LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD WINNERS

But first... I had a great time last night, and met some way fun people that I'm sure will become close friends. Until they get to know me better, at least. I barely caught the last ferry back to New Jersey, meaning I was up far too late... truly the sign of a good time.

Oh, also, someone needs to feed Christopher Rice. Or maybe I'm just jealous... fat and jealous... and bitter.

ANYWAY! Last night's winners were:

BISEXUAL
Open, by Jenny Block, Seal Press

TRANSGENDER
Intersex (For Lack of a Better Word), by Thea Hillman, Manic D Press

LGBT ANTHOLOGIES
Our Caribbean, edited by Thomas Glave, Duke University Press

LGBT CHILDRENS/YOUNG ADULT
Out of the Pocket, by Bill Konigsberg, Dutton
[PS: I met Bill last night and he is so much fun!]

LGBT DRAMA... which sort of seems redundant
The Second Coming of Joan of Arc, by Carolyn Gage, Outskirts Press

LGBT NONFICTION
Loving The Difficult, by Jane Rule, Hedgerow Press

LGBT SCI-FI/FANTASY/HORROR
Turnskin, by Nicole Kimberling, Blind Eye Books

LGBT STUDIES
Criminal Intimacy: Prison and the Uneven History of Modern American Sexuality, by Regina Kunzel, The University of Chicago Press

LESBIAN DEBUT FICTION
The Bruise, by Magdalena Zurawski, Fiction Collective Two/University of Alabama Press

LESBIAN EROTICA
In Deep Waters 2: Cruising the Strip, by Radclyffe and Karen Kallmaker, Bold Strokes Books

LESBIAN FICTION (a tie!)
The Sealed Letter, by Emma Donoghue, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
All the Pretty Girls, by Chandra Mayor, Conundrum Press

LESBIAN MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY
Sex Talks to Girls, by Maureen Seaton, University of
Arkansas Press

LESBIAN MYSTERY
Whacked, by Josie Gordon, Bella Books

LESBIAN POETRY
love belongs to those who do the feeling, by Judy Grahn, Red Hen Press

LESBIAN ROMANCE
The Kiss That Counted, by Karin Kallmaker, Bella Books

GAY DEBUT FICTION
Finlater, by Shawn Ruff, Quote Editions

GAY EROTICA
Best Gay Erotica 2009, edited by Richard Labonte & James Lear, Cleis Press

GAY FICTION
We Disappear, by Scott Heim, HarperCollins

GAY MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY
Edward Carpenter: A Life of Liberty and Love, by Sheila Rowbotham, Verso Books

GAY MYSTERY
First You Fall, by Scott Sherman, Alyson Books

GAY POETRY (another tie!)
Fire to Fire, by Mark Doty, HarperCollins
Now You're the Enemy, by James Allen Hall, University of Arkansas Press

GAY ROMANCE
Got 'til it's Gone, by Larry Duplechan, Arsenal Pulp Press


Congratulations to all the winners! You are now as awesome as I am!