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Lambda Lit Awards


The 2008 Lammy finalists have been announced!

Lesbian Fiction
  • The Slow Fix, Ivan E. Coyote, Arsenal Pulp Press
  • The Sealed Letter, Emma Donoghue, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Map of Ireland, Stephanie Grant, Scribner
  • All the Pretty Girls, Chandra Mayor, Conundrum Press
  • Breaking Spirit Bridge, Ruth Perkinson, Spinsters Ink
Lesbian Debut Fiction
  • Red Audrey & the Roping, Jill Malone, Bywater Books
  • Passing for Black, Linda Villarosa, Kensington
  • Closer to Fine, Meri Weiss, Kensington
  • Love Does Not Make Me Gentle or Kind, Chavisa Woods, Fly by Night Press
  • The Bruise, Magdalena Zurawski, Fiction Collective Two/University of Alabama Press
Lesbian Memoir/Biography
  • Wrestling with the Angel of Democracy, Susan Griffin, Shambhala Publications
  • Intersex (For Lack of a Better Word), Thea Hillman, Manic D Press
  • Sex Variant Woman, Joanne Passet, Da Capo
  • Sex Talks to Girls: A Memoir, Maureen Seaton, University of Arkansas Press
  • Case of a Lifetime, Abbe Smith, Palgrave Macmillan
It's great to see two Canadian writers in the finalists for lesbian fiction - Ivan Coyote and Chandra Mayor. Congrats to them! [Update! Emma Donoghue has lived in Canada for over 10 years - that makes 3 Canadian authors on the shortlist for Lesbian Fiction.] We often select a couple of Lambda winners/finalists/nominees for our reading list. Anyone know of any other awards we might follow?

Comments

Lindy said…
Emma Donoghue has lived in Canada for over 10 years - that makes 3 Canadian authors on the shortlist for Lesbian Fiction.
6:56 AM
kim doyle thorsen said…
thanks Lindy!
6:29 PM
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