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
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
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
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
- 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
- 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
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
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:
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
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:
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