7th Lambda Literary Awards

The 7th Lambda Literary Awards were held in 1995 to honour works of LGBT literature published in 1994.

Special awards[]

Category	Winner
Editor's Choice	Mab Segrest, Traitor to the Race
Publisher Service	Barbara Smith, Kitchen Table Press

Nominees and winners[]

Category	Winner	Nominated
Anthologies/Fiction	Lillian Faderman, ed., Chloe Plus Olivia	David Bergman, ed., Men on Men 5 Ira Silverberg and , eds., High Risk 2 , ed., The Very Inside , ed., Lavender Mansions
Anthologies/Non-Fiction	Joan Nestle and John Preston, Sister and Brother	Kevin Jennings, ed., One Teacher in Ten Julia Penelope, ed., Out of the Class Closet , ed., Long Road to Freedom , ed., Queer Reader
Children's/Young Adult	Marion Dane Bauer, Am I Blue?	Ann Heron, 2 Teenagers in 20 , Dive , Oscar Wilde , Tiger Flowers
Drama	Tony Kushner, Angels in America: Perestroika	Paul Rudnick, Jeffrey David Drake, The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me Cherrie Moraga, Heroes and Saints & Other Plays Carolyn Gage, Second Coming of Joan of Arc
Gay Biography/Autobiography	Abraham Verghese, My Own Country	Paul Monette, Last Watch of the Night John Preston, My Life as a Pornographer Ned Rorem, Knowing When to Stop Lawrence Mass, Confessions of a Jewish Wagnerite
Gay Fiction	Alan Hollinghurst, The Folding Star	Norman Wong, Cultural Revolution Mark Merlis, American Studies Douglas Sadownick, Sacred Lips of the Bronx Joseph Olshan, Nightswimmer
Gay Mystery	John Berendt, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Samuel R. Delany, Mad Man Caleb Carr, The Alienist Grant Michaels, Mask for a Diva George Baxt, Queer Kind of Love
Gay Poetry	Thom Gunn, Collected Poems	Rafael Campo, The Other Man Was Me Richard McCann, Ghost Letters Assotto Saint, Wishing for Wings Paul Monette, West of Yesterday, East of Summer
Gay Studies	George Chauncey, Gay New York	John Boswell, Same-Sex Unions in Pre-Modern Europe , Gay Soul Paul Monette, Last Watch of the Night David B. Feinberg, Queer and Loathing
Humor	Ellen Galford, The Dyke and the Dybbuk	David Sedaris, Barrel Fever and , Unofficial Gay MANual Christian McLaughlin, Glamourpuss Mabel Maney, Case of the Good-For-Nothing Girlfriend
Lesbian Biography/Autobiography	Renate Stendhal, Gertrude Stein: In Words and Pictures	Margarethe Cammermeyer and , Serving in Silence Elizabeth Bishop, One Art: Letters Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz, The Power and the Passion of M. Carey Thomas Mab Segrest, Memoir of a Race Traitor
Lesbian Fiction	Rebecca Brown, The Gifts of the Body	Heather Lewis, House Rules Eileen Myles, Chelsea Girls Ellen Galford, The Dyke and the Dybbuk Emma Donoghue, Sir Fry
Lesbian Mystery	Ellen Hart, Small Sacrifice	Mabel Maney, Case of the Good-For-Nothing Girlfriend , Sister’s Keeper Claire McNab, Body Guard Sandra Scoppettone, My Sweet Untraceable You
Lesbian Poetry	Marilyn Hacker, Winter Numbers	Sapphire, American Dreams June Jordan, Haruko/Love Poems , Normal Sex Mary Oliver, White Pine
Lesbian Studies	Dorothy Allison, Skin	Sarah Schulman, My American History Lillian Faderman, Chloe Plus Olivia , Sportsdykes Kiss and Tell Collective, Her Tongue on My Theory
Photography/Visual Arts	, Family: A Portrait of Gay and Lesbian America	Out Magazine, Out in America , Masked Culture , Long Road to Freedom Jim French, Art of the Male Nude
Science fiction, fantasy or horror	Melissa Scott, Trouble and Her Friends	Suzy McKee Charnas, The Furies Nancy Springer, Metal Angel Mercedes Lackey, Storm Warning Jean Stewart, Warrriors of Isis
Small Press	Kiss & Tell Collective, Her Tongue on My Theory	James Earl Hardy, B-Boy Blues Dorothy Allison, Skin Achy Obejas, We Came All the Way From Cuba So You Could Dress Like This? Sapphire, American Dreams

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