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Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Literature
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Lambda Literary Award

The Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Literature is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, that awards books with bisexual content. The award can be separated into three categories: bisexual fiction, bisexual nonfiction, and bisexual poetry.[1] Awards are granted based on literary merit and bisexual content, and therefore, the writer may be homo-, hetero-, or asexual.[1]

Criteria[edit]

Bisexual fiction[edit]

The award for bisexual fiction recognizes "[n]ovels, novellas, short story collections, and anthologies with prominent bi/pan ... characters and/or content of strong significance to the bi/pan ... communities."[1] The list "[m]ay include historical novels, comics, cross-genre works of fiction, humor, and other styles of fiction."[1]

Bisexual nonfiction[edit]

The award for bisexual nonfiction recognizes "[n]onfiction works with content of strong significance to members of the bi/[pan] communities," including "a wide range of subjects for the general or academic reader."[1]

Bisexual poetry[edit]

The award for bisexual poetry recognizes individual volumes of poems and poem collections with bisexual content.[1] Chapbooks are ineligible for the prize, as well as "[u]pdated editions of previously published works ... unless at least 50% of the poetry (not the supplemental text) is new."[1] If there are not enough eligible titles in any given year to support a dedicated bisexual poetry category, then bisexual poetry titles are considered in the fiction category.

Bisexual/Transgender literature[edit]

In 2001, the Lambda Literary Foundation presented one award for books with bisexual and/or transgender themes.

Recipients[edit]

Winners and finalists of the Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Literature
Year Category Author

Work

Result Ref.
2002 Bisexual/Transgender Literature Virginia Ramey Mollenkott Omnigender: A Trans-religious Approach Winner [2]
Sparrow L. Patterson Synthetic Bi Products Finalist [2]
Bill Brnt and Carol Queen (editors) Best Bisexual Erotica, Volume 2
Vanessa Sheridan Crossing Over: Liberating the Transgendered Christian
Jonathan Branton Dragged!! To His Senses
2007 Bisexual Literature Michael Szymanski and Nicole Kristal The Bisexual’s Guide to the Universe Winner [3]
Ron Jackson Suresha and Pete Chvany (editors) Bi Men Finalist
Ronald C. Fox Affirmative Psychotherapy with Bisexual Women & Bisexual Men
Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio Eros
Ron Jackson Suresha (editor) Bi Guys
Clarence Nero Three Sides to Every Story
2008 Bisexual Literature Brent Hartinger Split Screen Winner [4][5]
Jeff Hobbs The Tourists Finalist [5]
Beth Firestein (editor) Becoming Visible
Jennifer Baumgardner Look Both Ways
Sheri Joseph Stray
2009 Bisexual Literature Jenny Block Open Winner [6]
Lisa M. Diamond Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women’s Love & Desire Finalist
Ron J. Suresha Kinsey Zero Through Sixty: Bisexual Perspectives on Kinsey
Edmund White Rimbaud
Honor Moore The Bishop’s Daughter
2010 Bisexual Fiction Mykola Dementiuk Holy Communion Winner [7]
Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli Love You Two Finalist [7]
Bobbie Geary The Janeid
J.E. Knowles Arusha
Amber Lehman Torn
Bisexual Nonfiction Minal Hajratwala Leaving India: My Family’s Journey From Five Villages to Five Continents Winner [7]
Audrey Beth Stein Map Finalist [7]
Blake Bailey Cheever: A Life
Emanuel Levy Vincente Minnelli: Hollywood’s Dark Dreamer
Edna O’Brien Byron in Love: A Short Daring Life
2011 Bisexual Fiction Myrlin A. Hermes The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet Winner [8]
Daniel Allen Cox Krakow Melt Finalist [9]
Georgeann Packard Fall Asleep Forgetting
Malena Watrous If You Follow Me
Ann Herendeen Pride/Prejudice: A Novel of Mr. Darcy, Elizabeth Bennet, and Their Forbidden Lovers
Bisexual Nonfiction Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli Border Sexualities, Border Families in Schools Winner [8]
Candace Walsh and Laura Andre (editors) Dear John, I Love Jane: Women Write about Leaving Men for Women Finalist [9]
Michael Gregg Michaud Sal Mineo
Paula Byrne Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead
Patti Smith Just Kids
2012 Bisexual Fiction Barbara Browning The Correspondence Artist Winner [10][11]
Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla The Two Krishnas Finalist
Katherine Scott Nelson Have You Seen Me
Alex Sanchez Boyfriends With Girlfriends
J.M. Frey Triptych
Bisexual Nonfiction Jan Steckel The Horizontal Poet Winner [10][11]
Qwo-Li Driskill, Daniel Heath Justice, Deborah Miranda, and Lisa Tatonetti (editors) Sovereign Erotics: A Collection of Two-Spirit Literature Finalist
Jonathan Alexander and Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio (editors) Bisexuality and Queer Theory: Intersections, Connections and Challenges
Susie Bright Big Sex Little Death: A Memoir
Ven Rey Surviving Steven: A True Story
2013 Bisexual Literature Cheryl Burke My Awesome Place: The Autobiography of Cheryl B Winner [12][13]
John Irving In One Person Winner
Janet W. Hardy Girlfag: A Life Told In Sex and Musicals Finalist [12]
Richard Mason History of a Pleasure Seeker
Scotty-Miguel Sandoe Axel Hooley’s Death Watch List
2014 Bisexual Fiction Susan Choi My Education Winner [14][15]
Mel Bossa In His Secret Life Finalist [14]
Nicola Griffith Hild: A Novel
David Leavitt The Two Hotel Francforts: A Novel
Bushra Rehman Corona
Bisexual Nonfiction Maria San Filippo The B Word: Bisexuality in Contemporary Film and Television Winner [14][15]
Clive Davis The Soundtrack of My Life Finalist [14]
Shiri Eisner Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution
2015 Bisexual Fiction Ana Castillo Give It to Me Winner [16]
Sheela Lambert (editor) Best Bi Short Stories: Bisexual Fiction Finalist [17]
Ron J. Suresha Extraordinary Adventures of Mullah Nasruddin
Susie Hara Finder of Lost Objects
Vivek Shraya She of the Mountains
Bisexual Nonfiction Charles M. Blow Fire Shut Up In My Bones Winner [17][16]
Alan Cumming Not My Father’s Son Finalist [17]
Robyn Ochs and H. Sharif Williams (editors) Recognize: The Voices of Bisexual Men
2016 Bisexual Literature Emily Bingham Irrepressible: The Jazz Age Life of Henrietta Bingham Winner (tie) [18][19]
Anna North The Life and Death of Sophie Stark
Kevin Hogan My Riastrad Finalist [20]
Zoe Pilger Eat My Heart Out
Jeanette Winterson The Gap of Time
2017 Bisexual Fiction Abigail Child Mouth to Mouth Winner [21]
Martin Hyatt Beautiful Gravity Finalist [22]
Alexis M. Smith Marrow Island
Leopoldine Core When Watched
Bisexual Nonfiction Ana Castillo Black Dove: Mamá, Mi’jo, and Me Winner [21]
Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli and Sara Lubowitz Women in Relationships With Bisexual Men: Bi Men By Women Finalist [22]
Elizabeth Hall I Have Devoted My Life to the Clitoris
Ann Tweedy The Body’s Alphabet
2018 Bisexual Fiction Barbara Browning The Gift Winner [23][24]
Zoey Leigh Peterson Next Year, for Sure Finalist [25]
Georgette Gouveia The Penalty for Holding
Andrea Lawlor Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl
J.E. Sumerau Homecoming Queens
Bisexual Nonfiction Roxane Gay Hunger Winner [23][24]
Julene Tripp Weaver Truth Be Bold: Serenading Life & Death in the Age of AIDS Finalist [25]
Monica Meneghetti What the Mouth Wants
2019 Bisexual Fiction Négar Djavadi, with Tina Kover (trans.) Disoriental Winner [26]
Jennifer Natalya Fink Bhopal Dance: A Novel Finalist [27]
Nathan Alling Long The Origin of Doubt: Fifty Short Fictions
Katrina Carrasco The Best Bad Things: A Novel
Jude Lucens Behind These Doors: Radical Proposals Book 1
Emily Strelow The Wild Birds
J.E. Sumerau Palmetto Rose
Lilah Suzanne Jilted
Bisexual Nonfiction Anthony Moll Out of Step: A Memoir Winner [26]
Julietta Singh No Archive Will Restore You Finalist [27]
Sophie Lucido Johnson Many Love: A Memoir of Polyamory and Finding Love(s)
Bisexual Poetry Duy Doan We Play a Game Winner [26]
Fatimah Asghar If They Come for Us Finalist [27]
Marcelo Hernandez Castillo Cenzontle
Xemiyulu Manibusan Tapepechul My Woman Card Is anti-Native & Other Two-Spirit Truths
Frances Donovan Mad Quick Hand of the Seashore: Love Poems
2020 Bisexual Fiction Fiona Alison Duncan Exquisite Mariposa Winner [28][29][30]
Alia Trabucco Zerán, with Sophie Hughes (trans.) The Remainder Finalist [31][32]
Garrett Leigh Jude
Deborah Levy The Man Who Saw Everything
Jess Taylor Just Pervs
Tomas Moniz Big Familia
Carley Moore The Not Wives
Zack Smedley Deposing Nathan
Bisexual Nonfiction Trisha Low Socialist Realism Winner [28][29][30]
Janet W. Hardy IMPERVIOUS: Confessions of a Semi-Retired Deviant Finalist [31][32]
Victoria Freeman A World Without Martha: A Memoir of Sisters, Disability, and Difference
Bisexual Poetry Stephanie Young Pet Sounds Winner [28][29][30]
Moina Pam Dick Moira of Edges, Moira the Tart Finalist [31][32]
Dorothy Chan Revenge of the Asian Woman
Camonghne Felix Build Yourself a Boat
Faylita Hicks HoodWitch
Ariana Reines A Sand Book
Cam Scott ROMANS/SNOWMARE
mai c. doan water/tongue
2021 Bisexual Fiction Zaina Arafat You Exist Too Much Winner [33][34][35]
Sulaiman Addonia Silence Is My Mother Tongue Finalist [36]
Talia Hibbert Take a Hint, Dani Brown
Elisabeth Thomas Catherine House
C Pam Zhang How Much of These Hills is Gold
Bisexual Nonfiction Samantha Irby Wow, No Thank You.: Essays Winner [33][34][35]
Alden Jones The Wanting Was a Wilderness: Cheryl Strayed’s Wild and the Art of Memoir Finalist [36]
Emma Copley Eisenberg The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia
Shayla Lawson This Is Major: Notes of Diana Ross, Dark Girls, and Being Dope
Natasha Sajé Terroir: Love, Out of Place
Bisexual Poetry Aricka Foreman Salt Body Shimmer Winner [33][34][35]
Jody Chan sick Finalist [36]
S*an D. Henry-Smith Wild Peach
George Abraham Birthright
Meghan Privitello One God at a Time
2022 Bisexual Fiction Alix Ohlin We Want What We Want Winner [37][38]
S. J. Sindu Blue-Skinned Gods Finalist [39]
Melissa Broder Milk Fed
Tiphanie Yanique Monster in the Middle
Jen Silverman We Play Ourselves
Bisexual Nonfiction Aisha Sabatini Sloan Borealis Winner [38]
Hasanthika Sirisena Dark Tourist: Essays Finalist [39]
Jen Winston Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much
Daisy Hernández The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation’s Neglect of a Deadly Disease
Courtney Cook The Way She Feels: My Life on the Borderline in Pictures and Pieces
Bisexual Poetry Aurielle Marie Gumbo Ya Ya Winner [38]
Muriel Leung Imagine Us, The Swarm Finalist [39]
CM Burroughs Master Suffering
Paige Quiñones The Best Prey
Jackie Wang The Sunflower Cast a Spell to Save Us from the Void
2023 Bisexual Fiction Gwendolyn Kiste Reluctant Immortals Winner [40]
A. J. Bermudez Stories No One Hopes Are About Them Finalist [41]
Akil Kumarasamy Meet Us by the Roaring Sea
Bushra Rehman Roses, In the Mouth of a Lion
Nishant Batsha Mother Ocean Father Nation
Bisexual Nonfiction Maria San Filippo Appropriate Behavior Winner [40]
John Brady McDonald Carrying It Forward Finalist [42][43]
Liz Scheier Never Simple
Rachel Krantz Open
CJ Hauser The Crane Wife
Bisexual Poetry Nicky Beer Real Phonies and Genuine Fakes Winner [40]
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker Dereliction Finalist [41]
James Fujinami Moore indecent hours
Karyna McGlynn 50 Things Kate Bush Taught Me About the Multiverse
Rebecca Hawkes Meat Lovers
2024 Bisexual Fiction Ling Ling Huang Natural Beauty Winner [44]
Ruth Madievsky All-Night Pharmacy: A Novel Finalist [45]
Jennifer Savran Kelly Endpapers
Sarah James Last Night at the Hollywood Canteen
Haley Jakobson Old Enough
Bisexual Non-fiction Myriam Gurba Creep: Accusations and Confessions Winner [44]
Vaneet Mehta Bisexual Men Exist: A Handbook for Bisexual, Pansexual and M-Spec Men Finalist [45]
Zachary Zane Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto
Eden Boudreau Crying Wolf
Kawika Guillermo Nimrods: a fake-punk self-hurt anti-memoir
Bisexual Poetry Danielle Cadena Deulen Desire Museum Winner [44]
Mary Jo Bang A Film in Which I Play Everyone Finalist [45]
Sierra DeMulder Ephemera
Margaret Ray Good Grief, the Ground
Paul Killebrew Impersonal Rainbow & The Bisexual Purge

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