31st Annual Lambda Awards Winners
The Lambda Literary Foundation has announced the winners of the 31st Annual Lambda Literary Awards (the “Lammys”), celebrating “the best lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender books.” Titles of genre interest include:
LGBTQ SF/F/Horror
- WINNER: The Breath of the Sun, Isaac R. Fellman (Aqueduct)
- Metabolize, If Able, Clay AD (Monster House)
- In the Vanishers’ Palace, Aliette de Bodard (JABberwocky)
- Resilience, Fletcher DeLancey (Heartsome)
- 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)
Lesbian Fiction
- WINNER: The Tiger Flu, Larissa Lai (Arsenal Pulp)
- Sodom Road Exit, Amber Dawn (Arsenal Pulp)
- Two Moons, Krystal A. Smith (BLF)
Bisexual Fiction
- WINNER: Disoriental, Négar Djavadi (Europa Editions)
Lesbian Mystery
- WINNER: A Study in Honor, Claire O’Dell (HarperCollins)
- Alice Isn’t Dead, Joseph Fink (Harper Perennial)
- Gnarled Hollow, Charlotte Greene (Bold Strokes)
LGBTQ Children’s/Young Adult
- WINNER: Hurricane Child, Kheryn Callender (Scholastic)
- The Poet X, Elizabeth Acevedo (HarperTeen)
- Sawkill Girls, Claire Legrand (Katherine Tegen)
LGBTQ Erotica
- WINNER: Miles & Honesty in SCFSX!, Blue Delliquanti & Kazimir Lee (self-published)
- The Lurid Sea, Tom Cardamone (Bold Strokes)
The awards were 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 winners lists, see the Lambda Literary website.
While you are here, please take a moment to support Locus with a one-time or recurring donation. We rely on reader donations to keep the magazine and site going, and would like to keep the site paywall free, but WE NEED YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT to continue quality coverage of the science fiction and fantasy field.
