- Lesbian:
- Debut Fiction, Fiction, Mystery, Poetry
- General LGBT:
- Fiction Anthology, Non-fiction Anthology, Autobiography/ Memoir, Biography, Children's/ Young Adult, Drama, Erotica, Humour, Photography/ Visual Arts Romance, Science fiction/ Fantasy/ Horror, Spirituality, LGBT Studies,
- Gay Men's:
- Debut Fiction, Fiction, Mystery, Poetry
- Transgender
Lesbian Debut Fiction:
- Winner Crybaby Butch by Judith Frank (Firebrand)
- Finalists
- Death by Discount: A Mara Gilgannon Mystery by Mary Vermillion (Alyson)
- Dish It Up, Baby! by Kristie Helms (Firebrand)
- Fire & Brimstone by Laurinda D. Brown (Strebor)
- Minus One: A Twelve-Step Journey by Bridget Bufford (Alice Street)
Lesbian Fiction:
- Winner A Seahorse Year by Stacey D’Erasmo (Houghton Mifflin)
- Finalists
- Abundant Light by Valerie Miner (Michigan State University)
- Life Mask by Emma Donoghue (Harcourt)
- Skels by Maggie Dubris (Soft Skull)
- Venus of Chalk by Susan Stinson (Firebrand)
Lesbian Mystery:
- Winner Hancock Park by Katherine V. Forrest (Berkley Prime Crime)
- Finalists
- An Intimate Ghost (Jane Lawless Mysteries) by Ellen Hart (St. Martin’s Minotaur)
- Commitment to Die: A Kristin Ashe Mystery by Jennifer Jordan (Bean Pole)
- Death by Discount: A Mara Gilgannon Mystery by Mary Vermillion (Alyson)
- The Wombat Strategy: A Kylie Kendall Mystery by Claire McNab (Alyson)
Lesbian Poetry:
- Winner Sweet to Burn by Beverly Burch (Gival)
- Finalists
- Antidotes for an Alibi by Amy King (BlazeVox)
- Femme’s Dictionary by Carol Guess (Calyx)
- The School Among the Ruins
by Adrienne Rich (W.W. Norton)
- Why I Wake Early by Mary Oliver (Beacon)
LGBT Fiction Anthology:
- Winner Fresh Men: New Voices in Gay Fiction edited by Donald Weise (Carroll & Graf)
[Gay male]
- Finalists
- Best Lesbian Love Stories 2004 edited by Angela Brown (Alyson) [Lesbian]
- Pills, Thrills, Chills, and Heartache: Adventures in the First Person edited by Clint Catalyst and Michelle Tea (Alyson)
- Serendipity: The Gay Times Book of New Stories edited by Peter Burton (GMP/Millivres) [Gay male]
- The Milk of Human Kindness: Lesbian Authors Write About Mothers and Daughters
edited by Lori L. Lake (Regal Crest) [Lesbian]
LGBT Non-fiction Anthology:
- Winner I Do/I Don’t: Queers on Marriage edited by Greg Wharton and Ian Philips (Suspect Thoughts)
- Finalists
- Biting the Error: Writers Explore Narrative edited by Mary Burger, Robert Gluck, Camille Roy, and Gail Scott (Coach House)
- Mentsh: On Being Jewish and Queer edited by Angela Brown (Alyson)
- That’s Revolting!: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation edited by Mattilda, a.k.a. Matt Bernstein Sycamore (Soft Skull)
- Wonderlands: Good Gay Travel Writing
edited by Raphael Kadushin (University of Wisconsin)
LGBT Autobiography/Memoir
- Winner: Name All the Animals by Alison Smith (Scribner)
- Finalists
- Blue Days, Black Nights by Ron Nyswaner (Advocate)
- Long Life by Mary Oliver
(Da Capo)
- Rent Girl by Michelle Tea (Last Gasp) [Graphic novel]
- The Tomcat Chronicles: Erotic Adventures of a Gay Liberation Pioneer (Haworth Series in Glbt Community and Youth Studies) by Jack Nichols (Harrington Park)
LGBT Biography/Memoir
- Winner: Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde by Alexis De Veaux (W.W. Norton)
- Finalists:
- Alice Walker: A Life by Evelyn C. White (W.W. Norton)
- Both: A Portrait in Two Parts by Douglas Crase (Pantheon)
- Jerome Robbins: Something To Dance About - The Definitive Biography of an American Dance Master
by Deborah Jowitt (Simon & Schuster)
- Laud Humphreys: Prophet of Homosexuality and Sociology by John F. Galliher, Wayne H. Brekhus, and David P. Keys (University of Wisconsin)
LGBT Children's/Young Adult:
- Winner So Hard to Say by Alex Sanchez (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
- Finalists
- Luna by Julie Anne Peters (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
- Orphea Proud by Sharon Dennis Wyeth (Delacorte)
- Rosemary and Juliet by Judy MacLean (Alice Street Editions)
- The Realm of Possibility by David Levithan (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
- Winner I Am My Own Wife by Doug Wright (Faber and Faber)
- Finalists
- Fabulous! by Donald Reuter (Broadway)
- How to Make Dances in an Epidemic: Tracking Choreography in the Age of AIDS
How to Make Dances in an Epidemic: Tracking Choreography in the Age of AIDS
- love conjure/blues
by Sharon Bridgeforth (RedBone)
- The Queer Encyclopedia of Music, Dance and Musical Theater edited by Claude J. Summers (Cleis)
LGBT Erotica:
- Winner Best Gay Erotica 2005 edited by Richard Labonte (Cleis)
- Finalists
- All the Wrong Places by Karin Kallmaker (Bella)
- Best Lesbian Erotica 2005 edited by Tristan Taormino (Cleis)
- Once upon a Dyke: New Exploits of Fairy Tale Lesbians
by Karin Kallmaker, Therese Syzmanski, Julia Watts, and Barbara Johnson (Bella)
- Up All Night: Adventures in Lesbian Sex by Rachel Kramer Bussel and Stacy M. Bias (Alyson)
LGBT Humour
- Winner Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris (Little, Brown)
- Finalists
- Fat Girls and Lawn Chairs by Cheryl Peck (Warner)
- Kyle’s Bed & Breakfast by Greg Fox (Kenisington)
- Magical Thinking by Augusten Burroughs (St. Martin’s)
- Alexander the Fabulous: The Man Who Brought the World to Its Knees
by Michael Alvear and Vicky A. Shecter (Advocate)
LGBT Photography/ Visual Arts:
- Winner At Ease: Navy Men of World War II by Evan Bachner (Harry Abrams) [Gay male]
- Finalists
- Lust Unearthed: Vintage Gay Graphics From the DuBek Collection
by Thomas Waugh (Arsenal Pulp) [Gay male]
- The Queer Movie Poster Book by Jenni Olson (Chronicle)
- Rent Girl by Michelle Tea, illustrated by Laurenn McCubbin (Last Gasp) [Lesbian]
- The Queer Encyclopedia of the Visual Arts
edited by Claude J. Summers (Cleis)
LGBT Romance:
- Winner Almost Like Being in Love by Steve Kluger (HarperCollins)
[Gay male]
- Finalists
- All the Wrong Places
by Karin Kallmaker (Bella) [Lesbian]
- Confessions of a Casanova
by Chris Kenry (Kensington) [Gay male]
- Gulf Breeze by Gerri Hill (Bella) [Lesbian]
- Under the Witness Tree by Marianne Martin (Bywater) [Lesbian]
LGBT Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror:
- Winner The Ordinary by Jim Grimsley (Tor) [Science fiction]
- Finalists
- Firelands by Michael Jensen (Alyson) [Gay, Paranormal-horror]
- Shadows of the Night: Queer Tales of the Uncanny and Unusual edited by Greg Herren (Southern Tier)
- The Wizard of Isis by Jean Stewart (Bella) [Lesbian, Science Fiction, post-Apocalyptic]
- With Her Body (Conversation Pieces, Volume 2)
by Nicola Griffith (Aqueduct) [Lesbian, Science fiction short stories]
LGBT Spirituality & Religion
- Winner: Jesus and the Shamanic Tradition of Same-Sex Love by Will Roscoe (Suspect Thoughts)
- Finalists:
- Queering Creole Spiritual Traditions: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Participation in African Inspired Traditions in the Americas
by Randy Conner and David Hatfield Sparks (Harrington Park)
- Same-Sex Marriage?: A Christian Ethical Analysis by Marvin M. Ellison (Pilgrim)
- Sanctity And Male Desire: A Gay Reading Of Saints
by Donald L. Boisvert (Pilgrim)
- Wrestling with God and Men: Homosexuality in the Jewish Tradition
by Rabbi Steven Greenberg (University of Wisconsin)
LGBT Studies:
- Winner For the Love of Women: Gender, Identity and Same-Sex Relations in a Greek Provincial Town by Elisabeth Kirtsoglou (Routledge)
- Finalists
- All-Night Party: The Women of Bohemian Greenwich Village and Harlem, 1913-1930
All-Night Party: The Women of Bohemian Greenwich Village and Harlem, 1913-19 by Andrea Barnet (Algonquin)
- A Passion to Preserve: Gay Men as Keepers of Culture by Will Fellows (University of Wisconsin)
- Families Like Mine: Children of Gay Parents Tell It Like It Is
by Abigail Garner (HarperCollins)
- Why Marriage Matters: America, Equality, and Gay People's Right to Marry
by Evan Wolfson (Simon & Schuster)
Gay Debut Fiction:
- Winner Clay’s Way by Blair Mastbaum (Alyson)
- Finalists
- A Son Called Gabriel by Damian McNicholl (CDS)
- Half-Life by Aaron Krach (Alyson)
- How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship, and Musical Theater by Mar Acito (Broadway)
- World Famous Love Acts by Brian Leung (Sarabande)
Gay Fiction
- Winner The Master by Colm Toibin (Scribner) [Literature Winner, Stonewall Book Awards 2005]
- Finalists
- Collage by Ted Wojtasik (Livingston)
- The Disinherited by Han Ong (FS&G)
- The Haunted Hillbilly by Derek McCormack (Soft Skull)
- The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst (Bloomsbury)
Gay Mystery:
- Winner Flight of Aquavit by Anthony Bidulka (Insomniac)
- Finalists:
- Jackson Square Jazz by Greg Herren (Kensington)
- Moth and Flame by John Morgan Wilson (St. Martin’s Minotaur)
- Someone You Know by Gary Zebrun (Alyson)
- The Role Players by Dorien Grey (GLB)
Gay Poetry:
- Winner Written in Water by Luis Cernuda (City Lights)
- Finalists
- Cocktails by D.A. Powell (Graywolf)
- nothin’ ugly fly by Marvin K. White (RedBone)
- The Rest of Love by Carl Phillips (FS&G)
- Voluntary Servitude by Mark Wunderlich (Graywolf)
Transgender:
- Winner The Gender Frontier by Mariette Pathy Allen (Kehrer Verlag)
- Finalists
- Becoming a Visible Man by Jamison Green (Vanderbilt University)
- From the Inside Out: Radical Gender Transformation, FTM and Beyond edited by Morty Diamond (Manic D)
- Luna by Julie Anne Peters (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
- My Husband Betty: Love, Sex and Life with a Crossdresser by Helen Boyd (Thunder’s Mouth)
