On June 9, 2023, we announced the winners of the 35th Annual Lambda Literary Awards. These winners were selected by a panel of over 60 literary professionals from more than 1,300 book submissions from over 300 publishers.
In addition to the winners below, five special honors were awarded: Eboni J. Dunbar (Kenan Prize), Jaquira Diaz (Cordova Prize), Maya Salameh & Naseem Jamnia (Markowitz Prize) , Christopher Tradowski (Samuel Prize), Aaron Hamburger & Ryka Aoki (Duggins Prize).
You can pick up any of the winning books you haven’t read on our curated list at Bookshop.org, where your purchases benefit Lambda Literary.
Lesbian FictionGods of Want
K-Ming Chang
One World
The Foghorn Echoes
Danny Ramadan
Canongate Books
Reluctant Immortals
Gwendolyn Kiste
S&S / Saga Press
The Call-Out
Cat Fitzpatrick
7 Stories Press
Appropriate Behavior
Maria San Filippo
McGill-Queens University Press
The Third Person
Emma Grove
Drawn & Quarterly
The Black Period: On Personhood, Race, and Origin
Hafizah Augustus Geter
Random House
As She Appears
Shelley Wong
YesYes Books
Some Integrity
Padraig Regan
Carcanet Press
Real Phonies and Genuine Fakes
Nicky Beer
Milkweed Editions
MissSettl
Kamden Ishmael Hilliard
Nightboat Books
Lost & Found: A Memoir
Kathryn Schulz
Random House
High-Risk Homosexual: A Memoir
Edgar Gomez
Soft Skull Press
The Rules of Forever
Nan Campbell
Bold Strokes Books
I’m So Not Over You
Kosoko Jackson
Berkley Romance
OutWrite: The Speeches That Shaped LGBTQ Literary Culture
Julie R. Enszer and Elena Gross
Rutgers University Press
Mighty Red Riding Hood
Wallace West
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Nikhil Out Loud
Maulik Pancholy
Balzer + Bray
The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School
Sonora Reyes
Balzer + Bray
Mamo
Sas Milledge
BOOM! Studios
Iphigenia and the Furies (On Taurian Land) & Antigone: 方
Ho Ka Kei (Jeff Ho)
Playwrights Canada Press
Kiss Her Once for Me
Alison Cochrun
Atria Books
Dirt Creek: A Novel
Hayley Scrivenor
Flatiron Books
The Wicked and the Willing
Lianyu Tan
Shattered Scepter Press
Keeping It Unreal: Black Queer Fantasy and Superhero Comics
Darieck Scott
NYU Press
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