Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Poetry
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Poetry | |
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Awarded for | Literary award |
Sponsored by | Lambda Literary Foundation |
Date | Annual |
Website | http://www.lambdaliterary.org |
The Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Poetry is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation to a lesbian-themed book of poetry by a female 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 Lesbian Poetry and Gay 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 | Marilyn Hacker, Going Back to the River |
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1991 | Adrienne Rich, An Atlas of the Difficult World: Poems 1988-1991 |
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1992 | Audre Lorde, Undersong |
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1993 | Audre Lorde, The Marvelous Arithmetics of Distance |
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1994 | Marilyn Hacker, Winter Numbers |
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1995 | Adrienne Rich, Dark Fields of the Republic |
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1996 | Robin Becker, All-American Girl Maureen Seaton, Furious Cooking |
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1997 | Joan Larkin, Cold River Eileen Myles, School of Fish |
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1998 | , Marianne Faithfull's Cigarette |
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1999 | Olga Broumas, Rave |
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2000 | , Mercy Mercy Me |
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2001 | Adrienne Rich, Fox |
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2002 | Ellen Bass, Mules of Love |
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2003 | Minnie Bruce Pratt, The Dirt She Ate |
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2004 | , Sweet to Burn |
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2005 | June Jordan, Directed by Desire: Collected Poems |
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2006 | Sina Queyras, Lemon Hound |
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2007 | No award presented | |
2008 | Judy Grahn, love belongs to those who do the feeling |
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2009 | Stacie Cassarino, Zero at the Bone |
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2010 | Anna Swanson, The Nights Also |
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2011 | Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Love Cake |
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2012 | Etel Adnan, Sea and Fog |
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2013 | , Rise in the Fall[1] |
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2014 | , Mysterious Acts by My People[2] |
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2015 | Dawn Lundy Martin, Life in a Box is a Pretty Life[3] |
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2016 | , play dead[4] Pat Parker (ed. ), Complete Works of Pat Parker[4] |
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2017 | Rosamond S. King, Rock | Salt | Stone[5] |
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2018 | , Each Tree Could Hold a Noose or a House |
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2019 | , & more black[6] |
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2020 | Pamela Sneed, Funeral Diva |
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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.
- ^ "The Lambda Literary Awards Honor Hilton Als and Eileen Myles, Name Winners in 26 Categories". Slate, June 7, 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "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.
- ^ 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