# 17th Lambda Literary Awards

The 17th Lambda Literary Awards were held in 2005 to honour works of LGBT literature published in 2004.

## Special awards

| Category | Winner |
| Independent Press Award | Suspect Thoughts Press, Bella Books |

## Nominees and winners

| Category | Winner | Nominated |
| Anthologies/Fiction | Edmund White and Donald Weise, eds., Fresh Men: New Voices in Gay Fiction | Angela Brown, Best Lesbian Love Stories 2004 Peter Burton, Serendipity: The Gay Times Book of New Stories Clint Catalyst and Michelle Tea, Pills, Thrills, Chills, and Heartache: Adventures in the First Person Lori L. Lake, The Milk of Human Kindness: Lesbian Authors Write About Mothers & Daughters |
| Anthologies/Non-Fiction | Greg Wharton and Ian Philips, eds., I Do/I Don't: Queers on Marriage | Mary Burger, Robert Glück, Camille Roy and Gail Scott, Biting the Error: Writers Explore Narrative Angela Brown, Mentsh: On Being Jewish and Queer Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, That’s Revolting!: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation Raphael Kadushin, Wonderlands |
| Autobiography/Memoir | Alison Smith, Name All the Animals | Jack Nichols, The Tomcat Chronicles Ron Nyswaner, Blue Days, Black Nights Mary Oliver, Long Life Michelle Tea, Rent Girl |
| Biography | Alexis De Veaux, Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde | Douglas Crase, Both: A Portrait in Two Parts John F. Galliher, Wayne H. Brekhus and David P. Keys, Laud Humphreys: Prophet of Homosexuality and Sociology Deborah Jowitt, Jerome Robbins Evelyn C. White, Alice Walker: A Life |
| Children's/Young Adult | Alex Sánchez, So Hard to Say | Julie Anne Peters, Luna Sharon Dennis Wyeth, Orphea Proud Judy MacLean, Rosemary and Juliet David Levithan, The Realm of Possibility |
| Drama | Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife | Donald Reuter, Fabulous! David Gere, How to Make Dances in an Epidemic Sharon Bridgeforth, love conjure/blues Claude J. Summers, The Queer Encyclopedia of Music, Dance and Musical Theater |
| Erotica | Richard Labonté, Best Gay Erotica 2005 | Karin Kallmaker, All the Wrong Places Tristan Taormino, Best Lesbian Erotica 2005 Karin Kallmaker, Therese Syzmanski, Julia Watts and Barbara Johnson, Once Upon a Dyke Rachel Kramer Bussel and Stacy M. Bias, Up All Night: Adventures in Lesbian Sex |
| Gay Debut Fiction | Blair Mastbaum, Clay's Way | Damian McNicholl, A Son Called Gabriel Aaron Krach, Half-Life Marc Acito, How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship, and Musical Theater Brian Leung, World Famous Love Acts |
| Gay Fiction | Colm Tóibín, The Master | Ted Wojtasik, Collage Han Ong, The Disinherited Derek McCormack, The Haunted Hillbilly Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty |
| Gay Mystery | Anthony Bidulka, Flight of Aquavit | Greg Herren, Jackson Square Jazz John Morgan Wilson, Moth and Flame Gary Zebrun, Someone You Know Dorien Grey, The Role Players |
| Gay Poetry | Luis Cernuda, Written in Water | D. A. Powell, Cocktails Marvin K. White, nothin’ ugly fly Carl Phillips, The Rest of Love Mark Wunderlich, Voluntary Servitude |
| Humor | David Sedaris, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim | Cheryl Peck, Fat Girls and Lawn Chairs Greg Fox, Kyle's Bed & Breakfast Augusten Burroughs, Magical Thinking Michael Alvear and Vicky A. Shecter, Alexander the Fabulous |
| Lesbian Debut Fiction | Judith Frank, Crybaby Butch | Mary Vermillion, Death by Discount Kristie Helms, Dish It Up, Baby! Laurinda D. Brown, Fire & Brimstone Bridget Bufford, Minus One: A Twelve-Step Journey |
| Lesbian Fiction | Stacey D'Erasmo, A Seahorse Year | Valerie Miner, Abundant Light Emma Donoghue, Life Mask Maggie Dubris, Skels Susan Stinson, Venus of Chalk |
| Lesbian Mystery | Katherine V. Forrest, Hancock Park | Ellen Hart, An Intimate Ghost Jennifer Jordan, Commitment to Die Mary Vermillion, Death by Discount Claire McNab, The Wombat Strategy |
| Lesbian Poetry | Beverly Burch, Sweet to Burn | Amy King, Antidotes for an Alibi Carol Guess, Femme’s Dictionary Adrienne Rich, The School Among the Ruins Mary Oliver, Why I Wake Early |
| LGBT Studies | Elisabeth Kirtsoglou, For the Love of Women: Gender, Identity and Same-Sex Relations in a Greek Provincial Town | Andrea Barnet, All-Night Party Will Fellows, A Passion to Preserve Abigail Garner, Families Like Mine Evan Wolfson, Why Marriage Matters |
| Photography/Visual Arts | Evan Bachner and Harry Abrams, At Ease: Navy Men of World War II | Thomas Waugh, Lust Unearthed Jenni Olson, The Queer Movie Poster Book Michelle Tea and Laurenn McCubbin, Rent Girl Claude J. Summers, The Queer Encyclopedia of the Visual Arts |
| Romance | Steve Kluger, Almost Like Being in Love | Karin Kallmaker, All the Wrong Places Chris Kenry, Confessions of a Casanova Gerri Hill, Gulf Breeze Marianne Martin, Under the Witness Tree |
| Religion/Spirituality | Will Roscoe, Jesus and the Shamanic Tradition of Same-Sex Love | Randy Conner and David Hatfield Sparks, Queering Creole Spiritual Traditions Marvin M. Ellison, Same-Sex Marriage: A Christian Ethical Analysis Donald L. Boisvert, Sanctity and Male Desire Steven Greenberg, Wrestling with God & Men |
| Science fiction, fantasy or horror | Jim Grimsley, The Ordinary | Michael Jensen, Firelands Greg Herren, Shadows of the Night: Queer Tales of the Uncanny and Unusual Jean Stewart, The Wizard of Isis Nicola Griffith, With Her Body |
| Transgender | Mariette Pathy Allen, The Gender Frontier | Jamison Green, Becoming a Visible Man Morty Diamond, From the Inside Out: Radical Gender Transformation, FTM and Beyond Julie Anne Peters, Luna Helen Boyd, My Husband Betty: Love, Sex and Life with a Crossdresser |