6th Lambda Literary Awards

The 6th Lambda Literary Awards were held in 1994, to honour works of LGBT literature published in 1993.

Special awards[]

Category	Winner
Editor's Choice	Coleman Dowell, A Star Bright Lie
Publisher Service	Michael Denneny, St. Martin's Press

Nominees and winners[]

Category	Winner	Nominated
Anthologies	Henry Abelove, and David Halperin, Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader	, Growing Up Gay Julia Penelope and , Lesbian Culture Arlene Stein, Sisters, Sexperts, and Queers Raymond Luczak, Eyes of Desire
Children's/Young Adult	, The Cat Came Back	Leslea Newman and , Saturday is Pattyday , We’re Not Alone , Living in Secret Michael Willhoite, Uncle What-Is-It Is Coming To Visit!!
Drama	Tony Kushner, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches	Larry Kramer, The Destiny of Me William Finn, Falsettos , We Oughta Be in Pictures Claudia Allen, She’s Always Liked the Girls Best
Gay Biography/Autobiography	Edmund White, Genet	Brad Gooch, City Poet Lars Eighner, Travels With Lizbeth Reinaldo Arenas, Before Night Falls James Broughton, Coming Unbuttoned
Gay Fiction	Joseph Hansen, Living Upstairs	Steven Corbin, Fragments that Remain Dale Peck, Martin and John Bo Huston, The Listener Fenton Johnson, Scissors, Paper, Rock
Gay Mystery	Steven Saylor, Catilina's Riddle	George Baxt, Mae West Murder Case Joseph Hansen, Bohannon’s Country , Torsos Grant Michaels, Dead on Your Feet
Gay Poetry	Michael Klein, 1990 James Schuyler, Collected Poems	Mark Doty, My Alexandria William Bory, Orpheus in his Underwear , Tranquil Lake of Love
Gay Studies	Randy Shilts, Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the US Military	Martin Duberman, Stonewall Bruce Bawer, A Place at the Table , Cherry Grove/Fire Island Wayne Koestenbaum, The Queen’s Throat
Humor	Alison Bechdel, Spawn of Dykes to Watch Out For	Diane DiMassa, Hothead Paisan Charles Busch, Whores of Lost Atlantis Robert Rodi, Closet Case Michael Willhoite, Members of the Tribe
Lesbian Biography/Autobiography	Josyane Savigneau, Marguerite Yourcenar	Jewelle Gomez, Forty-Three Septembers , How Am I To Be Heard: Letters of Lillian Smith David Sweetman, Mary Renault , Family Values
Lesbian Fiction	Jeanette Winterson, Written on the Body	Jenifer Levin, Sea of Light Leslie Feinberg, Stone Butch Blues Joan Nestle and , Women on Women 2 Paula Martinac, Home Movies
Lesbian Mystery	Mary Wings, Divine Victim	, Trouble in Transylvania Nikki Baker, Long Goodbyes Mabel Maney, Case of the Not-So-Nice Nurse Sandra Scoppettone, I’ll Be Leaving You Always
Lesbian Poetry	Audre Lorde, The Marvelous Arithmetics of Distance	Cherrie Moraga, The Last Generation Kate Rushin, The Black Back-Ups Cheryl Clarke, Experimental Love Poetry May Sarton, Collected Poems (1930-1993)
Lesbian Studies	Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy and Madeline Davis, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold	Judy Grahn, Blood, Bread, and Roses Terry Castle, The Apparitional Lesbian Andrea Weiss, Vampires & Violets Adrienne Rich, What Is Found There
Science fiction, fantasy or horror	Starhawk, The Fifth Sacred Thing	Poppy Z. Brite, Drawing Blood Sybil Claiborne, In the Garden of Dead Cars Melissa Scott, Burning Bright , The Unfinished
Small Press	Leslie Feinberg, Stone Butch Blues , Sojourner	, Lotus of Another Color Raymond Luczak, Eyes of Desire , Blue

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