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5th Lambda Literary Awards

{{short description|1993 Lambda Literary Awards}}

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The 5th Lambda Literary Awards were held in 1993 to honour works of LGBT literature published in 1992.

Special awards

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CategoryWinner
Editor's ChoiceRichard Mohr, Gay Ideas
Publisher ServiceCraig Rodwell, Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop

Nominees and winners

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! rowspan="5" |Children's/Young Adult

|{{sortname|last=Durant|first=Penny Raife}}

|When Heroes Die

|Winner

{{sortname|last=Alden|first=Joan}} and Catherine Hopkins

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Boy’s Best Friend|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Greene|first=Bette}}

|Drowning of Stephan Jones

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Valentine|first=Johnny|link=Johnny Valentine (writer)}} and Lynette Schmidt

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Daddy Machine|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Valentine|first=Johnny|link=Johnny Valentine (writer)}} and Lynette Schmidt

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Day They Put a Tax on Rainbows|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

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! rowspan="5" |Gay Anthology

|{{sortname|last=Preston|first=John|link=John Preston (American author)}} (ed.)

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Member of the Family}}

|Winner

{{sortname|last=Cooper|first=Dennis}}

|Discontents

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Preston|first=John|link=John Preston (American author)}}

|Flesh and the Word

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Saint|first=Assotto}}

|Here to Dare

|Finalist

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

|Men on Men 4

|Finalist

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! rowspan="5" |Gay Fiction

|{{sortname|last=Kenan|first=Randall}}

|Let the Dead Bury Their Dead

|Winner

{{sortname|last=Bram|first=Christopher}}

|Almost History

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Huston|first=Bo}}

|Dream Life

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Manrique|first=Jaime}}

|Latin Moon in Manhattan

|Finalist

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

|Winter Eyes

|Finalist

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! rowspan="5" |Gay Mystery

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

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Hidden Law|nolink=1}}

|Winner

{{sortname|last=Johnson|first=Steve|link=Steve Johnson (writer)}}

|Final Atonement

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Michaels|first=Grant}}

|Love You to Death

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Stevenson|first=Richard|link=Richard Lipez}}

|Third Man Out

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Townsend|first=Larry}}

|One for the Master, Two for the Fool

|Finalist

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! rowspan="5" |Gay Non-Fiction

|{{sortname|last=Monette|first=Paul}}

|Becoming a Man

|Winner

{{sortname|last=D'Emilio|first=John}}

|Making Trouble

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Ellenzweig|first=Allen}}

|Homoerotic Photograph

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Marcus|first=Eric}}

|Making History: The Struggle for Gay and Lesbian Equal Rights, 1945-1990

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Rist|first=Darrell Yates}}

|Heartlands

|Finalist

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! rowspan="5" |Gay Poetry

|{{sortname|last=Field|first=Edward|link=Edward Field (poet)}}

|Counting Myself Lucky

|Winner

{{sortname|last=Dlugos|first=Tim}}

|Strong Place

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Gunn|first=Thom}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Man with Night Sweats|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Hemphill|first=Essex}}

|Ceremonies

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Kikel|first=Rudy}}

|Long Division

|Finalist

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

|{{sortname|last=McHugh|first=Maureen F.}}

|China Mountain Zhang

|Winner

{{sortname|last=Brite|first=Poppy Z.}}

|Lost Souls

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Gannett|first=Lewis}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Living One|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Rice|first=Anne}}

|{{Sortname|The|Tale of the Body Thief}}

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Thomas|first=Thomas T.}}

|Cry Gender

|Finalist

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! rowspan="5" |Humor

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

|Dykes to Watch Out For: The Sequel

|Winner

{{sortname|last=Caminos|first=Jane}}

|That’s Ms. Bulldyke to You, Charlie

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Kinnard|first=Rupert}}

|BB and the Diva

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Natalie|first=Andrea}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Night Audrey’s Vibrator Spoke|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Orner|first=Eric}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green}}

|Finalist

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! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Anthology

|{{sortname|last=Nestle|first=Joan}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Persistent Desire|nolink=1}}

|Winner

{{sortname|last=Corinne|first=Tee}}

|Poetry of Sex

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Forrest|first=Katherine V.}} and Barbara Grier

|Erotic Naiad

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=MacKay|first=Anne}}

|Wolf Girls at Vassar

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Pace|first=Anita L.}}

|Write from the Heart

|Finalist

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! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Fiction

|{{sortname|last=Katz|first=Judith}}

|Running Fiercely Toward a High Thin Sound

|Winner

{{sortname|last=Anshaw|first=Carol}}

|Aquamarine

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Arnold|first=Madelyn}}

|On Ships at Sea

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Brown|first=Rebecca|link=Rebecca Brown (author)}}

|Terrible Girls

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Schulman|first=Sarah}}

|Empathy

|Finalist

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! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Mystery

|{{sortname|last=Maiman|first=Jaye}}

|Crazy for Loving

|Winner

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

|Two-Bit Tango

|Winner

{{sortname|last=Baker|first=Nikki}}

|Lavender House Murder

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Hart|first=Ellen}}

|Stage Fright

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Redmann|first=J.M.}}

|Deaths of Jocasta

|Finalist

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! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Non-Fiction

|{{sortname|last=Cook|first=Blanche Wiesen}}

|Eleanor Roosevelt

|Winner

{{sortname|last=DuPrau|first=Jeanne}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Earth House|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Givens|first=Carol}} and L. Diane Fortier

|Practicing Eternity

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Nestle|first=Joan}}

|Persistent Desire

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Schanke|first=Robert A.}}

|Shattered Applause

|Finalist

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! rowspan="5" |Lesbian Poetry

|{{sortname|last=Lorde|first=Audre}}

|Undersong

|Winner

{{sortname|last=Anderson|first=Lori|link=Lori Anderson (writer)}}

|Cultivating Excess

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Boutilier|first=Nancy}}

|According to Her Contours

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Stein|first=Diane}}

|Lady Sun, Lady Moon

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Wolverton|first=Terry}}

|Black Slip

|Finalist

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

|{{sortname|last=Griffith|first=Nicola}}

|Ammonite

|Winner

{{sortname|last=Katz|first=Judith}}

|Running Fiercely Toward a High Thin Sound

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Park|first=Severna|link=Severna Park (writer)}}

|Speaking Dreams

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Scott|first=Melissa}}

|Dreamships

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Stewart|first=Jean|link=Jean Stewart (writer)}}

|Return to Isis

|Finalist

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! rowspan="5" |Small Press

|{{sortname|last=Wojnarowicz|first=David}}

|Memories That Smell Like Gasoline

|Winner

{{sortname|last=Barney|first=Natalie}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Perilous Advantage|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Felman|first=Jyl Lynn}}

|Hot Chicken Wings

|Finalist

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

|To Kill a Cardinal

|Finalist

{{sortname|last=Saint|first=Assotto}}

|Here to Dare

|Finalist

External links

  • [http://www.lambdaliterary.org/winners-finalists/07/13/lambda-literary-awards-1992/ 5th Lambda Literary Awards]

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