Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Romance & Erotica
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| Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Romance & Erotica | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | LGBT Erotica |
| Sponsored by | Lambda Literary Foundation |
| Date | Annual |
The Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Romance & Erotica is an annual literary award established in 2002 and presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation that awards books with LGBTQ+ characters and "whose content is principally of an erotic nature."[1] "Anthologies, novels, novellas, graphic novels, memoirs, and short story collections" are eligible for the award.
The award has been presented in the following categories: Gay Erotica, Lesbian Erotica, and LGBTQ+ Erotica.
Recipients
[edit]| Year | Category | Author(s) | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Erotica | Ian Philips | See Dick Deconstruct: Literotica for the Satirically Bent | Winner | [2] |
| M. Christian | Dirty Words | Finalist | [2] | ||
| Lawrence Schimel | His Tongue | ||||
| Karen X. Tulchinsky | Hot & Bothered 3 | ||||
| Lori Selke | Tough Girls: Down and Dirty Dyke Erotica | ||||
| 2003 | Erotica | Tristan Taormino (editor) | Best Lesbian Erotica 2003 | Winner | [3] |
| Richard Labonte editor) | Best Gay Erotica 2003 | Finalist | [3] | ||
| Leslea Newman (editor) | Bedroom Eyes | ||||
| Bob Vickery | Cocksure | ||||
| Stephen Greco | The Sperm Engine | ||||
| 2004 | Erotica | Tristan Taormino (editor) | Best Lesbian Erotica 2004 | Winner | [4] |
| Richard Labonte (editor) | Best Gay Erotica 2004 | Finalist | [4] | ||
| Karen X. Tulchinsky (editor) | Hot and Bothered 4 | ||||
| Michael Thomas Ford, William J. Mann, Sean Wolfe, and Jeff Mann | Masters of Midnight | ||||
| James Johnstone (editor) | Quickies 3 | ||||
| 2005 | Erotica | Richard Labonte (editor) | Best Gay Erotica 2005 | Winner | [5] |
| Karin Kallmaker | All the Wrong Places | Finalist | [5] | ||
| Tristan Taormino (editor) | Best Lesbian Erotica 2005 | ||||
| Karin Kallmaker, Therese Syzmanski, Julia Watts, and Barbara Johnson | Once Upon a Dyke | ||||
| Rachel Kramer Bussel Stacy M. Bias | Up All Night: Adventures in Lesbian Sex | ||||
| 2006 | Erotica | Stacia Seaman and Radclyffe, (editors) | Stolen Moments: Erotic Interludes 2 | Winner | [6] |
| Matt Bernstein Sycamore and Richard Labonté | Best Gay Erotica 2006 | Finalist | [6] | ||
| Eileen Myles and Tristan Taormino | Best Lesbian Erotica 2006 | ||||
| Sacchi Green and Rakelle Valencia | Rode Hard But Away Wet: Lesbian Cowboy Erotica | ||||
| Sean Wolfe | Close Contact | ||||
| 2007 | Gay Erotica | Jeff Mann | A History of Barbed Wire | Winner | [7] |
| Richard Labonte Timothy J. Lambert (editors) | Best Gay Erotica 2007 | Finalist | [7] | ||
| Zavo | Hot On His Trail | ||||
| Lesbian Erotica | Laurinda D. Brown | Walk Like a Man | Winner | [7] | |
| Karin Kallmaker | 18th & Castro | Finalist | [7] | ||
| Tristan Taormino Emma Donoghue (editors) | Best Lesbian Erotica 2007 | ||||
| Rachel Kramer Bussel (editor) | Glamour Girls | ||||
| Midori | Master Han’s Daughter | ||||
| 2008 | Erotica | Simon Sheppard | Homosex: 60 Years of Gay Erotica | Winner | [8][9] |
| William Maltese Wayne Gunn | Ardennian Boy | Finalist | [8] | ||
| Fiona Zedde | Every Dark Desire | ||||
| J. D. Glass | Red Light | ||||
| Victoria Brownworth and Judith M. Redding | The Golden Age of Lesbian Erotica | ||||
| Lawrence Schimel | The Mammoth Book of New Gay Erotica | ||||
| 2009 | Gay Erotica | Richard Labonte James Lear | Best Gay Erotica 2009 | Winner | [10] |
| William Maltese, Victor J. Banis, Jardonn Smith, and J.P. Bowie | Hard Working Men | Finalist | [10] | ||
| James Lear | The Secret Tunnel | ||||
| Lesbian Erotica | Radclyffe and Karin Kallmaker | In Deep Waters 2: Cruising the Strip | Winner | [10] | |
| Sacchi Green and Rakelle Valencia | Lipstick on Her Collar | Finalist | [10] | ||
| Lynne Jamneck | Periphery: Erotic Lesbian Futures | ||||
| 2010 | Gay Erotica | Kevin Killian | Impossible Princess | Winner | [11] |
| Sean Wolfe | Eight Inches | Finalist | |||
| Richard Labonté and Lawrence Schimel (editors) | I Like It Like That: True Tales of Gay Desire | ||||
| Todd Gregory (editor) | Rough Trade: Dangerous Gay Erotica | ||||
| James Lear | The Low Road | ||||
| Lesbian Erotica | Sacchi Green and Rakelle Valencia (editors) | Lesbian Cowboys | Winner | [11] | |
| Ronica Black | Flesh and Bone | Finalist | |||
| Diane Anderson-Minshall | Punishment with Kisses | ||||
| D.L. King | Where the Girls Are | ||||
| Cecilia Tan (editor) | Women of the Bite | ||||
| 2011 | Gay Erotica | Jon Macy | Teleny and Camille | Winner | [12][13] |
| William Holden | A Twist of Grimm: Erotic Fairy Tales for Gay Men | Finalist | [12] | ||
| Richard Labonté (editor) | Best of the Best Gay Erotica 3 | ||||
| Jerry Wheeler (editor) | Tented: Gay Erotic Tales from Under the Big Top | ||||
| Hank Edwards | Vancouver Nights | ||||
| Lesbian Erotica | Tristan Taormino (editor) | Sometimes She Lets Me: Best Butch/Femme Erotica | Winner | [13] | |
| Kathleen Warnock (editor); Lea DeLaria (introduction) | Best Lesbian Erotica 2011 | Finalist | [12] | ||
| D Alexandria | This Is How We Do It: A Raw Mix of Lesbian Erotica | ||||
| 2012 | Gay Erotica | Dirk Vanden | All Together | Winner | [14] |
| Natty Soltesz | Backwoods | Finalist | |||
| Richard Labonte (editor) | Best Gay Erotica 2012 | ||||
| Steven Haas (editor) | Gay Erotica | ||||
| Richard Labonte (editor) | History’s Passions: Stories of Sex Before Stonewall | ||||
| Lesbian Erotica | Debra Hyde | Story of L | Winner | [14] | |
| Sacchi Green | A Ride to Remember & Other Erotic Tales | Finalist | |||
| Sacchi Green (editor) | Lesbian Cops: Erotic Investigations | ||||
| Lesley Gowan | The Collectors | ||||
| 2013 | Gay Erotica | Mykola Dementiuk | The Facialist | Winner | [15] |
| Lukas Hand | Coming To: A Collection of Erotic and Other Epiphanies | Finalist | [15] | ||
| Jerry L. Wheele | Strawberries and Other Erotic Fruits | ||||
| Todd Gregory (editor) | Raising Hell: Demonic Gay Erotica | ||||
| William Holden | Secret Societies | ||||
| Lesbian Erotica | D.L. King | The Harder She Comes: Butch/Femme Erotica | Winner | [16][15] | |
| Ily Goyanes (editor) | Girls Who Score: Hot Lesbian Erotica | Finalist | [15] | ||
| Catt Kingsgrave | One Saved to the Sea | ||||
| 2014 | Gay Erotica | Alex Jeffers | The Padisah’s Son and the Fox: an erotic novella | Winner | [17][18] |
| Aleksandr Voinov L.A. Witt | Capture & Surrender | Finalist | [19] | ||
| Michael Luongo (editor) | Sensual Travels: Gay Erotic Stories | ||||
| Richard Labonte (editor) | Show-Offs: Gay Erotic Stories | ||||
| Winston Gieseke (editor) | Team Players: Gay Erotic Stories | ||||
| Lesbian Erotica | Sacchi Green (editor) | Wild Girls Wild Nights: True Lesbian Sex Stories | Winner | [17][20] | |
| Rebekah Weatherspoon | At Her Feet | Finalist | [19] | ||
| Kathleen Warnock (editor) | Best Lesbian Erotica 2014 | ||||
| 2015 | Gay Erotica | Tiffany Reisz | The King | Winner | [19] |
| Hushicho | Incubus Tales | Finalist | [21] | ||
| Raven Kaldera | Leather Spirit Stallion | ||||
| Jerry Wheeler | The Bears of Winter | ||||
| William Holden | The Thief Taker | ||||
| Lesbian Erotica | Diana Cage | Lesbian Sex Bible | Winner | [19] | |
| Andi Marquette R.G. Emanuelle | All You Can Eat. A Buffet of Lesbian Erotica and Romance | Finalist | [21] | ||
| Cheyenne Blue | Forbidden Fruit: stories of unwise lesbian desire | ||||
| 2016 | Gay Erotica | Miodrag Kojadinovic | Érotiques Suprèmes | Winner | [22][23] |
| Jennifer Levine Rian Darcy | Charming: Modern Gay Fairytales | Finalist | [24] | ||
| Natty Soltesz | College Dive Bar, 1 AM | ||||
| William Holden | Grave Desires | ||||
| Michael Ampersant | Green Eyes — an erotic novel (sort-of) | ||||
| Lesbian Erotica | Meghan O'Brien | The Muse | Winner | [22][23] | |
| Salome Wilde Talon Rihai (editors) | Desire Behind Bars: Lesbian Prison Erotica | Finalist | [24] | ||
| Sinclair Sexsmith | Sweet & Rough: Queer Kink Erotica | ||||
| 2017 | Erotica | Rebekah Weatherspoon | Soul to Keep | Winner | [25][26] |
| Meghan O'Brien | Camp Rewind | Finalist | [27] | ||
| Marie Sexton L.A. Witt | Roped In | ||||
| Scott Alexander Hess | Skyscraper | ||||
| Alexa Black | Steel and Promise | ||||
| 2018 | Erotica | Steve Berman | His Seed | Winner | [28][29] |
| Siri Caldwell | Mistletoe Mishap | Finalist | [30] | ||
| L.A. Witt | The Master Will Appear | ||||
| D.L. King | Unspeakably Erotic | ||||
| Sacchi Green | Witches, Princesses, and Women at Arms | ||||
| 2019 | Erotica | Blue Delliquanti and Kazimir Lee | Miles & Honesty in SCFSX! | Winner | [31] |
| Sacchi Green | Best Lesbian Erotica of the Year, Volume 3 | Finalist | [32] | ||
| Niki Smith | Crossplay | ||||
| Matthew Bright | Gents: Steamy Stories From the Age of Steam | ||||
| Tom Cardamone | The Lurid Sea | [33][34] | |||
| 2020 | Erotica | LA Warman | Whore Foods | Winner | [35][36][37] |
| Vikram Kolmannskog | Lord of the Senses | Finalist | [38][39] | ||
| Rosalind Chase | Lot’s Wife: An Erotic Novella | ||||
| Thomas Kearnes | Texas Crude | ||||
| Gary Garth McCann | The Shape of the Earth | ||||
| 2021 | Erotica | Lee Suksi | The Nerves | Winner | [40][41][42] |
| Sinclair Sexsmith | Best Lesbian Erotica of the Year, Volume 5 | Finalist | [43] | ||
| Anne Shade | Femme Tales | ||||
| Andrea Purcell | Smut Peddler Presents: Silver | ||||
| Kel Hardy, Tianna Henry, and MJ Lyons | Smut Peddlers: Glad Day 50 | ||||
| 2022 | LGBTQ Erotica | Samuel R. Delany | Big Joe | Winner | [44] |
| MJ Lyons | Queer Werewolves Destroy Capitalism: Smutty Stories | Finalist | [45] | ||
| Tab Kimpton and Harry-Anne Bentley (eds.) | Nectar: Trans Femme and Non Binary Erotic Comics Anthology | ||||
| Tab Kimpton and Jade Sarson (eds.) | Ambrosia: Trans Masc and Non Binary Erotic Comics Anthology | ||||
| Levi Huxton | The Lodger, That Summer | ||||
| 2023 | LGBTQ Romance and Erotica | Alison Cochrun | Kiss Her Once For Me | Winner | [46] |
| Ruby Barrett | The Romance Recipe | Finalist | [47] | ||
| Meryl Wilsner | Mistakes Were Made | ||||
| Edie Cay | A Lady’s Finder | ||||
| Joseph Brennan | Loose Lips: A Gay Sea Odyssey | ||||
| 2024 | LGBTQ+ Romance and Erotica | laura q | A Tight Squeeze: Smutty Trans and Queer Stories | Winner | [48] |
| TJ Alexander | Chef's Choice | Finalist | [49] | ||
| Andie Burke | Fly with Me | ||||
| Ashley Herring Blake | Iris Kelly Doesn't Date | ||||
| Alexandria Bellefleur | The Fiancee Farce |
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