Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Literature
{{short description|American LGBT literary award}}
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The Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Literature is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, that awards books with bisexual content. The award can be separated into three categories: bisexual fiction, bisexual nonfiction, and bisexual poetry.{{Cite web|title=Submissions|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/lammys-submissions/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101214336/https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/lammys-submissions/|url-status=live}} Awards are granted based on literary merit and bisexual content, and therefore, the writer may be bi-, homo-, hetero-, or asexual.
Criteria
= Bisexual fiction =
The award for bisexual fiction recognizes "[n]ovels, novellas, short story collections, and anthologies with prominent bi/pan ... characters and/or content of strong significance to the bi/pan ... communities." The list "[m]ay include historical novels, comics, cross-genre works of fiction, humor, and other styles of fiction."
= Bisexual nonfiction =
= Bisexual poetry =
The award for bisexual poetry recognizes individual volumes of poems and poem collections with bisexual content. Chapbooks are ineligible for the prize, as well as "[u]pdated editions of previously published works ... unless at least 50% of the poetry (not the supplemental text) is new." If there are not enough eligible titles in any given year to support a dedicated bisexual poetry category, then bisexual poetry titles are considered in the fiction category.
= Bisexual/Transgender literature =
In 2001, the Lambda Literary Foundation presented one award for books with bisexual and/or transgender themes.
Recipients
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|+Winners and finalists of the Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Literature |
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!Category !Author ! Work !Result !Ref. |
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! rowspan="5" |2002 ! rowspan="5" |Bisexual/Transgender Literature | {{sortname|Virginia |Ramey Mollenkott }} |Omnigender: A Trans-religious Approach |Winner |
| {{sortname|Sparrow L. |Patterson}}
|Synthetic Bi Products | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Bill |Brnt}} and Carol Queen (editors)
|Best Bisexual Erotica, Volume 2 |
| {{sortname|Vanessa |Sheridan}}
|Crossing Over: Liberating the Transgendered Christian |
| {{sortname|Jonathan |Branton|Jonathan Branton (writer)}}
|Dragged!! To His Senses |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="6" |2007 ! rowspan="6" |Bisexual Literature |{{sortname|Michael |Szymanski}} and Nicole Kristal |The Bisexual’s Guide to the Universe |Winner |
| {{sortname|Ron |Jackson Suresha}} and Pete Chvany (editors)
|Bi Men | rowspan="5" |Finalist | |
| {{sortname|Ronald C. |Fox}}
|Affirmative Psychotherapy with Bisexual Women & Bisexual Men | |
| {{sortname|Serena |Anderlini-D’Onofrio}}
|Eros | |
| {{sortname|Ron |Jackson Suresha}} (editor)
|Bi Guys | |
| {{sortname|Clarence |Nero}}
|Three Sides to Every Story | |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |2008 ! rowspan="5" |Bisexual Literature |{{sortname|Brent |Hartinger}} |Split Screen |Winner |{{Cite web|date=2008-06-05|title=2008 Lambda Award Winners Announced|url=https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/editorial-818/2008-Lambda-Award-Winners-Announced|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-12|website=McNally Robinson Booksellers|language=en|archive-date=2022-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819055254/https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/editorial-818/2008-Lambda-Award-Winners-Announced}}{{Cite web|date=2007-04-30|title=20th Annual Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2007/04/lambda-literary-awards-2007-2/|access-date=2022-01-12|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120014347/https://lambdaliterary.org/2007/04/lambda-literary-awards-2007-2/|url-status=live}} |
| {{sortname|Jeff |Hobbs}}
|The Tourists | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Beth |Firestein}} (editor)
|Becoming Visible |
| {{sortname|Jennifer |Baumgardner}}
|Look Both Ways |
| {{sortname|Sheri |Joseph}}
|Stray |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |2009 ! rowspan="5" |Bisexual Literature |{{sortname|Jenny |Block}} |Open |Winner |
| {{sortname|Lisa M. |Diamond}}
|Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women’s Love & Desire | rowspan="4" |Finalist | |
| {{sortname|Ron J. |Suresha}}
|Kinsey Zero Through Sixty: Bisexual Perspectives on Kinsey | |
| {{sortname|Edmund |White}}
|Rimbaud | |
| {{sortname|Honor |Moore}}
|The Bishop’s Daughter | |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="10" |2010 ! rowspan="5" |Bisexual Fiction |{{sortname|Mykola |Dementiuk}} |Holy Communion |Winner |
| {{sortname|Maria |Pallotta-Chiarolli}}
|Love You Two | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Bobbie |Geary}}
|The Janeid |
| {{sortname|J.E. |Knowles}}
|Arusha |
| {{sortname|Amber |Lehman}}
|Torn |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |Bisexual Nonfiction |{{sortname|Minal |Hajratwala}} |Leaving India: My Family’s Journey From Five Villages to Five Continents |Winner |
| {{sortname|Audrey Beth |Stein}}
|Map | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Blake |Bailey}}
|Cheever: A Life |
| {{sortname|Emanuel |Levy}}
|Vincente Minnelli: Hollywood’s Dark Dreamer |
| {{sortname|Edna |O’Brien}}
|Byron in Love: A Short Daring Life |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="10" |2011 ! rowspan="5" |Bisexual Fiction |{{sortname|Myrlin A. |Hermes}} |The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet |Winner |
| {{sortname|Daniel Allen |Cox}}
|Krakow Melt | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Georgeann |Packard}}
|Fall Asleep Forgetting |
| {{sortname|Malena |Watrous}}
|If You Follow Me |
| {{sortname|Ann |Herendeen}}
|Pride/Prejudice: A Novel of Mr. Darcy, Elizabeth Bennet, and Their Forbidden Lovers |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |Bisexual Nonfiction |{{sortname|Maria |Pallotta-Chiarolli}} |Border Sexualities, Border Families in Schools |Winner |
| {{sortname|Candace |Walsh}} and Laura Andre (editors)
|Dear John, I Love Jane: Women Write about Leaving Men for Women | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Michael Gregg |Michaud}}
|Sal Mineo |
| {{sortname|Paula |Byrne}}
|Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead |
| {{sortname|Patti |Smith}}
|Just Kids |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="10" |2012 ! rowspan="5" |Bisexual Fiction |{{sortname|Barbara |Browning}} |The Correspondence Artist |Winner |{{Cite web|date=2012-06-05|title=24th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced in New York|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2012/06/24th-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced-in-new-york/|access-date=2022-01-11|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108035149/https://lambdaliterary.org/2012/06/24th-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced-in-new-york/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=2012-03-20|title=Lambda Literary Awards 2012: New Books to Love|url=https://www.autostraddle.com/lambda-literary-award-2012-books-to-love-135313/|access-date=2022-01-11|website=Autostraddle|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-03-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318220422/https://www.autostraddle.com/lambda-literary-award-2012-books-to-love-135313/|url-status=live}} |
| {{sortname|Ghalib Shiraz |Dhalla}}
|The Two Krishnas | rowspan="4" |Finalist | |
| {{sortname|Katherine Scott |Nelson}}
|Have You Seen Me | |
| {{sortname|Alex |Sanchez|Alex Sanchez (author)}}
| |
| {{sortname|J.M. |Frey}}
|Triptych | |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |Bisexual Nonfiction |{{sortname|Jan |Steckel}} |The Horizontal Poet |Winner |
| {{sortname|Qwo-Li |Driskill,}} Daniel Heath Justice, Deborah Miranda, and Lisa Tatonetti (editors)
|Sovereign Erotics: A Collection of Two-Spirit Literature | rowspan="4" |Finalist | |
| {{sortname|Jonathan |Alexander|Jonathan Alexander (professor)}} and Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio (editors)
|Bisexuality and Queer Theory: Intersections, Connections and Challenges | |
| {{sortname|Susie |Bright}}
|Big Sex Little Death: A Memoir | |
| {{sortname|Ven |Rey}}
|Surviving Steven: A True Story | |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |2013 ! rowspan="5" |Bisexual Literature |{{sortname|Cheryl |Burke|Cheryl B}} |My Awesome Place: The Autobiography of Cheryl B |Winner | rowspan=2 |{{Cite web|date=2013-06-04|title=25th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced!|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2013/06/25th-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced/|access-date=2022-01-11|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108192318/https://lambdaliterary.org/2013/06/25th-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Yates|first=Ryan|date=2013-06-04|title=2013 Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced|url=https://www.autostraddle.com/2013-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced-179194/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-11|website=Autostraddle|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112001728/https://www.autostraddle.com/2013-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced-179194/}} |
| style="background:lightyellow"
|{{sortname|John |Irving}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Janet W. |Hardy}}
|Girlfag: A Life Told In Sex and Musicals | rowspan="3" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Richard |Mason|Richard Mason (novelist, born 1977)}}
|History of a Pleasure Seeker |
| {{sortname|Scotty-Miguel |Sandoe}}
|Axel Hooley’s Death Watch List |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="8" |2014 ! rowspan="5" |Bisexual Fiction |{{sortname|Susan |Choi}} |Winner |{{Cite web|date=2014-06-03|title=Winners of the 26th Annual Lambda Literary Awards Announced|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2014/06/winners-of-the-26th-annual-lambda-literary-awards-announced/|access-date=2022-01-11|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2021-09-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912131635/https://lambdaliterary.org/2014/06/winners-of-the-26th-annual-lambda-literary-awards-announced/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=bent|date=2014-06-03|title=Full List of 2014 Lambda Literary Award Winners|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2014/06/full-list-of-2014-lambda-literary-award-winners-214124/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-11|website=IndieWire|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112003115/https://www.indiewire.com/2014/06/full-list-of-2014-lambda-literary-award-winners-214124/}} |
| {{sortname|Mel |Bossa}}
|In His Secret Life | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Nicola |Griffith}} |
| {{sortname|David |Leavitt}} |
| {{sortname|Bushra |Rehman}}
|Corona |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="3" |Bisexual Nonfiction |{{sortname|Maria |San Filippo}} |The B Word: Bisexuality in Contemporary Film and Television |Winner |
| {{sortname|Clive |Davis}}
|The Soundtrack of My Life | rowspan="2" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Shiri |Eisner}}
|Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="8" |2015 ! rowspan="5" |Bisexual Fiction |{{sortname|Ana |Castillo}} |Give It to Me |Winner |
| {{sortname|Sheela |Lambert}} (editor)
|Best Bi Short Stories: Bisexual Fiction | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Ron J. |Suresha}}
|Extraordinary Adventures of Mullah Nasruddin |
| {{sortname|Susie |Hara}}
|Finder of Lost Objects |
| {{sortname|Vivek |Shraya}} |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="3" |Bisexual Nonfiction |{{sortname|Charles M.|Blow}} |Fire Shut Up In My Bones |Winner |
| {{sortname|Alan |Cumming}}
|Not My Father’s Son | rowspan="2" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Robyn |Ochs}} and H. Sharif Williams (editors)
|Recognize: The Voices of Bisexual Men |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |2016 ! rowspan="5" |Bisexual Literature |{{sortname|Emily |Bingham}} |Irrepressible: The Jazz Age Life of Henrietta Bingham | rowspan="2" |Winner (tie) | rowspan="2" |{{Cite web|date=2016-06-07|title=28th Annual Lammy Award Winners Announced|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2016/06/28th-annual-lammy-award-winners-announced/|access-date=2022-01-11|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108170932/https://lambdaliterary.org/2016/06/28th-annual-lammy-award-winners-announced/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Johns|first=Merryn|date=2016-07-05|title=2016 LAMMYS A Huge Success|url=https://www.curvemag.com/diversity-and-inclusion/lgbtqi-awards/2016-lammys-a-huge-success/|access-date=2022-01-11|website=CURVE|language=en-US|archive-date=2023-02-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221033523/https://www.curvemag.com/blog/lgbtqi-awards/2016-lammys-a-huge-success/|url-status=live}} |
| style="background:lightyellow"
|{{sortname|Anna |North}} |The Life and Death of Sophie Stark |
| {{sortname|Kevin |Hogan|Kevin Hogan (writer)}}
|My Riastrad | rowspan="3" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Zoe |Pilger}}
|Eat My Heart Out |
| {{sortname|Jeanette |Winterson}}
|The Gap of Time |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="8" |2017 ! rowspan="4" |Bisexual Fiction |{{sortname|Abigail |Child}} |Mouth to Mouth |Winner |
| {{sortname|Martin |Hyatt}}
|Beautiful Gravity | rowspan="3" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Alexis M. |Smith}}
|Marrow Island |
| {{sortname|Leopoldine |Core}}
|When Watched |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="4" |Bisexual Nonfiction |{{sortname|Ana |Castillo}} |Black Dove: Mamá, Mi’jo, and Me |Winner |
| {{sortname|Maria |Pallotta-Chiarolli}} and Sara Lubowitz
|Women in Relationships With Bisexual Men: Bi Men By Women | rowspan="3" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Elizabeth |Hall|Elizabeth Hall (writer)}}
|I Have Devoted My Life to the Clitoris |
| {{sortname|Ann |Tweedy}}
|The Body’s Alphabet |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="8" |2018 ! rowspan="5" |Bisexual Fiction |{{sortname|Barbara |Browning}} |The Gift |Winner |{{Cite web|date=2018-06-05|title=30th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2018/06/lambda-literary-award/|access-date=2022-01-11|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121230859/https://lambdaliterary.org/2018/06/lambda-literary-award/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Froemming-Carter|first=Rah|date=2018-06-05|title=2018 Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced|url=https://bookriot.com/2018-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced/|access-date=2022-01-11|website=BOOK RIOT|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320095230/https://bookriot.com/2018-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced/|url-status=live}} |
| {{sortname|Zoey Leigh |Peterson}}
|Next Year, for Sure | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Georgette |Gouveia}}
|The Penalty for Holding |
| {{sortname|Andrea |Lawlor}} |
| {{sortname|J.E. |Sumerau}}
|Homecoming Queens |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="3" |Bisexual Nonfiction |{{sortname|Roxane |Gay}} |Hunger |Winner |
| {{sortname|Julene |Tripp Weaver}}
|Truth Be Bold: Serenading Life & Death in the Age of AIDS | rowspan="2" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Monica |Meneghetti}}
|What the Mouth Wants |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="16" |2019 ! rowspan="8" |Bisexual Fiction |{{sortname|Négar |Djavadi}}, with Tina Kover (trans.) |Disoriental |Winner |
| {{sortname|Jennifer Natalya |Fink}}
|Bhopal Dance: A Novel | rowspan="7" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Nathan |Alling Long}}
|The Origin of Doubt: Fifty Short Fictions |
| {{sortname|Katrina |Carrasco}}
|The Best Bad Things: A Novel |
| {{sortname|Jude |Lucens}}
|Behind These Doors: Radical Proposals Book 1 |
| {{sortname|Emily |Strelow}}
|The Wild Birds |
| {{sortname|J.E. |Sumerau}}
|Palmetto Rose |
| {{sortname|Lilah |Suzanne}}
|Jilted |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="3" |Bisexual Nonfiction |{{sortname|Anthony |Moll}} |Out of Step: A Memoir |Winner |
| {{sortname|Julietta |Singh}}
|No Archive Will Restore You | rowspan="2" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Sophie Lucido |Johnson}}
|Many Love: A Memoir of Polyamory and Finding Love(s) |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |Bisexual Poetry |{{sortname|Duy |Doan}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|Fatimah |Asghar}}
|If They Come for Us | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Marcelo Hernandez |Castillo}}
|Cenzontle |
| {{sortname|Xemiyulu |Manibusan Tapepechul}}
|My Woman Card Is anti-Native & Other Two-Spirit Truths |
| {{sortname|Frances |Donovan|Frances Donovan (poet)}}
|Mad Quick Hand of the Seashore: Love Poems |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="19" |2020 ! rowspan="8" |Bisexual Fiction |{{sortname|Fiona Alison |Duncan}} |Exquisite Mariposa |Winner |{{Cite web|title=2020 Winners|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/2020-winners/|access-date=2022-01-11|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2022-02-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206094210/https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/2020-winners/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Aviles|first=Gwen|date=2020-06-01|title=Lambda Literary announces 25 winning books for annual Lammy Awards|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/select/nbc-out/best-lgbtq-books-lammy-awards-lambda-literary-ncna1215746|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-11|website=NBC News|language=en|archive-date=2022-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320095220/https://www.nbcnews.com/select/nbc-out/best-lgbtq-books-lammy-awards-lambda-literary-ncna1215746}}{{Cite magazine|last=Vanderhoof|first=Erin|date=2020-06-01|title=EXCLUSIVE: The Winners of the 32nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/06/lambda-literary-lammy-32nd-annual-award-winners|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-11|magazine=Vanity Fair|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610010109/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/06/lambda-literary-lammy-32nd-annual-award-winners}} |
| {{sortname|Alia |Trabucco Zerán}}, with Sophie Hughes (trans.)
|The Remainder | rowspan="7" |Finalist | rowspan="7" |{{Cite web|last=Yee|first=Katie|date=2020-03-10|title=Here are the finalists for the 2020 Lambda Literary Awards!|url=https://lithub.com/here-are-the-finalists-for-the-2020-lambda-literary-awards/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-11|website=Literary Hub|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-04-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401020435/https://lithub.com/here-are-the-finalists-for-the-2020-lambda-literary-awards/}}{{Cite web|last=Hart|first=Michelle|date=2020-03-10|title=Here are the Finalists For the 2020 Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/books/a31261320/lambda-literary-awards-finalists-2020/|access-date=2022-01-11|website=Oprah Daily|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-02-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215042913/https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/books/a31261320/lambda-literary-awards-finalists-2020/|url-status=live}} |
| {{sortname|Garrett |Leigh}}
|Jude |
| {{sortname|Deborah |Levy}}
|The Man Who Saw Everything |
| {{sortname|Jess |Taylor}}
|Just Pervs |
| {{sortname|Tomas |Moniz}}
|Big Familia |
| {{sortname|Carley |Moore}}
|The Not Wives |
| {{sortname|Zack |Smedley}} |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="3" |Bisexual Nonfiction |{{sortname|Trisha |Low}} |Socialist Realism |Winner |
| {{sortname|Janet W. |Hardy}}
|IMPERVIOUS: Confessions of a Semi-Retired Deviant | rowspan="2" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Victoria |Freeman}}
|A World Without Martha: A Memoir of Sisters, Disability, and Difference |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="8" |Bisexual Poetry |{{sortname|Stephanie |Young|Stephanie Young (poet)}} |Pet Sounds |Winner |
| {{sortname|Moina Pam |Dick}}
|Moira of Edges, Moira the Tart | rowspan="7" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Dorothy |Chan}}
|Revenge of the Asian Woman |
| {{sortname|Camonghne |Felix}}
|Build Yourself a Boat |
| {{sortname|Faylita |Hicks}}
|HoodWitch |
| {{sortname|Ariana |Reines}}
|A Sand Book |
| {{sortname|Cam |Scott}}
|ROMANS/SNOWMARE |
| {{sortname|mai c. |doan}}
|water/tongue |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="15" |2021 ! rowspan="5" |Bisexual Fiction |{{sortname|Zaina |Arafat}} |Winner |{{Cite web|last=Essen|first=Leah Rachel von|date=2021-06-02|title=Announcing the Winners of the 2021 Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://bookriot.com/2021-lambda-literary-awards/|access-date=2022-01-11|website=BOOK RIOT|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120084551/https://bookriot.com/2021-lambda-literary-awards/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=2021 Winners|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/2021-winners/|access-date=2022-01-11|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109013027/https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/2021-winners/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Qiao|first=Vicky|date=2020-06-02|title=Indigenous anthology Love After The End wins Lambda Literary Award|url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/indigenous-anthology-love-after-the-end-wins-lambda-literary-award-1.6050249|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-11|website=CBC Books|archive-date=2022-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320095219/https://www.cbc.ca/books/indigenous-anthology-love-after-the-end-wins-lambda-literary-award-1.6050249}} |
| {{sortname|Sulaiman |Addonia}}
| rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Talia |Hibbert}}
|Take a Hint, Dani Brown |
| {{sortname|Elisabeth |Thomas}}
|Catherine House |
| {{sortname|C Pam |Zhang}} |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |Bisexual Nonfiction |{{sortname|Samantha |Irby}} |Wow, No Thank You.: Essays |Winner |
| {{sortname|Alden |Jones}}
|The Wanting Was a Wilderness: Cheryl Strayed’s Wild and the Art of Memoir | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|Emma |Copley Eisenberg}}
|The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia |
| {{sortname|Shayla |Lawson}}
|This Is Major: Notes of Diana Ross, Dark Girls, and Being Dope |
| {{sortname|Natasha |Sajé}}
|Terroir: Love, Out of Place |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |Bisexual Poetry |{{sortname|Aricka |Foreman}} |Salt Body Shimmer |Winner |
| {{sortname|Jody |Chan}}
|sick | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|S*an D. |Henry-Smith}}
|Wild Peach |
| {{sortname|George |Abraham|George Abraham (poet)}}
|Birthright |
| {{sortname|Meghan |Privitello}}
|One God at a Time |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="15" |2022 ! rowspan="5" |Bisexual Fiction |{{Sortname|Alix|Ohlin}} |We Want What We Want |Winner |{{Cite web |last=Schaub |first=Michael |date=2022-06-13 |title=Lambda Literary Award Winners Are Revealed |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/lambda-literary-award-winners-are-revealed/ |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=Kirkus Reviews |language=en |archive-date=2022-06-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618035916/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/lambda-literary-award-winners-are-revealed/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Segal |first=Corinne |date=2022-06-13 |title=Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 Lambda Literary Awards! |url=https://lithub.com/congratulations-to-the-winners-of-the-2022-lambda-literary-awards/ |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=Literary Hub |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615235437/https://lithub.com/congratulations-to-the-winners-of-the-2022-lambda-literary-awards/ |url-status=live }} |
| {{Sortname|S. J.|Sindu}}
|Blue-Skinned Gods | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{Sortname|Melissa|Broder}}
|Milk Fed |
| {{Sortname|Tiphanie|Yanique}}
|Monster in the Middle |
| {{Sortname|Jen|Silverman}}
|We Play Ourselves |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |Bisexual Nonfiction |{{Sortname|Aisha Sabatini|Sloan}} |Borealis |Winner |
| {{Sortname|Hasanthika|Sirisena}}
|Dark Tourist: Essays | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{Sortname|Jen|Winston}}
|Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much |
| {{Sortname|Daisy|Hernández}}
|The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation’s Neglect of a Deadly Disease |
| {{Sortname|Courtney|Cook}}
|The Way She Feels: My Life on the Borderline in Pictures and Pieces |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |Bisexual Poetry |Gumbo Ya Ya |Winner |
| {{Sortname|Muriel|Leung}}
|Imagine Us, The Swarm | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{Sortname|CM|Burroughs}}
|Master Suffering |
| {{Sortname|Paige|Quiñones}}
|The Best Prey |
| {{Sortname|Jackie|Wang}} |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="15" |2023 ! rowspan="5" |Bisexual Fiction |Reluctant Immortals |Winner |{{Cite web |title=2023 Winners |url=https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/2023-winners/ |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=Lambda Literary |language=en |archive-date=2024-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525004753/https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/2023-winners/ |url-status=live }} |
| A. J. Bermudez
|Stories No One Hopes Are About Them | rowspan="4" |Finalist | rowspan="4" |{{Cite web |date=2023-03-15 |title=Current Finalists |url=https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/current-finalists/ |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=Lambda Literary Award |language=en |archive-date=2022-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613042400/https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/current-finalists/ |url-status=live }} |
| Akil Kumarasamy
|Meet Us by the Roaring Sea |
| {{Sortname|Bushra|Rehman}}
|Roses, In the Mouth of a Lion |
| {{Sortname|Nishant|Batsha}}
|Mother Ocean Father Nation |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |Bisexual Nonfiction |{{Sortname|Maria |San Filippo}} |Appropriate Behavior |Winner |
| {{Sortname|John Brady|McDonald}}
|Carrying It Forward | rowspan="4" |Finalist | rowspan="4" |{{Cite web |last=Schaub |first=Michael |date=2023-03-15 |title=Lambda Literary Award Finalists Are Revealed |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/lambda-literary-award-finalists-are-revealed-1/ |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=Kirkus Reviews |language=en |archive-date=2023-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316021320/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/lambda-literary-award-finalists-are-revealed-1/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Upadhyaya |first=Kayla Kumari |date=2023-03-15 |title=Congratulations to the 2023 Lambda Literary Award Finalists! |url=https://www.autostraddle.com/congratulations-to-the-2023-lambda-literary-award-finalists/ |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=Autostraddle |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-03-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315193951/https://www.autostraddle.com/congratulations-to-the-2023-lambda-literary-award-finalists/ |url-status=live }} |
| {{Sortname|Liz|Scheier}}
|Never Simple |
| {{Sortname|Rachel|Krantz}}
|Open |
| {{Sortname|CJ|Hauser}}
|The Crane Wife |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |Bisexual Poetry |{{Sortname|Nicky|Beer}} |Real Phonies and Genuine Fakes |Winner |
| {{Sortname|Gabrielle Octavia |Rucker}}
|Dereliction | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{Sortname|James|Fujinami Moore}}
|indecent hours |
| {{Sortname|Karyna|McGlynn}}
|50 Things Kate Bush Taught Me About the Multiverse |
| {{Sortname|Rebecca|Hawkes}}
|Meat Lovers |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="15" |2024 ! rowspan="5" |Bisexual Fiction | {{Sortname|Ling Ling|Huang}} |Winner |{{Cite web |last=Sobhan |first=Athena |date=2024-06-12 |title=2024 Lambda Literary Awards - See the Complete List of Winners |url=https://people.com/2024-lambda-literary-awards-see-the-complete-list-of-winners-8662165 |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=People |language=en}} |
| {{Sortname|Ruth|Madievsky}}
| All-Night Pharmacy: A Novel | rowspan="4" |Finalist | rowspan="4" |{{cite web |date=2024-03-27 |title=Announcing the Finalists for the 36th Annual Lambda Literary Awards |url=https://www.them.us/story/lambda-literary-awards-2024-shortlist-announcement |access-date=2024-04-05 |work=them. |archive-date=2024-04-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405165014/https://www.them.us/story/lambda-literary-awards-2024-shortlist-announcement |url-status=live }} |
| {{Sortname|Jennifer Savran|Kelly}}
| Endpapers |
| {{Sortname|Sarah|James|dab=author}}
| Last Night at the Hollywood Canteen |
| {{Sortname|Haley|Jakobson}}
| Old Enough |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |Bisexual Non-fiction | {{Sortname|Myriam|Gurba}} | Creep: Accusations and Confessions |Winner |
| {{Sortname|Vaneet|Mehta}}
| Bisexual Men Exist: A Handbook for Bisexual, Pansexual and M-Spec Men | rowspan="4" | Finalist |
| {{Sortname|Zachary|Zane}}
| Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto |
| {{Sortname|Eden|Boudreau}}
| Crying Wolf |
| {{Sortname|Kawika|Guillermo}}
| Nimrods: a fake-punk self-hurt anti-memoir |
| style="background:lightyellow"
! rowspan="5" |Bisexual Poetry | {{Sortname|Danielle Cadena|Deulen}} | Desire Museum |Winner |
| {{Sortname|Mary Jo|Bang}}
| A Film in Which I Play Everyone | rowspan="4" | Finalist |
| {{Sortname|Sierra|DeMulder}}
| Ephemera |
| {{Sortname|Margaret|Ray|dab=poet}}
| Good Grief, the Ground |
| {{Sortname|Paul|Killebrew}}
| Impersonal Rainbow & The Bisexual Purge |