Lambda Literary Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature

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The Lambda Literary Awards (also known as the "Lammys") are awarded yearly by the US-based Lambda Literary Foundation to published works that celebrate or explore LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) themes. The organization is considered to be one of the main promoters of new and emerging LGBT writers.[1][2]

The Lambda Literary Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature, one of the Lammys 25 awards, was introduced during the 2nd Lambda Literary Awards, when it was called "Young Adult/Children’s Book Award".[3] After not being present in the 1991 ceremonies, the award returned in the 4th edition under the name "Children's/Young Adult Literature".[4] Starting in 2007, it has been known as the "LGBTQ Children's/Young Adult" award.[5]

The 25th Lambda Literary Awards had a record number of submissions at the time. Due to the increased number of books submitted for evaluation, the judges of every category were encouraged to submit more finalists.[6] After that, and since the 26th edition, if the number of submissions is high enough, the Children's/Young Adult category is divided in two subcategories, "Children's/Middle Grade" and "Young Adult", which happened in the 2020[7] and 2021 editions.[8]

Winners and nominees[]

David Levithan has won the award a total of three times, in 2004, 2007 and 2014, and was nominated another three times. Jacqueline Woodson has been awarded two Lammys in this category, in 1996 and 1998. As of 2020, Kacen Callender, which published This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story and Hurricane Child both in 2018, is the only author to have two nominations for the same year. Hurricane Child was also the winner on that same year.

Key
C "Children's/Middle Grade" nominee/winner YA "Young Adult" nominee/winner
ill. Illustrator ed. Editor
Winner
Year Author(s), Editor(s) and/or Illustrator(s) Book Title Publisher Result
1990[3] Losing Uncle Tim Won
Susan and Daniel Cohen When Someone You Know Is Gay Evans Nom
George Shannon Unlived Affections Harper & Row Juvenile Nom
A. M. Homes Jack Macmillan Nom
Lesléa Newman
Diane Souza (ill.) 		Heather Has Two Mommies In Other Words Press Nom
1992[4] Johnny Valentine
(ill.) 		Alyson Wonderland Won
Aaron and Walter Frickle Sudden Strangers St. Martin's Press Nom
Nancy Garden Lark in the Morning Farrar Straus Giroux Nom
Ann Heron and Meredith Maran
Kris Kovick (ill.) 		How Would You Feel if Your Dad was Gay? Alyson Wonderland Nom
Lesléa Newman
Russel Crocker (ill.) 		Gloria Goes to Gay Pride Alyson Wonderland Nom
1993[9] Atheneum Won
Johnny Valentine
Lynette Schmidt (ill.) 		The Daddy Machine Alyson Wonderland Nom
Joan Alden
Catherine Hopkins (ill.) 		A Boy's Best Friend Alyson Wonderland Nom
Bette Greene Drowning of Stephan Jones Bantam Books Nom
Joan Alden
Catherine Hopkins (ill.) 		Day They Put a Tax on Rainbows Alyson Wonderland Nom
1994[10] Naiad Press Won
Michael Willhoite Uncle What-Is-It Is Coming To Visit Alyson Wonderland Nom
Lesléa Newman
Annete Hegel (ill.) 		Saturday is Pattyday New Victoria Nom
Rik Isensee We're Not Alone Lavender Press Nom
Christina Salat Living In Secret Bantam Books Nom
1995[11] Marion Dane Bauer (ed.) Harper Children's Won
Ann Heron (ed.) 2 Teenagers In 20 Alyson Publications Nom
Stacey Donovan Dive: 9 Dutton Children's Books Nom
Scott Nunokawa Oscar Wilde Chelsea House Nom
Patricia Quinlan Tiger Flowers Dial Books Nom
1996[12] Jacqueline Woodson Blue Sky Press Won
Francesca Lia Block Baby Be-Bop HarperCollins Nom
Judith Vinga My Two Uncles Albert Whitman & Co. Nom
Kust Chandler Passage of Pride Times Books Nom
Daniel Vilmure Toby's Lie Simon & Schuster Nom
1997[13] Nancy Garden Farrar, Straus and Giroux Won
Michael Willhoite Daddy's Wedding Alyson Publications Nom
Elle Bass and Kate Kaufman Free Your Mind HarperPerennial Nom
Alexander, Rudin and Sejkora My Dad Has HIV Fairview Press Nom
Michael Thomas Ford The World Out There The New Press Nom
1998[14] Jacqueline Woodson Delacorte Press Won
Paul Monette Sanctuary: a Tale of Life in the Woods Scribner Nom
Adam Mastoon The Shared Heart William Morrow and Company Nom
Jeanne Arnold Amy Asks a Question: Grandma, What's a Lesbian? Mother Courage Nom
Liza Ketchum Blue Coyote Simon & Schuster Nom
1999[15] Kevin Jennings Alyson Publications Won
Francesca Lia Block I Was a Teenage Fairy HarperCollins Nom
Joseph Kennedy
John Canemaker (ill.) 		Lucy Goes to the Country Alyson Publications Nom
Michael Thomas Ford Outspoken Morrow Junior Nom
Clifford Chase Queer 13 Weisbach Nom
2000[16] Ellen Wittlinger Hard Love Simon & Schuster Won
Paula Boock Dare Truth or Promise Nom
Lois-Ann Yamanaka Name Me Nobody Nom
William Taylor The Blue Lawn Nom
Nancy Garden The Year They Burned the Books Nom
2001[17] and (eds.) St. Martin's Press Won
Nancy Garden Holly's Secret Farrar, Straus and Giroux Nom
Amy Sonnie (ed.) Revolutionary Voices Alyson Publications Nom
Benjie Nycum The XY Survival Guide XY Nom
Jean Ferris Eight Seconds Harcourt Nom
2002[18] Julia Watts Finding H.F. Alyson Publications Won
Sara Ryan Empress of the World Viking Press Nom
Marilyn Reynolds Love Rules Morning Glory Nom
Alex Sánchez Rainbow Boys Simon & Schuster Nom
Todd Turtle Spot Window Nom
2003[19] Bonnie Shimko Letters in the Attic Academy Chicago Press Won
Lesléa Newman Felicia's Favorite Story Two Lives Publishing Nom
Linda de Haan and Stern Nijland King & King Tricycle Nom
Andrew Calimach Lover's Legends: The Gay Greek Myths Simon & Schuster Nom
Harvey Fierstein The Sissy Duckling Simon & Schuster Nom
2004[20] David Levithan Boy Meets Boy Knopf Books for Young Readers Won
Tea Benduhn Gravel Queen Simon & Schuster Nom
Julie Anne Peters Keeping You a Secret Little, Brown and Company Nom
Alex Sánchez Rainbow High Simon & Schuster Nom
Brent Hartinger Geography Club HarperTempest Nom
2005[21] Alex Sánchez Simon & Schuster Won
Judy MacLean Rosemary and Juliet Alice Street Editions Nom
David Levithan The Realm of Possibility Knopf Books for Young Readers Nom
Julie Anne Peters Luna Little, Brown and Company Nom
Sharon Dennis Wyeth Orphea Proud Delacorte Press Nom
2006[22] Shyam Selvadurai Tundra Won
Rigoberto González Antonio’s Card/La Tarjeta de Antonio Lee & Low Books Nom
James Howe Totally Joe Simon & Schuster Nom
Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson And Tango Makes Three Simon & Schuster Nom
Alex Sánchez Rainbow Road Simon & Schuster Nom
2007[5] David Levithan and Billy Merrell (eds.) Random House Children's Books Won
Julie Anne Peters Between Mom & Jo Little, Brown and Company Nom
Christian Burch The Manny Files Simon & Schuster Nom
Brian Sloan Tale of Two Summers Simon & Schuster Nom
Kim Wallace Erik & Isabelle’s Junior Year at Foresthill High Foglight Press Nom
2008[23] Perry Moore Hero Hyperion Books Won
Peter Cameron Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You Farrar, Straus and Giroux Nom
Patrick Ryan Saints of Augustine HarperTeen Nom
James St. James Freak Show Dutton Children’s Nom
Ellen Wittlinger Parrotfish Simon & Schuster Nom
2009[24] Bill Konigsberg Dutton Won
Ellen Wittlinger Love & Lies: Marisol's Story Simon and Schuster Nom
Christian Burch Hit the Road, Manny: A Manny Files Novel Simon and Schuster Nom
David Levithan How They Met & Other Stories Knopf Children's Books Nom
Pat Schmatz Mousetraps Carolrhoda Books Nom
Martin Wilson What They Always Tell Us Random House Children's Books Nom
2010[25] Dale Peck Sprout Bloomsbury Publishing Won
Malinda Lo Ash Little, Brown and Company Nom
Michael Cart (ed.) How Beautiful the Ordinary HarperCollins Nom
Patrick Ryan In Mike We Trust HarperCollins Nom
Nick Burd The Vast Fields of Ordinary Penguin Books Nom
2011[26] Wildthorn Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Won
Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
Amy June Bates (ill.) 		Christian, the Hugging Lion Simon & Schuster Nom
Vivek Shraya
Juliana Neufeld (ill.) 		God Loves Hair Vivek Shraya Nom
Catherine Ryan Hyde Jumpstart the World Random House Books for Children Nom
James Klise Love Drugged Flux Books Nom
2012[27] Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy Simon & Schuster Won
Patrick Ryan Gemini Bites Scholastic Press Nom
Malinda Lo Huntress Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Nom
Cris Beam I am J Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Nom
Lili Wilkinson PINK HarperCollins Nom
2013[28] Benjamin Alire Saenz Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Simon & Schuster Won
Malinda Lo Adaptation Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Nom
S. Bear Bergman and Suzy Malik The Adventure of Tulip, Birthday Wish Fairy Flamingo Rampant Nom
A. S. King Ask the Passengers Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Nom
Kirstin Cronn-Mills Beautiful Music for Ugly Children Flux Books Nom
David Levithan Every Day Knopf Books for Young Readers Nom
Elissa Janine Hoole Kiss the Morning Star Amazon Children's Publishing Nom
Emily M. Danforth The Miseducation of Cameron Post Balzer + Bray Nom
E. M. Kokie Personal Effects Candlewick Press Nom
Molly Beth Griffin Silhouette of a Sparrow Milkweed Editions Nom
2014[29] Sara Farizan If You Could Be Mine Algonquin Books Won
David Levithan Two Boys Kissing Knopf Books for Young Readers Won
Stewart Lewis
Rebecca Short (ed.) 		The Secret Ingredient Delacorte Press Nom
Alaya Dawn Johnson The Summer Prince Arthur A. Levine Books Nom
Cory Silverberg
Fiona Smyth (ill.) 		What Makes a Baby Seven Stories Press/Triangle Square Nom
Tim Federle Better Nate Than Ever Simon & Schuster Nom
Christopher R. Michael Boy In Box Hubbub Publishing Nom
Rhiannon Argo Girls I've Run Away With Moonshine Press Nom
Bill Konigsberg Openly Straight Arthur A. Levine Books Nom
2015[30] Tim Federle Five, Six, Seven, Nate! Simon & Schuster Won
Karelia Stetz-Waters Forgive Me If I've Told You This Before Ooligan Press Nom
Robin Talley Lies We Tell Ourselves Harlequin Teen Nom
Jay Jordan Hawke Pukawiss the Outcast Dreamspinner Press/Harmony Ink Press Nom
Suki Fleet This is Not a Love Story Dreamspinner Press/Harmony Ink Press Nom
Raziel Reid When Everything Feels Like the Movies Arsenal Pulp Press Nom
Susan Kuklin Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out Candlewick Press Nom
Bridget Birdsall Double Exposure Skyhorse Publishing Nom
2016[31] Alex Gino George Scholastic Press Won
Sarah McCarry About a Girl: A Novel St. Martin's Griffin Nom
Will Walton Anything Could Happen Push Nom
Jerome Pohlen Gay and Lesbian History for Kids: The Century-Long Struggle for LGBT Rights Chicago Review Press Nom
Brian Selznick The Marvels Scholastic Press Nom
Adam Silvera More Happy Than Not Soho Press Nom
I. W. Gregorio None of the Above Balzer + Bray Nom
Becky Albertalli Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda Balzer + Bray Nom
2017[32] M-E Girard Girl Mans Up HarperTeen Won
John Corey Whaley Highly Illogical Behavior Dial Books Nom
C. B. Lee Not Your Sidekick Novelstream Nom
Krystal Sutherland Our Chemical Hearts G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers Nom
Jeff Garvin Symptoms of Being Human Balzer + Bray Nom
Marie Lu The Midnight Star G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers Nom
Brie Spangler Beast Alfred A. Knopf Nom
Juliann Rich Gravity Bold Stroke Books Nom
2018[33] Rebecca Podos Like Water Balzer + Bray Won
Sarah Dooley Ashes to Asheville Putnam Nom
Christina Lauren Autoboyography Simon & Schuster Nom
April Daniels Dreadnought: Nemesis Diversion Books Nom
Nina Packebush Girls Like Me Bedazzled Ink Nom
Kay Haring
Robert Neubecker (ill.) 		Keith Haring: The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing Dial Books Nom
Will Kostakis The Sidekicks Harlequin Teen Nom
Martin Wilson We Now Return to Regular Life Dial Books Nom
2019[34] Kacen Callender Hurricane Child Scholastic Press Won
Adib Khorram Darius the Great Is Not Okay Dial Nom
Ashley Herring Blake Girl Made of Stars Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Nom
Elizabeth Acevedo The Poet X HarperTeen Nom
Claire Legrand Sawkill Girls Katherine Tegen Books Nom
Kacen Callender This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story Balzer + Bray Nom
Mark Oshiro Anger Is a Gift: A Novel Tor Teen Nom
Angelo Surmelis The Dangerous Art of Blending In Balzer + Bray Nom
2020[35] The Grief Keeper G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers Won (YA)
Hazel's Theory of Evolution HarperCollins Won (C)
Rory Power Wilder Girls Delacorte Press Nom
Robin Stevenson Pride Colors Orca Book Publishers Nom
Akwaeke Emezi Pet Make Me a World Nom
Jaye Robin Brown The Meaning of Birds HarperTeen Nom
Nicole Melleby Hurricane Season Algonquin Young Readers Nom
Saundra Mitchell All the Things We Do in the Dark HarperTeen Nom
2021[36]
Kacen Callender King and the Dragonflies Scholastic Won (C)
Niki Smith The Deep & Dark Blue Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Nom
Vincent Kirsch From Archie to Zack Abrams Books for Young Readers Nom
Phil Bildner A High Five for Glenn Burke FSG Books for Young Readers Nom
Peter Mercurio and Leo Espinosa Our Subway Baby Dial Books Nom
Mike Curato Flamer Henry Holt Books for Young Readers Won (YA)
L.C. Rosen Camp Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Nom
Trung Le Nguyen The Magic Fish Random House Graphic Nom
Agnes Borinsky Sasha Masha FSG Books for Young Readers Nom
Leah Johnson You Should See Me in a Crown Scholastic Nom

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