29th Lambda Literary Awards
{{short description|2017 Lambda Literary Awards}}
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The 29th Lambda Literary Awards were held on June 13, 2017, to honour works of LGBT literature published in 2016.{{cite web|url= https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=1368 |title= 2017 Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced |work= Publishers Weekly |date= June 14, 2017 |access-date= December 23, 2023 |archive-date= December 23, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231223190950/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=1368 |url-status=live}}{{cite web|url= http://lgbtweekly.com/2017/06/13/29th-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced/ |title= 29th Annual Lambda Literary Award winners announced |first= Steve |last= Lee |work= LGBT Weekly |date= June 13, 2017 |access-date= December 23, 2023 |archive-date= June 10, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180610202600/http://lgbtweekly.com/2017/06/13/29th-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced/ |url-status=dead}} The nominees were announced in March 14,{{cite web|url= https://quillandquire.com/awards/2017/03/14/m-e-girard-vivek-shraya-among-13-canadians-nominated-for-2017-lambda-literary-awards/ |title= M-E Girard, Vivek Shraya among 13 Canadians nominated for 2017 Lambda Literary Awards |first= Becky |last= Robertson |work= Quill & Quire |date= March 14, 2017 |access-date= December 23, 2023 |archive-date= December 23, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231223192739/https://quillandquire.com/awards/2017/03/14/m-e-girard-vivek-shraya-among-13-canadians-nominated-for-2017-lambda-literary-awards/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web|url= https://www.logotv.com/news/gg902d/lambda-literary-awards-2017-nominees |title= Finalists for 2017 Lambda Literary Awards Announced |first= Dan |last= Avery |work= Logo TV |date= March 14, 2017 |access-date= December 23, 2023 |archive-date= December 23, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231223193724/https://www.logotv.com/news/gg902d/lambda-literary-awards-2017-nominees |url-status=live}} and the winners announced at a gala ceremony on Monday evening, June 12, 2017 in New York City.{{cite web|url= https://griffinpoetryprize.com/calendar/29th-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced/ |title= 29th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced |work= Griffin Poetry Prize |access-date= December 23, 2023 |archive-date= December 23, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231223194542/https://griffinpoetryprize.com/calendar/29th-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web|url= https://authorsguild.org/member-awards/lambda-literary-award-finalists-announced/ |title= Lambda Literary Award Finalists Announced |work= Authors Guild |date= March 21, 2017 |access-date= December 23, 2023 |archive-date= December 23, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231223193947/https://authorsguild.org/member-awards/lambda-literary-award-finalists-announced/ |url-status=live}} Winners are in bold.{{cite web|url= https://quillandquire.com/awards/2017/06/13/m-e-girard-zena-sharman-jessica-l-webb-jia-qing-wilson-yang-win-lambda-literary-awards/ |title= M-E Girard, Zena Sharman, Jessica L. Webb, jia qing wilson-yang win Lambda Literary Awards |first= Becky |last= Robertson |work= Quill & Quire |date= June 13, 2017 |access-date= December 23, 2023 |archive-date= December 23, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231223194826/https://quillandquire.com/awards/2017/06/13/m-e-girard-zena-sharman-jessica-l-webb-jia-qing-wilson-yang-win-lambda-literary-awards/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web|url= https://lambdaliterary.org/2017/06/29th-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced/ |title= 29th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced |work= Lambda Literary Foundation |date= June 13, 2017 |access-date= December 23, 2023 |archive-date= December 23, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231223190237/https://lambdaliterary.org/2017/06/29th-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced/ |url-status=live}}
Special awards
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| Category | Winner |
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| Visionary Award | Jacqueline Woodson |
| Judith A. Markowitz Emerging Writer Award | H. Melt, Victor Yates |
| Trustee Award | Jeanette Winterson |
Nominees and winners
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!Category !Winner !Nominated |
| align="center"| Bisexual Fiction
| Alexis M. Smith, Marrow Island |
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| align="center"| Bisexual Non-Fiction
| Ana Castillo, Black Dove: Mamá, Mi’jo, and Me |
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| align="center"| Bisexual Poetry
| Abigail Child, Mouth to Mouth | No advance shortlist was released in this category; the book was listed as a Bisexual Fiction nominee in the original nomination announcement, but singled out as a Bisexual Poetry winner at the ceremony. |
| align="center"| Gay Fiction
| Rabih Alameddine, The Angel of History |
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| align="center"| Gay Memoir/Biography
| Cleve Jones, When We Rise |
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| align="center"| Gay Mystery
| J. Aaron Sanders, Speakers of the Dead: A Walt Whitman Mystery |
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| align="center"| Gay Poetry
| Phillip B. Williams, Thief in the Interior |
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| align="center"| Gay Romance
| Pene Henson, Into the Blue |
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| align="center"| Lesbian Fiction
| Nicole Dennis-Benn, Here Comes the Sun |
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| align="center"| Lesbian Memoir/Biography
| Gloria Joseph, The Wind Is Spirit: The Life, Love and Legacy of Audre Lorde |
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| align="center"| Lesbian Mystery
| Jessica L. Webb, Pathogen |
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| align="center"| Lesbian Poetry
| Francine J. Harris, play dead |
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| align="center"| Lesbian Romance
| Yoshiyuki Ly, The Scorpion's Empress |
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| align="center"| LGBTQ Anthology
| Zena Sharman, The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voices on Health and Health Care |
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| align="center"| LGBTQ Children's/Young Adult
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| align="center"| LGBT Drama
| Robert O'Hara, Barbecue/Bootycandy |
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| align="center"| LGBTQ Erotica
| Rebekah Weatherspoon, Soul to Keep |
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| align="center"| LGBTQ Graphic Novel
| Ed Luce, Wuvable Oaf: Blood & Metal |
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| align="center"| LGBTQ Non-Fiction
| David France, How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS |
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| align="center"| LGBTQ Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror
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| align="center"| LGBTQ Studies
| Jennifer Tyburczy, Sex Museums: The Politics and Performance of Display |
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| align="center"| Transgender Fiction
| Jia Qing Wilson-Yang, Small Beauty | |
| align="center"| Transgender Non-Fiction
| Lei Ming, Life Beyond My Body: A Transgender Journey to Manhood in China |
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| align="center"| Transgender Poetry
| Kokumo, Reacquainted with Life |
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