17th Lambda Literary Awards

2005 literary awards ceremony February 2025 The 17th Lambda Literary Awards were held in 2005 to honour works of LGBT literature published in 2004. Special awards CategoryWinnerIndependent Press Award Suspect Thoughts Press, Bella Books Nominees and winners CategoryWinnerNominated Anthologies/Fiction Edmund White and Donald Weise, eds., Fresh Men: New Voices in Gay FictionAngela Brown, Best Lesbian Love Stories 2004 Peter Burton, Serendipity: The Gay Times Book of New Stories Clint Catalyst and Michelle Tea, Pills, Thrills, Chills, and Heartache: Adventures in the First Person Lori L. Lake, The Milk of Human Kindness: Lesbian Authors Write About Mothers & Daughters Anthologies/Non-Fiction Greg Wharton and Ian Philips, eds., I Do/I Don't: Queers on MarriageMary Burger, Robert Glück, Camille Roy and Gail Scott, Biting the Error: Writers Explore Narrative Angela Brown, Mentsh: On Being Jewish and Queer Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, That’s Revolting!: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation Raphael Kadushin, Wonderlands Autobiography/Memoir Alison Smith, Name All the AnimalsJack Nichols, The Tomcat Chronicles Ron Nyswaner, Blue Days, Black Nights Mary Oliver, Long Life Michelle Tea, Rent Girl Biography Alexis De Veaux, Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre LordeDouglas Crase, Both: A Portrait in Two Parts John F. Galliher, Wayne H. Brekhus and David P. Keys, Laud Humphreys: Prophet of Homosexuality and Sociology Deborah Jowitt, Jerome Robbins Evelyn C. White, Alice Walker: A Life Children's/Young Adult Alex Sánchez, So Hard to SayJulie Anne Peters, Luna Sharon Dennis Wyeth, Orphea Proud Judy MacLean, Rosemary and Juliet David Levithan, The Realm of Possibility Drama Doug Wright, I Am My Own WifeDonald Reuter, Fabulous! David Gere, How to Make Dances in an Epidemic Sharon Bridgeforth, love conjure/blues Claude J. Summers, The Queer Encyclopedia of Music, Dance and Musical Theater Erotica Richard Labonté, Best Gay Erotica 2005Karin Kallmaker, All the Wrong Places Tristan Taormino, Best Lesbian Erotica 2005 Karin Kallmaker, Therese Syzmanski, Julia Watts and Barbara Johnson, Once Upon a Dyke Rachel Kramer Bussel and Stacy M. Bias, Up All Night: Adventures in Lesbian Sex Gay Debut Fiction Blair Mastbaum, Clay's WayDamian McNicholl, A Son Called Gabriel Aaron Krach, Half-Life Marc Acito, How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship, and Musical Theater Brian Leung, World Famous Love Acts Gay Fiction Colm Tóibín, The MasterTed Wojtasik, Collage Han Ong, The Disinherited Derek McCormack, The Haunted Hillbilly Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty Gay Mystery Anthony Bidulka, Flight of AquavitGreg Herren, Jackson Square Jazz John Morgan Wilson, Moth and Flame Gary Zebrun, Someone You Know Dorien Grey, The Role Players Gay Poetry Luis Cernuda, Written in WaterD. A. Powell, Cocktails Marvin K. White, nothin’ ugly fly Carl Phillips, The Rest of Love Mark Wunderlich, Voluntary Servitude Humor David Sedaris, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and DenimCheryl Peck, Fat Girls and Lawn Chairs Greg Fox, Kyle's Bed & Breakfast Augusten Burroughs, Magical Thinking Michael Alvear and Vicky A. Shecter, Alexander the Fabulous Lesbian Debut Fiction Judith Frank, Crybaby ButchMary Vermillion, Death by Discount Kristie Helms, Dish It Up, Baby! Laurinda D. Brown, Fire & Brimstone Bridget Bufford, Minus One: A Twelve-Step Journey Lesbian Fiction Stacey D'Erasmo, A Seahorse YearValerie Miner, Abundant Light Emma Donoghue, Life Mask Maggie Dubris, Skels Susan Stinson, Venus of Chalk Lesbian Mystery Katherine V. Forrest, Hancock ParkEllen Hart, An Intimate Ghost Jennifer Jordan, Commitment to Die Mary Vermillion, Death by Discount Claire McNab, The Wombat Strategy Lesbian Poetry Beverly Burch, Sweet to BurnAmy King, Antidotes for an Alibi Carol Guess, Femme’s Dictionary Adrienne Rich, The School Among the Ruins Mary Oliver, Why I Wake Early LGBT Studies Elisabeth Kirtsoglou, For the Love of Women: Gender, Identity and Same-Sex Relations in a Greek Provincial TownAndrea Barnet, All-Night Party Will Fellows, A Passion to Preserve Abigail Garner, Families Like Mine Evan Wolfson, Why Marriage Matters Photography/Visual Arts Evan Bachner and Harry Abrams, At Ease: Navy Men of World War IIThomas Waugh, Lust Unearthed Jenni Olson, The Queer Movie Poster Book Michelle Tea and Laurenn McCubbin, Rent Girl Claude J. Summers, The Queer Encyclopedia of the Visual Arts Romance Steve Kluger, Almost Like Being in LoveKarin Kallmaker, All the Wrong Places Chris Kenry, Confessions of a Casanova Gerri Hill, Gulf Breeze Marianne Martin, Under the Witness Tree Religion/Spirituality Will Roscoe, Jesus and the Shamanic Tradition of Same-Sex LoveRandy Conner and David Hatfield Sparks, Queering Creole Spiritual Traditions Marvin M. Ellison, Same-Sex Marriage: A Christian Ethical Analysis Donald L. Boisvert, Sanctity and Male Desire Steven Greenberg, Wrestling with God & Men Science fiction, fantasy or horror Jim Grimsley, The OrdinaryMichael Jensen, Firelands Greg Herren, Shadows of the Night: Queer Tales of the Uncanny and Unusual Jean Stewart, The Wizard of Isis Nicola Griffith, With Her Body Transgender Mariette Pathy Allen, The Gender FrontierJamison Green, Becoming a Visible Man Morty Diamond, From the Inside Out: Radical Gender Transformation, FTM and Beyond Julie Anne Peters, Luna Helen Boyd, My Husband Betty: Love, Sex and Life with a Crossdresser References 2005-07-09 17th Annual Lambda Literary Awards https://lambdaliterary.org/2005/07/lambda-literary-awards-2004/ 2025-08-23 Lambda Literary Awards Category:Lambda Literary Awards ceremonies Lambda Category:2005 in LGBTQ history Category:2005 awards in the United States