The 1st Lambda Literary Awards were held in 1989 to honour works of LGBT literature published in 1988.
Special awards CategoryWinnerEditor's Choice and Julie Andrzejewski, Why Can’t Sharon Kowalski Come Home?Publisher Service Sasha Alyson, Alyson Books
Nominees and winners +CategoryAuthorTitleResultAIDS LiteratureBorrowed Time: An AIDS MemoirWinnerMortal Embrace: Living with AIDSFinalistGround ZeroFinalist and Patricia RuppeltAIDS: The WomenFinalist , Matt Herron, and Deborah ZemkeFinalistGay Debut FictionWinnerRiver RoadFinalistSherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar WildeFinalistBlue HeavenFinalistMountain Climbing in Sheridan SquareFinalistGay FictionWinnerValley of the ShadowFinalistSecond SonFinalistFinalistFinalistGay Mystery/Science FictionGolden BoyWinnerWho’s NextFinalistUnicorn MountainFinalistObedienceFinalistDeath Takes the StageFinalistGay Non-FictionBorrowed Time: An AIDS MemoirWinnerPermanent PartnersFinalist and Diane RaymondLooking At Gay and Lesbian LifeFinalistFinalistLiving the SpiritFinalistGay Small Press with Edward A. Lacey (trans.)WinnerGolden BoyWinnerGay Men & Women Who Enriched the WorldFinalistShadows of Love: American Gay FictionFinalistUnnatural QuotationsFinalistLesbian Debut FictionBird-EyesWinnerSunday’s ChildFinalistMundane’s WorldFinalistFinalistFinalistLesbian FictionTrash: Short StoriesWinnerBingoFinalistFinalistFinalistAfter DeloresFinalistLesbian Mystery/Science FictionSkiptraceWinnerFinalistMundane’s WorldFinalistHeavy GiltFinalistLessons in MurderFinalistLesbian Non-FictionLesbian Ethics: Toward New ValueWinnerPermanent PartnersFinalistFinalistFinalist and Julie AndrzejewskiWhy Can’t Sharon Kowalski Come Home?FinalistLesbian Small PressTrash: Short StoriesWinnerMore Dykes to Watch Out ForFinalistMacho SlutsFinalist and Julie AndrzejewskiWhy Can’t Sharon Kowalski Come Home?FinalistAndrea Weiss and Greta SchillerBefore StonewallFinalistPoetry and Joan Larkin (eds.)Gay & Lesbian Poetry in our TimeWinnerSappho: Poems and FragmentsFinalistFinalistLove Alone: Eighteen Elegies for RogFinalistFinalist
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