2nd Lambda Literary Awards

The 2nd Lambda Literary Awards were held in 1990 to honour works of LGBT literature published in 1989.

Special awards

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Category Winner
Editor's Choice Gertrude Stein (Rebecca Mark, ed.), Lifting Belly
Publisher's Service Carol Seajay, Feminist Bookstore News

Recipients

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2nd Lambda Literary Awards winners and finalists
Category Author Title Result
AIDS Literature Larry Kramer Reports from the Holocaust: The Story of an AIDS Activist Winner
Christopher Bram In Memory of Angel Clare Finalist
Billy Howard Epitaphs for the Living Finalist
John Preston Personal Dispatches Finalist
Susan Sontag AIDS and Its Metaphors Finalist
Gay Anthology Martin B. Duberman Hidden from History Winner
Christie Balka and Andy Rose Twice Blessed Finalist
Charles Ludlam Collected Plays of Charles Ludlam Finalist
Michael Nava Finale: Stories of Mystery Finalist
John Preston Personal Dispatches Finalist
Gay Debut Fiction John Weir The Irreversible Decline of Eddie Socket Winner
David B. Feinberg Eighty-Sixed Finalist
Mickey C. Fleming About Courage Finalist
M. S. Hunter The Buccaneer Finalist
Randall Kenan A Visitation of Spirits Finalist
Gay Fiction David B. Feinberg Eighty-Sixed Winner
Christopher Bram In Memory of Angel Clare Finalist
Dennis Cooper Closer Finalist
Kevin Killian Shy Finalist
Armistead Maupin Sure of You Finalist
Gay Mystery Mark Richard Zubro Simple Suburban Murder Winner
Stan Leventhal Faultlines: Stories of Suspense Finalist
Jeffrey N. McMahan Somewhere in the Night Finalist
Michael Nava Finale Finalist
Samuel M. Steward Caravaggio Shawl Finalist
Gay Non-Fiction Neil Miller In Search of Gay America: Women and Men in a Time of Change Winner
Richard A. Isay Being Homosexual Finalist
Sheppard B. Kominars Accepting Ourselves Finalist
Harold Norse Memoirs of a Bastard Angel Finalist
W. J. Weatherby James Baldwin: Artist on Fire Finalist
Gay science fiction, fantasy or horror Jeffrey N. McMahan Somewhere in the Night Winner
William K. Eakins Key West 2720 AD Finalist
Mercedes Lackey Magic’s Pawn Finalist
Geoff Mains Gentle Warriors Finalist
Thom Nickels Walking Water/After All This Finalist
Humor Robert Triptow Gay Comics Winner
Elizabeth Dean Cut-Outs and Cut-Ups Finalist
N. Leigh Dunlap Run That Sucker at Six!!! Finalist
Celeste West Lesbian Love Advisor Finalist
T. R. Witomski Kvetch Finalist
Lesbian Anthology Tee Corinne Intricate Passions Winner
Martin B. Duberman Hidden from History Winner
C. McEwen and S. O'Sullivan Out the Other Side Winner
Irene Zahava Lesbian Love Stories Finalist
Terry Woodrow Lesbian Bedtime Stories Finalist
Lesbian Debut Fiction Patricia R. Schwartz The Names of the Moons of Mars Winner
Nisa Donnelly The Bar Stories: A Novel After All Finalist
Paula Martinac and Carla Tomaso Voyages Out Finalist
Roz Perry Rose Penski Finalist
Ruthann Robson Eye of a Hurricane Finalist
Lesbian Fiction Nisa Donnelly The Bar Stories: A Novel After All Winner
Valerie Miner Trespassing and Other Stories Finalist
Jane Rule After the Fire Finalist
May Sarton Education of Harriet Hatfield Finalist
Shay Youngblood The Big Mama Stories Finalist
Lesbian Mystery Katherine V. Forrest The Beverly Malibu Winner
Antoinette Azolakov The Contactees Die Young Finalist
Ellen Hart Hallowed Murder Finalist
Claire McNab Fatal Reunion Finalist
Barbara Wilson Dog Collar Murders Finalist
Lesbian Non-Fiction Judy Grahn Really Reading Gertrude Stein Winner
Christie Balka and Andy Rose Twice Blessed Finalist
Loralee MacPike There’s Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You Finalist
Cynthia Rich Desert Years Finalist
Celeste West Lesbian Love Advisor Finalist
Lesbian science fiction, fantasy or horror Jessica Amanda Salmonson What Did Miss Darrington See? Winner
Nancy Tyler Glenn Clicking Stones Finalist
Lee Lynch Sue Slate: Private Eye Finalist
Susanna J. Sturgis Memories and Visions Finalist
Lauren Wright Douglas In the Blood Finalist
Poetry Michael Klein Poets for Life WInner
Cheryl Clarke Humid Pitch: Narrative Poetry Finalist
Robert Glück Reader Finalist
Christian McEwen Naming the Waves Finalist
Adrienne Rich Time’s Power: Poems 1985-1988 Finalist
Small Press Larry Mitchell My Life As a Mole Winner
Judy Dahl River of Promise Finalist
Mike Hippler Matlovich: The Good Soldier Finalist
Joan Lindau Letting in the Night Finalist
Vega Studios Men of Color Finalist
Young adult/children's MaryKate Jordan Losing Uncle Tim Winner
Susan Cohen and Daniel Cohen When Someone You Know Is Gay Finalist
A.M. Homes Jack Finalist
Leslea Newman and Diana Souza Heather Has Two Mommies Finalist
George Shannon Unlived Affections Finalist
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