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Literary Award Finalists and Winners</h3> <p><strong>Lesbian Fiction</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/01/08/difficult-women-by-roxane-gay/"><em>Difficult Women</em></a>, Roxane Gay, Grove Press</li> <li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/spec/10/02/her-body-and-other-parties-by-carmen-maria-machado/"><em>Her Body and Other Parties</em>,</a> Carmen Maria Machado, Graywolf Press [Winner]</strong></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/08/14/marriage-of-a-thousand-lies-by-sj-sindu/"><em>Marriage of a Thousand Lies</em></a>, SJ Sindu, Soho Press</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/memoir/05/23/not-one-day-by-anne-garreta/"><em>Not One Day</em></a>, Anne Garréta, Deep Vellum Press</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Something-Better-than-Leona-Beasley/dp/099891780X"><em>Something Better t</em><em>han Home</em>,</a> Leona Beasley, Eleven Light City Press</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/05/15/things-to-do-when-youre-goth-in-the-country-by-chavisa-woods/"><em>Things to Do When You’re Goth in the Country</em></a>, Chavisa Woods, Seven Stories Press</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/09/02/we-were-witches-by-ariel-gore/"><em>We Were Witches</em></a>, Ariel Gore, Feminist Press</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/01/01/the-year-of-needy-girls-by-patricia-a-smith/"><em>The Year of Needy Girls</em></a>, Patricia A. Smith, Kaylie Jones Books</li> </ul> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Gay Fiction</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/fiction/02/12/after-the-blue-hour-by-john-rechy/"><em>After the Blue Hour</em></a>, John Rechy, Grove Press [Winner]</strong></li> <li><em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/09/02/clothesline-swing-ahmad-danny-ramadan/">The Clothesline Swing</a>, </em>Ahmad Danny Ramadan, Nightwood Editions</li> <li><em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/05/14/end-eddy-edouard-louis/">The End of Eddy</a>, </em>Édouard Louis, Farrar, Straus and Giroux</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/http://teamangelica.com/62"><em>Fimí Sílè</em></a><em> Forever, </em>Nnanna Ikpo, Team Angelica</li> <li><em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/12/27/the-hearts-invisible-furies-by-john-boyne/">The Heart’s Invisible Furies</a>, </em>John Boyne, Hogarth</li> <li><em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/fiction/07/23/63724/">Less</a>, </em>Andrew Sean Greer, Lee Boudreaux Books</li> <li><em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Outside-Ocean-Short-Fiction-Award/dp/1609385276">Outside Is the Ocean</a>, </em>Matthew Lansburgh, University of Iowa Press</li> <li><em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://shewritespress.com/product/this-is-how-it-begins/">This Is How It Begins</a>, </em>Joan Dempsey, She Writes Press</li> </ul> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Bisexual Fiction</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/fiction/08/29/gift-barbara-browning/"><em>The Gift</em></a>, Barbara Browning, Coffee House Press [Winner]</strong></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Homecoming-Queens-Social-Fictions-Sumerau/dp/9463512071"><em>Homecoming </em><em>Queens, </em>J.E. Sumerau</a>, Sense Publishers</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Next-Year-Sure-Leigh-Peterson/dp/1501145851"><em>Next Year</em><em>, f</em><em>or Sure</em></a>, Zoey Leigh Peterson, Scribner</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/11/05/paul-takes-the-form-of-a-mortal-girl/"><em>Paul Takes t</em><em>he Form of a Mortal Girl</em></a>, Andrea Lawlor, Rescue Press</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://lessthanthreepress.com/books/index.php?main_page=product_bookx_info&products_id=1343"><em>The Penalty f</em><em>or Holding</em></a>, Georgette Gouveia, Less Than Three Press</li> </ul> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Transgender Fiction</strong><strong> </strong></p> <ul> <li><em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/http://www.instarbooks.com/books/the-black-emerald.html">The Black Emerald</a>, </em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/oped/07/06/navigating-the-wilderness-and-workloads-a-week-in-the-life-of-author-jeanne-thornton/">Jeanne Thornton</a>, Instar Books</li> <li><em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/fiction/05/27/long-black-veil-by-jennifer-finney-boylan/">Long Black Veil</a>, </em>Jennifer Finney Boylan, Crown</li> <li><em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/http://www.instarbooks.com/books/nerve-endings.html">Nerve Endings: The New Trans Erotic</a>, </em>Tobi Hill-Meyer (ed), Instar Books</li> <li><em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Resilience-surviving-everything-Amy-Heart/dp/0999673009" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Resilience: Surviving in the Face of Everything</a>, </em>Amy Heart, Sugi Pyrrophyta, and Larissa Glasser (eds.), Heartspark Press</li> <li><strong><em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Transcendent-Years-Transgender-Speculative-Fiction/dp/1590216628">Transcendent 2: The Year’s Best Transgender Speculative Fiction,</a> </em>Bogi Takács (ed), Lethe Press </strong><strong>[Winner]</strong></li> </ul> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>LGBTQ Nonfiction</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520295148"><em>After Silence</em></a>, Avram Finkelstein, University of California Press</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://nyupress.org/books/9781479837038/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Black Performance on the Outskirts of the Left: A History of the Impossible</em></a>, Malik Gaines, NYU Press</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Body-Horror-Capitalism-Misogyny-Jokes/dp/1940430887"><em>Body Horror: Capitalism, Fear, Misogyny, Jokes</em>,</a> Anne Elizabeth Moore, Curbside Splendor</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Born-Both-Intersex-Hida-Viloria/dp/0316347841"><em>Born Both</em><em>: An Intersex Life</em></a>, Hida Viloria, Hachette Books</li> <li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1108-how-we-get-free"><em>How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective</em></a>, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Haymarket Books [Winner]</strong></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/memoir/12/21/mean-by-myriam-gurba/"><em>Mean</em></a>, Myriam Gurba, Coffee House Press</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Out-Queer-Blood-Fernando-Failure/dp/1476668841"><em>Out for Queer Blood: The Murder of Fernando Rios and the Failure of New Orleans Justice</em></a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/interviews/02/15/writer-clayton-delery-on-reconstructing-a-hate-crime/">Clayton Delery</a>, Exposit Books</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.ammobooks.com/products/queerthreads"><em>Queer Threads: Crafting Identity and Community</em></a>, John Chaich and Todd Oldham, AMMO Books</li> </ul> <p><strong> </strong><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Bisexual Nonfiction</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Hunger-Memoir-Body-Roxane-Gay/dp/0062362593"><em>Hunger</em></a>, Roxane Gay, HarperCollins [Winner]</strong></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/truth-be-bold-by-julene-tripp-weaver/"><em>Truth Be Bold: Serenad</em><em>ing Life </em><em>&</em><em> Death in the Age of AIDS</em></a>, Julene Tripp Weaver, Finishing Line Press</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/http://caitlin-press.com/our-books/what-the-mouth-wants/"><em>What t</em><em>he Mouth Wants</em>,</a> Monica Meneghetti, Dagger Editions</li> </ul> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Transgender Nonfiction</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/oped/11/20/transgender-day-of-remembrance/"><em>Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity</em></a>, C. Riley Snorton, University of Minnesota Press [Winner]</strong></li> <li><em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/06/08/jane-crow-life-pauli-murray-rosalind-rosenberg/">Jane Crow: The Life of Pauli Murray</a>, </em>Rosalind Rosenberg, Oxford University Press</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Lou-Sullivan-Daring-Man-Among-ebook/dp/B06XBM61VQ"><em>Lou Sullivan: Daring t</em><em>o Be a Man Among Men</em></a>, Brice Smith, Transgress Press</li> <li><em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Surpassing-Certainty-What-Twenties-Taught/dp/1501145797">Surpassing Certainty</a>, </em>Janet Mock, Atria Books</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/http://www.perfectdaybooks.com/shop/sungyim"><em>What About the Rest o</em><em>f Your Life</em></a>, Sung Yim, Perfect Day Publishing</li> </ul> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Lesbian Poetry</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Blind-Girl-Grunt-Selected-Lyrics/dp/0997914912"><em>Blind Girl Grunt</em>,</a> Constance Merritt, Headmistress Press</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Common-Place-Sarah-Pinder/dp/1552453464"><em>Common</em><em> P</em><em>lace</em></a>, Sarah Pinder, Coach House Books</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Stock-Strange-Blood-Lundy-Martin/dp/1566894719"><em>Good Stock</em><em> Strange Blood</em></a>, Dawn Lundy Martin, Coffee House Press</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.redbonepress.com/products/kohnjehr-woman"><em>Kohnjehr Woman</em></a>, Ana-Maurine Lara, RedBone Press</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/My-Ariel-Sina-Queyras/dp/1552453545"><em>My Ariel</em></a>, Sina Queyras, Coach House Books</li> <li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/http://nightboat.org/title/rock-salt-stone"><em>Rock | Salt |</em><em> Stone</em></a>, Rosamond S. King, Nightboat Books [Winner]</strong></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Rummage-Ife-Chudeni-Oputa/dp/1503941981"><em>Rummage</em></a>, Ife-Chudeni A. Oputa, Little A</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Silk-Poems-Jen-Bervin/dp/1937658724"><em>Silk Poems</em></a>, Jen Bervin, Nightboat Books</li> </ul> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Gay Poetry</strong><strong> </strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/dont-call-us-dead"><em>Don’t Call Us Dead</em></a>, Danez Smith, Graywolf Press</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/12/04/appreciations-charif-shanahans-preface/"><em>Into Each Room We Enter without Knowing</em></a>, Charif Shanahan, Crab Orchard Series in Poetry</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Nature-Poem-Tommy-Pico/dp/1941040632"><em>Nature Poem</em></a>, Tommy Pico, Tin House Books</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/08/08/proprietary-randall-mann/"><em>Proprietary</em></a>, Randall Mann, Persea Books</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.wavepoetry.com/products/royals"><em>Royals</em></a>, Cedar Sigo, Wave Books</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.nomadicpress.org/store/sofarafield"><em>So Far Afield</em></a>, Frederick Speers, Nomadic Press</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/07/04/when-i-grow-up-i-want-to-be-a-list-of-further-possibilities-by-chen-chen/"><em>When I Grow Up I Want to B</em><em>e a List of Further Possibilities</em></a>, Chen Chen, BOA Editions Ltd.</li> <li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.wavepoetry.com/products/while-standing-in-line-for-death"><em>While Standing in Line for Death</em></a>, CA Conrad, Wave Books [Winner]</strong></li> </ul> <p><strong> </strong><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Transgender Poetry</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/http://www.arsenalpulp.com/bookinfo.php?index=459"><em>a place c</em><em>alled No Homeland</em></a>, Kai Cheng Thom, Arsenal Pulp Press</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/11/21/mucus-pineal-gland-juliana-huxtable/"><em>Mucus in M</em><em>y Pineal Gland</em></a>, Juliana Huxtable, Wonder / Capricious</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.wavepoetry.com/products/of-mongrelitude"><em>Of Mongrelitude</em></a>, Julian Talamantez Brolaski, Wave Books</li> <li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9780932716866/recombinant.aspx"><em>recombinant</em></a>, Ching-In Chen, Kelsey Street Press [Winner]</strong></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.yesyesbooks.com/product-page/what-runs-over-by-kayleb-rae-candrilli">What Runs Over</a>, Kayleb Rae Candrilli, YesYes Books</li> </ul> <p><strong> </strong><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Lesbian Mystery</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.boldstrokesbooks.com/books/a-quiet-death-by-cari-hunter-1986-b"><em>A Quiet Death</em>,</a> Cari Hunter, Bold Strokes Books</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/05/29/blacklight-in-harts-fever-in-the-dark-a-viral-video-uncovers-dark-family-secrets/"><em>Fever in </em><em>the</em><em> Dark</em></a>, Ellen Hart, Minotaur</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Girl-Edge-Summer-Mickey-Knight/dp/1626396876"><em>The Girl on the Edge of Summer</em></a><em>, </em>M. Redmann, Bold Strokes Books</li> <li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Huntress-Radley-ebook/dp/B071RTQ9YX"><em>Huntress</em></a>, A.E. Radley, Heartsome Publishing [Winner]</strong></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/First-Norfolk-Coast-Investigation-Story/dp/3955339467"><em>The Last First Time</em></a>, Andrea Bramhall, Ylva Publishing</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/mystery/10/24/murder-under-the-fig-tree-by-kate-jessica-raphael/"><em>Murder Under the Fig Tree: A Palestine Mystery</em></a>, Kate Jessica Raphael, She Writes Press</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Odd-Numbers/Anne-Holt/A-Hanne-Wilhelmsen-Novel/9781451634730"><em>Odd Numbers</em></a>, Anne Holt, Scribner</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.boldstrokesbooks.com/books/repercussions-by-jessica-l-webb-2210-b"><em>Repercussions</em></a>, Jessica L. Webb, Bold Strokes Books</li> </ul> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Gay Mystery</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://marshallthorntonauthor.com/2017/12/02/boystown-10-gifts-given-now-available/"><em>Boystown 10: Gifts Given</em></a>, Marshall Thornton, Kenmore Books</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32790594-long-shadows"><em>Long Shadows</em></a><em>,</em> Kate Sherwood, Riptide Publishing</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Love-Heartless-Cant-Kim-Fielding/dp/1635332133"><em>Love is Heartless</em></a>, Kim Fielding, Dreamspinner Press</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Mystery-Curiosities-Snow-Winter/dp/1635332648"><em>The </em><em>Mystery of the Curiosities</em></a><em>,</em> C. S. Poe, DSP Publications</li> <li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Night-Drop-Pinx-Video-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B0742Q8YJJ"><em>Night Drop</em></a><em>,</em> Marshall Thornton, Kenmore Books [Winner]</strong></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Ring-Silence-Paul-Turner-Mystery/dp/1641220155/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8"><em>Ring of Silence</em></a>, Mark Zubro, MLR Press</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Street-People-Michael-Nava/dp/1945521031"><em>Street People</em></a><em>,</em> Michael Nava, Korima Press</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/tramps-and-thieves-by-rhys-ford-8846-b"><em>Tramps and Thieves</em></a><em>,</em> Rhys Ford, Dreamspinner Press</li> </ul> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Lesbian Memoir/Biography</strong></p> <ul> <li><em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/02/05/abandon-me-by-melissa-febos/">Abandon Me: Memoirs</a>, </em>Melissa Febos, Bloomsbury, Inc.</li> <li><em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/memoir/09/11/afterglow-a-dog-memoir-by-eileen-myles/">Afterglow</a>, </em>Eileen Myles, Grove Press</li> <li><strong><em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Fact-Body-Murder-Memoir/dp/1250080541">The Fact of a Body</a>, </em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/interviews/07/26/aalexandria-marzano-lesnevich-on-writing-the-body-and-damning-the-outline/">Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich</a>, Flatiron Books [Winner]</strong></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/oped/05/24/kiss-me-again-paris-or-how-many-drafts-does-it-take-to-change-a-light-bulb/"><em>Kiss Me Again, Paris:</em></a><em> A Memoir, </em>Renate Stendhal, IF SF Publishing</li> <li><em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/memoir/07/09/the-pox-lover-by-anne-christine-dadesky/">The Pox Lover: An Activist’s Decade in New York and Paris</a>, </em>Anne-christine d’Adesky, The University of Wisconsin Press</li> </ul> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Gay Memoir/Biography</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Sinner-Mecca-Muslims-Hajj-Defiance/dp/1944648372"><em>A Sinner in Mecca: A Gay Muslim’s Hajj of Defiance</em></a>, Parvez Sharma, BenBella Books</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://punctumbooks.com/titles/creep-a-life-a-theory-an-apology/"><em>Creep: A Life, a Theory, an Apology</em></a>, Jonathan Alexander, Punctum Books</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/House-Built-Ashes-Chicana-Am%C3%A9ricas/dp/0806155019"><em>House Built on Ashes</em></a>, José Antonio Rodríguez, University of Oklahoma Press</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/news/01/11/an-excerpt-of-kenny-fries-in-the-province-of-the-gods/"><em>In the Province of the Gods</em></a>, Kenny Fries, University of Wisconsin Press</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/memoir/12/05/keeping-on-keeping-on-by-alan-bennett/"><em>Keeping On Keeping On</em></a>, Alan Bennett, BBC Books</li> <li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Lives-Great-Men-Living-African/dp/0995516235"><em>Lives of Great Men: Living and Loving as an African Gay Man</em></a>, Chiké Frankie Edozien, Team Angelica Publishing [Winner]</strong></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Night-Class-Downtown-Victor-Corona/dp/1619029391"><em>Night Class: A Downtown Memoir</em></a>, Victor Corona, Soft Skull Press</li> <li><em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/World-Broke-Two-Virginia-Literature/dp/0805094024">The World Broke in Two: Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot, D.H. Lawrence, E.M. Forster</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/World-Broke-Two-Virginia-Literature/dp/0805094024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">and the Year that Changed Literature</a></em>, Bill Goldstein, Henry Holt and Company</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Lesbian Romance</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Close-Darlington-Romance-Rachel-Spangler/dp/1612940811"><em>Close to Home</em></a>, Rachel Spangler, Bywater Books</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.boldstrokesbooks.com/books/crescent-city-confidential-by-aurora-rey-2031-b"><em>Crescent City Confidential</em>,</a> Aurora Rey, Bold Strokes Books</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/http://www.bywaterbooks.com/product/goldenrod-ann-mcman/"><em>Goldenrod</em></a>, Ann McMan, Bywater Books</li> <li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tailor-Made-Yolanda-Wallace-ebook/dp/B0787X3K4K"><em>Tailor-Made</em></a>, Yolanda Wallace, Bold Strokes Books [Winner]</strong></li> <li><em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Vagabond-Heart-Ann-Roberts/dp/1594935629">Vagabond Heart</a>, </em>Ann Roberts, Bella Books</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Venus-Lysander-Yoshiyuki-Ly-ebook/dp/B01N39CTO3"><em>Venus and Lysander</em></a>, Yoshiyuki Ly, Solstice Publishing</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.boldstrokesbooks.com/books/wishing-on-a-dream-by-julie-cannon-2076-b"><em>Wishing on a Dream</em></a>, Julie Cannon, Bold Strokes Books</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.boldstrokesbooks.com/books/you-make-me-tremble-by-karis-walsh-2241-b"><em>You Make Me Tremble</em></a>, Karis Walsh, Bold Strokes Books</li> </ul> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Gay Romance</strong><strong> </strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/at-the-corner-of-rock-bottom-nowhere-l-a-witt/1125913747"><em>At the Corner of Rock Bottom & Nowhere</em></a>, L.A. Witt, Self-Published</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Come-Oaks-Story-Ben-Tobias/dp/0997056231"><em>Come to The Oaks: The St</em><em>ory of Ben and Tobias</em></a>, Bryan T. Clark, Cornbread Publishing Inc.</li> <li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Love-Other-Beverages-Laurie-Loft/dp/1626495971"><em>Love and Other Hot Beverages</em></a>, Laurie Loft, Riptide Publishing [Winner]</strong></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://riptidepublishing.com/titles/midlife-crisis"><em>Midlife Crisis</em></a>, Audra North, Riptide</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Six-Neckties-Johnny-Diaz/dp/1537183419"><em>Six Neckties</em></a>, Johnny Diaz, Amazon CreateSpace</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/http://www.kensingtonbooks.com/book.aspx/34908"><em>Stealing Home</em></a>, Tom Mendicino, Kensington Publishing / Lyrical Press</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/WILD-Adrienne-Wilder/dp/1549657712"><em>Wild</em></a>, Adrienne Wilder, Self-Published</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32468943-working-it"><em>Working It</em>,</a> Christine d’Abo, Riptide Publishing</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>LGBTQ Anthology</strong><strong> </strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.auntlute.com/cuentamelo"><em>¡</em><em>Cuéntamelo! Oral Histories by LGBT Latino Immigrants</em>,</a> Juliana Delgado Lopera, Aunt Lute Books [Winner]</strong></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Greetings-Janeland-Women-Write-Leaving/dp/1627782346"><em>Greetings from Janeland: Women Write More About Leaving Men for Women</em></a>, Candace Walsh & Barbara Straus Lodge, Cleis Press</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/news/02/20/meanwhile-elsewhere/"><em>Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers</em></a>, edited by Cat Fitzpatrick & Casey Plett, Topside Press</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Power-Magic-Queer-Comics-Anthology/dp/0998490407"><em>P</em><em>ower</em><em> & M</em><em>agic</em><em>: The Queer Witch Comics Anthology</em></a>, Joamette Gil, P&M Press</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://gala.co.za/books-and-resources/publications-and-publishing/publications/queer-africa-2-new-stories/"><em>Queer Africa 2: new stories</em>,</a> Makhosazana Xaba & Karen Martin, MaThoko’s Books</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.jkp.com/uk/to-my-trans-sisters-2.html"><em>To My Trans Sisters</em></a>, Charlie Craggs, Jessica Kingsley Publishers</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Trans-Homo-GASP-Gay-Love-ebook/dp/B077FJS3KN"><em>Trans Homo…Gasp! Gay FTM and Cis Men on Sex and Love</em></a>, Avi Ben-Zeev and Pete Bailey, Transgress Press</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/trap-door"><em>Trap Door: Trans Cultural Production and the Politics of Visibility</em></a>, edited by Reina Gossett, Eric A. Stanley, and Johanna Burton, The MIT Press</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>LGBTQ Children</strong><strong>’</strong><strong>s/Young Adult</strong><strong> </strong></p> <ul> <li><em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Ashes-Asheville-Sarah-Dooley/dp/0399165045">Ashes to Asheville</a>, </em>Sarah Dooley, Putnam</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/http://christinalaurenbooks.com/books/autoboyography-2/"><em>Autoboyography</em></a>, Christina Lauren, Simon & Schuster</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Dreadnought-Nemesis-Book-April-Daniels/dp/1682300684"><em>Dreadnought: Nemesis – </em></a><em>Book 1, </em>April Daniels, Diversion Books</li> <li><em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/http://binkbooks.bedazzledink.com/books/books-g/girls-like-me/">Girls Like Me,</a> </em>Nina Packebush, Bedazzled Ink</li> <li><em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/317545/keith-haring-the-boy-who-just-kept-drawing-by-kay-haring-illustrated-by-robert-neubecker/9780525428190/">Keith Haring: The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing</a>, </em>Kay Haring (Author) & Robert Neubecker (Illustrator), Dial Books</li> <li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31556136-like-water"><em>Like Water</em></a>, Rebecca Podos, Balzer + Bray [Winner]</strong></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Sidekicks-Will-Kostakis/dp/0373212623"><em>The Sidekicks</em></a>, Will Kostakis, Harlequin Teen</li> <li><em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/fiction/11/29/we-now-return-to-regular-life-by-martin-wilson/">We Now Return to Regular Life</a>, </em>Martin Wilson, Dial Books</li> </ul> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>LGBTQ Drama</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/http://www.scottcsickles.com/composure/"><em>Composure</em></a>, Scott C. Sickles, Produced by the Workshop Theater</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/http://www.samuelfrench.com/p/63063/everybodys-talking-about-jamie"><em>Everybody’s Talking About Jamie</em></a>, Tom MacRae, Jonathan Butterell & Dan Gillespie Sells, Samuel French</li> <li><strong><em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/http://www.samuelfrench.com/p/62321/the-gulf-full-length">The Gulf</a>,</em> Audrey Cefaly, Samuel French [Winner]</strong></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.playwrightscanada.com/index.php/how-black-mothers-say-i-love-you-print.html"><em>How Black Mothers Say I Love You</em></a>, Trey Anthony, Playwrights Canada Press</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/http://www.tcg.org/Default.aspx?TabID=2842"><em>Indecent</em></a>, Paula Vogel, Theater Communications Group</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>LGBTQ Erotica</strong><strong> </strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lethepressbooks.com/store/p473/His_Seed.html"><em>His Seed</em></a>, Steve Berman, Unzipped Books [Winner]</strong></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Master-Will-Appear-L-Witt-ebook/dp/B06XSQCTS1"><em>The Master Will Appear</em></a>, L.A. Witt, Self-Published</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Mistletoe-Mishap-Siri-Caldwell/dp/0997402334"><em>Mistletoe Mishap</em>, Siri Caldwell</a>, Brussels Sprout Press</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Unspeakably-Erotic-Lesbian-Cleis-Anthology/dp/1627782508"><em>Unspeakably Erotic</em>, D.L. King</a>, Cleis Press</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Witches-Princesses-Women-Arms-Lesbian/dp/1627782281"><em>Witches, Princesses, and Women at Arms</em></a>, Sacchi Green, Cleis Press</li> </ul> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>LGBTQ Graphic Novels</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/illustrated-reviews/05/17/condo-heartbreak-disco-by-eric-kostiuk-williams/"><em>Condo Heartbreak Disco</em></a>, Eric Kostiuk Williams, Koyama Press</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/memoir/07/01/fetch-by-nicole-georges/"><em>Fetch: How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home</em></a>, Nicole J. Georges, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Mariner</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Brothers-Husband-Pantheon-Graphic-Novels/dp/1101871512"><em>My Brother’s Husband</em>, <em>Volume 1</em></a>, Gengoroh Tagame, Pantheon</li> <li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Favorite-Thing-Monsters-Emil-Ferris/dp/1606999591"><em>My Favorite Thing is Monsters</em></a>, Emil Ferris, Fantagraphics Books [Winner]</strong></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/memoir/08/23/spinning-tillie-walden/"><em>Spinning</em></a>, Tillie Walden, Macmillan/First Second Books</li> </ul> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>LGBTQ SF/F/Horror</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Amberlough-Book-1-Dossier/dp/0765383810"><em>Amberlough</em></a>, Lara Elena Donnelly, Tor Books</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062662576/an-excess-male"><em>An Excess Male</em></a>, Maggie Shen King, HarperCollins</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/spec/11/02/unkindness-ghost-river-solomon/"><em>An Unkindness of Ghosts</em></a>, Rivers Solomon, Akashic Books</li> <li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Autonomous-Novel-Annalee-Newitz/dp/0765392070"><em>Autonomous</em></a>, Annalee Newitz, Tor Books [Winner]</strong></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/http://handtype.com/pr/istoleyou/index.html"><em>I Stole You</em></a>, Kristen Ringman, Handtype Press</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Night-Visitors-Owen-Keehnen/dp/1549970542"><em>Night Visitors</em></a>, Owen Keehnen, OutTales Publishing</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Daughter-Collective-Lindsey-Drager/dp/1941088732"><em>The Lost Daughter Collective</em>,</a> Lindsey Drager, DZANC Books</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.amazon.com/Prey-Gods-Nicky-Drayden/dp/0062493035"><em>The Prey of the Gods</em></a>, Nicky Drayden, HarperCollins</li> </ul> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>LGBTQ Studies</strong><strong> </strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://uapress.arizona.edu/book/behind-the-mask"><em>Behind the Mask</em></a>, Alfredo Mirandé, University of Arizona Press</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-ethics-of-opting-out/9780231180917"><em>The Ethics of Opting Out</em></a>, Mari Ruti, Columbia University Press</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520279063"><em>Lavender and Red</em></a>, Emily Hobson, University of California Press</li> <li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/http://hls.harvard.edu/event/punishing-disease-hiv-and-the-criminalization-of-sickness/"><em>Punishing Disease: HIV and the Criminalization of Sickness</em></a>, Trevor Hoppe, University of California Press [Winner]</strong></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/http://www.nupress.northwestern.edu/content/time-slips-1"><em>Time Slips</em></a>, Jaclyn Pryor, Northwestern University Press</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101758/https://cup.columbia.edu/book/unmaking-love/9780231178228"><em>Unmaking Love</em></a>, Ashley T. 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