# 20th Lambda Literary Awards

The 20th Lambda Literary Awards were held in 2008, to honour works of LGBT literature published in 2007.

## Special awards

| Category | Winner |
| Pioneer Award | Malcolm Boyd, Mark Thompson |

## Nominees and winners

| Category | Winner | Nominated |
| Bisexual Literature | Brent Hartinger, Split Screen | Jennifer Baumgardner, Look Both Ways Beth Firestein, Becoming Visible Jeff Hobbs, The Tourists Sheri Joseph, Stray |
| Gay Debut Fiction | Christopher Kelly, A Push and a Shove | James Canon, Tales from the Town of Widows Michael Quadland, That Was Then Kemble Scott, SoMa James St. James, Freak Show |
| Gay Fiction | André Aciman, Call Me By Your Name | Andrew W. M. Beierle, First Person Plural Samuel R. Delany, Dark Reflections Thomas Mallon, Fellow Travelers Manuel Muñoz, The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue |
| Gay Memoir/Biography | Kevin Sessums, Mississippi Sissy | Thom Bierdz, Forgiving Troy Mark Doty, Dog Years Martin Duberman, The Worlds of Lincoln Kirstein Kenny Fries, The History of My Shoes and the Evolution of Darwin’s Theory Aaron Raz Link and Hilda Raz, What Becomes You |
| Gay Mystery | Greg Herren, Murder in the Rue Chartres | Chris Beakey, Double Abduction Anthony Bidulka, Stain of the Berry Roberto Ferrari, Pierce Neil Plakcy, Mahu Surfer Caro Soles, Drag Queen in the Court of Death |
| Gay Romance | Michael Thomas Ford, Changing Tides | Robin Reardon, A Secret Edge Frederick Smith, Right Side of the Wrong Bed Seth Rudetsky, Broadway Nights Robert Taylor, A Few Hints and Clews |
| Lesbian Debut Fiction | Aoibheann Sweeney, Among Other Things, I've Taken Up Smoking | Holly Farris, Lockjaw Myriam Gurba, Dahlia Season Lu Vickers, Breathing Underwater Corrina Wycoff, O Street |
| Lesbian Fiction | Ali Liebegott, The IHOP Papers | Lucy Jane Bledsoe, Biting the Apple Mari SanGiovanni, Greetings from Jamaica Sarah Schulman, The Child Julia Watts, The Kind of Girl I Am Jess Wells, The Mandrake Broom |
| Lesbian Memoir/Biography | Nicola Griffith, And Now We Are Going to Have a Party | Marusya Bocurkiuw, Comfort Food for Breakups Amy Hoffman, An Army of Ex-Lovers Janet Malcolm, Two Lives: Gertrude & Alice Jacqueline Taylor, Waiting for the Call |
| Lesbian Mystery | Gabrielle Goldsby, Wall of Silence | Ellen Hart, Mortal Groove Gerri Hill, In the Name of the Father Jennifer L. Jordan, Selective Memory Ursula Steck, Laura’s War |
| Lesbian Romance | KG MacGregor, Out of Love | Gun Brooke, Sheridan’s Fate Frankie J. Jones, The Road Home Marianne K. Martin, For Now, for Always Radclyffe, When Dreams Tremble |
| LGBT Anthology | Richard Labonté and Lawrence Schimel, First Person Queer | Jennifer Camper, Juicy Mother 2 Richard Canning, Vital Signs Sean Meriwether and Greg Wharton, Men of Mystery: Homoerotic Tales of Intrigue and Suspense Michelle Tea, Baby Remember My Name |
| LGBT Children's/Young Adult | Perry Moore, Hero | Peter Cameron, Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You P. E. Ryan, Saints of Augustine James St. James, Freak Show Ellen Wittlinger, Parrotfish |
| LGBT Drama | Steve Susoyev and George Birimisa, eds., Return to the Caffe Cino | Dan Bernitt, Dose: Plays & Monologues Victor Bumbalo, Niagara Falls |
| LGBT Erotica | Simon Sheppard, Homosex: 60 Years of Gay Erotica | Victoria Brownworth and Judith M. Redding, The Golden Age of Lesbian Erotica J. D. Glass, Red Light William Maltese and Wayne Gunn, Ardennian Boy Lawrence Schimel, The Mammoth Book of New Gay Erotica Fiona Zedde, Every Dark Desire |
| LGBT Non-Fiction | Michael S. Sherry, Gay Artists in Modern American Culture | Sharon Marcus, Between Women Toni Mirosevich, Pink Harvest Michael Rowe, Other Men’s Sons David Valentine, Imagining Transgender |
| LGBT Poetry | Henri Cole, Blackbird and Wolf | Dawn Lundy Martin, A Gathering of Matter/A Matter of Gathering Carol Potter, Otherwise Obedient Reginald Shepherd, Fata Morgana C. Dale Young, The Second Person Rachel Zolf, Human Resources |
| LGBT Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror | Lee Thomas, The Dust of Wonderland | Ginn Hale, Wicked Gentlemen Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear, A Companion to Wolves Brian Francis Slattery, Spaceman Blues: A Love Song Jo Walton, Ha'penny |
| LGBT Studies | Sharon Marcus, Between Women | Bertram Cohler, Writing Desire Pagan Kennedy, The First Man-Made Man Mark Padilla, Caribbean Pleasure Industry Robert Reid-Pharr, Once You Go Black: Choice, Desire, & the Black American Intellectual |
| Transgender Literature | Cris Beam, ed., Transparent | LeeRay M. Costa, Male Bodies, Women’s Souls Eli Clare, The Marrow’s Telling Aaron Raz Link and Hilda Raz, What Becomes You Matt Bernstein Sycamore, Nobody Passes |
| Arts & Culture | Matthew Hays, The View from Here: Conversations with Gay and Lesbian Filmmakers | Kevin Barnhurst, Media Queered Kittredge Cherry, Art That Dares Heather Love, Feeling Backward Michael Rowe, Other Men’s Sons |