3rd Lambda Literary Awards

The 3rd Lambda Literary Awards were held in 1991 to honour works of LGBT literature published in 1990.

Special awards

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Category Winner
Editor's Choice Wayne Dynes, The Encyclopedia of Homosexuality
Publisher Service Phil Willkie and Greg Baysans, The James White Review

Nominees and winners

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Category Author Title Result
AIDS Literature Elizabeth Osbourn The Way We Live Now Winner
ACT UP/New York Women Women, AIDS & Activism Finalist
Michael Callen Surviving AIDS Finalist
Douglas Crimp AIDS Demo Graphics Finalist
Cindy Patton Inventing AIDS Finalist
Gay Anthology George Stambolian Men on Men 3 Winner
Franklin Abbott Men & Intimacy Finalist
Robert Kus Gay Men of Alcoholics Anonymous Finalist
Robert Kus Keys to Caring Finalist
Richard L. Stone, Marsh Cassady, and Richard Stephen Smith Triple Fiction Finalist
Gay Debut Fiction Lev Raphael Dancing on Tisha B’av Winner
Allen Barnett The Body and Its Dangers Finalist
Bo Huston Horse and Other Stories Finalist
Patrick Moore This Every Night Finalist
Matthew Stadler Landscape: Memory Finalist
Gay Fiction Allen Barnett The Body and Its Dangers Winner
Michael Cunningham A Home at the End of the World Finalist
John Gilgun Music I Never Dreamed Of Finalist
David Leavitt A Place I’ve Never Been Finalist
Paul Monette Afterlife Finalist
Gay Mystery Michael Nava Howtown Winner
Joseph Hansen Boy Who Was Buried This Morning Finalist
Stan Leventhal Black Marble Pool Finalist
Grant Michaels Body to Dye For Finalist
Mark Richard Zubro Why Isn’t Becky Twitchell Dead? Finalist
Gay Non-Fiction Allan Bérubé Coming Out Under Fire Winner
Mike Hippler So Little Time Finalist
Mary Ann Humphrey My Country, My Right to Serve Finalist
Dave Pallone Behind the Mask Finalist
Stuart Timmons Trouble With Harry Hay Finalist
Gay Poetry Michael Lassell Decade Dance Winner
Francisco X. Alarcón Body in Flames Finalist
Mark Ameen Buried Body Finalist
James Broughton Special Deliveries Finalist
Kenny Fries Healing Notebooks Finalist
Gay science fiction, fantasy or horror Toby Johnson Secret Matter Winner
Mercedes Lackey Magic's Price Winner
Marsh Cassady Alternate Casts Finalist
Storm Constantine Enchantments of Flesh and Spirit Finalist
Scott Edelman The Gift Finalist
Gay Small Press Michael Willhoite Daddy's Roommate Winner
Robert Chesley Hard Plays/Stiff Parts Finalist
Kate Dyer Gays in Uniform Finalist
Jack Fritscher Some Dance to Remember Finalist
Stuart Timmons Trouble With Harry Hay Finalist
Humor Alison Bechdel New, Improved Dykes to Watch Out For Winner
Susie Bright Susie Sexpert’s Lesbian Sex World Finalist
Andrea Natalie Stonewall Riots Finalist
Gail Sausser More Lesbian Etiquette Finalist
Terry Woodrow Meatmen Vol. 8 Finalist
Lesbian Anthology Joan Nestle and Nona Caspers Women on Women Winner
Jeffner Allen Lesbian Philosophies and Cultures Finalist
Karla Jay and Joanne Glasgow Lesbian Texts and Contexts Finalist
Terry Woodrow Lesbian Bedtime Stores 2 Finalist
Irene Zahava Speaking Four Ourselves Finalist
Lesbian Debut Fiction Cherry Muhanji Her Winner
Julie Blackwomon and Nona Caspers Voyages Out 2 Finalist
Renee Hansen Take Me to the Underground Finalist
Karen Marie Christa Minns Virago Finalist
Vickie Sears Simple Songs Finalist
Lesbian Fiction Paula Martinac Out of Time Winner
Jane DeLynn Don Juan in the Village Finalist
Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz My Jewish Face Finalist
Anna Livia Incidents Involving Mirth Finalist
Sarah Schulman People in Trouble Finalist
Lesbian Mystery Lauren Wright Douglas Ninth Life Winner
Barbara Wilson Gaudi Afternoon Winner
Sarah Dreher A Captive in Time Finalist
Camarin Grae Slick Finalist
Claire McNab Death Down Under Finalist
Lesbian Non-Fiction Bonnie Zimmerman The Safe Sea of Women Winner
Susie Bright Susie Sexpert’s Lesbian Sex World Finalist
Becky Butler Ceremonies of the Heart Finalist
Marcia Freedman Exile in the Promised Land Finalist
Kate Millett Loony-Bin Trip Finalist
Lesbian Poetry Marilyn Hacker Going Back to the River Winner
S. Diane Bogus Chant of the Women of Magdalena Finalist
Irena Klepfisz A Few Words in the Mother Tongue Finalist
Minnie Bruce Pratt Crime Against Nature Finalist
Yvonne Zipter Patience of Metal Finalist
Lesbian science fiction, fantasy or horror Gael Baudino Gossamer Axe Winner
Pat Califia Doc and Fluff Finalist
Lynda Lyons Priorities Finalist
Karen Marie Christa Minns Virago Finalist
Melissa Scott Mighty Good Road Finalist
Lesbian Small Press Louise Rafkin (ed.) Different Mothers Winner
Gloria E. Anzaldúa Making Face/Making Soul Finalist
Bev Jo, Linda Strega, and Ruston Dykes-Loving-Dykes Finalist
Susan E. Johnson Staying Power: Long Term Lesbian Couples Finalist
Evelyn C. White Black Women’s Health Book Finalist
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