List of Lambda Literary Awards winners and nominees for science fiction, fantasy and horror
Award List
Columns: Year | Author(s) or Editor(s) | Book Title | Publisher | Category | Result
1989 | Michael Nava | Goldenboy | Alyson | Gay M/SF | Won [A ] | 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 | Whoӳ 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 | Mundaneӳ 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 [B ] | 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 | 1990 | 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 [C ] | 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 [D ] | 1994 | Starhawk | The Fifth Sacred Thing | Bantam | SF/F | Won(Joint) | 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(Joint) | 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 | Drylandӳ 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. Martinӳ | 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 [E ] | 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 | Won (Joint) | 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 [F ] | 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 [G ] | 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 [H ] | 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 | 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 | LGBTSF/F/H | Won | 2006 | Octavia Butler | Fledgling | Seven Stories | LGBTSF/F/H | Nom | 2006 | David B. Coe | Shapers of Darkness | Tor | LGBTSF/F/H | Nom | 2006 | Jane Fletcher | Temple Landfall | Bold Strokes | LGBTSF/F/H | Nom | 2006 | Jeanne Gӆellers | No Sister of Mine | Bella Books | LGBTSF/F/H | Nom | 2007 | Neal Drinnan | Izzy and Eve | Green Candy Press | LGBTSF/F/H | Won [I ] | 2007 | Elizabeth Bear | Carnival | Bantam Spectra | LGBTSF/F/H | Nom | 2007 | Douglas Clegg | Mordred, Bastard Son | Alyson | LGBTSF/F/H | Nom | 2007 | R.W. Day | A Strong and Sudden Thaw | Iris Print | LGBTSF/F/H | Nom | 2007 | Chris Moriarty | Spin Control | Bantam Spectra | LGBTSF/F/H | Nom | 2008 | Lee Thomas | The Dust of Wonderland | Alyson | LGBTSF/F/H | Won | 2008 | Ginn Hale | Wicked Gentlemen | Blind Eye Books | LGBTSF/F/H | Nom | 2008 | Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette | A Companion to Wolves | Tor | LGBTSF/F/H | Nom | 2008 | Brian Francis Slattery | Spaceman Blues | Tor | LGBTSF/F/H | Nom | 2008 | Jo Walton | Ha'penny | Tor | LGBTSF/F/H | Nom | 2009 | Nicole Kimberling | Turnskin | Blind Eye Books | LGBTSF/F/H | Won | 2009 | Astrid Amara | The Archer's Heart | Blind Eye Books | LGBTSF/F/H | Nom | 2009 | Barth Anderson | The Magician and the Fool | Bantam Del Ray | LGBTSF/F/H | Nom | 2009 | Steve Berman | Wilde Stories 2008 | Lethe Press | LGBTSF/F/H | Nom | 2009 | Craig Gidney | Sea, Swallow Me and Other Stories | Lethe Press | LGBTSF/F/H | Nom | 2010 | Catherynne M. Valente | Palimpsest | Bantam Books | LGBTSF/F/H | Won | 2010 | Rebecca Ore | Centuries Ago and Very Fast | Aqueduct Press | LGBTSF/F/H | Nom | 2010 | Amber Dawn | Fist of the Spider Woman | Arsenal Pulp Press | LGBTSF/F/H | Nom | 2010 | Lee Thomas | In the Closet, Under the Bed | Dark Scribe Press | LGBTSF/F/H | Nom | 2010 | Tom Cardamone | Pumpkin Teeth | Lethe Press | LGBTSF/F/H | Nom | 2011 | Sandra McDonald | Diana Comet and Other Improbable Stories | Lethe Press | LGBTSF/F/H | Won | 2011 | Tanith Lee | Disturbed by Her Song | Lethe Press | LGBTSF/F/H | Nom | 2011 | Nene Adams | Flowers of Edo | Black Car Publishing | LGBTSF/F/H | Nom | 2011 | Steve Berman (ed.) | Wilde Stories 2010 | Lethe Press | LGBTSF/F/H | Nom | 2011 | Jane Fletcher | Wolfsbane Winter | Bold Strokes Books | LGBTSF/F/H | Nom | 2012 | Lee Thomas | The German | Lethe Press | LGBTSF/F/H | Won | 2012 | Geoff Ryman | Paradise Tales: and Other Stories | Small Beer Press | LGBTSF/F/H | Nom | 2012 | L.A. Witt | Static | Amber Allure / Amber Quill Press | LGBTSF/F/H | Nom | 2012 | JoSelle Vanderhooft | Steam-powered: Lesbian Steampunk Stories | Torquere Press | LGBTSF/F/H | Nom | 2012 | J.M. Frey | Triptych | Dragon Moon Press | LGBTSF/F/H | Nom | 2013 | Tom Cardamone | Green Thumb | Lethe Press | LGBTSF/F/H | Won | 2013 | Kelly Sinclair | In the Now | Blue Feather Books | LGBTSF/F/H | Nom | 2013 | Greg Herren & J.M. Redmann | Night Shadows: Queer Horror | Bold Strokes Books | LGBTSF/F/H | Nom