2008 Lambda Literary Award Winners

Awards List

Anthologies

A Casualty of War: The Arcadia Book of Gay Short Stories (Finalist)
Peter Burton

Oct-2009
/ General Fiction

Children/Young Adult

Hit the Road, Manny (Finalist)
Christian Burch

Sep-2008
/ General Fiction

Mousetraps (Finalist)
Pat Schmatz

Nov-2008
/ General Fiction

Gay Debut Fiction

Finlater (Winner)
Shawn Stewart Ruff

Jun-2008
/ General Fiction

Screwed Up Life of Charlie The Second (Finalist)
Drew Ferguson

Sep-2008
/ General Fiction

The Steve Machine (Finalist)
Mike Hoolboom

Oct-2008
/ General Fiction

Shuck (Finalist)
Daniel Allen Cox

Apr-2009
/ General Fiction

Gay Erotica

Best Gay Erotica 2008 (Winner)
Richard Labonte

Dec-2008
/ Erotica

The Secret Tunnel (Finalist)
James Lear

Sep-2008
/ Erotica

Gay Fiction

We Disappear (Winner)
Scott Heim

Mar-2008
/ General Fiction

The Torturer's Wife (Finalist)
Thomas Glave

Jan-2009
/ General Fiction

Gay Mystery

Sundowner Ubuntu (Finalist)
Anthony Bidulka

Oct-2007
/ Mystery

Gay Romance

Got 'Til It's Gone (Winner)
Larry Duplechan

Oct-2008
/ General Fiction

The Protector (Finalist)
N.L. Gassert

Jan-2008
/ Romantic Suspense

Mexican Heat #1 Crimes&cocktails Series (Finalist)
Laura Baumbach; Josh Lanyon

Nov-2008
/ Romantic Suspense

Lesbian Debut Fiction

The Bruise (Winner)
Magdalena Zurawski

Aug-2008
/ Literary

Red Audrey and the Roping (Finalist)
Jill Malone

May-2008
/ Literary

Passing For Black (Finalist)
Linda Villarosa

Jun-2008
/ General Fiction

Closer To Fine (Finalist)
Meri Weiss

Jul-2008
/ General Fiction

Lesbian Erotica

Cruising the Strip (Winner)
Radclyffe

Apr-2008
/ Romantic Suspense

Lesbian Fiction

Breaking Spirit Bridge (Finalist)
Ruth Perkinson

Mar-2008
/ Suspense

The Slow Fix (Finalist)
Ivan E. Coyote

Apr-2009
/ General Fiction

Lesbian Mystery

Whacked (Winner)
Josie Gordon

Nov-2008
/ Mystery

Losers, Weepers (Finalist)
Jessica Thomas

Jun-2008
/ Mystery

Blind Faith (Finalist)
Diane Anderson-Minshall

Nov-2008
/ Suspense

Calling the Dead (Finalist)
Ali Vali

Nov-2008
/ Romantic Suspense

Lesbian Romance

The Kiss That Counted (Winner)
Karin Kallmaker

Jun-2008
/ Romance

The Lonely Hearts Club (Finalist)
Radclyffe

Feb-2008
/ Contemporary Romance

Finding Home (Finalist)
Georgia Beers

May-2008
/ Romantic Suspense

Hotel Liaison (Finalist)
Jlee Meyer

May-2008
/ Romance

A Pirate's Heart (Finalist)
Catherine Friend

Nov-2008
/ Romance

Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror

Turnskin (Winner)
Nicole Kimberling

Jan-2008
/ Fantasy

The Magician and the Fool (Finalist)
Barth Anderson

Feb-2008
/ General Fiction

Sea, Swallow Me and Other Stories (Finalist)
Craig Laurance Gidney

Nov-2008
/ Fantasy

Transgender

10,000 Dresses (Finalist)
Marcus Ewert

Nov-2008
/ General Fiction

Award Categories

Lesbian Debut Fiction

Lesbian Erotica

Lesbian Fiction

Award Years

Romance

Mystery/Thriller

Speculative

Younger Readers

2008 Lambda Literary Award (Awarded by Lambda Literary Foundation)

Awards List

Award Categories

Award Years