# 15th Lambda Literary Awards

The 15th Lambda Literary Awards were held in 2003 to honour works of LGBT literature published in 2002.

## Special awards

| Category | Winner |
| Bridge Builder Award | Betty DeGeneres |
| Editor's Choice Award | John D'Emilio, The World Turned |
| Pioneer Award | Barbara Grier, Judy Shepard |
| Small Press Award | Kings Crossing Publishing |

## Nominees and winners

| Category | Winner | Nominated |
| Anthologies/Fiction | Devon Carbado, Dwight McBride and Don Weise, eds., Black Like Us | Peter Burton, Bend Sinister – The Gay Times Book of Disturbing Stories Michael Rowe, Queer Fear II Jay Quinn, Rebel Yell 2 Chris Kenry, William J. Mann, Andy Schell and Ben Tyler, Summer Share |
| Anthologies/Non-Fiction | Bruce Shenitz, The Man I Might Become | Lawrence Schimel, Found Tribe Benjamin Shepard and Ronald Hayduk, From ACT UP to the WTO Joan Nestle, Riki Wilchins and Claire Howell, GenderQueer Analouise Keating and Gloria Anzaldúa, This Bridge We Call Home |
| Autobiography/Memoir | Betty Berzon, Surviving Madness | Paul Lisicky, Famous Builder Terry Wolverton, Insurgent Muse Michelle Tea, The Chelsea Whistle Kevin Bentley, Wild Animals I Have Known |
| Biography | David Kaufman, Ridiculous! | Thomas Wirth, Gay Revel of the Harlem Renaissance Jerry Rosco, Glenway Wescott Personally Carmen L. Oliveira, Rare and Commonplace Flowers Suzanne Rodriguez, Wild Heart |
| Children's/Young Adult | Bonnie Shimko, Letters in the Attic | Leslea Newman, Felicia’s Favorite Story Linda De Haan and Stern Nijland, King & King Andrew Calimach, Lovers' Legends: The Gay Greek Myths Harvey Fierstein, The Sissy Duckling |
| Erotica | Tristan Taormino, ed., Best Lesbian Erotica 2003 | Leslea Newman, Bedroom Eyes Richard Labonté, Best Gay Erotica 2003 Bob Vickery, Cocksure Stephen Greco, The Sperm Engine |
| Gay Fiction | Jamie O'Neill, At Swim, Two Boys | Michael Lowenthal, Avoidance Jim Grimsley, Boulevard Noel Alumit, Letters to Montgomery Clift David Gerrold, The Martian Child |
| Gay Mystery | Christopher Rice, The Snow Garden | Michael Craft, Hot Spot Greg Herren, Murder in the Rue Dauphine Dorien Grey, The Hired Man Drew Gummerson, The Lodger |
| Gay Poetry | J. D. McClatchy, Hazmat | Krandall Kraus, The Christmas Poems Rafael Campo, Landscape with Human Figure Reginald Harris, Ten Tongues David Groff, Theory of Devolution |
| Humor | Dan Savage, Skipping Towards Gomorrah | Donald F. Reuter, Gaydar Mo Brownsey, Is It a Date or Just Coffee? Dennis Hensley, Screening Party Alisa Surkis and Monica Nolan, The Big Book of Lesbian Horse Stories |
| Lesbian Fiction | Sarah Waters, Fingersmith | Carol Anshaw, Lucky in the Corner Lynn Breedlove, Godspeed Nicola Griffith, Stay Lydia Kwa, This Place Called Absence |
| Lesbian Mystery | Elizabeth Woodcraft, Good Bad Woman | Claire McNab, Accidental Murder Lauren Maddison, Death by Prophecy Ellen Hart, Immaculate Midnight Heather Dune Macadam, The Weeping Buddha |
| Lesbian Poetry | Ellen Bass, Mules of Love | C. C. Carter, Body Language Eloise Klein Healy, Passing Melanie Braverman, Red Jenny Factor, Unraveling |
| LGBT Studies | Neil Miller, Sex-Crime Panic | Craig Rimmerman, From Identity to Politics Colm Toibin, Love in a Dark Time Ruth Vanita, Queering India David Nimmons, Soul Beneath the Skin |
| Romance | Andrew W. M. Beierle, The Winter of Our Discothèque | Jon Jeffrey, Boyfriend Material Orland Outland, Different People Nancy Garden, Nora and Liz Leslea Newman, She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not |
| Science fiction, fantasy or horror | Michael Rowe, ed., Queer Fear II | Katherine V. Forrest, Daughters of an Amber Noon Laura Adams, Seeds of Fire Randy Boyd, The Devil Inside Cecilia Tan, ed., Wired Hard 3 |
| Spirituality | Geoffrey Duncan, Courage to Love | Lawrence Schimel, Found Tribe Andrew Calimach, Lovers' Legends: The Gay Greek Myths David Shneer and Caryn Aviv, Queer Jews Robert E. Goss, Queering Christ |
| Transgender | Noelle Howey, Dress Codes | Chloe Brushwood Rose and Anna Camilleri, Brazen Femme Joan Nestle, Riki Wilchins and Claire Howell, GenderQueer Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex T Cooper, Some of the Parts |
| Visual arts | Dominique Fernandez, A Hidden Love | Tom Bianchi, On the Couch – Volume One Thomas Waugh, Out/Lines Richard Meyer, Outlaw Representation Justin Spring, Paul Cadmus: The Male Nude |