# Lambda Literary Award for Speculative Fiction

Lambda Literary Awards (also known as the "Lammys") are awarded yearly by the United States–based Lambda Literary Foundation to published works that celebrate or explore LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) themes. The awards are presented annually for books published in the previous year. The Lambda Literary Foundation states that its mission is "to celebrate LGBT literature and provide resources for writers, readers, booksellers, publishers, and librarians—the whole literary community."
Since their inception in 1989, awards have been given in various categories in fiction and non-fiction. The title for this category has changed several times, most recently to "LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction".

## Eligibility guidelines

To be eligible for the award, a book must meet the following requirements:
* The book must have been published for the first time in the United States between January 1 and December 31 of the previous calendar year.
* The book must be published in English; translations are accepted.
* The book must be available for purchase in a bound or collected format. Self-published books are eligible, provided they exist in a single published file; books published exclusively on social or subscription-based sites (including blogs, personal newsletters, Wattpad, and Patreon) are not eligible.
This category includes science fiction, fantasy, horror and related genres; submissions can be in the form of novels, novellas, or short story collections.
As with other Lambda Literary Awards, the books nominated for the Lambda Literary Award for Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror are selected based on several factors, including LGBTQ+ content, quality of writing and artistic merit.

## Winners and nominees

In the following table, the years correspond to the year of the book's release. The ceremonies are always held the following year. Entries with a yellow background have won the relevant award, while those with a white background are the nominees. Categories are abbreviated; the official category titles are presented in the key.

### Key

| Official Category Title | Abbreviation | Award Year(s) |
| Gay Men's Mystery/Science Fiction | Gay M/SF | 1989 |
| Lesbian Mystery/Science Fiction | Lesb. M/SF | 1989 |
| Gay Men's Science Fiction/Fantasy | Gay SF/F | 1991–1993 |
| Lesbian Science Fiction/Fantasy | Lesb. SF/F | 1990–1993 |
| Science Fiction/Fantasy | SF/F | 1994–2000 |
| Horror/Science Fiction/Fantasy | SF/F/H | 2001 |
| Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror | SF/F/H | 2002–2006 |
| LGBT Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror | LGBT SF/F/H | 2007–2021 |
| LGBTQ Speculative Fiction | | 2022–present |

### Recipients

Multi-time winners of the award include Melissa Scott (4), Nicola Griffith (3), Jim Grimsley (2), and Stephen Pagel (2). Nicola Griffith holds the record for most nominations (6), and Perry Brass has the most nominations without winning (4).
Lambda Literary Award for Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror winners and finalists :
| Year | Category | Author | Title | Publisher | Result |
| 1989 | Gay M/SF | Michael Nava | Goldenboy | Alyson | Winner |
| 1989 | Gay M/SF | Donald Ward | Death Takes the Stage | St. Martin's Press | Finalist |
| 1989 | Gay M/SF | Joseph Hansen | Obedience | Mysterious Press | Finalist |
| 1989 | Gay M/SF | Michael Bishop | Unicorn Mountain | William Morrow and Co. | Finalist |
| 1989 | Gay M/SF | George Baxt | Who Next | International Polygonics | Finalist |
| 1989 | Lesb. M/SF | Antoinette Azolakov | Skiptrace | Banned Books | Winner |
| 1989 | Lesb. M/SF | Dolores Klaich | Heavy Gilt | Naiad Press | Finalist |
| 1989 | Lesb. M/SF | Claire McNab | Lessons in Murder | Naiad Press | Finalist |
| 1989 | Lesb. M/SF | Judy Grahn | Mundane World | Crossing Press | Finalist |
| 1989 | Lesb. M/SF | Sandy Bayer | The Crystal Curtain | Alyson | Finalist |
| 1990 | Gay SF/F | Jeffrey N. McMahan | Somewhere in the Night | Alyson | Winner |
| 1990 | Gay SF/F | Geoff Mains | Gentle Warriors | Knights Press | Finalist |
| 1990 | Gay SF/F | William K. Eakins | Key West 2720 AD | Knights Press | Finalist |
| 1990 | Gay SF/F | Mercedes Lackey | Magic's Pawn | DAW Books | Finalist |
| 1990 | Gay SF/F | Thom Nickels | Walking Water / After All This | Banned Books | Finalist |
| 1990 | Lesb. SF/F | Jessica Amanda Salmonson (ed.) | What Did Miss Darrington See? | Feminist Press | Winner |
| 1990 | Lesb. SF/F | Nancy Tyler Glenn | Clicking Stones | Naiad Press | Finalist |
| 1990 | Lesb. SF/F | Lauren Wright Douglas | In the Blood | Naiad Press | Finalist |
| 1990 | Lesb. SF/F | Susanna J. Sturgis (ed.) | Memories and Visions | Crossing Press | Finalist |
| 1990 | Lesb. SF/F | Lee Lynch | Sue Slate: Private Eye | Naiad Press | Finalist |
| 1991 | Gay SF/F | Mercedes Lackey | Magic's Price | DAW Books | Winner |
| 1991 | Gay SF/F | Toby Johnson | Secret Matter | Lavender | Winner |
| 1991 | Gay SF/F | Marsh Cassady | Alternate Casts | Banned Books | Finalist |
| 1991 | Gay SF/F | Storm Constantine | Enchantments of Flesh and Spirit | Tor Books | Finalist |
| 1991 | Gay SF/F | Scott Edelman | The Gift | Space and Time | Finalist |
| 1991 | Lesb. SF/F | Gael Baudino | Gossamer Axe | Roc | Winner |
| 1991 | Lesb. SF/F | Patrick Califia | Doc and Fluff | Alyson | Finalist |
| 1991 | Lesb. SF/F | Melissa Scott | Mighty Good Road | Baen Books | Finalist |
| 1991 | Lesb. SF/F | Lynda Lyons | Priorities | Naiad Press | Finalist |
| 1991 | Lesb. SF/F | Karen Marie Christa Minns | Virago | Naiad Press | Finalist |
| 1992 | Gay SF/F | Frank M. Robinson | The Dark Beyond the Stars | Tor Books | Winner |
| 1992 | Gay SF/F | Eric Garber (ed.) | Embracing the Dark | Alyson | Finalist |
| 1992 | Gay SF/F | Perry Brass | Mirage | Belhue | Finalist |
| 1992 | Gay SF/F | Jay B. Laws | Steam | Alyson | Finalist |
| 1992 | Gay SF/F | Jeffrey N. McMahan | Vampires Anonymous | Alyson | Finalist |
| 1992 | Lesb. SF/F | Jewelle Gomez | The Gilda Stories | Firebrand Books | Winner |
| 1992 | Lesb. SF/F | B.L. Holmes | Mega | Mother Courage | Finalist |
| 1992 | Lesb. SF/F | Chris Anne Wolfe | Shadows of Aggar | New Victoria | Finalist |
| 1992 | Lesb. SF/F | Camarin Grae | Stranded | Naiad Press | Finalist |
| 1992 | Lesb. SF/F | Judith Alguire | Zeta Base | Naiad Press | Finalist |
| 1993 | Gay SF/F | Maureen F. McHugh | China Mountain Zhang | Tor Books | Winner |
| 1993 | Gay SF/F | Thomas T. Thomas | Cry Gender | Baen Books | Finalist |
| 1993 | Gay SF/F | Poppy Z. Brite | Lost Souls | Abyss / Delacorte | Finalist |
| 1993 | Gay SF/F | Lewis Gannett | The Living One | Random House | Finalist |
| 1993 | Gay SF/F | Anne Rice | The Tale of the Body Thief | Knopf | Finalist |
| 1993 | Lesb. SF/F | Nicola Griffith | Ammonite | Del Rey Books | Winner |
| 1993 | Lesb. SF/F | Melissa Scott | Dreamships | Tor Books | Finalist |
| 1993 | Lesb. SF/F | Jean Stewart | Return to Isis | Rising Tide | Finalist |
| 1993 | Lesb. SF/F | Judith Katz | Running Fiercely Toward a High Thin Sound | Firebrand Books | Finalist |
| 1993 | Lesb. SF/F | Severna Park | Speaking Dreams | Firebrand Books | Finalist |
| 1994 | SF/F | Starhawk | The Fifth Sacred Thing | Bantam Books | Winner |
| 1994 | SF/F | Melissa Scott | Burning Bright | Tor Books | Finalist |
| 1994 | SF/F | Poppy Brite | Drawing Blood | Delacorte Books | Finalist |
| 1994 | SF/F | Sybil Claiborne | In the Garden of Dead Cars | Cleis Press | Finalist |
| 1994 | SF/F | Jay B. Laws | The Unfinished | Alyson Books | Finalist |
| 1995 | SF/F | Melissa Scott | Trouble and Her Friends | Tor Books | Winner |
| 1995 | SF/F | Nancy Springer | Metal Angel | Roc | Finalist |
| 1995 | SF/F | Mercedes Lackey | Storm Warning | DAW Books | Finalist |
| 1995 | SF/F | Suzy McKee Charnas | The Furies | Tor Books | Finalist |
| 1995 | SF/F | Jean Stewart | Warriors of Isis | DAW Books | Finalist |
| 1996 | SF/F | Melissa Scott | Shadow Man | Tor Books | Winner |
| 1996 | SF/F | Nicola Griffith | Slow River | Del Rey Books | Finalist |
| 1996 | SF/F | Samuel R. Delany | Atlantis: Three Tales | Wesleyan | Finalist |
| 1996 | SF/F | Pam Keesey | Dark Angels | Cleis Press | Finalist |
| 1996 | SF/F | Felice Picano | Dryland End | Richard Kasak | Finalist |
| 1997 | SF/F | Clive Barker | Sacrament | HarperCollins | Winner |
| 1997 | SF/F | Rachel Pollack | Godmother Night | St. Martin's Press | Finalist |
| 1997 | SF/F | Michael Rowe and Thomas S. Roche (eds.) | Sons of Darkness | Cleis Press | Finalist |
| 1997 | SF/F | Eric Garber and Jewelle Gomez (eds.) | Swords of the Rainbow | Alyson | Finalist |
| 1997 | SF/F | Pam Keesey (eds.) | Women Who Run With Werewolves | Cleis Press | Finalist |
| 1998 | SF/F | Nicola Griffith and Stephen Pagel (eds.) | Bending the Landscape: Fantasy | White Wolf | Winner |
| 1998 | SF/F | William J. Mann | Grave Passions: Tales of the Gay Supernatural | Masquerade | Finalist |
| 1998 | SF/F | Harry M. Benshoff (ed.) | Monsters in the Closet | Manchester University Press | Finalist |
| 1998 | SF/F | Lawrence Schimel (ed.) | The Drag Queen of Elfland | Circlet Press | Finalist |
| 1998 | SF/F | Perry Brass | The Harvest | Belhue | Finalist |
| 1999 | SF/F | Nicola Griffith and Stephen Pagel (eds.) | Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction | Overlook Press | Winner |
| 1999 | SF/F | Ulysses G. Dietz | Desmond | Alyson | Finalist |
| 1999 | SF/F | Elizabeth Brownrigg | Falling to Earth | Firebrand Books | Finalist |
| 1999 | SF/F | Clive Barker | Galilee | HarperCollins | Finalist |
| 1999 | SF/F | Lawrence Schimel (ed.) | Things Invisible to See | Ultra Violet | Finalist |
| 2000 | SF/F | Richard Bowes | Minions of the Moon | Tor Books | Winner |
| 2000 | SF/F | Victoria Brownworth and Judith Redding (eds.) | Night Shade: Gothic Tales by Women | Seal Press | Finalist |
| 2000 | SF/F | Severna Park | The Annunciate | Avon | Finalist |
| 2000 | SF/F | Keith Hartman | The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse | Meisha Merlin | Finalist |
| 2000 | SF/F | Delia Sherman | Through a Brazen Mirror | Circlet Press / Ace | Finalist |
| 2001 | SF/F/H | Jim Grimsley | Kirith Kirin | Meisha Merlin | Winner |
| 2001 | SF/F/H | Perry Brass | Angel Lust | Belhue | Finalist |
| 2001 | SF/F/H | David Gerrold | Jumping off the Planet | Tor Books | Finalist |
| 2001 | SF/F/H | Anne Rice | Merrick | Knopf | Finalist |
| 2001 | SF/F/H | Michael Rowe (ed.) | Queer Fear | Arsenal Pulp Press | Finalist |
| 2002 | SF/F/H | Melissa Scott and Lisa A. Barnett | Point of Dreams | Tor Books | Winner |
| 2002 | SF/F/H | Nicola Griffith and Stephen Pagel (eds.) | Bending the Landscape: Horror | Overlook Press | Finalist |
| 2002 | SF/F/H | David Thomas Lord | Bound in Blood | Kensington | Finalist |
| 2002 | SF/F/H | Keith Hartman | Gumshoe Gorilla | Meisha Merlin | Finalist |
| 2002 | SF/F/H | Michael Schiefelbein | Vampire Vow | Alyson | Finalist |
| 2003 | SF/F/H | Michael Rowe (ed.) | Queer Fear II | Arsenal Pulp | Winner |
| 2003 | SF/F/H | Katherine V. Forrest | Daughters of an Amber Noon | Overlook Press | Finalist |
| 2003 | SF/F/H | Karin Kallmaker (as Laura Adams) | Seeds of Fire | Bella Books | Finalist |
| 2003 | SF/F/H | Randy Boyd | The Devil Inside | West Beach | Finalist |
| 2003 | SF/F/H | Cecilia Tan (ed.) | Wired Hard 3 | Circlet Press | Finalist |
| 2004 | SF/F/H | Helen Sandler (ed.) | Necrologue | Diva | Winner |
| 2004 | SF/F/H | David M. Pierce | Elf Child | Southern Tier | Finalist |
| 2004 | SF/F/H | Diana Rivers | The Red Line of Yarmald | Bella Books | Finalist |
| 2004 | SF/F/H | Perry Brass | The Substance of God | Belhue | Finalist |
| 2004 | SF/F/H | Michael Schiefelbein | Vampire Thrall | Alyson | Finalist |
| 2005 | SF/F/H | Jim Grimsley | The Ordinary | Tor Books | Winner |
| 2005 | SF/F/H | Michael Jensen | Firelands | Alyson | Finalist |
| 2005 | SF/F/H | Greg Herren (ed.) | Shadows of the Night: Queer Tales of the Uncanny and Unusual | Southern Tier | Finalist |
| 2005 | SF/F/H | Jean Stewart | The Wizard of Isis | Bella Books | Finalist |
| 2005 | SF/F/H | Nicola Griffith | With Her Body | Aqueduct Press | Finalist |
| 2006 | LGBT SF/F/H | Katherine V. Forrest | Daughters of an Emerald Dusk | Alyson | Winner |
| 2006 | LGBT SF/F/H | Octavia Butler | Fledgling | Seven Stories Press | Finalist |
| 2006 | LGBT SF/F/H | Jeanne Gӆellers | No Sister of Mine | Bella Books | Finalist |
| 2006 | LGBT SF/F/H | David B. Coe | Shapers of Darkness | Tor Books | Finalist |
| 2006 | LGBT SF/F/H | Jane Fletcher | Temple Landfall | Bold Strokes Books | Finalist |
| 2007 | LGBT SF/F/H | Neal Drinnan | Izzy and Eve | Green Candy Press | Winner |
| 2007 | LGBT SF/F/H | R.W. Day | A Strong and Sudden Thaw | Iris Print | Finalist |
| 2007 | LGBT SF/F/H | Elizabeth Bear | Carnival | Bantam Spectra | Finalist |
| 2007 | LGBT SF/F/H | Douglas Clegg | Mordred, Bastard Son | Alyson | Finalist |
| 2007 | LGBT SF/F/H | Chris Moriarty | Spin Control | Bantam Spectra | Finalist |
| 2008 | LGBT SF/F/H | Lee Thomas | The Dust of Wonderland | Alyson | Winner |
| 2008 | LGBT SF/F/H | Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette | A Companion to Wolves | Tor Books | Finalist |
| 2008 | LGBT SF/F/H | Jo Walton | Ha'penny | Tor Books | Finalist |
| 2008 | LGBT SF/F/H | Brian Francis Slattery | Spaceman Blues | Tor Books | Finalist |
| 2008 | LGBT SF/F/H | Ginn Hale | Wicked Gentlemen | Blind Eye Books | Finalist |
| 2009 | LGBT SF/F/H | Nicole Kimberling | Turnskin | Blind Eye Books | Winner |
| 2009 | LGBT SF/F/H | Craig Laurance Gidney | Sea, Swallow Me and Other Stories | Lethe Press | Finalist |
| 2009 | LGBT SF/F/H | Astrid Amara | The Archer's Heart | Blind Eye Books | Finalist |
| 2009 | LGBT SF/F/H | Barth Anderson | The Magician and the Fool | Bantam / Del Ray | Finalist |
| 2009 | LGBT SF/F/H | Steve Berman | Wilde Stories 2008 | Lethe Press | Finalist |
| 2010 | LGBT SF/F/H | Catherynne M. Valente | Palimpsest | Bantam Books | Winner |
| 2010 | LGBT SF/F/H | Rebecca Ore | Centuries Ago and Very Fast | Aqueduct Press | Finalist |
| 2010 | LGBT SF/F/H | Amber Dawn | Fist of the Spider Woman | Arsenal Pulp Press | Finalist |
| 2010 | LGBT SF/F/H | Lee Thomas | In the Closet, Under the Bed | Dark Scribe Press | Finalist |
| 2010 | LGBT SF/F/H | Tom Cardamone | Pumpkin Teeth | Lethe Press | Finalist |
| 2011 | LGBT SF/F/H | Sandra McDonald | Diana Comet and Other Improbable Stories | Lethe Press | Winner |
| 2011 | LGBT SF/F/H | Tanith Lee | Disturbed by Her Song | Lethe Press | Finalist |
| 2011 | LGBT SF/F/H | Nene Adams | Flowers of Edo | Black Car Publishing | Finalist |
| 2011 | LGBT SF/F/H | Steve Berman (ed.) | Wilde Stories 2010 | Lethe Press | Finalist |
| 2011 | LGBT SF/F/H | Jane Fletcher | Wolfsbane Winter | Bold Strokes Books | Finalist |
| 2012 | LGBT SF/F/H | Lee Thomas | The German | Lethe Press | Winner |
| 2012 | LGBT SF/F/H | Geoff Ryman | Paradise Tales: and Other Stories | Small Beer Press | Finalist |
| 2012 | LGBT SF/F/H | L.A. Witt | Static | Amber Allure / Amber Quill Press | Finalist |
| 2012 | LGBT SF/F/H | JoSelle Vanderhooft | Steam-powered: Lesbian Steampunk Stories | Torquere Press | Finalist |
| 2012 | LGBT SF/F/H | J. M. Frey | Triptych | Dragon Moon Press | Finalist |
| 2013 | LGBT SF/F/H | Tom Cardamone | Green Thumb | Lethe Press | Winner |
| 2013 | LGBT SF/F/H | Lee Mandelo | Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction | Lethe Press | Finalist |
| 2013 | LGBT SF/F/H | H.B. Kurtzwilde | Chocolatiers of the High Winds: A Gay Steampunk Romance | Circlet Press | Finalist |
| 2013 | LGBT SF/F/H | Connie Wilkins and Steve Berman | Heiresses of Russ 2012: the Year’s Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction | Lethe Press | Finalist |
| 2013 | LGBT SF/F/H | Kelly Sinclair | In the Now | Blue Feather Books | Finalist |
| 2013 | LGBT SF/F/H | Greg Herren and J. M. Redmann | Night Shadows: Queer Horror | Bold Strokes Books | Finalist |
| 2013 | LGBT SF/F/H | Sean Eads | The Survivors | Lethe Press | Finalist |
| 2014 | LGBT SF/F/H | Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold | Death by Silver | | Winner |
| 2014 | LGBT SF/F/H | Deborah Wheeler | Collaborators | | Finalist |
| 2014 | LGBT SF/F/H | Alex Jeffers | Deprivation; or, Benedetto furioso: an oneiromancy | | Finalist |
| 2014 | LGBT SF/F/H | Isabella Carter | Dragon Slayer | | Finalist |
| 2014 | LGBT SF/F/H | Richard Bowes | Dust Devil on a Quiet Street | | Finalist |
| 2014 | LGBT SF/F/H | Marie Castle | Hell's Belle | | Finalist |
| 2014 | LGBT SF/F/H | Roberta Degnore | Invisible Soft Return | | Finalist |
| 2014 | LGBT SF/F/H | Nathan Burgoine | Light | | Finalist |
| 2014 | LGBT SF/F/H | Lee Thomas | Like Light for Flies | | Finalist |
| 2014 | LGBT SF/F/H | Mary Anne Mohanraj | The Stars Change | | Finalist |
| 2015 | LGBT SF/F/H | Chaz Brenchley | Bitter Waters | | Winner |
| 2015 | LGBT SF/F/H | Daryl Gregory | Afterparty | | Finalist |
| 2015 | LGBT SF/F/H | Lee Thomas | Butcher's Road | | Finalist |
| 2015 | LGBT SF/F/H | A. M. Dellamonica | Child of a Hidden Sea | | Finalist |
| 2015 | LGBT SF/F/H | Max Gladstone | Full Fathom Five | | Finalist |
| 2015 | LGBT SF/F/H | Lea Daley | FutureDyke | | Finalist |
| 2015 | LGBT SF/F/H | Craig Laurance Gidney | Skin Deep Magic | | Finalist |
| 2016 | LGBT SF/F/H | Kirsty Logan | The Gracekeepers | | Winner |
| 2016 | LGBT SF/F/H | Ally Blue | Down | | Finalist |
| 2016 | LGBT SF/F/H | J.A. Rock | Minotaur | | Finalist |
| 2016 | LGBT SF/F/H | Kate Sherwood | Sacrati | | Finalist |
| 2016 | LGBT SF/F/H | John Inman | The Boys on the Mountain | | Finalist |
| 2016 | LGBT SF/F/H | Fletcher DeLancey | The Caphenon | | Finalist |
| 2016 | LGBT SF/F/H | Robert Levy | The Glittering World | | Finalist |
| 2016 | LGBT SF/F/H | Jude McLaughlin | Wonder City Stories | | Finalist |
| 2017 | LGBT SF/F/H | Indra Das | The Devourers | | Winner |
| 2017 | LGBT SF/F/H | Sassafras Lowrey | A Little Queermas Carol | | Finalist |
| 2017 | LGBT SF/F/H | Dayna Ingram | All Good Children | | Finalist |
| 2017 | LGBT SF/F/H | David Lennon | Irish Black | | Finalist |
| 2017 | LGBT SF/F/H | A. C. Wise | Kissing Booth Girl | | Finalist |
| 2017 | LGBT SF/F/H | Michael Thomas Ford | Lily | | Finalist |
| 2017 | LGBT SF/F/H | Ras Mashramani, Rasheedah Phillips, Alex Smith, and M. Eighteen Téllez | Style of Attack Report | | Finalist |
| 2017 | LGBT SF/F/H | Andrea Hairston | Will Do Magic for Small Change | | Finalist |
| 2018 | LGBT SF/F/H | Annalee Newitz | Autonomous | | Winner |
| 2018 | LGBT SF/F/H | Lara Elena Donnelly | Amberlough | | Finalist |
| 2018 | LGBT SF/F/H | Maggie Shen King | An Excess Male | | Finalist |
| 2018 | LGBT SF/F/H | Rivers Solomon | An Unkindness of Ghosts | | Finalist |
| 2018 | LGBT SF/F/H | Kristen Ringman | I Stole You | | Finalist |
| 2018 | LGBT SF/F/H | Owen Keehnen | Night Visitors | | Finalist |
| 2018 | LGBT SF/F/H | Lindsey Drager | The Lost Daughter Collective | | Finalist |
| 2018 | LGBT SF/F/H | Nicky Drayden | The Prey of Gods | | Finalist |
| 2019 | LGBT SF/F/H | Isaac R. Fellman | The Breath of the Sun | Aqueduct Press | Winner |
| 2019 | LGBT SF/F/H | Sonya Taaffe | Forget the Sleepless Shores | Lethe Press | Finalist |
| 2019 | LGBT SF/F/H | Aliette de Bodard | In the Vanishers’ Palace | JABberwocky | Finalist |
| 2019 | LGBT SF/F/H | Clay AD | Metabolize, If Able | Monster House Press | Finalist |
| 2019 | LGBT SF/F/H | Fletcher DeLancey | Resilience | Heartsome Publishing | Finalist |
| 2019 | LGBT SF/F/H | Margaret Killjoy | The Barrow Will Send What It May | Tor Books | Finalist |
| 2019 | LGBT SF/F/H | Neon Yang | The Descent of Monsters | Tor Books | Finalist |
| 2019 | LGBT SF/F/H | C. L. Polk | Witchmark | Tor Books | Finalist |
| 2020 | LGBT SF/F/H | Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, and Jonathan Snipes | The Deep | Saga Press / Gallery | Winner |
| 2020 | LGBT SF/F/H | Craig Laurance Gidney | A Spectral Hue | Word Horde | Finalist |
| 2020 | LGBT SF/F/H | Marlon James | Black Leopard, Red Wolf | Riverhead Books | Finalist |
| 2020 | LGBT SF/F/H | Jac Jemc | False Bingo | Dzanc Books | Finalist |
| 2020 | LGBT SF/F/H | Matthew Bright | Stories to Sing in the Dark | Lethe Press | Finalist |
| 2020 | LGBT SF/F/H | Samantha Shannon | The Priory of the Orange Tree | Bloomsbury Publishing | Finalist |
| 2020 | LGBT SF/F/H | Julie C. Day | The Rampant | Aqueduct Press | Finalist |
| 2020 | LGBT SF/F/H | Nina MacLaughlin | Wake, Siren | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Finalist |
| 2021 | LGBT SF/F/H | Julian K. Jarboe | Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel | Lethe Press | Winner |
| 2021 | LGBT SF/F/H | Rebecca Roanhorse | Black Sun | Saga Press / Gallery | Finalist |
| 2021 | LGBT SF/F/H | Zen Cho | The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water | Tor Books | Finalist |
| 2021 | LGBT SF/F/H | Tlotlo Tsamaase | The Silence of the Wilting Skin | Pink Narcissus Press | Finalist |
| 2021 | LGBT SF/F/H | Aaron A. Reed | Subcutanean | Self-published | Finalist |
| 2022 | LGBTQ Speculative Fiction | Cadwell Turnbull | No Gods, No Monsters | Blackstone Publishing | Winner |
| 2022 | LGBTQ Speculative Fiction | Arkady Martine | A Desolation Called Peace | Tor Books | Finalist |
| 2022 | LGBTQ Speculative Fiction | Honni van Rijswijk | Breeder | Blackstone Publishing | Finalist |
| 2022 | LGBTQ Speculative Fiction | Olivia Tapiero with Kit Schluter (trans.) | Phototaxis | Nightboat Books | Finalist |
| 2022 | LGBTQ Speculative Fiction | Neon Yang | The Tensorate Series | Tor Books | Finalist |
| 2023 | LGBTQ Speculative Fiction | Lianyu Tan | The Wicked and the Willing | Shattered Scepter Press | Winner |
| 2023 | LGBTQ Speculative Fiction | Sunyi Dean | The Book Eaters | Tor Books | Finalist |
| 2023 | LGBTQ Speculative Fiction | Nghi Vo | Into the Riverlands | Tor.com | Finalist |
| 2023 | LGBTQ Speculative Fiction | Khan Wong | The Circus Infinite | Angry Robot | Finalist |
| 2023 | LGBTQ Speculative Fiction | Rob Hart | The Paradox Hotel | Ballantine Books | Finalist |
| 2024 | LGBTQ Speculative Fiction | Marisa Crane | I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself | Catapult | Winner |
| 2024 | LGBTQ Speculative Fiction | Aubrey Wood | Bang Bang Bodhisattva | Solaris | Finalist |
| 2024 | LGBTQ Speculative Fiction | Emma Mieko Candon | The Archive Undying | Tor.com | Finalist |
| 2024 | LGBTQ Speculative Fiction | Vajra Chandrasekera | The Saint of Bright Doors | Tor.com | Finalist |
| 2024 | LGBTQ Speculative Fiction | Chana Porter | The Thick and the Lean | Saga Press | Finalist |