35th Annual Lambda Awards Finalists

The Lambda Literary Foundation has announced finalists for the 35th Annual Lambda Literary Awards (the “Lammys”), celebrating “the best lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender books.” Nominees of genre interest follow.

LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction

  • The Book Eaters, Sunyi Dean (Tor)
  • The Paradox Hotel, Rob Hart (Ballantine)
  • The Wicked and the Willing,  Lianyu Tan (Shattered Scepter)
  • Into the Riverlands, Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)
  • The Circus Infinite, Khan Wong
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34th Annual Lambda Awards Winners

The Lambda Literary Foundation has announced winners for the 34th Annual Lambda Literary Awards (the “Lammys”), celebrating “the best lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender books.”

No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull (Blackstone) won in the LGBTQ Speculative Fiction category. Several titles of genre interest were among the finalists in various categories.

For more information, including complete winners list, see the Lambda Literary website.

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34th Annual Lambda Awards Finalists

The Lambda Literary Foundation has announced finalists for the 34th Annual Lambda Literary Awards (the “Lammys”), celebrating “the best lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender books.” Nominees of genre interest follow.

Bisexual Fiction

  • Blue-Skinned Gods, SJ Sindu (Soho)

Gay Fiction

  • My Good Son, Yang Huang (University of New Orleans)

Lesbian Fiction

  • How to Wrestle a Girl, Venita Blackburn (MCDxFSG)
  • Matrix, Lauren Groff (Riverhead)

Transgender Fiction

  • Detransition, Baby
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33rd Annual Lambda Awards Finalists

The Lambda Literary Foundation has announced finalists for the 33rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards (the “Lammys”), celebrating “the best lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender books.” Nominees of genre interest follow.

LGBTQ SF/F/Horror

  • The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water, Zen Cho (Tordotcom)
  • Everyone on the Moon Is Essential Personnel, Julian K. Jarboe (Lethe)
  • Subcutanean, Aaron A. Reed (self-published)
  • Black Sun, Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga)
  • The
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32nd Annual Lambda Awards Winners

The Lambda Literary Foundation has announced the winners of the 32nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards (the “Lammys”), celebrating “the best lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender books.” Titles of genre interest follow.

LGBTQ SF/F/Horror

  • WINNER: The Deep, Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson & Jonathan Snipes (Saga)
  • Stories to Sing in the Dark, Matthew Bright (Lethe)
  • The Rampant, Julie C. Day (Aqueduct)
  • A Spectral Hue, Craig Laurance
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32nd Annual Lambda Awards Finalists

The Lambda Literary Foundation has announced finalists for the 32nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards (the “Lammys”), celebrating “the best lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender books.” Nominees of genre interest follow.

LGBTQ SF/F/Horror

  • Stories to Sing in the Dark, Matthew Bright (Lethe)
  • The Rampant, Julie C. Day (Aqueduct)
  • A Spectral Hue, Craig Laurance Gidney (Word Horde)
  • Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Marlon James (Riverhead)
  • False Bingo, Jac
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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
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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
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30th Annual Lambda Awards Winners

The Lambda Literary Foundation has announced the winners of the 30th Annual Lambda Literary Awards (the “Lammys”), celebrating “achievement in LGBTQ writing for books published in 2017.” Winners of genre interest follow.

LGBTQ SF/F/Horror

  • WINNER: Autonomous, Annalee Newitz (Tor)
  • Amberlough, Lara Elena Donnelly (Tor)
  • The Lost Daughter Collective, Lindsey Drager (DZANC)
  • The Prey of Gods, Nicky Drayden (Harper Voyager)
  • Night Visitors, Owen Keehnen (OutTales)
  • An
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30th Annual Lambda Awards Finalists

The Lambda Literary Foundation has announced finalists for the 30th Annual Lambda Literary Awards (the “Lammys”), celebrating “achievement in LGBTQ writing for books published in 2017.” Nominees of genre interest follow.

LGBTQ SF/F/Horror

  • Amberlough, Lara Elena Donnelly (Tor)
  • The Lost Daughter Collective, Lindsey Drager (DZANC)
  • The Prey of Gods, Nicky Drayden (Harper Voyager)
  • Night Visitors, Owen Keehnen (OutTales)
  • Autonomous, Annalee Newitz (Tor)
  • I Stole You
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29th Annual Lambda Awards Winners

The Lambda Literary Foundation announced winners for the 29th Annual Lambda Literary Awards (the “Lammys”), celebrating excellence in LGBT literature in a wide variety of categories, including some of genre interest.

LGBT SF/F/Horror

  • The Devourers, Indra Das (Del Rey)
  • Lily, Michael Thomas Ford (Lethe)
  • Will Do Magic for Small Change, Andrea Hairston (Aqueduct)
  • All Good Children, Dayna Ingram (Lethe)
  • Irish Black, David Lennon (Blue Spike)
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29th Annual Lambda Awards Finalists

The Lambda Literary Foundation announced finalists for the 29th Annual Lambda Literary Awards (the “Lammys”), celebrating excellence in LGBTQ literature in a wide variety of categories. Nominees of genre interest follow.

LGBTQ SF/F/Horror

  • The Devourers, Indra Das (Del Rey)
  • Lily, Michael Thomas Ford (Lethe)
  • Will Do Magic for Small Change, Andrea Hairston (Aqueduct)
  • All Good Children, Dayna Ingram (Lethe)
  • Irish Black, David Lennon (Blue Spike)
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28th Annual Lambda Awards Winners

The Lambda Literary Foundation has announced winners of the 28th Annual Lambda Literary Awards, celebrating excellence in LGBT literature in a wide variety of categories, including SF:

SF/Fantasy/Horror

  • The Gracekeepers, Kirsty Logan (Crown)
  • Down, Ally Blue (Riptide)
  • The Caphenon, Fletcher DeLancey (Ylva)
  • The Boys on the Mountain, John Inman (DSP)
  • The Glittering World, Robert Levy (Gallery)
  • Wonder City Stories, Jude McLaughlin (self-published)
  • Minotaur,
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28th Annual Lambda Awards Finalists

The Lambda Literary Foundation has announced finalists for the 28th Annual Lambda Literary Awards, celebrating excellence in LGBT literature in a wide variety of categories. Nominees of genre interest follow.

SF/Fantasy/Horror

  • Down, Ally Blue (Riptide)
  • The Caphenon, Fletcher DeLancey (Ylva)
  • The Boys on the Mountain, John Inman (DSP)
  • The Glittering World, Robert Levy (Gallery)
  • The Gracekeepers, Kirsty Logan (Crown)
  • Wonder City Stories, Jude McLaughlin
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Lambda Awards Winners

The Lambda Literary Foundation has announced winners of the 27th Annual Lambda Literary Awards, celebrating excellence in LGBT literature in a wide variety of categories, including SF:

SF/Fantasy/Horror

  • Bitter Waters, Chaz Brenchley (Lethe)
  • FutureDyke, Lea Daley (Bella)
  • Child of a Hidden Sea, A. M. Dellamonica (Tor)
  • Skin Deep Magic, Craig Laurance Gidney (Rebel Satori)
  • Full Fathom Five, Max Gladstone (Tor)
  • Afterparty, Daryl Gregory (Tor)
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27th Annual Lambda Awards Finalists

The Lambda Literary Foundation has announced the shortlist for the 27th Annual Lambda Literary Awards, celebrating excellence in LGBT literature in a wide variety of categories.

SF/Fantasy/Horror

  • Bitter Waters, Chaz Brenchley (Lethe)
  • FutureDyke, Lea Daley (Bella)
  • Child of a Hidden Sea, A. M. Dellamonica (Tor)
  • Skin Deep Magic, Craig Laurance Gidney (Rebel Satori)
  • Full Fathom Five, Max Gladstone (Tor)
  • Afterparty, Daryl Gregory (Tor)
  • Butcher’s
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Lambda Awards Finalists

The Lambda Literary Foundation has announced the shortlist for the 26th Annual Lambda Literary Awards, celebrating excellence in LGBT literature in a wide variety of categories, including SF:

SF/Fantasy/Horror

  • Dust Devil on a Quiet Street, Richard Bowes (Lethe)
  • Light, Nathan Burgoine (Bold Strokes Books)
  • Dragon SlayerIsabella Carter (Less Than Three)
  • Hell’s BelleMarie Castle (Bella)
  • Invisible Soft Return :\Roberta Degnore (Digital Fabulists)
  • Deprivation;
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25th Annual Lambda Awards Winners

The Lambda Literary Foundation has announced the winners for the 25th Annual Lambda Literary Awards, celebrating excellence in LGBT literature in a wide variety of categories, including SF:

SF/Fantasy/Horror

  • Green Thumb, Tom Cardamone (Lethe)
  • The Survivors, Sean Eads (Lethe)
  • Night Shadows: Queer Horror, Greg Herren & J.M. Redmann, eds. (Bold Strokes)
  • Chocolatiers of the High Winds: A Gay Steampunk Romance, H.B. Kurtzwilde (Clasp)
  • Beyond Binary: Genderqueer
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Lambda Awards Finalists

The Lambda Literary Foundation has announced the shortlist for the 25th Annual Lambda Literary Awards, celebrating excellence in LGBT literature in a wide variety of categories, including SF:

SF/Fantasy/Horror

  • Green Thumb, Tom Cardamone (Lethe)
  • The Survivors, Sean Eads (Lethe)
  • Night Shadows: Queer Horror, Greg Herren & J.M. Redmann, eds. (Bold Strokes)
  • Chocolatiers of the High Winds: A Gay Steampunk Romance, H.B. Kurtzwilde (Clasp)
  • Beyond Binary: Genderqueer
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2012 Lambda Awards SF/F/H Shortlist

The Lambda Literary Foundation has announced the shortlist for the 24th Annual Lambda Literary Awards, celebrating excellence in LGBT literature in a wide variety of categories, including SF:

SF/Fantasy/Horror

  • The German, Lee Thomas (Lethe)
  • Paradise Tales: and Other Stories, Geoff Ryman (Small Beer)
  • Static, L.A. Witt & Amber Allure (Amber Quill Press)
  • Steam-powered: Lesbian Steampunk Stories, JoSelle Vanderhooft, ed. (Torquere)
  • Triptych, J.M. Frey (Dragon Moon)
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2011 Lambda Awards SF/F/H Shortlist

The Lambda Literary Foundation has announced the shortlist for the 23rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards, celebrating excellence in LGBT literature.

SF/Fantasy/Horror

  • Diana Comet and Other Improbable Stories, Sandra MacDonald (Lethe)
  • Disturbed by Her Song, Tanith Lee (Lethe)
  • Flowers of Edo: A Ghost Story, Nene Adams (Black Car)
  • Wilde Stories 2010: The Year’s Best Gay Speculative Fiction, Steve Berman, ed. (Lethe)
  • Wolfsbane Winter, Jane Fletcher (Bold
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Lambda Literary Special Awards

The Lambda Literary Foundation has announced the recipients of its Trustee and Visionary awards.

Roxanne Gay received the Trustee award, given to “a distinguished individual who, through their literary work, has made a considerable contribution to a wider awareness and understanding of the lives of LGBT people.”

Edmund White received the Visionary award, given to “individuals who have broken new ground in the field of LGBT literature and publishing.”

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24th Annual Lambda Literary Awards Announced

The 24th Annual Lambda Literary Awards winners were announced on June 4, 2012 at a gala ceremony in New York City. Honoring excellence in LGBT literature, the awards were presented in 24 categories, including LGBT SF/Fantasy/Horror, an honor that went to The German, by Lee Thomas (Lethe Press). A full listing of the awards and recipients appears on the Lambda Awards site. ...Read More

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Wagner Wins Lambda Visionary Award

The Lambda Literary Board of Trustees has awarded the 2020 Visionary Award to playwright and author Jane Wagner. The Visionary Award “honors those who, through their achievements and passionate commitment, have contributed to the LGBTQ literary community in significant and tangible ways.” Wagner’s work of genre interest includes The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (1986).

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26th Annual Lambda Award Winners

The Lambda Literary Foundation has announced the winners for the 26th Annual Lambda Literary Awards, celebrating excellence in LGBT literature in a wide variety of categories, including SF:

SF/Fantasy/Horror

  • Death by SilverMelissa Scott & Amy Griswold (Lethe)
  • Dust Devil on a Quiet Street, Richard Bowes (Lethe)
  • Light, Nathan Burgoine (Bold Strokes Books)
  • Dragon SlayerIsabella Carter (Less Than Three)
  • Hell’s BelleMarie Castle (Bella)
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Issue 747 Table of Contents, April 2023

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Issue 735 Table of Contents, April 2022

The April 2022 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Tim Pratt and Premee Mohamed and spotlights on artist Odera Igbokwe and the Analog Award for Emerging Black Voices, plus the 2021 US and UK Year in Review book summaries. News includes the 2021 Nebula Awards ballot, the Stoker Awards final ballot, SFWA’s name change, a school renamed for Octavia E. Butler, Liz Gorinsky’s departure from Erewhon, Sanderson Kickstarter successes, ...Read More

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Issue 726 Table of Contents, July 2021

The July 2021 issue of Locus has interviews with Christopher Brown and Cassandra Khaw. Winners of the 2021 Locus Awards, 2020 Nebula Awards, and 2020 Bram Stoker Awards are announced. The SFWA Nebula Conference and StokerCon are covered with full reports and photos. Additional coverage includes Pulitzer and Carnegie Medal news, changes at Fireside and Strange Horizons, the Bloomsbury acquisition of Head of Zeus, SFSFC’s ...Read More

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Issue 723 Table of Contents, April 2021

The April 2021 issue of Locus magazine has interviews with Ursula Vernon and Isabel Yap. News includes the 2020 Nebula Awards ballot, Nghi Vo’s Crawford win, the British Fantasy Awards winners, Weisskopf’s removal as DisCon III GoH, C.J. Cherryh’s Heinlein Award win, the 2020 British Book Summary, an SF in India report, and much more. The column by Kameron Hurley is entitled “Plotting the Way Forward”. Norton ...Read More

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Issue 714 Table of Contents, July 2020

The July 2020 issue of Locus has interviews with Steven Erikson and Veronica Roth. The 2020 Locus Awards winners and 2019 Nebula Awards winners are announced. Additional awards news covers the Asimov’s Readers’ Awards and Analog Anlab Awards, Lambda, and Greenaway winners, the Sturgeon Memorial and Shirley Jackson nominees, and more. Also covered: full reports on the 2020 SFWA Nebula Conference, WisCon 44, SF in ...Read More

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Rivers Solomon: Into the Deep

Rivers Solomon was born in 1989 and grew up in California, Indiana, Texas, and New York. They attended Stanford University, gradu­ating with a degree in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, and earned a MFA at the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin.

Debut novel An Unkindness of Ghosts was a fi­nalist for Gaylactic Spectrum and Lambda Awards, and was selected for the James Tiptree, ...Read More

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