27th Lambda Literary Awards
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The 27th Lambda Literary Awards were held on June 1, 2015, to honour works of LGBT literature published in 2014.[http://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/news/03/04/the-27th-annual-lambda-literary-award-finalists/ "The 27th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists"]. Lambda Literary Foundation, March 4, 2015. The list of nominees was released on March 4.
The ceremony was held at Cooper Union.
Special awards
Nominees and winners
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| align="center"| Bisexual Fiction
| Ana Castillo, Give It to Me{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-lambda-literary-awards-20150602-story.html|title=Lambda Literary Awards laud best gay, lesbian and transgender books|work=Los Angeles Times|date=June 2, 2015|first=Carolyn|last=Kellogg}} |
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| align="center"| Bisexual Non-Fiction
| Charles M. Blow, Fire Shut Up in My Bones |
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| align="center"| Gay Erotica
| Tiffany Reisz, The King |
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| align="center"| Gay Fiction
| Tom Spanbauer, I Loved You More |
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| align="center"| Gay Memoir/Biography
| Richard Blanco, The Prince of Los Cocuyos |
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| align="center"| Gay Mystery
| Katie Gilmartin, Blackmail, My Love |
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| align="center"| Gay Poetry
| Danez Smith, [insert] boy |
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| align="center"| Gay Romance
| Jeff Mann, Salvation: A Novel of the Civil War |
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| align="center"| Lesbian Erotica
| Diana Cage, Lesbian Sex Bible |
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| align="center"| Lesbian Fiction
| Alexis De Veaux, Yabo |
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| align="center"| Lesbian Memoir/Biography
| Alethia Jones, Virginia Eubanks and Barbara Smith, Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around: Forty Years of Movement Building |
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| align="center"| Lesbian Mystery
| Ellen Hart, The Old Deep and Dark |
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| align="center"| Lesbian Poetry
| Valerie Wetlaufer, Mysterious Acts by My People |
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| align="center"| Lesbian Romance
| Robbi McCoy, The Farmer’s Daughter |
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| align="center"| LGBT Anthology
| Leila J. Rupp and Susan K. Freeman, Understanding and Teaching US Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History |
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| align="center"| LGBT Children's/Young Adult
| Tim Federle, Five, Six, Seven, Nate! |
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| align="center"| LGBT Debut Fiction
| Abdi Nazemian, The Walk-In Closet |
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| align="center"| LGBT Drama
| Robert O'Hara, Bootycandy |
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| align="center"| LGBT Graphic Novel
| Joyce Brabner and Mark Zingarelli, Second Avenue Caper |
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| align="center"| LGBT Non-Fiction
| Martin Duberman, Hold Tight Gently: Michael Callen, Essex Hemphill, and the Battlefield of AIDS |
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| align="center"| LGBT Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror
| Chaz Brenchley, Bitter Waters |
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| align="center"| LGBT Studies
| Vincent Woodard, Justin A. Joyce and Dwight McBride, The Delectable Negro: Human Consumption and Homoeroticism within US Slave Culture |
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| align="center"| Transgender Fiction
| Casey Plett, A Safe Girl to Love |
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| align="center"| Transgender Non-Fiction
| Thomas Page McBee, Man Alive: A True Story of Violence, Forgiveness and Becoming a Man |
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References
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