Lambda Literary Award for Gay Romance

|+ Lambda Literary Award for Gay Romance winners and finalists

! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Author

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Result

! scope="col" | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

! rowspan="5" |2007

|{{sortname|Rob|Byrnes}}

|When the Stars Come Out

|Winner

|{{cite web|last=Gonzalez Cerna|first=Antonio|date=2006-04-30|title=19th Annual Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://www.lambdaliterary.org/2006/04/lambda-literary-awards-2006-2/|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|accessdate=2022-02-15|archive-date=2020-08-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809234519/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/2006/04/lambda-literary-awards-2006-2/|url-status=live}}

|Going Down in La-La Land

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

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|Someone Like You

|Surf ‘N Turf

|Two Boys in Love

! rowspan="5" |2008

|{{sortname|Michael Thomas|Ford}}

|Changing Tides

|Winner

|{{cite web|last=Gonzalez Cerna|first=Antonio|date=2007-04-30|title=20th Annual Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://www.lambdaliterary.org/2007/04/lambda-literary-awards-2007-2/|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|accessdate=2022-02-15|archive-date=2019-05-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522010244/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/winners-finalists/04/30/lambda-literary-awards-2007-2/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=2008-06-08|title=2008 Lambda Award Winners Announced|url=https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/editorial-818/2008-Lambda-Award-Winners-Announced|access-date=2022-02-16|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|url-status=live}}

|A Few Hints and Clews

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

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|A Secret Edge

|Broadway Nights

|Right Side of the Wrong Bed

! rowspan="3" |2009

|{{sortname|Larry|Duplechan}}

|Got ’til it’s Gone

|Winner

|{{cite web|last=Gonzalez Cerna|first=Antonio|date=2010-02-18|title=21st Annual Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://www.lambdaliterary.org/2010/02/lambda-literary-awards-2008-2/|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|accessdate=25 September 2020|archive-date=2020-01-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200105091101/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/winners-finalists/02/18/lambda-literary-awards-2008-2/|url-status=live}}

|Mexican Heat

| rowspan="2" |Finalist

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|The Protector

! rowspan="5" |2010

|{{sortname|Frank Anthony|Polito}}

|Drama Queers!

|Winner

|{{cite web|last=Valenzuela|first=Tony|date=2010-05-10|title=22nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://www.lambdaliterary.org/2010/05/2010-awards-finalists-winners/|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|accessdate=2022-02-15|archive-date=2022-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320095341/https://lambdaliterary.org/2010/05/2010-awards-finalists-winners/|url-status=live}}

|A Keen Edge

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

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|The Rest of Our Lives

|Time After Time

|Transgressions

! rowspan="3" |2011

|{{sortname|Erik|Orrantia}}

|Normal Miguel

|Winner

|{{Cite web|last=Lee|first=Stephan|date=2011-05-27|title=Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://ew.com/article/2011/05/27/lambda-literary-awards/|access-date=2022-02-04|website=EW.com|language=en|archive-date=2022-02-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204151803/https://ew.com/article/2011/05/27/lambda-literary-awards/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=2011-05-27|title=23rd Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2011/05/23rd-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners/|access-date=2022-01-12|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123125313/https://lambdaliterary.org/2011/05/23rd-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners/|url-status=live}}

|The Road Home

| rowspan="2" |Finalist

| rowspan="2" |{{cite web|last=Johnson|first=William|date=2011-06-27|title=23rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://www.lambdaliterary.org/2011/06/22nd-annual-lambda-literary-awards/|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|accessdate=2022-02-15|archive-date=2018-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402101332/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/winners-finalists/06/27/22nd-annual-lambda-literary-awards/|url-status=live}}

|Three Wrong Turns in the Desert

! rowspan="4" |2012

|{{sortname|Jim|Provenzano}}

|Every Time I Think of You

|Winner

|{{cite web|date=2012-06-05|title=24th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced in New York|url=https://www.lambdaliterary.org/2012/06/24th-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced-in-new-york/|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|accessdate=2022-02-15|archive-date=2018-11-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118161014/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/06/05/24th-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced-in-new-york/|url-status=live}}

|Something Like Summer

| rowspan="3" |Finalist

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|Split

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|Tinseltown

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! rowspan="5" |2013

|{{sortname|Jay|Bell|Jay Bell (writer)}}

|Kamikaze Boys

|Winner

|{{cite web|date=2013-06-04|title=25th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced!|url=https://www.lambdaliterary.org/2013/06/25th-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced/|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|accessdate=2022-02-15|archive-date=2022-01-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125022209/https://lambdaliterary.org/2013/06/25th-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced/|url-status=live}}

|Don’t Let Me Go

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

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|The Celestial

|The Nothingness of Ben

|Toughskins

! rowspan="10" |2014

|{{sortname|TJ|Klune}}

|Into This River I Drown

|Winner

|{{cite web|date=2014-06-03|title=Winners of the 26th Annual Lambda Literary Awards Announced|url=https://www.lambdaliterary.org/2014/06/winners-of-the-26th-annual-lambda-literary-awards-announced/|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|accessdate=2022-02-15|archive-date=2022-01-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123112616/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/|access-date=2022-02-16|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/|url-status=live}}

|Covet Thy Neighbor

| rowspan="9" |Finalist

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|Glitterland

|King Mai

|My Dear Watson

|Pickup Men

|Play Me, I’m Yours

|Rocky’s Road

|Unbroken

|Where You Are

! rowspan="7" |2015

|{{sortname|Jeff|Mann}}

|Salvation: A Novel of the Civil War

|Winner

|{{cite web|date=2015-06-02|title=27th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced!|url=https://www.lambdaliterary.org/2015/06/27th-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners/|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|accessdate=2022-02-15|archive-date=2022-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211221732/https://lambdaliterary.org/2015/06/27th-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Bennett|first=Karma|date=2015-06-04|title=Lambda Literary Award 2015 Winners Announced|url=https://www.alibris.com/blog/lambda-literary-award-2015-winners-announced/?doing_wp_cron=1644979749.1168560981750488281250|access-date=2022-02-16|website=Alibris|archive-date=2022-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216025835/https://www.alibris.com/blog/lambda-literary-award-2015-winners-announced/?doing_wp_cron=1644979749.1168560981750488281250|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Thrasher|first=Steven W|date=2015-06-02|title=John Waters receives 'crown of queer royalty' at 27th Lambda literary awards|url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jun/02/lambda-literary-awards-lgbt-literature-john-waters|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-24|website=the Guardian|language=en|archive-date=2021-12-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222013644/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jun/02/lambda-literary-awards-lgbt-literature-john-waters}}

|Everything’s Coming Up Roses: Four Tales of M/M Romance

| rowspan="6" |Finalist

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|Foolish Hearts: New Gay Fiction

|Like They Always Been Free

|Message of Love

|The Companion

|The Passion of Sergius & Bacchus, A Novel of Truth

! rowspan="8" |2016

|{{sortname|Debbie|McGowan}}

|When Skies Have Fallen

|Winner

|{{cite web|date=2016-06-07|title=28th Annual Lammy Award Winners Announced|url=https://www.lambdaliterary.org/2016/06/28th-annual-lammy-award-winners-announced/|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|accessdate=2022-02-15|archive-date=2022-01-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120191853/https://lambdaliterary.org/2016/06/28th-annual-lammy-award-winners-announced/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=King|first=Anna|date=2016-06-07|title=The Lambda Literary Awards Crown the Best Queer Books of 2015|url=https://slate.com/human-interest/2016/06/lambda-literary-awards-the-best-lgbtq-books-of-2015.html|access-date=2022-02-04|website=Slate Magazine|language=en|archive-date=2022-02-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204151802/https://slate.com/human-interest/2016/06/lambda-literary-awards-the-best-lgbtq-books-of-2015.html|url-status=live}}

|Blueberry Boys

| rowspan="7" |Finalist

| rowspan="7" |{{Cite web|date=2016-03-08|title=Lambda Literary Awards Finalists Revealed: Carrie Brownstein, Hasan Namir, 'Fun Home' and Truman Capote Shortlisted|url=http://www.out.com/art-books/2016/3/08/lambda-literary-awards-finalists-revealed-carrie-brownstein-hasan-namir-truman|access-date=2022-01-11|website=Out Magazine|language=en|archive-date=2021-12-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208012803/https://www.out.com/art-books/2016/3/08/lambda-literary-awards-finalists-revealed-carrie-brownstein-hasan-namir-truman|url-status=live}}

|Brothers

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|For Real

|General Misconduct

|Misfits

|Something Like Stories, Volume One

|Yes

! rowspan="8" |2017

|{{sortname|Pene|Henson}}

|Into the Blue

|Winner

|{{cite web|date=2017-06-13|title=29th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced|url=https://www.lambdaliterary.org/2017/06/29th-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced/|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|accessdate=2022-02-15|archive-date=2022-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211044541/https://lambdaliterary.org/2017/06/29th-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Veron|first=Luis Damian|date=2017-06-14|title=29th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced: FULL LIST|url=https://www.towleroad.com/2017/06/lambda-literary-award-winners/|access-date=2022-02-16|website=Towleroad Gay News|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320095220/https://www.towleroad.com/2017/06/lambda-literary-award-winners/|url-status=live}}

|Adulting 101

| rowspan="7" |Finalist

| rowspan="7" |{{Cite web|date=2017-03-14|title=29th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists Announced|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2017/03/29th-annual-lambda-literary-award-finalists-announced/|access-date=2022-01-11|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2021-12-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230200700/https://lambdaliterary.org/2017/03/29th-annual-lambda-literary-award-finalists-announced/|url-status=live}}

|Caught Inside

|Country

|Femme

|Pansies

|Rank

|Rented Heart

! rowspan="8" |2018

|{{sortname|Laurie|Loft}}

|Love and Other Hot Beverages

|Winner

|{{cite web|date=2018-06-05|title=30th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced|url=https://www.lambdaliterary.org/2018/06/lambda-literary-award/|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|accessdate=2022-02-15|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=2022-02-16|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}}

|At the Corner of Rock Bottom & Nowhere

| rowspan="7" |Finalist

| rowspan="7" |{{Cite web|last=Boureau|first=Ella|date=2018-03-06|title=30th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists Announced|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2018/03/lambda-literary-award-finalists/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-11|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2020-03-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319061534/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/2018/03/lambda-literary-award-finalists/}}

|Come to The Oaks: The Story of Ben and Tobias

|Midlife Crisis

|Six Neckties

|Stealing Home

|Wild

|Working It

! rowspan="8" |2019

|{{sortname|S. C.|Wynne}}

|Crashing Upwards

|Winner

|{{cite web|date=2019-06-04|title=31st Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced|url=https://www.lambdaliterary.org/2019/06/lambda-literary-awards-31st-winners/|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|accessdate=2022-02-15|archive-date=2022-01-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120104031/https://lambdaliterary.org/2019/06/lambda-literary-awards-31st-winners/|url-status=live}}

|Detour

| rowspan="7" |Finalist

| rowspan="7" |{{Cite web|date=2019-03-07|title=31st Annual Lammy Finalists|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2019/03/31st-annual-lammy-finalists/|access-date=2022-02-16|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124171137/https://lambdaliterary.org/2019/03/31st-annual-lammy-finalists/|url-status=live}}

|Learn with Me

|No Luck

|Of Sunlight and Stardust

|Point of Contact

|The CEO’s Christmas Manny

|Undue Influence: A Persuasion Retelling

! rowspan="8" |2020

|{{sortname|James|Lovejoy}}

|Joseph Chapman: My Molly Life

|Winner

|{{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|access-date=2022-02-16|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|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=2020 Winners|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/2020-winners/|access-date=2022-02-16|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|access-date=2022-02-15|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|url-status=live}}

|Best Man

| rowspan="7" |Finalist

| rowspan="7" |{{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=2022-02-15|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}}{{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/|access-date=2022-02-16|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/|url-status=live}}

|Blue Umbrella Sky

|Code Name: Liberty

|Digging Deep

|Escaping Camp Roosevelt

|Kiss Me Again

|My Baby Chased Away the Blues

! rowspan="5" |2021

|{{sortname|Felice|Stevens}}

|The Ghost and Charlie Muir

|Winner

|{{Cite web|last=Warnock|first=Kathleen|date=2021-06-08|title=Writers Honored During Virtual Lambda Literary Awards Ceremony – Gay City News|url=https://gaycitynews.com/lambda-literary-awards-2021/|access-date=2022-02-15|website=Gay City News|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-03-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308000747/https://gaycitynews.com/lambda-literary-awards-2021/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|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=2022-02-16|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|last=Qiao|first=Vicky|date=2021-06-02|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|access-date=2022-02-16|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|url-status=live}}

|Finding Joy

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |{{Cite web|last=Anderson|first=Porter|date=2021-03-15|title=The US-Based Lambda Literary Awards Program Names Its 2021 Finalists|url=https://publishingperspectives.com/2021/03/the-us-based-lambda-literary-awards-program-names-its-2021-finalists/|access-date=2022-02-15|website=Publishing Perspectives|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101214334/https://publishingperspectives.com/2021/03/the-us-based-lambda-literary-awards-program-names-its-2021-finalists/|url-status=live}}

|Flower of Iowa

|Ink and Ice

|Two Rogues Make a Right

! rowspan="5" |2022

|{{Sortname|Larry|Benjamin}}

|Excellent Sons: A Love Story in Three Acts

|Winner

|{{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=2022-06-16 |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 }}

|Best of the Wrong Reasons

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |{{Cite web |title=Current Finalists |url=https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/current-finalists/ |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=Lambda Literary |language=en |archive-date=2022-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613042400/https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/current-finalists/ |url-status=live }}

|Dublin Bay

|Floridian Nights

|The Other Man

! rowspan="5" |2023

|{{Sortname|Kosoko|Jackson}}

|I’m So Not Over You

|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=May 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525004753/https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/2023-winners/ |url-status=live }}

|Forever After

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

| rowspan="4" |{{Cite web |title=Current Finalists |url=https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/current-finalists/ |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=Lambda Literary |language=en |archive-date=June 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613042400/https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/current-finalists/ |url-status=live }}

|Forever, Con Amor

|Just One Night

|Two Tribes

! rowspan="5" |2024

| {{Sortname|Cat|Sebastian}}

| We Could Be So Good

|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 |archive-date=June 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615095824/https://people.com/2024-lambda-literary-awards-see-the-complete-list-of-winners-8662165 |url-status=live }}

| Dionysus in Wisconsin

| rowspan="4" | Finalist

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