12th Lambda Literary Awards

{{Short description|200 literary awards held for LGBT literature}}

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The 12th Lambda Literary Awards were held in 2000 to honour works of LGBT literature published in 1999.

Nominees and winners

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align="center"| Anthologies/Fiction

| Naomi Holoch, Joan Nestle, and Nancy Holden, eds., Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction

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align="center"| Anthologies/Non-Fiction

| Steve Hogan and Lee Hudson, eds., Completely Queer: The Gay and Lesbian Encyclopedia
Kris Kleindienst, ed., This Is What Lesbian Looks Like

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align="center"| Children's/Young Adult

| Ellen Wittlinger, Hard Love

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align="center"| Drama

| Craig Lucas, What I Meant Was

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align="center"| Gay Biography/Autobiography

| Jesse Green, The Velveteen Father

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align="center"| Gay Fiction

| Matthew Stadler, Allan Stein

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align="center"| Gay Mystery

| John Morgan Wilson, Justice at Risk

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align="center"| Gay Poetry

| Mark Wunderlich, The Anchorage
Richard Howard, Trappings

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align="center"| Gay Studies

| James Saslow, Pictures and Passions: A History of Homosexuality in the Visual Arts

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align="center"| Humor

| Michael Thomas Ford, That's Mr. Faggot To You

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align="center"| Lesbian Biography/Autobiography

| Diana Souhami, The Trials of Radclyffe Hall

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align="center"| Lesbian Fiction

| Sarah Waters, Tipping the Velvet

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align="center"| Lesbian Mystery

| Ellen Hart, Hunting the Witch

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align="center"| Lesbian Poetry

| Olga Broumas, Rave

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align="center"| Lesbian Studies

| Lillian Faderman, To Believe in Women: What Lesbians Have Done for America

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align="center"| Religion/Spirituality

| John R. Stowe, Gay Spirit Warrior
Keith Boykin, Respecting the Soul

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align="center"| Science fiction, fantasy or horror

| Richard Bowe, Minions of the Moon

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align="center"| Small Press

| Henry Flesh, Massage

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align="center"| Transgender/Bisexual

| Jackie Kay, Trumpet

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align="center"| Visual Arts

| James Saslow, Pictures and Passions: A History of Homosexuality in the Visual Arts

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