

1993	Melissa Scott	Dreamships	Tor	Lesb. SF/F	Nom

1993	Judith Katz	Running Fiercely Toward a High Thin Sound	Firebrand	Lesb. SF/F	Nom

1994	Starhawk	The Fifth Sacred Thing	Bantam	SF/F	Won

1994	Poppy Brite	Drawing Blood	Delacorte	SF/F	Nom

1994	Sybil Claiborne	In the Garden of Dead Cars	Cleis Press	SF/F	Nom

1994	Melissa Scott	Burning Bright	Tor	SF/F	Nom

1994	Jay B. Laws	The Unfinished	Alyson	SF/F	Nom

1995	Melissa Scott	Trouble and Her Friends	Tor	SF/F	Won

1995	Suzy McKee Charnas	The Furies	Tor	SF/F	Nom

1995	Nancy Springer	Metal Angel	Roc Fantasy	SF/F	Nom

1995	Mercedes Lackey	Storm Warning	DAW Books	SF/F	Nom

1995	Jean Stewart	Warriors of Isis	DAW Books	SF/F	Nom

1996	Melissa Scott	Shadow Man	Tor	SF/F	Won(Joint)

1996	Nicola Griffith	Slow River	Del Rey	SF/F	Won(Joint)

1996	Felice Picano	Dryland End	Richard Kasak	SF/F	Nom

1996	Pam Keesey	Dark Angels	Cleis Press	SF/F	Nom

1996	Samuel R. Delany	Atlantis: Three Tales	Wesleyan	SF/F	Nom

1997	Clive Barker	Sacrament	HarperCollins	SF/F	Won

1997	Rachel Pollack	Godmother Night	St. Martin	SF/F	Nom

1997	Michael Rowe & Thomas S. Roche (eds.)	Sons of Darkness	Cleis Press	SF/F	Nom

1997	Eric Garber & Jewelle Gomez (eds.)	Swords of the Rainbow	Alyson	SF/F	Nom

1997	Pam Keesey (eds.)	Women Who Run With Werewolves	Cleis Press	SF/F	Nom

1998	Nicola Griffith & Stephen Pagel (eds.)	Bending The Landscape:Fantasy	White Wolf	SF/F	Won

1998	William J. Mann	Grave Passions: Tales of the Gay Supernatural	Masquerade	SF/F	Nom

1998	Perry Brass	The Harvest	Belhue	SF/F	Nom

1998	Harry M. Benshoff (ed.)	Monsters in the Closet	Manchester University	SF/F	Nom

1998	Lawrence Schimel (ed.)	The Drag Queen of Elfland	Circlet Press	SF/F	Nom

1999	Nicola Griffith & Stephen Pagel (eds.)	Bending the Landscape:Science Fiction	Overlook	SF/F	Won(Joint)

1999	Clive Barker	Galilee	HarperCollins	SF/F	Nom

1999	Ulysses G. Dietz	Desmond	Alyson	SF/F	Nom

1999	Elizabeth Brownrigg	Falling to Earth	Firebrand	SF/F	Nom

1999	Lawrence Schimel (ed.)	Things Invisible to See	Ultra Violet	SF/F	Nom

2000	Richard Bowes	Minions of the Moon	Tor	SF/F	Won

2000	Victoria Brownworth & Judith Redding (eds.)	Night Shade: Gothic Tales by Women	Seal Press	SF/F	Nom

2000	Severna Park	The Annunciate	Avon	SF/F	Nom

2000	Keith Hartman	The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse	Meisha Merlin	SF/F	Nom

2000	Delia Sherman	Through a Brazen Mirror	Circlet Press / Ace	SF/F	Nom

2001	Jim Grimsley	Kirith Kirin	Meisha Merlin	SF/F/H	Won

2001	Michael Rowe (ed.)	Queer Fear	Arsenal Pulp Press	SF/F/H	Nom

2001	Anne Rice	Merrick	Knopf	SF/F/H	Nom

2001	Perry Brass	Angel Lust	Belhue	SF/F/H	Nom

2001	David Gerrold	Jumping off the Planet	Tor	SF/F/H	Nom

2002	Melissa Scott & Lisa A. Barnett	Point of Dreams	Tor	SF/F/H	Won

2002	Nicola Griffith & Stephen Pagel (eds.)	Bending the Landscape: Horror	Overlook Press	SF/F/H	Nom

2002	David Thomas Lord	Bound in Blood	Kensington	SF/F/H	Nom

2002	Keith Hartman	Gumshoe Gorilla	Meisha Merlin	SF/F/H	Nom

2002	Michael Schiefelbein	Vampire Vow	Alyson	SF/F/H	Nom

2003	Michael Rowe (ed.)	Queer Fear II	Arsenal Pulp	SF/F/H	Won

2003	Katherine V. Forrest	Daughters of an Amber Noon	Overlook Press	SF/F/H	Nom

2003	Karin Kallmaker (as Laura Adams)	Seeds of Fire	Bella Books	SF/F/H	Nom

2003	Randy Boyd	The Devil Inside	West Beach	SF/F/H	Nom

2003	Cecilia Tan (ed.)	Wired Hard 3	Circlet Press	SF/F/H	Nom

2004	Helen Sandler (ed.)	Necrologue	Diva	SF/F/H	Won

2004	David M. Pierce	Elf Child	Southern Tier	SF/F/H	Nom

2004	Diana Rivers	The Red Line of Yarmald	Bella Books	SF/F/H	Nom

2004	Perry Brass	The Substance of God	Belhue	SF/F/H	Nom

2004	Michael Schiefelbein	Vampire Thrall	Alyson	SF/F/H	Nom

2005	Jim Grimsley	The Ordinary	Tor	SF/F/H	Won

2005	Michael Jensen	Firelands	Alyson	SF/F/H	Nom

2005	Greg Herren (ed.)	Shadows of the Night: Queer Tales of the Uncanny and Unusual	Southern Tier	SF/F/H	Nom

2005	Jean Stewart	The Wizard of Isis	Bella Books	SF/F/H	Nom

2005	Nicola Griffith	With Her Body	Aqueduct	SF/F/H	Nom

2006	Katherine V. Forrest	Daughters of an Emerald Dusk	Alyson	LGBT SF/F/H	Won

2006	Octavia Butler	Fledgling	Seven Stories	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2006	David B. Coe	Shapers of Darkness	Tor	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2006	Jane Fletcher (writer)	Temple Landfall	Bold Strokes	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2006	Jeanne Gӆellers	No Sister of Mine	Bella Books	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2007	Neal Drinnan	Izzy and Eve	Green Candy Press	LGBT SF/F/H	Won

2007	Elizabeth Bear	Carnival	Bantam Spectra	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2007	Douglas Clegg	Mordred, Bastard Son	Alyson	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2007	R.W. Day	A Strong and Sudden Thaw	Iris Print	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2007	Chris Moriarty	Spin Control	Bantam Spectra	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2008	Lee Thomas	The Dust of Wonderland	Alyson	LGBT SF/F/H	Won

2008	Ginn Hale	Wicked Gentlemen	Blind Eye Books	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2008	Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette	A Companion to Wolves	Tor	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2008	Brian Francis Slattery	Spaceman Blues	Tor	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2008	Jo Walton	Ha'penny	Tor	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2009	Nicole Kimberling	Turnskin	Blind Eye Books	LGBT SF/F/H	Won

2009	Astrid Amara	The Archer's Heart	Blind Eye Books	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2009	Barth Anderson	The Magician and the Fool	Bantam Del Ray	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2009	Steve Berman	Wilde Stories 2008	Lethe Press	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2009	Craig Laurance Gidney	Sea, Swallow Me and Other Stories	Lethe Press	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2010	Catherynne M. Valente	Palimpsest	Bantam Books	LGBT SF/F/H	Won

2010	Rebecca Ore	Centuries Ago and Very Fast	Aqueduct Press	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2010	Amber Dawn	Fist of the Spider Woman	Arsenal Pulp Press	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2010	Lee Thomas	In the Closet, Under the Bed	Dark Scribe Press	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2010	Tom Cardamone	Pumpkin Teeth	Lethe Press	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2011	Sandra McDonald	Diana Comet and Other Improbable Stories	Lethe Press	LGBT SF/F/H	Won

2011	Tanith Lee	Disturbed by Her Song	Lethe Press	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2011	Nene Adams	Flowers of Edo	Black Car Publishing	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2011	Steve Berman (ed.)	Wilde Stories 2010	Lethe Press	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2011	Jane Fletcher (writer)	Wolfsbane Winter	Bold Strokes Books	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2012	Lee Thomas	The German	Lethe Press	LGBT SF/F/H	Won

2012	Geoff Ryman	Paradise Tales: and Other Stories	Small Beer Press	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2012	L.A. Witt	Static	Amber Allure / Amber Quill Press	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2012	JoSelle Vanderhooft	Steam-powered: Lesbian Steampunk Stories	Torquere Press	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2012	J.M. Frey	Triptych	Dragon Moon Press	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2013	Tom Cardamone	Green Thumb	Lethe Press	LGBT SF/F/H	Won

2013	Brit Mandelo	Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction	Lethe Press	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2013	H.B. Kurtzwilde	Chocolatiers of the High Winds: A Gay Steampunk Romance	Circlet Press	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2013	Connie Wilkins & Steve Berman	Heiresses of Russ 2012: the Year’s Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction	Lethe Press	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2013	Kelly Sinclair	In the Now	Blue Feather Books	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2013	Greg Herren & J.M. Redmann	Night Shadows: Queer Horror	Bold Strokes Books	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2013	Sean Eads	The Survivors	Lethe Press	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2014	Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold	Death by Silver	LGBT SF/F/H	Won

2014	Richard Bowes	Dust Devil on a Quiet Street	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2014	Nathan Burgoine	Light	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2014	Isabella Carter	Dragon Slayer	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2014	Marie Castle	Hell's Belle	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2014	Roberta Degnore	Invisible Soft Return	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2014	Alex Jeffers	Deprivation; or, Benedetto furioso: an oneiromancy	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2014	Mary Anne Mohanraj	The Stars Change	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2014	Lee Thomas	Like Light for Flies	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2014	Deborah Wheeler	Collaborators	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2015	Chaz Brenchley	Bitter Waters	LGBT SF/F/H	Won

2015	Daryl Gregory	Afterparty	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2015	Lee Thomas	Butcher's Road	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2015	A. M. Dellamonica	Child of a Hidden Sea	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2015	Max Gladstone	Full Fathom Five	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2015	Lea Daley	FutureDyke	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2015	Craig Laurance Gidney	Skin Deep Magic	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2016	Kirsty Logan	The Gracekeepers	LGBT SF/F/H	Won

2016	John Inman	The Boys on the Mountain	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2016	Fletcher DeLancey	The Caphenon	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2016	Ally Blue	Down	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2016	Robert Levy	The Glittering World	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2016	J.A. Rock	Minotaur	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2016	Kate Sherwood	Sacrati	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2016	Jude McLaughlin	Wonder City Stories	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2017	Indra Das	The Devourers	LGBT SF/F/H	Won

2017	Michael Thomas Ford	Lily	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2017	Andrea Hairston	Will Do Magic for Small Change	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2017	Dayna Ingram	All Good Children	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2017	David Lennon	Irish Black	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2017	Sassafras Lowrey	A Little Queermas Carol	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2017	Ras Mashramani, Rasheedah Phillips, Alex Smith and M. Eighteen Téllez	Style of Attack Report	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2017	A. C. Wise	Kissing Booth Girl	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2018	Annalee Newitz	Autonomous	LGBT SF/F/H	Won

2018	Lara Elena Donnelly	Amberlough	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2018	Lindsey Drager	The Lost Daughter Collective	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2018	Nicky Drayden	The Prey of the Gods	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2018	Owen Keehnen	Night Visitors	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2018	Maggie Shen King	An Excess Male	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2018	Kristen Ringman	I Stole You	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

2018	Rivers Solomon	An Unkindness of Ghosts	LGBT SF/F/H	Nom

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Neal Drinnan won the Lambda Literary Award in the Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror category and was a nominee in the Gay Fiction category for his novel Izzy and Eve at the 19th Lambda Literary Awards.

final_sentence: Neal Drinnan won the Lambda Literary Award in the Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror category and was a nominee in the Gay Fiction category for his novel Izzy and Eve at the 19th Lambda Literary Awards.