21st Lambda Literary Awards

The 21st Lambda Literary Awards were held in 2009, to honour works of LGBT literature published in 2008.

Special awards

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Category Winner
Pioneer Award Leslie Feinberg, The Violet Quill

Nominees and winners

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Category Winner Nominated
Bisexual Literature Jenny Block, Open
Gay Debut Fiction Shawn Stewart Ruff, Finlater
Gay Erotica Richard Labonté and James Lear, eds., Best Gay Erotica 2009
Gay Fiction Scott Heim, We Disappear
Gay Memoir/Biography Sheila Rowbotham, Edward Carpenter: A Life of Liberty and Love
Gay Mystery Scott Sherman, First You Fall
Gay Poetry Mark Doty, Fire to Fire
James Allen Hall, Now You're the Enemy
Gay Romance Larry Duplechan, Got 'til it's Gone
Lesbian Debut Fiction Magdalena Zurawski, The Bruise
Lesbian Erotica Radclyffe and Karin Kallmaker, In Deep Waters 2: Cruising the Strip
Lesbian Fiction Emma Donoghue, The Sealed Letter
Chandra Mayor, All the Pretty Girls
Lesbian Memoir/Biography Maureen Seaton, Sex Talks to Girls: A Memoir
Lesbian Mystery Josie Gordon, Whacked
Lesbian Poetry Judy Grahn, love belongs to those who do the feeling
Lesbian Romance Karin Kallmaker, The Kiss That Counted
LGBT Anthology Thomas Glave, Our Caribbean
LGBT Children's/Young Adult Bill Konigsberg, Out of the Pocket
LGBT Drama Carolyn Gage, The Second Coming of Joan of Arc
LGBT Non-Fiction Jane Rule, Loving the Difficult
LGBT Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Nicole Kimberling, Turnskin
LGBT Studies Regina Kunzel, Criminal Intimacy: Prison and the Uneven History of Modern American Sexuality
Transgender Literature Thea Hillman, Intersex (For Lack of a Better Word)
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