11th Lambda Literary Awards

The 11th Lambda Literary Awards were held in 1999 to honour works of LGBT literature published in 1998.

Special awards

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Category Winner
Editor's Choice Award Naeem Murr, The Boy
Pioneer Award Katherine V. Forrest
Publisher Service Award Joan M. Drury, Spinsters Ink

Nominees and winners

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Category Author/Editor Title Result
Anthologies (Fiction) Byrne R. Fone (ed.) Columbia Anthology of Gay Literature Winner
Michele Karlsberg and Aren X. Tulchinsky To Be Continued Finalist
Lawrence Schimel Mammoth Book of Gay Erotica Finalist
Joel Tan Men on Men 7 Finalist
Joel Tan Queer PAPI Porn Finalist
Anthologies (Nonfiction) Nisa Donnelly (ed.) Mom: Candid Memoirs by Lesbians About the First Woman in Their Life Winner
David L. Eng Q & A: Queer in Asian America Winner
Lucy Jane Bledsoe Lesbian Travels Finalist
Clifford Chase Queer 13: Lesbian and Gay Writers Recall Seventh Grade Finalist
Kevin Jennings Telling Tales Out of School Finalist
Children's and Young Adult Kevin Jennings Telling Tales Out of School Winner
Francesca Lia Block I Was a Teenage Fairy Finalist
Clifford Chase Queer 13: Lesbian and Gay Writers Recall Seventh Grade Finalist
Michael Thomas Ford Outspoken Finalist
Joseph Kennedy Lucy Goes to the Country Finalist
Drama Holly Hughes O Solo Homo Winner
Eve Ensler The Vagina Monologues Finalist
Jim Grimsley and David Roman Mr. Universe and Other Plays Finalist
D. A. Miller Place For Us Finalist
Sarah Schulman Stagestruck Finalist
Gay Biography and Autobiography William J. Mann Wisecracker Winner
Graham Caveney Gentleman Junkie: The Life and Legacy of William S. Burroughs Finalist
Gavin Geoffrey Dillard In the Flesh Finalist
Norman Page Auden and Isherwood: The Berlin Years Finalist
Andrew Tobias The Best Little Boy in the World Grows Up Finalist
Gay Fiction Mark Merlis An Arrow's Flight Winner
Rabih Alameddine Koolaids: The Art of War Finalist
Michael Cunningham The Hours Finalist
Jameson Currier Where the Rainbow Ends Finalist
Keith Ridgway The Long Falling Finalist
Gay Mystery R. D. Zimmerman Outburst Winner
Randy Boyd Uprising Finalist
Fred Hunter Federal Fag Finalist
Grant Michaels Dead as a Doornail Finalist
Richard Stevenson Strachey’s Folly Finalist
Gay Poetry J. D. McClatchy Ten Commandments Winner
Mark Doty Sweet Machine Finalist
Edward Field A Frieze for a Temple of Love Finalist
Michael Lassell A Flame for the Touch That Matters Finalist
Timothy Liu Say Goodnight Finalist
Gay Studies John Loughery The Other Side of Silence Winner
Michael Bronski The Pleasure Principle Finalist
Molly McGarry and Fred Wasserman Becoming Visible Finalist
Will Roscoe Changing Ones Finalist
Andrew Sullivan Love Undetectable: Notes on Friendship, Sex, and Survival Finalist
Humor Michael Thomas Ford Alec Baldwin Doesn’t Love Me and Other Trials of My Queer Life Winner
Alison Bechdel Split-Level Dykes to Watch Out For Finalist
Alison Bechdel The Indelible Alison Bechdel: Confessions, Comix, and Miscellaneous Dykes to Watch Out Finalist
Kate Clinton Don’t Get Me Started Finalist
Dan Savage Savage Love: Straight Answers from America's Most Popular Sex Columnist Finalist
Lesbian Biography and Autobiography Alison Bechdel The Indelible Alison Bechdel: Confessions, Comix, and Miscellaneous Dykes to Watch Out Winner
Sally Cline Radclyffe Hall: A Woman Called John Finalist
Joan Nestle A Fragile Union Finalist
Rodger Streitmatter Empty Without You Finalist
Kate Summerscale The Queen of Whale Cay Finalist
Lesbian Fiction Dorothy Allison Cavedweller Winner
Sharon Bridgforth the bull-jean stories Finalist
Rebecca Brown The Dogs Finalist
Erika Lopez They Call Me Mad Dog Finalist
Sarah Schulman Shimmer Finalist
Lesbian Mystery Sarah Dreher Shaman's Moon Winner
Nicola Griffith The Blue Place Winner
Ellen Hart Wicked Games Finalist
Randye Lordon Mother May I Finalist
Claire McNab Past Due Finalist
Lesbian Poetry Gerry Gomez Pearlberg Marianne Faithfull's Cigarette Winner
Beatrix Gates In the Open Finalist
Letta Neely Juba Finalist
Leslea Newman The Little Butch Book Finalist
Pamela Sneed Imagine Being More Afraid of Freedom than Slavery Finalist
Lesbian Studies Joan Nestle A Fragile Union Winner
Zsa Zsa Gershick Gay Old Girls Finalist
Judith Halberstam Female Masculinity Finalist
Sarah Schulman Stagestruck: Theater, AIDS, and the Marketing of Gay America Finalist
Barbara Smith The Truth That Never Hurts Finalist
Science fiction, fantasy or horror Nicola Griffith and Stephen Pagel (eds.) Bending the Landscape II: Science Fiction Winner
Clive Barker Galilee Finalist
Elizabeth Brownrigg Falling to Earth Finalist
Ulysses G. Dietz Desmond Finalist
Lawrence Schimel Things Invisible to See Finalist
Small Press Sharon Bridgforth the bull-jean stories Winner
Alison Bechdel The Indelible Alison Bechdel: Confessions, Comix, and Miscellaneous Dykes to Watch Out Finalist
Randy Boyd Uprising Finalist
Bruce LaBruce The Reluctant Pornographer Finalist
Barbara Summerhawk Queer Japan Finalist
Spirituality Donna Minkowitz Ferocious Romance Winner
Perry Brass How to Survive Your Own Gay Life Finalist
Peter J. Gomes Sermons: Biblical Wisdom for Daily Living Finalist
John J. McNeill Both Feet Firmly Planted in Midair Finalist
Richard Rambuss Closet Devotions Finalist
Transgender / Bisexual Michael R. Gorman The Empress Is a Man Winner
Leslie Feinberg Trans Liberation Finalist
Judith Halberstam Female Masculinity Finalist
Diane Wood Middlebrook Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton Finalist
Will Roscoe and Stephen Murray Boy-Wives and Female Husbands Finalist
Visual Arts David Leddick The Male Nude Winner
Barbara Seyda and Diana Herrera Women in Love Winner
Deborah Bright The Passionate Camera Finalist
Russell Bush Affectionate Men Finalist
Molly McGarry and Fred Wasserman Becoming Visible Finalist
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