NEWS: 23rd Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists Announced

The finalists for the 23rd (WOW!) Annual Lambda Literary Awards were announced this morning, with over 100 finalists being selected from a record number of nominations. For those of you unfamiliar with the Lammys, they are designed to celebrate achievement in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender writing. Breaking last year's record, this year's awards saw 520 LGBT books nominated, with 230 publishers participating. To help narrow the field, more than 90 booksellers, book reviewers, librarians, authors, and previous nominees volunteered countless hours of their own time to read, consider, and discuss every single book in their respective category.

You can read the full list of finalists here, but some of my early favourites are below:

BISEXUAL FICTION

    

TRANSGENDER FICTION

         

LGBT CHILDREN’S/YOUNG ADULT FICTION

    

LGBT SF/FANTASY/HORROR

              

LESBIAN EROTICA
         

LESBIAN MYSTERY
    

LESBIAN ROMANCE
                   

GAY DEBUT FICTION

          

GAY EROTICA
              

The winners will be announced on May 26th at the New York at the School of Visual Arts Theater. Best of luck to all involved!

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