Lambda Literary Award Winners Lesbian Fiction

Awards List

2015

Yabo (Winner)
Alexis De Veaux

Apr-2014
/ General Fiction

Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 (Finalist)
Francine Prose

Apr-2014
/ Historical

Yabo (Finalist)
Alexis De Veaux

Apr-2014
/ General Fiction

Last Words from Montmartre (Finalist)
Qui Miaojin

Jun-2014
/ Psychological Suspense

The Paying Guests (Finalist)
Sarah Waters

Sep-2014
/ Historical Mystery

Miracle Girls (Finalist)
M.B. Caschetta

Nov-2014
/ Literary

New York 1, Tel Aviv 0: Stories (Finalist)
Shelly Oria

Nov-2014
/ Psychological Suspense

The Palace Blues (Finalist)
Brandy T. Wilson

Nov-2014
/ General Fiction

Adult Onset (Finalist)
Ann-Marie MacDonald

Apr-2015
/ Literary

2014

Happiness, Like Water (Winner)
Chinelo Okparanta

Aug-2013
/ Literary

The Albino Album (Finalist)
Chavisa Woods

Mar-2013
/ General Fiction

Fat Angie (Finalist)
E.E. Charlton-Trujillo

Mar-2013
/ General Fiction

Cha-Ching! (Finalist)
Ali Liebegott

Apr-2013
/ General Fiction

Survival Skills: Stories (Finalist)
Jean Ryan

Apr-2013
/ General Fiction

She Rises (Finalist)
Kate Worsley

Jun-2013
/ Historical

Cream (Finalist)
Christiana Harrell

Aug-2013
/ General Fiction

Bodies of Water (Finalist)
T. Greenwood

Sep-2013
/ Women's Fiction

The Daylight Gate (Finalist)
Jeanette Winterson

Oct-2013
/ Fantasy

We Are Water (Finalist)
Wally Lamb

Oct-2013
/ General Fiction

2013

Theft (Finalist)
BK Loren

Jun-2012
/ Literary

The Raven's Heart: A Story of a Quest, a Castle and Mary Queen of Scots (Finalist)
Jesse Blackadder

Sep-2012
/ Historical

2012

Six Metres of Pavement (Winner)
Farzana Doctor

Feb-2011
/ Literary

Wingshooters (Finalist)
Nina Revoyr

Feb-2011
/ Literary

The Necessity of Certain Behaviors (Finalist)
Shannon Cain

Oct-2011
/ General Fiction

The Dirt Chronicles (Finalist)
Kristyn Dunnion

Apr-2012
/ General Fiction

2011

The Big Bang Symphony (Finalist)
Lucy Jane Bledsoe

May-2010
/ General Fiction

Holding Still for as Long as Possible (Finalist)
Zoe Whittall

Sep-2010
/ Literary

2010

The Big Bang Symphony (Finalist)
Lucy Jane Bledsoe

May-2010
/ General Fiction

Holding Still for as Long as Possible (Finalist)
Zoe Whittall

Sep-2010
/ Literary

2009

A Field Guide to Deception (Winner)
Jill Malone

Dec-2009
/ General Fiction

Dismantled (Finalist)
Jennifer McMahon

Jun-2009
/ Suspense

Risk (Finalist)
Elana Dykewomon

Jun-2009
/ General Fiction

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

May-2010
/ General Fiction

2008

Breaking Spirit Bridge (Finalist)
Ruth Perkinson

Mar-2008
/ Suspense

The Slow Fix (Finalist)
Ivan E. Coyote

Apr-2009
/ General Fiction

2006

The Night Watch (Winner)
Sarah Waters

Apr-2006
/ General Fiction

Outrageous (Finalist)
Sheila Ortiz-Taylor

Jun-2006
/ Romance

2005

Babyji (Winner)
Abha Dawesar

Feb-2005
/ General Fiction

Wild Dogs (Nominee)
Helen Humphreys

Jan-2004
/ General Fiction

With or Without You (Nominee)
Lauren Sanders

Mar-2005
/ Literary

2004

A Seahorse Year (Winner)
Stacey D'Erasmo

Jul-2004
/ General Fiction

Skels (Nominee)
Maggie J. Dubris

May-2004
/ Literary

Venus of Chalk (Nominee)
Susan Stinson

May-2004
/ General Fiction

Abundant Light (Nominee)
Valerie Miner

Sep-2004
/ Science Fiction

2003

Southland (Winner)
Nina Revoyr

Apr-2008
/ General Fiction

What Night Brings (Nominee)
Carla Mari Trujillo

Apr-2003
/ General Fiction

And Then They Were Nuns (Nominee)
Susan J. Leonardi

Jun-2003
/ General Fiction

The Way the Crow Flies (Nominee)
Ann-Marie MacDonald

Oct-2003
/ General Fiction

2002

Lucky in the Corner (Nominee)
Carol Anshaw

Jun-2002
/ General Fiction

2001

Days of Awe (Winner)
Achy Obejas

Aug-2001
/ General Fiction

Yin Fire (Nominee)
Alexandra Grilikhes

Jun-2001
/ General Fiction

1998

Cavedweller (Winner)
Dorothy Allison

Mar-1998
/ General Fiction

The Dogs (Nominee)
Rebecca Brown

Nov-1997
/ General Fiction

1997

A Crystal Diary (Nominee)
Frankie Hucklenbroich

Feb-1997
/ General Fiction

Terminal Velocity (Nominee)
Blanche Mccrary Boyd

Jun-1997
/ General Fiction

1996

Memory Mambo (Winner)
Achy Obejas

Aug-1996
/ Literary

1994

The Gifts of the Body (Winner)
Rebecca Brown

Sep-1994
/ General Fiction

1993

Written On The Body (Winner)
Jeanette Winterson

Feb-1993
/ General Fiction

1992

Running Fiercely Toward a High Thin Sound (Winner)
Judith Katz

Oct-1992
/ General Fiction

1991

The Revolution of Little Girls (Winner)
Blanche Mccrary Boyd

May-1991
/ General Fiction

Award Categories

Lesbian Debut Fiction

Lesbian Erotica

Lesbian Fiction

Award Years