1st Lambda Literary Awards

1989 literary awards ceremony February 2025 The 1st Lambda Literary Awards were held in 1989 to honour works of LGBT literature published in 1988. Special awards CategoryWinnerEditor's Choice Thompson Karen Karen Thompson (writer) and Julie Andrzejewski, Why Can’t Sharon Kowalski Come Home?Publisher Service Sasha Alyson, Alyson Books Nominees and winners +CategoryAuthorTitleResultAIDS LiteratureMonette PaulBorrowed Time: An AIDS MemoirWinnerDreuilhe EmmanuelMortal Embrace: Living with AIDSFinalistHolleran AndrewGround ZeroFinalistRieder Ines and Patricia RuppeltAIDS: The WomenFinalistRuskin Cindy , Matt Herron, and Deborah ZemkeThe Quilt 1FinalistGay Debut FictionHollinghurst AlanThe Swimming Pool LibraryWinnerBorgman C.F.River RoadFinalistBrown Russell A. Russell A. Brown (writer)Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar WildeFinalistKeenan Joe Joe Keenan (writer)Blue HeavenFinalistLeventhal StanMountain Climbing in Sheridan SquareFinalistGay FictionWhite EdmundThe Beautiful Room Is EmptyWinnerDavis Christopher Christopher Davis (writer)Valley of the ShadowFinalistFerro RobertSecond SonFinalistHollinghurst AlanThe Swimming Pool LibraryFinalistSpender StephenThe Temple The Temple (novel)FinalistGay Mystery/Science FictionNava MichaelGolden BoyWinnerBaxt GeorgeWho’s NextFinalistBishop Michael Michael Bishop (author)Unicorn MountainFinalistHansen Joseph Joseph Hansen (writer)ObedienceFinalistWard Donald Donald Ward (writer)Death Takes the StageFinalistGay Non-FictionMonette PaulBorrowed Time: An AIDS MemoirWinnerBerzon BettyPermanent PartnersFinalistBlumenfeld Warren and Diane RaymondLooking At Gay and Lesbian LifeFinalistMarcus EricThe Male Couple’s Guide to Living Together 1FinalistRoscoe WillLiving the SpiritFinalistGay Small Pressal-Tifashi Ahmad with Edward A. Lacey (trans.)The Delight of Hearts, or What You Will Not Find in Any Book 1WinnerNava MichaelGolden BoyWinnerCowan Thomas Thomas Cowan (writer)Gay Men & Women Who Enriched the WorldFinalistJurrist CharlesShadows of Love: American Gay FictionFinalistRutledge Leigh W.Unnatural QuotationsFinalistLesbian Debut FictionArnold MadelynBird-EyesWinnerBright JoyceSunday’s ChildFinalistGrahn JudyMundane’s WorldFinalistOhio DeniseThe Finer Grain 1FinalistSturtevant KatherineA Mistress Moderately Fair 1FinalistLesbian FictionAllison DorothyTrash: Short StoriesWinnerBrown Rita MaeBingoFinalistClausen JanThe Prosperine Papers 1FinalistGrae CamarinThe Secret in the Bird 1FinalistSchulman SarahAfter DeloresFinalistLesbian Mystery/Science FictionAzolakov AntoinetteSkiptraceWinnerBayer SandyThe Crystal Curtain 1FinalistGrahn JudyMundane’s WorldFinalistKlaich DoloresHeavy GiltFinalistMcNab ClaireLessons in MurderFinalistLesbian Non-FictionHoagland Sarah LuciaLesbian Ethics: Toward New ValueWinnerBerzon BettyPermanent PartnersFinalistJay KarlaThe Amazon and the Page: Natalie Clifford Barney and Renee Vivien 1FinalistLorde AudreA Burst of Light 1FinalistThompson Karen Karen Thompson (writer) and Julie AndrzejewskiWhy Can’t Sharon Kowalski Come Home?FinalistLesbian Small PressAllison DorothyTrash: Short StoriesWinnerBechdel AlisonMore Dykes to Watch Out ForFinalistCalifia PatMacho SlutsFinalistThompson Karen Karen Thompson (writer) and Julie AndrzejewskiWhy Can’t Sharon Kowalski Come Home?FinalistAndrea Weiss and Greta SchillerBefore StonewallFinalistPoetryMorse Carl and Joan Larkin (eds.)Gay & Lesbian Poetry in our TimeWinnerBalmer JosephineSappho: Poems and FragmentsFinalistMerrill JamesThe Inner Room 1FinalistMonette PaulLove Alone: Eighteen Elegies for RogFinalistSarton MayThe Silence Now 1Finalist References 2010-01-13 1st Annual Lambda Literary Awards http://www.lambdaliterary.org/winners-finalists/01/13/lambda-literary-awards-1988/ 2025-08-23 Lambda Literary Awards 01 Lambda Category:1989 in LGBTQ history Category:1989 awards in the United States