Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry | |
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Awarded for | Literary award |
Sponsored by | Lambda Literary Foundation |
Date | Annual |
The Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation to a gay-themed book of poetry by a male writer.
At the first two Lambda Literary Awards in 1989 and 1990, a single award for , irrespective of gender, was presented. Beginning with the 3rd Lambda Literary Awards in 1991, the poetry award was split into two separate awards for Gay Poetry and Lesbian Poetry, which have been presented continuously since then except at the 20th Lambda Literary Awards in 2008, when a merged LGBTQ poetry award was again presented for that year only.
Winners and nominees[]
Year | Winner | Nominated |
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1988 | No award presented | |
1989 | ||
1990 | Michael Lassell, Decade Dance |
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1991 | Assotto Saint, ed., The Road Before Us: 100 Gay Black Poets |
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1992 | Edward Field, Counting Myself Lucky |
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1993 | Michael Klein, 1990 James Schuyler, Collected Poems |
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1994 | Thom Gunn, Collected Poems |
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1995 | Mark Doty, Atlantis |
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1996 | Rafael Campo, What the Body Told |
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1997 | Cyrus Cassells, Beautiful Signor |
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1998 | J. D. McClatchy, Ten Commandments |
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1999 | Mark Wunderlich, The Anchorage Richard Howard, Trappings |
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2000 | Carl Phillips, Pastoral |
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2001 | Mark Doty, Source |
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2002 | J. D. McClatchy, Hazmat |
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2003 | Mark Bibbins, Sky Lounge |
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2004 | Luis Cernuda, Written in Water |
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2005 | Richard Siken, Crush[citation needed] |
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2006 | , A History of My Tattoo |
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2007 | No award presented | |
2008 | Mark Doty, Fire to Fire , Now You're the Enemy |
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2009 | Benjamin S. Grossberg, Sweet Core Orchard |
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2010 | , Pleasure |
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2011 | Tim Dlugos (David Trinidad, ed.), A Fast Life: The Collected Poems of Tim Dlugos |
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2012 | , He Do the Gay Man in Different Voices |
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2013 | Rigoberto González, Unpeopled Eden[1] |
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2014 | Danez Smith, [insert] boy[2] |
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2015 | , Crevasse[3] Carl Phillips, Reconnaissance[3] |
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2016 | Phillip B. Williams, Thief in the Interior[4] |
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2017 | C. A. Conrad, While Standing in Line for Death[5] |
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2018 | Justin Phillip Reed, Indecency[6] |
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2019 | Cyrée Jarelle Johnson, Slingshot[7] |
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2020 | Eduardo C. Corral, Guillotine |
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References[]
- ^ "Looking for summer reading? Lambda Literary Awards rain down a host of choices". Times-Picayune, June 3, 2014.
- ^ "Lambda Literary Awards laud best gay, lesbian and transgender books". Los Angeles Times, June 2, 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "The Lambda Literary Awards Honor Hilton Als and Eileen Myles, Name Winners in 26 Categories". Slate, June 7, 2016.
- ^ "29th Annual Lambda Literary Award winners announced" Archived 2018-06-10 at the Wayback Machine. LGBT Weekly, June 13, 2017.
- ^ "Lambda Literary awardees include Carmen Maria Machado, John Rechy, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor". Windy City Times, June 5, 2018.
- ^ "Congratulations to the Winners of the 2019 Lambda Literary Awards!". Book Marks, June 4, 2019.
- ^ Vanderhoof, Erin (June 1, 2020). "Exclusive: The Winners of the 32nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Vanity Fair. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
External links[]
Categories:
- American poetry awards
- Lambda Literary Awards
- LGBT poetry
- Lists of LGBT-related award winners and nominees