2009 Lambda Literary Award (Awarded by Lambda Literary Foundation)

Awards List

Bisexual Fiction

Arusha
(Finalist)
J.E. Knowles

Torn
(Finalist)
Amber Lehman

Children/Young Adult

Sprout
(Winner)
Dale Peck

The Vast Fields of Ordinary
(Finalist)
Nick Burd

How Beautiful the Ordinary
(Finalist)
Michael Cart

Gay Debut Fiction

Blue Boy
(Winner)
Rakesh Satyal

Pop Salvation
(Finalist)
Lance Reynald

Sugarless
(Finalist)
James Magruder

God Says No
(Finalist)
James Hannaham

Gay Erotica

Impossible Princess
(Winner)
Kevin Killian

Rough Trade
(Finalist)
Author Unknown

Eight Inches
(Finalist)
Sean Wolfe

The Low Road
(Finalist)
James Lear

Gay Fiction

Salvation Army
(Finalist)
Abdellah Taia

Said and Done
(Finalist)
James Morrison

The River in Winter
(Finalist)
Matt Dean

Gay Memoir/Biography

Once You Go Back
(Finalist)
Douglas A. Martin

Gay Romance

Drama Queers!
(Winner)
Frank Anthony Polito

The Rest of Our Lives
(Finalist)
Dan Stone

Time After Time
(Finalist)
J.P. Bowie

Lesbian Debut Fiction

The Creamsickle
(Winner)
Rhiannon Argo

Land Beyond Maps
(Finalist)
Maida Tilchen

Verge
(Finalist)
Z. Egloff

The Bigness of the World: Stories
(Finalist)
Lori Ostlund

More of This World or Maybe Another
(Finalist)
Barb Johnson

Lesbian Erotica

Lesbian Cowboys: Erotic Adventures
(Winner)
Sacchi Green

Punishment With Kisses
(Finalist)
Diane Anderson-Minshall

Where the Girls Are: Urban Lesbian Erotica
(Finalist)
D.L. King

Lesbian Fiction

A Field Guide to Deception
(Winner)
Jill Malone

Dismantled
(Finalist)
Jennifer McMahon

Risk
(Finalist)
Elana Dykewomon

This One's Going to Last Forever
(Finalist)
Nairne Holtz

Lesbian Mystery

Death of a Dying Man
(Winner)
J.M. Redmann

Toasted
(Finalist)
Josie Gordon

Command of Silence
(Finalist)
Paulette Callen

Lesbian Romance

The Sublime and Spirited Voyage of Original Sin
(Winner)
Colette Moody

Worth Every Step
(Finalist)
K.G. MacGregor

It Should Be a Crime
(Finalist)
Carsen Taite

No Rules of Engagement
(Finalist)
Tracey Richardson

Stepping Stone
(Finalist)
Karin Kallmaker

Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror

Palimpsest
(Winner)
Catherynne M. Valente

Centuries Ago and Very Fast
(Finalist)
Rebecca Ore

Fist of the Spider Woman: Tales of Fear & Queer Desire
(Finalist)
Amber Dawn

Pumpkin Teeth
(Finalist)
Tom Cardamone

Award Categories

Anthologies

Anthology

Bisexual

Bisexual Fiction

Bisexual Literature

Children/Young Adult

Debut Fiction

Drama/Theater

Editor's Choice

Erotica

Fiction Anthology

Gay Debut Fiction

Gay Erotica

Gay Fiction

Gay First Novel

Gay Memoir/Biography

Gay Men's SF/Fantasy

Gay Mystery

Gay Romance

Gay/Lesbian Fiction

Horror/SF/Fantasy

Humor

Lesbian Debut Fiction

Lesbian Erotica

Lesbian Fiction

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