4th Annual Lambda Literary Awards 1991

4th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners and Finalists

The Lambda Awards by year:

1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 |1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 
2002  2003 | 2004 |2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010

1991 Categories
Overview of yearly categories

• Lesbian
  • Anthologies, Fiction, Mystery, Nonfiction (Studies) Poetry, Science fiction/Fantasy
• General LGBT
  • Children's/ Young Adult, Humour,
• Gay Men's
  • Anthologies, Fiction, Mystery, Nonfiction (Studies) Poetry, Science fiction/Fantasy
• Other Awards
  • Editor's Choice Award, Publisher's Service Award, Small Press Award

Lesbian Anthology

Winner: Chicana Lesbians: The Girls Our Mothers Warned Us About edited by Carla Trujillo (Third Woman)

Finalists

• Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out edited by Loraine Hutchins and Lani Kaahumanu (Alyson)
• Indivisible: New Short Fiction by West Coast Gay & Lesbian Writers edited by Terry Wolverton and Robert Drake (Plume)
• An Intimate Wilderness: Lesbian Writers on Sexuality edited by Judith Barrington (Eighth Mountain)
• Lesbians at Midlife: The Creative Transition edited by Barbara Sang, Joyce Warshow, and Adrienne Smith (Spinsters Book Co.)

Lesbian Fiction
  Winners

• The Revolution of Little Girls by Blanche Boyd (Alfred A. Knopf)
• The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez (Firebrand) (vampires)

 
Finalists

• Benediction by Diane Salvatore (Naiad)
• Just Say Yes by Judith McDaniel (Firebrand)
• Minimax by Anna Livia (Eighth Mountain)

Lesbian Mystery



Winner: Murder by Tradition by Katherine V. Forrest (Naiad)
 
Finalists

• Cop Out by Claire McNab (Naiad)
• Everything You Have is Mine by Sandra Scoppetone (Little Brown)
• Final Session by Mary Morell (Spinsters Book Co.)
• The Providence File by Amanda Kyle Williams (Naiad)

  


Lesbian Nonfiction

Winner: Cancer in Two Voices by Sandra Butler and Barbara Rosenblum (Spinsters Book Co.)

Finalists

• Gertrude and Alice by Diane Souhami (Pandora)
• An Intimate Wilderness: Lesbian Writers on Sexuality edited by Judith Barrington (Eighth Mountain)
• Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America by Lillian Faderman (Columbia University)  [Non-fiction winner,  Stonewall Book Awards 1992]
• Rebellion: Essays 1980-1991 by Minnie Bruce Pratt (Firebrand)

Lesbian Poetry

Winner: An Atlas of the Difficult World: Poems 1988-1991 by Adrienne Rich (W.W. Norton)
 
Finalists

• Artemis in Echo Park by Eloise Klein Healy (Firebrand)
• Fear of Subways by Maureen Seaton (Eighth Mountain)
• The Forbidden Poems by Becky Birtha (Seal)
• Not Me by Eileen Myles (Semiotext(e))

  


Lesbian Science Fiction & Fantasy


Winner: The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez (Firebrand) (vampires)
 
Finalists: 

• Mega by B.L. Holmes (Mother Courage) (science fiction)
• Shadows of Aggar by Chris Anne Wolfe (New Victoria) (science fiction) [review]
• Stranded by Camarin Grae (Naiad) (science fiction)
• Zeta Base by Judith Alguire (Naiad) (science fiction)

LGBT Children & Young Adult Literature

Winner: The Duke Who Outlawed Jelly Beans: and Other Stories by Johnny Valentine, illustrated by Lynette Schmidt (Alyson Wonderland) (mixed family fairytales, ages 4-8)

Finalists: 

• Gloria Goes to Gay Pride by Leslea Newman, illustrated by Russell Crocker (Alyson Wonderland) (lesbian parents, children's picture book)
• How Would You Feel if Your Dad Was Gay? by Ann Heron and Meredith Maran, illustrated by Kris Kovick (Alyson Wonderland) (gay male parents, older children )
• Lark in the Morning by Nancy Garden (Farrar Straus Giroux) (lesbian, YA)
• Sudden Strangers: The Story of a Gay Son and His Father by Aaron and Walter Fricke (St. Martin’s Press) (gay male, YA)

LGBT Humour

Winner: Putting on the Ritz by Joe Keenan (Viking) (gay men)

Finalists

• Coming Out: More Lesbian Fun 'N' Games by Elizabeth Dean, Linda Wells, and Andrea Curren (New Victoria) (lesbian)
• Strange Angel: The Gospel According to Benny Joe by Ben Davis (Corona Publishing Co.) (gay male)
• What I Love about Lesbian Politics Is Arguing with People I Agree With by Kris Kovick (Alyson) (lesbian)
• Women’s Glib: A Collection of Women’s Humor edited by Rosalind Warren (Crossing) (lesbian)

Gay Men's Anthology

Winner: Brother to Brother: New Writings by Black Gay Men edited by Essex Hemphill (Alyson)

Finalists

• Faber Book of Gay Short Fiction edited by Edmund White (Faber & Faber)
• Hometowns: Gay Men Write About Where They Belong edited by John Preston (E.P. Dutton)
• Indivisible: New Short Fiction by West Coast Gay & Lesbian Writers Edited by Robert Drake and Terry Wolverton (Plume)
• Leatherfolk: Radical Sex, People, Politics and Practice edited by Mark Thompson (Alyson)

Gay Men's Fiction
 Winner: What the Dead Remember by Harlan Greene (E.P. Dutton)

Finalists

• Frisk by Dennis Cooper (Grove Weidenfeld)
• Halfway Home by Paul Monette (Crown) [Literature winner,  Stonewall Book Awards 1992]
• Language We Use Up Here by Philip Gambone (E.P. Dutton)
• Vanishing Rooms by Melvin Dixon (E.P. Dutton)

Gay Men's Mystery


Winner: A Country of Old Men by Joseph Hansen (Viking)
 
Finalists

• Best Performance by a Patsy by Stan Cutler (E.P. Dutton)
• The Face on the Cutting Room Floor by Stan Cutler (E.P. Dutton)
• Master’s Counterpoints by Larry Townsend (Alyson)
• Sorry Now? by Mark Richard Zubro (St. Martin’s)

Gay Men's Nonfiction

Winner: The Zuni Man-Woman by Will Roscoe (University of New Mexico)

Finalists

• Close To the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration by David Wojnarowicz (Vintage)
• Cures: A Gay Man’s Odyssey by Martin Duberman (E.P. Dutton)
• Genteel Pagan: The Double Life of Charles Warren Stoddard by Roger Austen, edited by John W. Crowley (UMASS)
• Homosexual Desire in Shakespeare’s England by Bruce R. Smith (University of Chicago)

Gay Men's Poetry

Winner: The Road Before Us: 100 Gay Black Poets edited by Assoto Saint (Galiens)

Finalists

• Bethlehem in Broad Daylight by Mark Doty (David R. Godine)
• The Burnt Pages by John Ash (Random House)
• Hand Over Heart by David Trinidad (Amethyst)
• Sex-Charge by Perry Brass (Belhue)

Gay Men's Science Fiction & Fantasy

Winner: The Dark Beyond the Stars by Frank M. Robinson (TOR) (science fiction)
 
Finalists

• Embracing the Dark edited by Eric Garber (Alyson) (gay & lesbian, vampires, werewolves, fantasy, horror, erotica)
• Mirage by Perry Brass (Belhue) (science fiction)
• Steam by Jay B. Laws (Alyson) (AIDS, horror)
• Vampires Anonymous by Jeffrey N. McMahan (Alyson) (vampires)

 Editor's Choice: Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in 20th Century America by Lillian Faderman (Columbia University)  [Non-fiction winner,  Stonewall Book Awards 1992]

Publisher's Service Award: Barbara Grier and Donna McBride, The Naiad Press

 
Small Press Book Award


Winner: Gay Roots: Twenty Years of Gay Sunshine: An Anthology of Gay History, Sex, Politics, and Culture edited by Winston Leyland (Gay Sunshine) (gay men's)


Finalists:

• The Advocate Advisor by Pat Califia (Alyson) (from gay men's magazine, Advocate)
• How Do I Look?: Queer Film and Videos edited by Bad Object-Choices (Bay) (nonfiction, Gay & Lesbian)
• Putting Out, 1991: A Publishing Resource Guide for Lesbian and Gay Writers edited by Edisol W. Dotson (Putting Out) (1998 edition) (nonfiction, Gay & Lesbian)
• Rusty: How Me and Her Went to Colorado and Everything, Except Not Really by Garbo (Big Breakfast)

The Lambda Awards by year:

1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 |1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 
2002  2003 | 2004 |2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010

• Overview of all yearly Lambda Award categories 
• The Lesbian Book Awards Page 
• The Stonewall Book Awards
• The Alice B Readers award  
• The GLAAD Media Awards