31st Annual Lambda Awards Finalists
The Lambda Literary Foundation has announced finalists for the 31st Annual Lambda Literary Awards (the “Lammys”), celebrating “the best lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender books.” Nominees of genre interest follow.
LGBTQ SF/F/Horror
- Metabolize, If Able, Clay AD (Monster House)
- In the Vanishers’ Palace, Aliette de Bodard (JABberwocky)
- Resilience, Fletcher DeLancey (Heartsome)
- The Breath of the Sun, Isaac R. Fellman (Aqueduct)
- The Barrow Will Send What it May, Margaret Killjoy (Tor.com Publishing)
- Witchmark, C.L. Polk (Tor.com Publishing)
- Forget the Sleepless Shores, Sonya Taaffe (Lethe)
- The Descent of Monsters, JY Yang (Tor.com Publishing)
LGBTQ Graphic Novels
- Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles, Mark Russell & Mike Feehan (DC)
- We’re Still Here: An All-Trans Comics Anthology, Jeanne Thornton & Tara Madison Avery, eds. (Stacked Deck)
- On a Sunbeam, Tillie Walden (First Second)
Lesbian Fiction
- Sodom Road Exit, Amber Dawn (Arsenal Pulp)
- The Tiger Flu, Larissa Lai (Arsenal Pulp)
- Two Moons, Krystal A. Smith (BLF)
Bisexual Fiction
- Disoriental, Négar Djavadi (Europa Editions)
Transgender Fiction
- Freshwater, Akwaeke Emezi (Grove)
- Invasions, Calvin Gimpelevich (Instar)
- Confessions of the Fox, Jordy Rosenberg (One World)
Lesbian Mystery
- Alice Isn’t Dead, Joseph Fink (Harper Perennial)
- Gnarled Hollow, Charlotte Greene (Bold Strokes)
- A Study in Honor, Claire O’Dell (HarperCollins)
Lesbian Romance
- The Talebearer, Sheri Lewis Wohl (Bold Strokes)
LGBTQ Anthology
- Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture, Roxane Gay, ed. (HarperCollins)
- Beyond II: The Queer Post-Apocalyptic & Urban Fantasy Comic Anthology, Taneka Stotts & Sfé R. Monster, eds. (Beyond)
LGBTQ Children’s/Young Adult
- The Poet X, Elizabeth Acevedo (HarperTeen)
- Hurricane Child, Kheryn Callender (Scholastic)
- Sawkill Girls, Claire Legrand (Katherine Tegen)
LGBTQ Erotica
- The Lurid Sea, Tom Cardamone (Bold Strokes)
- Miles & Honesty in SCFSX!, Blue Delliquanti & Kazimir Lee (self-published)
The awards will be presented at the 31st Annual Lambda Literary Awards Ceremony held June 3, 2019 at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts in New York City.
For more information, including complete finalists lists, see the Lambda Literary website.
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