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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Category | Winner |
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Editor's Choice | Richard Mohr, Gay Ideas |
Publisher Service | Craig Rodwell, Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop |
Nominees and winners
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!Category !Author !Title !Ref. |
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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}} |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.}} |Winner |
{{sortname|last=Brite|first=Poppy Z.}}
|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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