The Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Romance & Erotica is an annual literary award established in 2002 and presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation that awards books with LGBTQ+ characters and "whose content is principally of an erotic nature." "Anthologies, novels, novellas, graphic novels, memoirs, and short story collections" are eligible for the award.
The award has been presented in the following categories: Gay Erotica, Lesbian Erotica, and LGBTQ+ Erotica.
Recipients +Lambda Literary Award for Erotica winners and finalists Year Category Author(s) Title Result 2002EroticaSee Dick Deconstruct: Literotica for the Satirically BentWinnerDirty WordsFinalistHis TongueHot & Bothered 3Tough Girls: Down and Dirty Dyke Erotica2003Erotica (editor)Best Lesbian Erotica 2003Winner editor)Best Gay Erotica 2003Finalist (editor)Bedroom EyesCocksureThe Sperm Engine2004Erotica (editor)Best Lesbian Erotica 2004Winner (editor)Best Gay Erotica 2004Finalist (editor)Hot and Bothered 4, William J. Mann, Sean Wolfe, and Jeff MannMasters of Midnight (editor)Quickies 32005Erotica (editor)Best Gay Erotica 2005WinnerAll the Wrong PlacesFinalist (editor)Best Lesbian Erotica 2005, Therese Syzmanski, Julia Watts, and Barbara JohnsonOnce Upon a Dyke Stacy M. BiasUp All Night: Adventures in Lesbian Sex2006Erotica and Radclyffe, (editors) Stolen Moments: Erotic Interludes 2Winner and Richard LabontéBest Gay Erotica 2006Finalist and Tristan TaorminoBest Lesbian Erotica 2006 and Rakelle ValenciaRode Hard But Away Wet: Lesbian Cowboy EroticaClose Contact2007Gay EroticaA History of Barbed WireWinner Timothy J. Lambert (editors)Best Gay Erotica 2007FinalistHot On His TrailLesbian EroticaWalk Like a ManWinner18th & CastroFinalist Emma Donoghue (editors)Best Lesbian Erotica 2007 (editor)Glamour GirlsMaster Han's Daughter2008EroticaHomosex: 60 Years of Gay EroticaWinner Wayne GunnArdennian BoyFinalistEvery Dark DesireRed Light and Judith M. ReddingThe Golden Age of Lesbian EroticaThe Mammoth Book of New Gay Erotica2009Gay Erotica James LearBest Gay Erotica 2009Winner, Victor J. Banis, Jardonn Smith, and J.P. BowieHard Working MenFinalistThe Secret TunnelLesbian Eroticaand Karin KallmakerIn Deep Waters 2: Cruising the StripWinner and Rakelle ValenciaLipstick on Her CollarFinalistPeriphery: Erotic Lesbian Futures2010Gay EroticaImpossible PrincessWinnerEight InchesFinalist and Lawrence Schimel (editors)I Like It Like That: True Tales of Gay Desire (editor)Rough Trade: Dangerous Gay EroticaThe Low RoadLesbian Erotica and Rakelle Valencia (editors)Lesbian CowboysWinnerFlesh and BoneFinalistPunishment with KissesWhere the Girls Are (editor)Women of the Bite2011Gay EroticaTeleny and CamilleWinnerA Twist of Grimm: Erotic Fairy Tales for Gay MenFinalist (editor)Best of the Best Gay Erotica 3 (editor)Tented: Gay Erotic Tales from Under the Big TopVancouver NightsLesbian Erotica (editor)Sometimes She Lets Me: Best Butch/Femme EroticaWinner (editor); Lea DeLaria (introduction)Best Lesbian Erotica 2011FinalistThis Is How We Do It: A Raw Mix of Lesbian Erotica2012Gay EroticaAll TogetherWinnerBackwoodsFinalist (editor)Best Gay Erotica 2012 (editor)Gay Erotica (editor)History's Passions: Stories of Sex Before StonewallLesbian EroticaStory of LWinnerA Ride to Remember & Other Erotic TalesFinalist (editor)Lesbian Cops: Erotic InvestigationsThe Collectors2013Gay EroticaThe FacialistWinnerComing To: A Collection of Erotic and Other EpiphaniesFinalistStrawberries and Other Erotic Fruits (editor)Raising Hell: Demonic Gay EroticaSecret SocietiesLesbian EroticaThe Harder She Comes: Butch/Femme EroticaWinner (editor)Girls Who Score: Hot Lesbian EroticaFinalistOne Saved to the Sea2014Gay EroticaThe Padisah's Son and the Fox: an erotic novellaWinner L.A. WittCapture & SurrenderFinalist (editor)Sensual Travels: Gay Erotic Stories (editor)Show-Offs: Gay Erotic Stories (editor)Team Players: Gay Erotic StoriesLesbian Erotica (editor)Wild Girls Wild Nights: True Lesbian Sex StoriesWinnerAt Her FeetFinalist (editor)Best Lesbian Erotica 20142015Gay EroticaThe KingWinnerIncubus TalesFinalistLeather Spirit StallionThe Bears of WinterThe Thief TakerLesbian EroticaLesbian Sex BibleWinner R.G. EmanuelleAll You Can Eat. A Buffet of Lesbian Erotica and RomanceFinalistForbidden Fruit: stories of unwise lesbian desire2016Gay EroticaÉrotiques SuprèmesWinner Rian DarcyCharming: Modern Gay FairytalesFinalistCollege Dive Bar, 1 AMGrave DesiresGreen Eyes — an erotic novel (sort-of)Lesbian EroticaThe MuseWinner Talon Rihai (editors)Desire Behind Bars: Lesbian Prison EroticaFinalistSweet & Rough: Queer Kink Erotica2017EroticaSoul to KeepWinnerCamp RewindFinalist L.A. WittRoped InSkyscraperSteel and Promise2018EroticaHis SeedWinnerMistletoe MishapFinalistThe Master Will AppearUnspeakably EroticWitches, Princesses, and Women at Arms2019Erotica and Kazimir LeeMiles & Honesty in SCFSX!WinnerBest Lesbian Erotica of the Year, Volume 3FinalistCrossplayGents: Steamy Stories From the Age of SteamThe Lurid Sea2020EroticaWhore FoodsWinnerLord of the SensesFinalistLot's Wife: An Erotic NovellaTexas CrudeThe Shape of the Earth2021EroticaThe NervesWinnerBest Lesbian Erotica of the Year, Volume 5FinalistFemme TalesSmut Peddler Presents: Silver, Tianna Henry, and MJ LyonsSmut Peddlers: Glad Day 502022LGBTQ EroticaBig JoeWinnerQueer Werewolves Destroy Capitalism: Smutty StoriesFinalist and Harry-Anne Bentley (eds.)Nectar: Trans Femme and Non Binary Erotic Comics Anthology and Jade Sarson (eds.)Ambrosia: Trans Masc and Non Binary Erotic Comics AnthologyThe Lodger, That Summer2023LGBTQ Romance and EroticaKiss Her Once For MeWinnerFinalistMistakes Were MadeLoose Lips: A Gay Sea Odyssey 2024LGBTQ+ Romance and EroticaWinnerChef's ChoiceFinalistFly with MeIris Kelly Doesn't Date2025LGBTQ+ Romance and Erotica OysterWinnerBradford, Bru and Brendan TooFinalistLeather, Lace and LocsMidsummerMr. Blue Sky2026LGBTQ+ Romance and EroticaWinnerFanboy in the FallsFinalistIt Had to Be HimSingle PlayerStrip Me Down
References