15th Lambda Literary Awards

The 15th Lambda Literary Awards were held in 2003 to honour works of LGBT literature published in 2002.

Special awards[]

Category	Winner
Bridge Builder Award	Betty DeGeneres
Editor's Choice Award	John D'Emilio, The World Turned
Pioneer Award	Barbara Grier, Judy Shepard
Small Press Award

Nominees and winners[]

Category	Winner	Nominated
Anthologies/Fiction	, Dwight McBride and , eds., Black Like Us	Peter Burton, Bend Sinister – The Gay Times Book of Disturbing Stories Michael Rowe, Queer Fear II , Rebel Yell 2 , William J. Mann, and , Summer Share
Anthologies/Non-Fiction	, The Man I Might Become	Lawrence Schimel, Found Tribe and , From ACT UP to the WTO Joan Nestle, Riki Wilchins and , GenderQueer and Gloria Anzaldúa, This Bridge We Call Home
Autobiography/Memoir	Betty Berzon, Surviving Madness	Paul Lisicky, Famous Builder Terry Wolverton, Insurgent Muse Michelle Tea, The Chelsea Whistle , Wild Animals I Have Known
Biography	, Ridiculous!	, Gay Revel of the Harlem Renaissance , Glenway Wescott Personally , Rare and Commonplace Flowers , Wild Heart
Children's/Young Adult	Bonnie Shimko, Letters in the Attic	Leslea Newman, Felicia’s Favorite Story Linda De Haan and Stern Nijland, King & King Andrew Calimach, Lovers' Legends: The Gay Greek Myths Harvey Fierstein, The Sissy Duckling
Erotica	Tristan Taormino, ed., Best Lesbian Erotica 2003	Leslea Newman, Bedroom Eyes Richard Labonté, Best Gay Erotica 2003 , Cocksure , The Sperm Engine
Gay Fiction	Jamie O'Neill, At Swim, Two Boys	Michael Lowenthal, Avoidance Jim Grimsley, Boulevard Noel Alumit, Letters to Montgomery Clift David Gerrold, The Martian Child
Gay Mystery	Christopher Rice, The Snow Garden	, Hot Spot Greg Herren, Murder in the Rue Dauphine Dorien Grey, The Hired Man , The Lodger
Gay Poetry	J. D. McClatchy, Hazmat	, The Christmas Poems Rafael Campo, Landscape with Human Figure , Ten Tongues David Groff, Theory of Devolution
Humor	Dan Savage, Skipping Towards Gomorrah	, Gaydar , Is It a Date or Just Coffee? , Screening Party and , The Big Book of Lesbian Horse Stories
Lesbian Fiction	Sarah Waters, Fingersmith	Carol Anshaw, Lucky in the Corner Lynn Breedlove, Godspeed Nicola Griffith, Stay Lydia Kwa, This Place Called Absence
Lesbian Mystery	, Good Bad Woman	Claire McNab, Accidental Murder , Death by Prophecy Ellen Hart, Immaculate Midnight , The Weeping Buddha
Lesbian Poetry	Ellen Bass, Mules of Love	, Body Language Eloise Klein Healy, Passing , Red , Unraveling
LGBT Studies	Neil Miller, Sex-Crime Panic	, From Identity to Politics Colm Toibin, Love in a Dark Time Ruth Vanita, Queering India , Soul Beneath the Skin
Romance	, The Winter of Our Discothèque	, Boyfriend Material , Different People Nancy Garden, Nora and Liz Leslea Newman, She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not
Science fiction, fantasy or horror	Michael Rowe, ed., Queer Fear II	Katherine V. Forrest, Daughters of an Amber Noon Laura Adams, Seeds of Fire Randy Boyd, The Devil Inside Cecilia Tan, ed., Wired Hard 3
Spirituality	, Courage to Love	Lawrence Schimel, Found Tribe Andrew Calimach, Lovers' Legends: The Gay Greek Myths and , Queer Jews , Queering Christ
Transgender	, Dress Codes	and , Brazen Femme Joan Nestle, Riki Wilchins and , GenderQueer Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex T Cooper, Some of the Parts
Visual arts	Dominique Fernandez, A Hidden Love	Tom Bianchi, On the Couch – Volume One Thomas Waugh, Out/Lines Richard Meyer, Outlaw Representation , Paul Cadmus: The Male Nude

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