Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Poetry
{{Short description|Annual literary award}}
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| sponsor = Lambda Literary Foundation
| date = Annual
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The Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Poetry is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation to a lesbian-themed book of poetry by a female writer. At the first two Lambda Literary Awards in 1989 and 1990, a single award for LGBT Poetry, irrespective of gender, was presented. Beginning with the 3rd Lambda Literary Awards in 1991, the poetry award was split into two separate awards for Lesbian Poetry and Gay Poetry, which have been presented continuously since then except at the 20th Lambda Literary Awards in 2008, when a merged LGBTQ poetry award was again presented for that year only.
Recipients
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! rowspan="5" |1991 |{{sortname|Marilyn|Hacker}} |Going Back to the River |Winner | | |
| {{sortname|Irena|Klepfisz}}
|A Few Words in the Mother Tongue | rowspan="4" |Finalist | | |
| {{sortname|S. Diane|Bogus}}
|Chant of the Women of Magdalena | | |
| {{sortname|Minnie Bruce|Pratt}}
|Crime Against Nature | | |
| {{sortname|Yvonne|Zipter}}
|Patience of Metal | | |
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! rowspan="5" |1992 |{{sortname|Adrienne|Rich}} |An Atlas of the Difficult World: Poems 1988-1991 |Winner | |
| {{sortname|Eloise|Klein Healy}}
|Artemis in Echo Park | rowspan="4" |Finalist | |
| {{sortname|Maureen|Seaton}}
|Fear of Subways | |
| {{sortname|Eileen|Myles}}
|Not Me | |
| {{sortname|Becky|Birtha}}
|The Forbidden Poems | |
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! rowspan="5" |1993 |{{sortname|Audre|Lorde}} |Undersong |Winner | |
| {{sortname|Nancy|Boutilier}}
|According to Her Contours | rowspan="4" |Finalist | |
| {{sortname|Terry|Wolverton}}
|Black Slip | |
| {{sortname|Lori|Anderson|nolink=1}}
|Cultivating Excess | |
| {{sortname|Diane|Stein}}
|Lady Sun, Lady Moon | |
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! rowspan="5" |1994 |{{sortname|Audre|Lorde}} |The Marvelous Arithmetics of Distance |Winner | |
| {{sortname|May|Sarton}}
|Collected Poems (1930-1993) | rowspan="4" |Finalist | |
| {{sortname|Cheryl|Clarke}}
|Experimental Love Poetry | |
| {{sortname|Kate|Rushin}}
|The Black Back-Ups | |
| {{sortname|Cherrie|Moraga}}
|The Last Generation | |
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! rowspan="5" |1995 |{{sortname|Marilyn|Hacker}} |Winter Numbers |Winner | |
| {{sortname|Sapphire | Sapphire (author)}}
|American Dreams | rowspan="4" |Finalist |
| {{sortname|June|Jordan}}
|Haruko/Love Poems | |
| {{sortname|Linda|Smukler}}
|Normal Sex | |
| {{sortname|Mary|Oliver}}
|White Pine | |
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! rowspan="5" |1996 |{{sortname|Adrienne|Rich}} |Dark Fields of the Republic |Winner | |
| {{sortname|Chrystos |
|Fire Power
| rowspan="4" |Finalist
|-
|{{sortname|Gerry|Gomez Pearlberg}}
|Key to Everything
|-
|{{sortname|Eileen|Myles}}
|Maxfield Parrish
|-
|{{sortname|Jewelle|Gomez}}
|Oral Tradition
|-style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! rowspan="5" |1997
|{{sortname|Robin|Becker}}
|All-American Girl
| rowspan="2" |Winner
|-style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
|{{sortname|Maureen|Seaton}}
|Furious Cooking
|-
|{{sortname|Clare|Coss}}
|Arc of Love
| rowspan="3" |Finalist
|-
|{{sortname|Linda|Smukler}}
|Home in Three Days. Don’t Wash.
|-
|{{sortname|Jeredith|Merrin}}
|Shift
|-style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! rowspan="5" |1998
|{{sortname|Joan|Larkin}}
|Cold River
| rowspan="2" |Winner
|-style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
|{{sortname|Eileen|Myles}}
|School of Fish
|-
|{{sortname|Pat|Califia}}
|Diesel Fuel
| rowspan="3" |Finalist
|-
|{{sortname|Emma|Donoghue}}
|Poems Between Women
|-
|{{sortname|Gerry|Gomez Pearlberg}}
|Queer Dog: Homo/Pup/Poetry
|-style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! rowspan="5" |1999
|{{sortname|Gerry|Gomez Pearlberg}}
|Marianne Faithfull's Cigarette
|Winner
|-
|{{sortname|Pamela|Sneed}}
|Imagine Being More Afraid of Freedom than Slavery
| rowspan="4" |Finalist
|-
|{{sortname|Beatrix|Gates}}
|In the Open
|-
|{{sortname|Letta|Neely}}
|Juba
|-
|{{sortname|Leslea|Newman}}
|The Little Butch Book
|-style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! rowspan="5" |2000
|{{sortname|Olga|Broumas}}
|Rave
|Winner
|-
|{{sortname|Brenda|Shaughnessy}}
|Interior With Sudden Joy
| rowspan="4" |Finalist
|-
|{{sortname|Adrienne|Rich}}
|Midnight Salvage
|-
|{{sortname|Rita|Wong}}
|Monkeypuzzle
|-
|{{sortname|Minnie Bruce|Pratt}}
|Walking Back Up Depot Street
|-style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! rowspan="5" |2001
|{{sortname|Elena|Georgiou}}
|Mercy Mercy Me
|Winner
|-
|{{sortname|Joy|Harjo}}
|A Map to the Next World
| rowspan="4" |Finalist
|-
|{{sortname|Nancy|Boutilier}}
|And on the Eighth Day Adam Slept Alone
|-
|{{sortname|Leslea|Newman}}
|Signs of Love
|-
|{{sortname|Robin|Becker}}
|The Horse Fair
|-style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! rowspan="5" |2002
|{{sortname|Adrienne|Rich}}
|Fox
|Winner
|-
|{{sortname|Letta|Neely}}
|Here
| rowspan="4" |Finalist
|-
|{{sortname|Gerry|Gomez Pearlberg}}
|Mr. Bluebird
|-
|{{sortname|Eileen|Myles}}
|Skies
|-
|{{sortname|Daphne|Gottlieb}}
|Why Things Burn
|-style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! rowspan="5" |2003
|{{sortname|Ellen|Bass}}
|Mules of Love
|Winner
|-
|{{sortname|C. C. |Carter}}
|Body Language
| rowspan="4" |Finalist
|-
|{{sortname|Eloise|Klein Healy}}
|Passing
|-
|{{sortname|Melanie|Braverman}}
|Red
|-
|{{sortname|Jenny|Factor}}
|Unraveling
|-style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! rowspan="5" |2004
|{{sortname|Minnie Bruce|Pratt}}
|The Dirt She Ate
|Winner
|-
|{{sortname|Terry|Wolverton}}
|Embers
| rowspan="4" |Finalist
|-
|{{sortname|Daphne|Gottlieb}}
|Final Girl
|-
|{{sortname|Susan|McCabe}}
|Swirl
|-
|{{sortname|Michelle|Tea}}
|The Beautiful
|-style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! rowspan="5" |2005
|{{sortname|Beverly|Burch}}
|Sweet to Burn
|Winner
|-
|{{sortname|Amy|King}}
|Antidotes for an Alibi
| rowspan="4" |Finalist
|-
|{{sortname|Carol|Guess}}
|Femme’s Dictionary
|-
|{{sortname|Adrienne|Rich}}
|The School Among the Ruins
|-
|{{sortname|Mary|Oliver}}
|Why I Wake Early
|-style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! rowspan="5" |2006
|{{sortname|June|Jordan}}
|Directed by Desire: Collected Poems
|Winner
|-
|{{sortname|Amber Flora|Thomas}}
|Eye of Water
| rowspan="4" |Finalist
|-
|{{sortname|Jackie|Kay}}
|Life Mask
|-
|{{sortname|Mary|Oliver}}
|New and Selected Poems, Volume II
|-
|{{sortname|Samiya|Bashir}}
|Where the Apple Falls
|-style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! rowspan="5" |2007
|{{sortname|Sina|Queyras}}
|Lemon Hound
|Winner
|-
|{{sortname|Cheryl|Clarke}}
|Days of Good Looks
| rowspan="4" |Finalist
|-
|{{sortname|Robin|Becker}}
|Domain of Perfect Affection
|-
|{{sortname|Juliet|Patterson}}
|The Truant Lover
|-
|{{sortname|Nathalie|Stephens}}
|Touch to Affliction
|-
!2008
| colspan="3" |No award presented
|{{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}}
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! rowspan="5" |2009
|{{sortname|Judy|Grahn}}
|love belongs to those who do the feeling
|Winner
|-
|{{sortname|Elizabeth|Bradfield}}
|Interpretive Work
| rowspan="4" |Finalist
|-
|{{sortname|Daphne|Gottlieb}}
|Kissing Dead Girls
|-
|{{sortname|Maureen N. |McLane}}
|Same Life
|-
|{{sortname|Nancy K. |Pearson}}
|Two Minutes of Light
|-style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! rowspan="5" |2010
|{{sortname|Stacie|Cassarino}}
|Zero at the Bone
|Winner
|-
|{{sortname|Kristin|Naca}}
|Bird Eating Bird
| rowspan="4" |Finalist
|-
|{{sortname|Samiya|Bashir}}
|Gospel: Poems
|-
|{{sortname|Marilyn|Hacker}}
|Names
|-
|{{sortname|Ana|Božičević}}
|Stars of the Night Commute
|-style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! rowspan="5" |2011
|{{sortname|Anna|Swanson}}
|The Nights Also
|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}}
|-
|{{sortname|Elizabeth J. |Colen}}
|Money for Sunsets
| rowspan="4" |Finalist
|-
|{{sortname|Jen|Currin}}
|The Inquisition Yours
|-
|{{sortname|Eleanor|Lerman}}
|The Sensual World Re-Emerges
|-
|{{sortname|Laurie|MacFadyen}}
|White Shirt
|-style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! rowspan="5" |2012
|{{sortname|Leah Lakshmi|Piepzna-Samarasinha}}
|Love Cake
|Winner
|-
|{{sortname|Daphne|Gottlieb}}
|15 Ways to Stay Alive
| rowspan="4" |Finalist
|
|-
|{{sortname|Dawn|Lundy Martin}}
|Discipline
|
|-
|{{sortname|Julie R. |Enszer}} (ed.)
|Milk and Honey: A Celebration of Jewish Lesbian Poetry
|
|-
|{{sortname|Christina|Hutchins}}
|The Stranger Dissolves
|
|-style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! rowspan="5" |2013
|{{sortname|Etel|Adnan}}
|Sea and Fog
|Winner
|-
|{{sortname|Kathryn L. |Pringle}}
|fault tree
| rowspan="4" |Finalist
|-
|{{sortname|Julia|Bloch}}
|Letters to Kelly Clarkson
|-
|{{sortname|Eileen|Myles}}
|snowflake/different streets
|-
|{{sortname|Marty|McConnell}}
|wine for a shotgun
|-style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! rowspan="10" |2014
|{{sortname|Ana|Božičević}}
|Rise in the Fall
|Winner
|{{Cite news|title=Lambda Awards honor best lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender books|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2014/06/02/lambda-literary-awards/|access-date=2021-12-22|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=2022-09-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928092057/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2014/06/02/lambda-literary-awards/|url-status=live}}{{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=2022-01-21|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|Eloise|Klein Healy}}
|A Wild Surmise: New & Selected Poems & Recordings
| rowspan="9" |Finalist
| rowspan="9" |{{Cite web|last=Wiebe|first=Sheldon|date=2015-03-20|title=The Fifth Beatle Graphic Novel In Trade Paperback Coming This Fall!|url=https://eclipsemagazine.com/the-fifth-beatle-graphic-novel-in-trade-paperback-coming-this-fall/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-22|website=Eclipse Magazine|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-12-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222013642/https://eclipsemagazine.com/the-fifth-beatle-graphic-novel-in-trade-paperback-coming-this-fall/}}
|-
|{{sortname|Veronica|Reyes}}
|Chopper! Chopper! Poetry From Bordered Lives
|-
|{{sortname|Elizabeth Lindsey|Rogers}}
|Chord Box
|-
|{{sortname|R. Erica|Doyle}}
|Proxy
|-
|{{sortname|Kamilah Aisha|Moon}}
|She Has a Name
|-
|{{sortname|Ai||Ai (poet)}}
|The Collected Poems of Ai
|-
|{{sortname|Sophie|Cabot Black}}
|The Exchange
|-
|{{sortname|Suzanne|Parker}}
|Viral
|-
|{{sortname|Tamiko|Beyer}}
|-style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! rowspan="8" |2015
|{{sortname|Valerie|Wetlaufer}}
|Mysterious Acts by My People
|Winner
|{{Cite web|last=Kellogg|first=Carolyn|date=2015-06-02|title=Lambda Literary Awards laud best gay, lesbian and transgender books|url=https://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-lambda-literary-awards-20150602-story.html|access-date=2022-02-19|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-02-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217143157/https://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-lambda-literary-awards-20150602-story.html|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}}
|-
|{{sortname|Lenelle|Moïse}}
|Haiti Glass
| rowspan="7" |Finalist
|-
|{{sortname|Rachel|Zolf}}
|Janey’s Arcadia
|-
|{{sortname|Meg|Day}}
|Last Psalm at Sea Level
|-
|{{sortname|Ellen|Bass}}
|Like a Beggar
|-
|{{sortname|Sina|Queyras}}
|MxT
|-
|{{sortname|Megan|Volpert}}
|Only Ride
|-
|{{sortname|Susanna|Mishler}}
|Termination Dust
|-style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! rowspan="8" |2016
|{{sortname|Dawn|Lundy Martin}}
|Life in a Box is a Pretty Life
|Winner
|{{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=2022-02-19|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}}{{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}}
|-
|{{sortname|Claudia|Rodriguez}}
|Everybody’s Bread
| 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=www.out.com|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}}{{Cite web|title=Lambda Literary Awards Handed Out For Best LGBTQ Books Of 2015: FULL LIST - Towleroad Gay News|date=7 June 2016|url=https://www.towleroad.com/2016/06/best-gay-books/|access-date=2021-12-22|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-12-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222013643/https://www.towleroad.com/2016/06/best-gay-books/|url-status=live}}
|-
|{{sortname|Sara Jane|Stoner}}
|Experience in the Medium of Destruction
|-
|{{sortname|Margot|Douaihy}}
|Girls Like You
|-
|{{sortname|Jessica|Jacobs|nolink=1}}
|Pelvis with Distance
|-
|{{sortname|J. P. |Howard}}
|Say/Mirror: Poems and Histories
|-
|{{sortname|Stephanie|Gray}}
|Shorthand and Electric Language Stars
|-
|{{sortname|Melissa|Buzzeo}}
|The Devastation
|-style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! rowspan="8" |2017
|{{sortname|Pat|Parker}} (Julie R. Enszer, ed.)
|Complete Works of Pat Parker
| rowspan="2" |Winner
|-style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
|{{sortname|Francine J. |Harris}}
|play dead
|-
|{{sortname|Donika|Kelly}}
|Bestiary
| rowspan="6" |Finalist
|-
|{{sortname|Etel|Adnan}}
|Night
|-
|{{sortname|Stacy|Szymaszek}}
|Sinister Wisdom/A Midsummer Night’s Press Journal of Ugly Sites
|-
|{{sortname|Stephanie|Adams-Santos}}
|Swarm Queen’s Crown
|-
|{{sortname|Vi Khi|Nao}}
|The Old Philosopher
|-
|{{sortname|Arisa|White}}
|You’re the Most Beautiful Thing That Happened
|-style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! rowspan="8" |2018
|{{sortname|Rosamond S. |King}}
|Rock |
|Winner
|{{Cite web|date=2018-06-05|title=Lambda Literary awardees include Carmen Maria Machado, John Rechy, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor|url=https://www.windycitytimes.com/lgbt/Lambda-Literary-awardees-include-Carmen-Maria-Machado-John-Rechy-Keeanga-Yamahtta-Taylor/63080.html|access-date=2022-02-19|website=Windy City Times|archive-date=2022-02-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204151803/https://www.windycitytimes.com/lgbt/Lambda-Literary-awardees-include-Carmen-Maria-Machado-John-Rechy-Keeanga-Yamahtta-Taylor/63080.html|url-status=live}}{{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|Constance|Merritt}}
|Blind Girl Grunt
| rowspan="7" |Finalist
|-
|{{sortname|Sarah|Pinder}}
|Common Place
|-
|{{sortname|Dawn|Lundy Martin}}
|Good Stock Strange Blood
|-
|{{sortname|Ana-Maurine|Lara}}
|Kohnjehr Woman
|-
|{{sortname|Sina|Queyras}}
|My Ariel
|-
|{{sortname|Ife-Chudeni A. |Oputa}}
|Rummage
|-
|{{sortname|Jen|Bervin}}
|Silk Poems
|-style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! rowspan="8" |2019
|{{sortname|Nina|Puro}}
|Each Tree Could Hold a Noose or a House
|Winner
|{{Cite web|date=2019-06-04|title=31st Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2019/06/lambda-literary-awards-31st-winners/|access-date=2022-01-11|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2021-11-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122004938/https://lambdaliterary.org/2019/06/lambda-literary-awards-31st-winners/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Best 24 LGBTQ books of 2019, according to Lambda Literary|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/select/nbc-out/best-lgbtq-books-ncna1101511|access-date=2021-12-22|website=NBC News|date=15 December 2019 |language=en|archive-date=2021-12-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222013642/https://www.nbcnews.com/select/nbc-out/best-lgbtq-books-ncna1101511|url-status=live}}
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|{{sortname|Emilia|Nielsen}}
|Body Work
| rowspan="7" |Finalist
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|{{sortname|Eileen|Myles}}
|Evolution
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|{{sortname|Marylyn|Tan}}
|Gaze Back
|-
|{{sortname|T.|Liem}}
|Obits.
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|{{sortname|Kristin|Chang}}
|Past Lives
|-
|{{sortname|Etel|Adnan}}
|Surge
|-
|{{sortname|Jane|Miller}}
|Who Is Trixie the Trasher? And Other Questions
|-style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! rowspan="8" |2020
|{{sortname|t'ai freedom|ford}}
|& more black
|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=2022-02-19|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=2022-01-11|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}}
|-
|{{sortname|Rocío|Carlos}}
|(the other house)
| 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|Shira|Erlichman}}
|Odes to Lithium
|-
|{{sortname|Sharanpal|Ruprai}}
|Pressure Cooker Love Bomb
|-
|{{sortname|Franny|Choi}}
|Soft Science
|-
|{{sortname|Etel|Adnan}}
|Time
|-
|{{sortname|Lee Ann|Roripaugh}}
|tsunami vs. the fukushima 50
|-
|{{sortname|Gala|Mukomolova}}
|Without Protection
|-style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! rowspan="5" |2021
|{{sortname|Pamela|Sneed}}
|Funeral Diva
|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|Kimberly|Alidio}}
|: once teeth bones coral :
| rowspan="4" |Finalist
|-
|{{sortname|Roya|Marsh}}
|dayliGht
|-
|{{sortname|Sarah M. |Sala}}
|Devil’s Lake
|-
|{{sortname|Mary Jean|Chan}}
|Flèche
|-style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! rowspan="5" |2022
|{{Sortname|Tamiko|Beyer}}
|Winner
|-
|{{Sortname|Rosamond S.|King}}
|All the Rage
| rowspan="4" |Finalist
|-
|{{Sortname|Grace|Lau}}
|The Language We Were Never Taught to Speak
|-
|{{Sortname|Donika|Kelly}}
|The Renunciations: Poems
|-
|{{Sortname|Arisa|White}}
|Who’s Your Daddy
|-style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! rowspan="5" |2023
|{{Sortname|Shelley|Wong}}
|As She Appears
|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 }}
|-
|{{Sortname|Natalie|Wee}}
|Beast at Every Threshold
| rowspan="4" |Finalist
|-
|{{Sortname|Courtney Faye|Taylor}}
|Concentrate
|-
|{{Sortname|Brynne|Rebele-Henry}}
|Prelude
|-
|{{Sortname|Rage|Hezekiah}}
|Yearn
|-style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
! rowspan="5" |2024
| {{Sortname|Kimberly|Alidio}}
| Teeter
|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 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615095824/https://people.com/2024-lambda-literary-awards-see-the-complete-list-of-winners-8662165 |archive-date=June 15, 2024 |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=People |language=en}}
|-
| {{Sortname|Alyse|Knorr}}
| Ardor
| rowspan="4" | Finalist
| rowspan="4" | {{cite web |url=https://www.them.us/story/lambda-literary-awards-2024-shortlist-announcement |title=Announcing the Finalists for the 36th Annual Lambda Literary Awards |work=them. |date=2024-03-27 |access-date=2024-04-05 |archive-date=April 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405165014/https://www.them.us/story/lambda-literary-awards-2024-shortlist-announcement |url-status=live }}
|-
| {{Sortname|Brionne|Janae}}
| Because You Were Mine
|-
| {{Sortname|Maggie|Millner}}
| Couplets
|-
| {{Sortname|Stephanie|Adams-Santos}}
| Dream of Xibalba
|}
References
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External links
{{Portal|LGBTQ|Literature}}
- {{Official|http://www.lambdaliterary.org}}
{{Lambda Literary Awards}}
Category:American poetry awards
Category:Lists of LGBTQ-related award winners and nominees