5th Lambda Literary Awards

The 5th Lambda Literary Awards were held in 1993 to honour works of LGBT literature published in 1992.

Special awards[]

Category	Winner
Editor's Choice	, Gay Ideas
Publisher Service	Craig Rodwell, Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop

Nominees and winners[]

Category	Winner	Nominated
Children's/Young Adult	, When Heroes Die	and , The Daddy Machine and , A Boy’s Best Friend Bette Greene, Drowning of Stephan Jones and , The Day They Put a Tax on Rainbows
Gay Anthology	John Preston, ed., A Member of the Family	George Stambolian, Men on Men 4 Dennis Cooper, Discontents John Preston, Flesh and the Word Assotto Saint, Here to Dare
Gay Fiction	Randall Kenan, Let the Dead Bury Their Dead	Lev Raphael, Winter Eyes Christopher Bram, Almost History Jaime Manrique, Latin Moon in Manhattan Bo Huston, Dream Life
Gay Mystery	Michael Nava, The Hidden Law	, Final Atonement Richard Stevenson, Third Man Out Grant Michaels, Love You to Death Larry Townsend, One for the Master, Two for the Fool
Gay Non-Fiction	Paul Monette, Becoming a Man	, Homoerotic Photograph Eric Marcus, Making History: The Struggle for Gay and Lesbian Equal Rights, 1945-1990 John D'Emilio, Making Trouble Darrell Yates Rist, Heartlands
Gay Poetry	Edward Field, Counting Myself Lucky	Thom Gunn, The Man with Night Sweats Essex Hemphill, Ceremonies Tim Dlugos, Strong Place , Long Division
Gay science fiction, fantasy or horror	Maureen F. McHugh, China Mountain Zhang	Poppy Z. Brite, Lost Souls Lewis Gannett, The Living One Thomas T. Thomas, Cry Gender Anne Rice, Tale of the Body Thief
Humor	Alison Bechdel, Dykes to Watch Out For: The Sequel	Eric Orner, The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green Andrea Natalie, The Night Audrey’s Vibrator Spoke Rupert Kinnard, BB and the Diva , That’s Ms. Bulldyke to You, Charlie
Lesbian Anthology	Joan Nestle, The Persistent Desire	, Write from the Heart Katherine V. Forrest and Barbara Grier, Erotic Naiad , Wolf Girls at Vassar Tee Corinne, Poetry of Sex
Lesbian Fiction	, Running Fiercely Toward a High Thin Sound	Sarah Schulman, Empathy Carol Anshaw, Aquamarine Rebecca Brown, Terrible Girls , On Ships at Sea
Lesbian Mystery	, Two-Bit Tango , Crazy for Loving	J.M. Redmann, Deaths of Jocasta Nikki Baker, Lavender House Murder Ellen Hart, Stage Fright
Lesbian Non-Fiction	Blanche Wiesen Cook, Eleanor Roosevelt	Joan Nestle, Persistent Desire Jeanne DuPrau, The Earth House and , Practicing Eternity , Shattered Applause
Lesbian Poetry	Audre Lorde, Undersong	Terry Wolverton, Black Slip , Cultivating Excess , According to Her Contours Diane Stein, Lady Sun, Lady Moon
Lesbian science fiction, fantasy or horror	Nicola Griffith, Ammonite	Jean Stewart, Return to Isis Severna Park, Speaking Dreams Melissa Scott, Dreamships , Running Fiercely Toward a High Thin Sound
Small Press	David Wojnarowicz, Memories That Smell Like Gasoline	Natalie Barney, A Perilous Advantage Assotto Saint, Here to Dare Michael Rumaker, To Kill a Cardinal , Hot Chicken Wings

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