3rd Lambda Literary Awards

!Category

!Author

!Title

!Result

! rowspan="5" |AIDS Literature

|{{sortname|last=Osbourn|first=Elizabeth}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Way We Live Now|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|Women, AIDS & Activism

|Finalist

|Surviving AIDS

|Finalist

|AIDS Demo Graphics

|Finalist

|Inventing AIDS

|Finalist

! rowspan="5" |Gay Anthology

|{{sortname|last=Stambolian|first=George}}

|Men on Men 3

|Winner

|Men & Intimacy

|Finalist

|Gay Men of Alcoholics Anonymous

|Finalist

|Keys to Caring

|Finalist

|Triple Fiction

|Finalist

! rowspan="5" |Gay Debut Fiction

|{{sortname|last=Raphael|first=Lev}}

|Dancing on Tisha B’av

|Winner

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Body and Its Dangers|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|Horse and Other Stories

|Finalist

|This Every Night

|Finalist

|Landscape: Memory

|Finalist

! rowspan="5" |Gay Fiction

|{{sortname|last=Barnett|first=Allen|link=Allen Barnett (writer)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Body and Its Dangers|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Home at the End of the World|link=A Home at the End of the World (novel)}}

|Finalist

|Music I Never Dreamed Of

|Finalist

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Place I’ve Never Been|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|Afterlife

|Finalist

! rowspan="5" |Gay Mystery

|{{sortname|last=Nava|first=Michael}}

|Howtown

|Winner

|Boy Who Was Buried This Morning

|Finalist

|Black Marble Pool

|Finalist

|Body to Dye For

|Finalist

|Why Isn’t Becky Twitchell Dead?

|Finalist

! rowspan="5" |Gay Non-Fiction

|{{sortname|last=Bérubé|first=Allan}}

|Coming Out Under Fire

|Winner

|So Little Time

|Finalist

|My Country, My Right to Serve

|Finalist

|Behind the Mask

|Finalist

|Trouble With Harry Hay

|Finalist

! rowspan="5" |Gay Poetry

|{{sortname|last=Lassell|first=Michael}}

|Decade Dance

|Winner

|Body in Flames

|Finalist

|Buried Body

|Finalist

|Special Deliveries

|Finalist

|Healing Notebooks

|Finalist

! rowspan="5" |Gay science fiction, fantasy or horror

|{{sortname|last=Johnson|first=Toby}}

|Secret Matter

|Winner

|{{sortname|last=Lackey|first=Mercedes}}

|Magic's Price

|Winner

|Alternate Casts

|Finalist

|Enchantments of Flesh and Spirit

|Finalist

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Gift|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

! rowspan="5" |Gay Small Press

|{{sortname|last=Willhoite|first=Michael}}

|Daddy's Roommate

|Winner

|Hard Plays/Stiff Parts

|Finalist

|Gays in Uniform

|Finalist

|Some Dance to Remember

|Finalist

|Trouble With Harry Hay

|Finalist

! rowspan="5" |Humor

|{{sortname|last=Bechdel|first=Alison}}

|New, Improved Dykes to Watch Out For

|Winner

|Susie Sexpert’s Lesbian Sex World

|Finalist

|Stonewall Riots

|Finalist

|More Lesbian Etiquette

|Finalist

|Meatmen Vol. 8

|Finalist

! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Anthology

|{{sortname|last=Nestle|first=Joan}} and Naomi Holoch

|Women on Women

|Winner

|Lesbian Philosophies and Cultures

|Finalist

|Lesbian Texts and Contexts

|Finalist

|Lesbian Bedtime Stores 2

|Finalist

|Speaking Four Ourselves

|Finalist

! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Debut Fiction

|{{sortname|last=Muhanji|first=Cherry}}

|Her

|Winner

|Voyages Out 2

|Finalist

|Take Me to the Underground

|Finalist

|Virago

|Finalist

|Simple Songs

|Finalist

! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Fiction

|{{sortname|last=Martinac|first=Paula}}

|Out of Time

|Winner

|Don Juan in the Village

|Finalist

|My Jewish Face

|Finalist

|Incidents Involving Mirth

|Finalist

|People in Trouble

|Finalist

! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Mystery

|{{sortname|last=Douglas|first=Lauren Wright}}

|Ninth Life

|Winner

|{{sortname|last=Wilson|first=Barbara|link=Barbara Wilson (author)}}

|Gaudi Afternoon

|Winner

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Captive in Time|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|Slick

|Finalist

|Death Down Under

|Finalist

! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Non-Fiction

|{{sortname|last=Zimmerman|first=Bonnie}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Safe Sea of Women}}

|Winner

|Susie Sexpert’s Lesbian Sex World

|Finalist

|Ceremonies of the Heart

|Finalist

|Exile in the Promised Land

|Finalist

|Loony-Bin Trip

|Finalist

! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Poetry

|{{sortname|last=Hacker|first=Marilyn}}

|Going Back to the River

|Winner

|Chant of the Women of Magdalena

|Finalist

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Few Words in the Mother Tongue|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|Crime Against Nature

|Finalist

|Patience of Metal

|Finalist

! rowspan="5" |Lesbian science fiction, fantasy or horror

|{{sortname|last=Baudino|first=Gael}}

|Gossamer Axe

|Winner

|Doc and Fluff

|Finalist

|Priorities

|Finalist

|Virago

|Finalist

|Mighty Good Road

|Finalist

! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Small Press

|{{sortname|last=Rafkin|first=Louise}} (ed.)

|Different Mothers

|Winner

|Making Face/Making Soul

|Finalist

|Dykes-Loving-Dykes

|Finalist

|Staying Power: Long Term Lesbian Couples

|Finalist

|Black Women’s Health Book

|Finalist