Lambda Literary Award for Gay Romance

Lambda Literary Award for Gay Romance
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Romance
Awarded for	Literary award
Sponsored by	Lambda Literary Foundation
Date	Annual
Website	lambdaliterary.org/awards/

The Lambda Literary Award for Gay Romance is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, to a novel, novella, or short story collection "by a single author that focus on a central love relationship between two or more characters, not including anthologies.^[1] The submission guidelines mention several sub-genres are included, " including traditional, historical, gothic, Regency, and paranormal romance".^[1]

Recipients

Lambda Literary Award for Gay Romance winners and finalists
Year	Author	Title	Result	Ref.
2007	Rob Byrnes	When the Stars Come Out	Winner	^[2]
	Andy Zeffer	Going Down in La-La Land	Finalist	^[2]
	Timothy James Beck	Someone Like You
	Scott & Scott	Surf ‘N Turf
	Lawrence Schimel	Two Boys in Love
2008	Michael Thomas Ford	Changing Tides	Winner	^[3]^[4]
	Robert Taylor	A Few Hints and Clews	Finalist	^[3]
	Robin Reardon	A Secret Edge
	Seth Rudetsky	Broadway Nights
	Frederick Smith	Right Side of the Wrong Bed
2009	Larry Duplechan	Got ’til it’s Gone	Winner	^[5]
	Laura Baumbach and Josh Lanyon	Mexican Heat	Finalist	^[5]
	N. L. Gassert	The Protector	Finalist	^[5]
2010	Frank Anthony Polito	Drama Queers!	Winner	^[6]
	H. Leigh Aubrey	A Keen Edge	Finalist	^[6]
	Dan Stone	The Rest of Our Lives
	J. P. Bowie	Time After Time
	Erastes	Transgressions
2011	Erik Orrantia	Normal Miguel	Winner	^[7]^[8]
	Michael Thomas Ford	The Road Home	Finalist	^[9]
	Neil Plakcy	Three Wrong Turns in the Desert	Finalist	^[9]
2012	Jim Provenzano	Every Time I Think of You	Winner	^[10]
	Jay Bell	Something Like Summer	Finalist
	Mel Bossa	Split
	Barry Brennessel	Tinseltown
2013	Jay Bell	Kamikaze Boys	Winner	^[11]
	J. H. Trumble	Don’t Let Me Go	Finalist	^[11]
	Barry Brennessel	The Celestial
	Brad Boney	The Nothingness of Ben
	William Masswa	Toughskins
2014	TJ Klune	Into This River I Drown	Winner	^[12]^[13]
	L. A. Witt	Covet Thy Neighbor	Finalist	^[12]
	Alexis Hall	Glitterland
	Edmond Manning	King Mai
	L. A. Fields	My Dear Watson
	L. C. Chase	Pickup Men
	Madison Parker	Play Me, I’m Yours
	Lynley Wayne	Rocky’s Road
	Larry Benjamin	Unbroken
	J. H. Trumble	Where You Are
2015	Jeff Mann	Salvation: A Novel of the Civil War	Winner	^[14]^[15]^[16]
	Barry Lowe	Everything’s Coming Up Roses: Four Tales of M/M Romance	Finalist	^[14]
	Timothy Lambert and R.D. Cochrane	Foolish Hearts: New Gay Fiction
	Georgina Li	Like They Always Been Free
	Jim Provenzano	Message of Love
	Lloyd A. Meeker	The Companion
	David Reddish	The Passion of Sergius & Bacchus, A Novel of Truth
2016	Debbie McGowan	When Skies Have Fallen	Winner	^[17]^[18]
	Vanessa North	Blueberry Boys	Finalist	^[19]
	Ralph Josiah Bardsley	Brothers
	Alexis Hall	For Real
	L. A. Witt	General Misconduct
	Garrett Leigh	Misfits
	Jay Bell	Something Like Stories, Volume One
	Brad Boney	Yes
2017	Pene Henson	Into the Blue	Winner	^[20]^[21]
	Lisa Henry	Adulting 101	Finalist	^[22]
	Jamie Deacon	Caught Inside
	Jeff Mann	Country
	Marshall Thornton	Femme
	Alexis Hall	Pansies
	Richard Compson Sater	Rank
	Garrett Leigh	Rented Heart
2018	Laurie Loft	Love and Other Hot Beverages	Winner	^[23]^[24]
	L. A. Witt	At the Corner of Rock Bottom & Nowhere	Finalist	^[25]
	Bryan T. Clark	Come to The Oaks: The Story of Ben and Tobias
	Audra North	Midlife Crisis
	Johnny Diaz	Six Neckties
	Tom Mendicino	Stealing Home
	Adrienne Wilder	Wild
	Christine d’Abo	Working It
2019	S. C. Wynne	Crashing Upwards	Winner	^[26]
	Reesa Herberth and Michelle Moore	Detour	Finalist	^[27]
	Kris Jacen	Learn with Me
	Kayleigh Sky	No Luck
	Christina Lee and Riley Hart	Of Sunlight and Stardust
	Melanie Hansen	Point of Contact
	Angela McCallister	The CEO’s Christmas Manny
	Jenny Holiday	Undue Influence: A Persuasion Retelling
2020	James Lovejoy	Joseph Chapman: My Molly Life	Winner	^[28]^[29]^[30]
	Chris Delyani	Best Man	Finalist	^[31]^[32]
	Rick R. Reed	Blue Umbrella Sky
	Marshall Thornton	Code Name: Liberty
	Jay Hogan	Digging Deep
	Bryan T. Clark	Escaping Camp Roosevelt
	Garrett Leigh	Kiss Me Again
	R. A. Thorn	My Baby Chased Away the Blues
2021	Felice Stevens	The Ghost and Charlie Muir	Winner	^[33]^[34]^[35]
	Adriana Herrera	Finding Joy	Finalist	^[36]
	Lance Ringel	Flower of Iowa
	Erin C. McRae and Racheline Maltese	Ink and Ice
	Cat Sebastian	Two Rogues Make a Right
2022	Larry Benjamin	Excellent Sons: A Love Story in Three Acts	Winner	^[37]
	Sander Santiago	Best of the Wrong Reasons	Finalist	^[38]
	John Patrick	Dublin Bay
	Lance Ringel	Floridian Nights
	Farhad J. Dadyburjor	The Other Man
2023	Kosoko Jackson	I’m So Not Over You	Winner	^[39]
	Marie Sinclair	Forever After	Finalist	^[40]
	A. M. Johnson	Forever, Con Amor
	Felice Stevens	Just One Night
	Fearne Hill	Two Tribes
2024	Cat Sebastian	We Could Be So Good	Winner	^[41]
	E. H. Lupton	Dionysus in Wisconsin	Finalist	^[42]
	M. A. Wardell	Mistletoe & Mishigas
	Jay Hogan	The Art of Husbandry
	KJ Charles	The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen

References

^ ^a ^b "Submission Guidelines". Lambda Literary Foundation. Archived from the original on January 1, 2022. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Gonzalez Cerna, Antonio (April 30, 2006). "19th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on August 9, 2020. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Gonzalez Cerna, Antonio (April 30, 2007). "20th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on May 22, 2019. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
^ "2008 Lambda Award Winners Announced". McNally Robinson Booksellers. June 8, 2008. Archived from the original on August 19, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Gonzalez Cerna, Antonio (February 18, 2010). "21st Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on January 5, 2020. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Valenzuela, Tony (May 10, 2010). "22nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on March 20, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
^ Lee, Stephan (May 27, 2011). "Lambda Literary Awards". EW.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
^ "23rd Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners". Lambda Literary. May 27, 2011. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
^ Johnson, William (June 27, 2011). "23rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on April 2, 2018. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
^ "24th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced in New York". Lambda Literary. June 5, 2012. Archived from the original on November 18, 2018. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "25th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced!". Lambda Literary. June 4, 2013. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Winners of the 26th Annual Lambda Literary Awards Announced". Lambda Literary. June 3, 2014. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
^ bent (June 3, 2014). "Full List of 2014 Lambda Literary Award Winners". IndieWire. Archived from the original on January 12, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "27th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced!". Lambda Literary. June 2, 2015. Archived from the original on February 11, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
^ Bennett, Karma (June 4, 2015). "Lambda Literary Award 2015 Winners Announced". Alibris. Archived from the original on February 16, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
^ Thrasher, Steven W (June 2, 2015). "John Waters receives 'crown of queer royalty' at 27th Lambda literary awards". the Guardian. Archived from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
^ "28th Annual Lammy Award Winners Announced". Lambda Literary. June 7, 2016. Archived from the original on January 20, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
^ King, Anna (June 7, 2016). "The Lambda Literary Awards Crown the Best Queer Books of 2015". Slate Magazine. Archived from the original on February 4, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
^ "Lambda Literary Awards Finalists Revealed: Carrie Brownstein, Hasan Namir, 'Fun Home' and Truman Capote Shortlisted". Out Magazine. March 8, 2016. Archived from the original on December 8, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
^ "29th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced". Lambda Literary. June 13, 2017. Archived from the original on February 11, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
^ Veron, Luis Damian (June 14, 2017). "29th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced: FULL LIST". Towleroad Gay News. Archived from the original on March 20, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
^ "29th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists Announced". Lambda Literary. March 14, 2017. Archived from the original on December 30, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
^ "30th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced". Lambda Literary. June 5, 2018. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
^ Froemming-Carter, Rah (June 5, 2018). "2018 Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced". BOOK RIOT. Archived from the original on March 20, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
^ Boureau, Ella (March 6, 2018). "30th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists Announced". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on March 19, 2020. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
^ "31st Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced". Lambda Literary. June 4, 2019. Archived from the original on January 20, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
^ "31st Annual Lammy Finalists". Lambda Literary. March 7, 2019. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
^ Vanderhoof, Erin (June 1, 2020). "EXCLUSIVE: The Winners of the 32nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on June 10, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
^ "2020 Winners". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on February 6, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
^ Aviles, Gwen (June 1, 2020). "Lambda Literary announces 25 winning books for annual Lammy Awards". NBC News. Archived from the original on March 20, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
^ Hart, Michelle (March 10, 2020). "Here are the Finalists For the 2020 Lambda Literary Awards". Oprah Daily. Archived from the original on February 15, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
^ Yee, Katie (March 10, 2020). "Here are the finalists for the 2020 Lambda Literary Awards!". Literary Hub. Archived from the original on April 1, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
^ Warnock, Kathleen (June 8, 2021). "Writers Honored During Virtual Lambda Literary Awards Ceremony – Gay City News". Gay City News. Archived from the original on March 8, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
^ Essen, Leah Rachel von (June 2, 2021). "Announcing the Winners of the 2021 Lambda Literary Awards". BOOK RIOT. Archived from the original on January 20, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
^ Qiao, Vicky (June 2, 2021). "Indigenous anthology Love After The End wins Lambda Literary Award". CBC Books. Archived from the original on March 20, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
^ Anderson, Porter (March 15, 2021). "The US-Based Lambda Literary Awards Program Names Its 2021 Finalists". Publishing Perspectives. Archived from the original on January 1, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
^ Segal, Corinne (June 13, 2022). "Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 Lambda Literary Awards!". Literary Hub. Archived from the original on June 15, 2022. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
^ "Current Finalists". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on June 13, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
^ "2023 Winners". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on May 25, 2024. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
^ "Current Finalists". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on June 13, 2022. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
^ Sobhan, Athena (June 12, 2024). "2024 Lambda Literary Awards - See the Complete List of Winners". People. Archived from the original on June 15, 2024. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
^ "Announcing the Finalists for the 36th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". them. March 27, 2024. Archived from the original on April 5, 2024. Retrieved April 5, 2024.

[Submission_guidelines-1] "Submission Guidelines". Lambda Literary Foundation. Archived from the original on January 1, 2022. Retrieved January 17, 2022.

[nineteenth2-2] Gonzalez Cerna, Antonio (April 30, 2006). "19th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on August 9, 2020. Retrieved February 15, 2022.

[twentieth-3] Gonzalez Cerna, Antonio (April 30, 2007). "20th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on May 22, 2019. Retrieved February 15, 2022.

[4] "2008 Lambda Award Winners Announced". McNally Robinson Booksellers. June 8, 2008. Archived from the original on August 19, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.

[twentyfirst-5] Gonzalez Cerna, Antonio (February 18, 2010). "21st Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on January 5, 2020. Retrieved September 25, 2020.

[twentysecond-6] Valenzuela, Tony (May 10, 2010). "22nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on March 20, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.

[7] Lee, Stephan (May 27, 2011). "Lambda Literary Awards". EW.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2022.

[:26-8] "23rd Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners". Lambda Literary. May 27, 2011. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Retrieved January 12, 2022.

[twentythird-9] Johnson, William (June 27, 2011). "23rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on April 2, 2018. Retrieved February 15, 2022.

[twentyfourth-10] "24th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced in New York". Lambda Literary. June 5, 2012. Archived from the original on November 18, 2018. Retrieved February 15, 2022.

[twentyfifth-11] "25th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced!". Lambda Literary. June 4, 2013. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.

[twentysixth-12] "Winners of the 26th Annual Lambda Literary Awards Announced". Lambda Literary. June 3, 2014. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.

[13] t (June 3, 2014). "Full List of 2014 Lambda Literary Award Winners". IndieWire. Archived from the original on January 12, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.

[twentyseventh-14] "27th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced!". Lambda Literary. June 2, 2015. Archived from the original on February 11, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.

[15] Bennett, Karma (June 4, 2015). "Lambda Literary Award 2015 Winners Announced". Alibris. Archived from the original on February 16, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.

[16] Thrasher, Steven W (June 2, 2015). "John Waters receives 'crown of queer royalty' at 27th Lambda literary awards". the Guardian. Archived from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved December 24, 2021.

[twentyeigth-17] "28th Annual Lammy Award Winners Announced". Lambda Literary. June 7, 2016. Archived from the original on January 20, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.

[18] King, Anna (June 7, 2016). "The Lambda Literary Awards Crown the Best Queer Books of 2015". Slate Magazine. Archived from the original on February 4, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2022.

[19] "Lambda Literary Awards Finalists Revealed: Carrie Brownstein, Hasan Namir, 'Fun Home' and Truman Capote Shortlisted". Out Magazine. March 8, 2016. Archived from the original on December 8, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2022.

[twentyninth-20] "29th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced". Lambda Literary. June 13, 2017. Archived from the original on February 11, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.

[21] Veron, Luis Damian (June 14, 2017). "29th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced: FULL LIST". Towleroad Gay News. Archived from the original on March 20, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.

[:16-22] "29th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists Announced". Lambda Literary. March 14, 2017. Archived from the original on December 30, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2022.

[thirtieth-23] "30th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced". Lambda Literary. June 5, 2018. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.

[24] Froemming-Carter, Rah (June 5, 2018). "2018 Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced". BOOK RIOT. Archived from the original on March 20, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.

[:12-25] Boureau, Ella (March 6, 2018). "30th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists Announced". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on March 19, 2020. Retrieved January 11, 2022.

[thirtyfirst-26] "31st Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced". Lambda Literary. June 4, 2019. Archived from the original on January 20, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.

[27] "31st Annual Lammy Finalists". Lambda Literary. March 7, 2019. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.

[28] Vanderhoof, Erin (June 1, 2020). "EXCLUSIVE: The Winners of the 32nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on June 10, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2022.

[29] "2020 Winners". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on February 6, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.

[30] Aviles, Gwen (June 1, 2020). "Lambda Literary announces 25 winning books for annual Lammy Awards". NBC News. Archived from the original on March 20, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.

[31] Hart, Michelle (March 10, 2020). "Here are the Finalists For the 2020 Lambda Literary Awards". Oprah Daily. Archived from the original on February 15, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.

[32] Yee, Katie (March 10, 2020). "Here are the finalists for the 2020 Lambda Literary Awards!". Literary Hub. Archived from the original on April 1, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2022.

[33] Warnock, Kathleen (June 8, 2021). "Writers Honored During Virtual Lambda Literary Awards Ceremony – Gay City News". Gay City News. Archived from the original on March 8, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.

[34] Essen, Leah Rachel von (June 2, 2021). "Announcing the Winners of the 2021 Lambda Literary Awards". BOOK RIOT. Archived from the original on January 20, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.

[35] Qiao, Vicky (June 2, 2021). "Indigenous anthology Love After The End wins Lambda Literary Award". CBC Books. Archived from the original on March 20, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.

[36] Anderson, Porter (March 15, 2021). "The US-Based Lambda Literary Awards Program Names Its 2021 Finalists". Publishing Perspectives. Archived from the original on January 1, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.

[37] Segal, Corinne (June 13, 2022). "Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 Lambda Literary Awards!". Literary Hub. Archived from the original on June 15, 2022. Retrieved June 16, 2022.

[:462-38] "Current Finalists". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on June 13, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2022.

[:32-39] "2023 Winners". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on May 25, 2024. Retrieved June 10, 2023.

[40] "Current Finalists". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on June 13, 2022. Retrieved May 6, 2023.

[:33-41] Sobhan, Athena (June 12, 2024). "2024 Lambda Literary Awards - See the Complete List of Winners". People. Archived from the original on June 15, 2024. Retrieved June 15, 2024.

[42] "Announcing the Finalists for the 36th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". them. March 27, 2024. Archived from the original on April 5, 2024. Retrieved April 5, 2024.

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Lambda Literary Award for Gay Romance

Recipients

References

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