Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Debut Fiction

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The Lambda Literary Award for Debut Fiction is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation to a debut work of fiction on LGBT themes. Formerly presented in two separate categories for gay male and lesbian debut fiction, beginning the 25th Lambda Literary Awards in 2013 a single award, inclusive of both male and female writers, was presented. The award was, however, discontinued after the 28th Lambda Literary Awards in 2016.

The award was presented based on themes in the work, not the sexuality or gender of the writer; heterosexual writers were eligible for the award, and writers could be nominated in the "cross-gender" category based on the work.

Winners and nominees[]

Lambda Literary Award for Debut Fiction winners and finalists
Year Category Author Title Result Ref.
1989 Gay Debut Fiction Alan Hollinghurst The Swimming-Pool Library Winner [1]
Joe Keenan Blue Heaven Finalist [1]
Mountain Climbing In Sheridan Square
River Road
Russell A. Brown Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of O. Wilde
1990 Gay Debut Fiction John Weir The Irreversible Decline of Eddie Socket Winner [2]
Randall Kenan A Visitation of Spirits Finalist [2]
About Courage
David B. Feinberg Eighty-Sixed
The Buccaneer
Rose Penski
1991 Gay Debut Fiction Lev Raphael Dancing On Tisha B’av Winner [3]
Bo Huston Horse and Other Stories Finalist [3]
Matthew Stadler Landscape: Memory
Allen Barnett The Body and Its Dangers
Patrick Moore This Every Night
Lesbian Debut Fiction Cherry Muhanji Her Winner [3]
The Names of the Moons of Mars
Nisa Donnelly Bar Stories: A Novel After All Finalist [3]
Ruthann Robson Eye of a Hurricane
Simple Songs
Take Me to the Underground
Virago
Paula Martinac and Carla Tomaso Voyages Out
and Nona Caspers Voyages Out 2
1992-2006 No award presented
2005 Gay Debut Fiction Blair Mastbaum Clay’s Way Winner [4]
A Son Called Gabriel Finalist [4]
Aaron Krach Half-Life
How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship, and Musical Theater
Brian Leung World Famous Love Acts
Lesbian Debut Fiction Judith Frank Crybaby Butch Winner [4]
Death by Discount Finalist [4]
Dish It Up, Baby!
Fire & Brimstone
Minus One: A Twelve-Step Journey
2006 Gay Debut Fiction Vestal McIntyre You Are Not the One Winner [5]
Bilal’s Bread Finalist [5]
Richard McCann Mother of Sorrows
Setting the Lawn on Fire
Barry McCrea The First Verse
Lesbian Debut Fiction The Beautifully Worthless Winner [5]
Fiona Zedde Bliss Finalist [5]
Katia Noyes Crashing America
In Too Deep
Manstealing for Fat Girls
2007 Gay Debut Fiction Robert Westfield Suspension Winner [6]
Timothy Williams 5 Minutes & 42 Seconds Finalist [6]
Martin Hyatt A Scarecrow’s Bible
Patrick Ryan Send Me
The Zookeeper
Lesbian Debut Fiction Ellis Avery The Teahouse Fire Winner [6]
Black Marks Finalist [6]
Ana-Maurine Lara Erzulie’s Skirt
Origami Striptease
Slipstream
2008 Gay Debut Fiction Christopher Kelly A Push and a Shove Winner [7][8]
James St. James Freak Show Finalist [7]
Kemble Scott SoMa
James Canon Tales from the Town of Widows
That Was Then
Lesbian Debut Fiction Aoibheann Sweeney Among Other Things, I’ve Taken Up Smoking Winner [7][8]
Breathing Underwater Finalist [7]
Myriam Gurba Dahlia Season
Lockjaw
Corrina Wycoff O Street
2009 Gay Debut Fiction Shawn Stewart Ruff Finlater Winner [9]
Evan Fallenberg Light Fell Finalist [9]
Daniel Allen Cox Shuck
Drew Ferguson The Screwed-Up Life of Charlie The Second
Mike Hoolboom The Steve Machine
Lesbian Debut Fiction The Bruise Winner [9]
Closer to Fine Finalist [9]
Chavisa Woods Love Does Not Make Me Gentle or Kind
Linda Villarosa Passing for Black
Red Audrey & the Roping
2010 Gay Debut Fiction Rakesh Satyal Blue Boy Winner [10]
James Hannaham God Says No Finalist [10]
Pop Salvation
G. Winston James Shaming the Devil: Collected Short Stories
James Magruder Sugarless
Lesbian Debut Fiction The Creamsickle Winner [10]
Land Beyond Maps Finalist [10]
More of This World or Maybe Another
Lori Ostlund The Bigness of the World
Verge
2011 Gay Debut Fiction David Pratt Bob the Book Winner [11][12]
Passes Through Finalist [13]
Probation
The Palisades
XOXO Hayden
Lesbian Debut Fiction Amber Dawn Sub Rosa Winner [11][12]
Katharine Beutner Alcestis Finalist [13]
Fall Asleep Forgetting
Lois Walden One More Stop
Michael Sledge The More I Owe You
2012 Gay Debut Fiction Rahul Mehta Quarantine: Stories Winner [14]
Justin Chin 98 Wounds Finalist
Michael Graves Dirty One
Have You Seen Me
Garth Greenwell Mitko
Lesbian Debut Fiction Laurie Weeks Zipper Mouth Winner [14]
Megume and the Trees Finalist
My Sister Chaos
Christine Stark Nickels: A Tale of Dissociation
The Girls Club
2013 Debut Fiction Mia McKenzie The Summer We Got Free Winner [15]
Desire: Tales of New Orleans Finalist [15]
Incidental Music
E.J. Levy Love, In Theory: Ten Stories
Makara: A novel
Lysley Tenorio Monstress
Alex Leslie People Who Disappear
Jeanne Thornton The Dream of Doctor Bantam
The Evening Hour
Three Cubic Feet
2014 Debut Fiction Descendants of Hagar Winner [16][17]
Abigail Tarttelin Golden Boy Finalist [16]
How to Shake the Other Man
In Between
Inside
Andrea Routley Jane and the Whales
My Brother’s Name: A Novel
Prick Queasy
The Affairs of Others: A Novel
Guy Mark Foster The Rest of Us: Stories
2015 Debut Fiction Abdi Nazemian The Walk-In Closet Winner [18][19][20][21]
A Map of Everything Finalist [19]
Death in Venice, California
Kill Marguerite and Other Stories
Nochita
Dan Lopez Part the Hawser, Limn the Sea
The Music Teacher
Alden Jones Unaccompanied Minors
2016 Debut Fiction Victor Yates A Love Like Blood Winner [22][23]
Do U. Finalist [24]
His Steadfast Love and Other Stories
Hotel Living
Meliza Bañales Life is Wonderful, People are Terrific
Lovesick
Lum: A Novel
The Brink

References[]

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  6. ^ a b c d Gonzalez Cerna, Antonio (2006-04-30). "19th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
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  18. ^ Kellogg, Carolyn (2015-06-02). "Lambda Literary Awards laud best gay, lesbian and transgender books". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
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  23. ^ "28th Annual Lammy Award Winners Announced". Lambda Literary. 2016-06-07. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  24. ^ "Lambda Literary Awards Finalists Revealed: Carrie Brownstein, Hasan Namir, 'Fun Home' and Truman Capote Shortlisted". Out Magazine. 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2022-01-11.

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