30th Lambda Literary Awards
{{short description|2018 Lambda Literary Awards}}
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The 30th Lambda Literary Awards were held on June 4, 2018, to honour works of LGBT literature published in 2017.[http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Lambda-Literary-Awards-honor-Carmen-Maria-Machado-John-Rechy-Keeanga-Yamahtta-Taylor/63080.html "Lambda Literary awardees include Carmen Maria Machado, John Rechy, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor"]. Windy City Times, June 5, 2018. The list of nominees was released on March 6.[https://forward.com/culture/395945/lambda-literary-awards-finalists-vogel-newitz-finkelstein-goldstein-more/ "Paula Vogel, Avram Finkelstein Finalists For Lambda Literary Awards"]. The Forward, March 6, 2018.
Special awards
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| Category | Winner |
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| Visionary Award | Edmund White |
| Judith A. Markowitz Emerging Writer Award | Jeanne Thornton, Mecca Jamilah Sullivan |
| Trustee Award | Roxane Gay |
Nominees and winners
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!Category !Winner !Nominated |
| align="center"| Bisexual Fiction
| Barbara Browning, The Gift |
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| align="center"| Bisexual Non-Fiction
| Roxane Gay, Hunger |
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| align="center"| Gay Fiction
| John Rechy, After the Blue Hour |
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| align="center"| Gay Memoir/Biography
| Chike Frankie Edozien, Lives of Great Men: Living and Loving as an African Gay Man |
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| align="center"| Gay Mystery
| Marshall Thornton, Night Drop |
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| align="center"| Gay Poetry
| C. A. Conrad, While Standing in Line for Death |
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| align="center"| Gay Romance
| Laurie Loft, Love and Other Hot Beverages |
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| align="center"| Lesbian Fiction
| Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties |
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| align="center"| Lesbian Memoir/Biography
| Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich, The Fact of a Body |
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| align="center"| Lesbian Mystery
| A. E. Radley, Huntress |
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| align="center"| Lesbian Poetry
| Rosamond S. King, Rock | Salt | Stone |
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| align="center"| Lesbian Romance
| Yolanda Wallace, Tailor-Made |
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| align="center"| LGBTQ Anthology
| Juliana Delgado Lopera, ¡Cuéntamelo! Oral Histories by LGBT Latino Immigrants |
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| align="center"| LGBTQ Children's/Young Adult
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| align="center"| LGBT Drama
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| align="center"| LGBTQ Erotica
| Steve Berman, His Seed |
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| align="center"| LGBTQ Graphic Novel
| Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters |
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| align="center"| LGBTQ Non-Fiction
| Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective |
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| align="center"| LGBTQ Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror
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| align="center"| LGBTQ Studies
| Trevor Hoppe, Punishing Disease: HIV and the Criminalization of Sickness |
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| align="center"| Transgender Fiction
| Bogi Takács, ed., Transcendent 2: The Year's Best Transgender Speculative Fiction |
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| align="center"| Transgender Non-Fiction
| C. Riley Snorton, Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity |
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| align="center"| Transgender Poetry
| Ching-In Chen, recombinant |
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