The Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation to a work of fiction on lesbian themes. As the award is presented based on themes in the work, not the sexuality or gender of the writer, men and heterosexual women may also be nominated for or win the award.
Recipients +Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction winners and finalists Year Author Title Result 1989Trash: Short StoriesWinnerAfter DeloresFinalistBingoThe Prosperine PapersThe Secret in the Bird1990The Bar Stories: A Novel After AllWinnerAfter the FireFinalistEducation of Harriet HatfieldThe Big Mama StoriesTrespassing and Other Stories1991Out of TimeWinnerDon Juan in the VillageFinalistIncidents Involving MirthMy Jewish FacePeople in Trouble1992The Gilda StoriesWinner (tie)The Revolution of Little GirlsBenedictionFinalistJust Say YesMinimax1993Running Fiercely Toward a High Thin SoundWinnerAquamarineFinalistEmpathyOn Ships at SeaTerrible Girls1994Written on the BodyWinnerHome MoviesFinalistSea of LightStone Butch Blues and Naomi HolochWomen on Women 21995The Gifts of the BodyWinnerChelsea GirlsFinalistHouse RulesSir FryThe Dyke and the Dybbuk1996Autobiography of a Family PhotoWinnerAmnestyFinalistPassion of AliceRat BohemiaSweat1997Memory MamboWinnerIf You Had a FamilyFinalistSeven MovesToward AmnesiaWhat Keeps Me Here1998Beyond the PaleWinnerA Crystal DiaryFinalistA/K/AProzac HighwayTerminal Velocity1999CavedwellerWinnerShimmerFinalistthe bull-jean storiesThe DogsThey Call Me Mad Dog2000Tipping the VelvetWinnerBruised FruitFinalistSalt Water and Other StoriesFaultsShy Girl2001ValenciaWinnerAffinityFinalistBlack Girl in ParisTeaThe Powerbook2002Days of AweWinnerHoochie Mama: The Other White MeatFinalistLight, Coming BackPages for YouYin Fire2003FingersmithWinnerGodspeedFinalistLucky in the CornerStayThis Place Called Absence2004SouthlandWinnerAnd Then They Were NunsFinalistThe Way the Crow FliesThis Wild SilenceWhat Night Brings2005A Seahorse YearWinnerAbundant LightFinalistLife MaskSkelsVenus of Chalk2006BabyjiWinnerLighthousekeepingFinalistThe Five Books of Moses LapinskyWild DogsWith or Without You2007The Night WatchWinnerOutrageousFinalistPunk Like MeRose of No Man's LandSlipstream2008The IHOP PapersWinnerBiting the AppleFinalistGreetings from JamaicaThe ChildThe Kind of Girl I AmThe Mandrake Broom2009All the Pretty GirlsWinner (tie)The Sealed LetterBreaking Spirit BridgeFinalistMap of IrelandThe Slow Fix2010A Field Guide to DeceptionWinnerDismantledFinalistForgetting the Alamo, or, Blood MemoryRiskThis One's Going to Last Forever2011Inferno (a poet's novel)WinnerBig Bang SymphonyFinalistFifth Born II: The Hundredth TurtleHolding Still for as Long as PossibleHomeschooling2012Six Metres of PavementWinnerThe Dirt ChroniclesFinalistThe Necessity of Certain BehaviorsWhen She WokeWingshooters2013The World We FoundWinnerCarry the OneFinalistThe Last NudeThe Raven's HeartTheftWonder Girls2014Happiness, Like WaterWinnerBodies of WaterFinalistCha-Ching!CreamFat AngieShe RisesSurvival SkillsThe Albino AlbumThe Daylight GateWe Are Water2015YaboWinnerAdult OnsetFinalistLast Words of MontmartreLovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932Miracle GirlsNew York 1, Tel Aviv 0The Palace BluesThe Paying Guests2016Under the Udala TreesWinnerApocalypse BabyFinalistBlue Talk and LoveJam on the VineLike a WomanThe Cherokee RoseThe First Bad ManThérèse and Isabelle2017Here Comes the SunWinnerA Thin Bright LineFinalistAnother BrooklynBull & Other StoriesPretend I'm Your FriendTears in the GrassThe Day After DeathThey May Not Mean To, But They Do2018Her Body and Other PartiesWinnerDifficult WomenFinalistMarriage of a Thousand LiesNot One DaySomething Better than HomeThe Year of Needy GirlsThings to Do When You're Goth in the CountryWe Were Witches2019The Tiger FluWinner with Lawrence Schimel (trans.)La BastardaFinalistMaggie TerryPretend We Live HereSodom Road ExitThe Evolution of LoveThe Fifth WomanTwo Moons2020PatsyWinnerA Generous Spirit: Selected Work by Beth Brant FinalistA People's History of HeavenCantorasMostly Dead ThingsOn Swift HorsesRed at the BoneStay and Fight2021Fiebre TropicalWinnerBestiaryFinalistButter Honey Pig BreadExile MusicPizza Girl2022Skye FallingWinnerMatrixFinalistThe Five WoundsHow to Wrestle a GirlWith Teeth2023Gods of WantWinnerNightcrawlingFinalistBig Girl Our Wives Under the Sea, trans. by Sarah BookerJawbone2024 Catherine Lacey Biography of XWinner Big Swiss Finalist Organ Meats Our Hideous Progeny Pomegranate2025WinnerDead in Long Beach, California FinalistHousemates Oye Rainbow Black 2026HungerstoneWinnerFinalistGirls Girls Girlsmilktooth
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Lambda Literary Awards