3rd Lambda Literary Awards

The 3rd Lambda Literary Awards were held in 1991 to honour works of LGBT literature published in 1990.

Special awards

Category	Winner
Editor's Choice	Wayne Dynes, The Encyclopedia of Homosexuality
Publisher Service	Phil Willkie and Greg Baysans, The James White Review

Nominees and winners

Category	Winner	Nominated
AIDS Literature	Elizabeth Osbourn, The Way We Live Now	Douglas Crimp, AIDS Demo Graphics Cindy Patton, Inventing AIDS Michael Callen, Surviving AIDS ACT UP/New York Women, Women, AIDS & Activism
Gay Anthology	George Stambolian, Men on Men 3	Robert Kus, Gay Men of Alcoholics Anonymous Robert Kus, Keys to Caring Franklin Abbott, Men & Intimacy Richard L. Stone, Marsh Cassady and Richard Stephen Smith, Triple Fiction
Gay Debut Fiction	Lev Raphael, Dancing on Tisha B’av	Allen Barnett, The Body and Its Dangers Bo Huston, Horse and Other Stories Matthew Stadler, Landscape: Memory Patrick Moore, This Every Night
Gay Fiction	Allen Barnett, The Body and Its Dangers	Paul Monette, Afterlife Michael Cunningham, A Home at the End of the World John Gilgun, Music I Never Dreamed Of David Leavitt, A Place I’ve Never Been
Gay Mystery	Michael Nava, Howtown	Stan Leventhal, Black Marble Pool Grant Michaels, Body to Dye For Joseph Hansen, Boy Who Was Buried This Morning Mark Richard Zubro, Why Isn’t Becky Twitchell Dead?
Gay Non-Fiction	Allan Bérubé, Coming Out Under Fire	Dave Pallone, Behind the Mask Mary Ann Humphrey, My Country, My Right to Serve Mike Hippler, So Little Time Stuart Timmons, Trouble With Harry Hay
Gay Poetry	Michael Lassell, Decade Dance	Francisco X. Alarcón, Body in Flames Mark Ameen, Buried Body Kenny Fries, Healing Notebooks James Broughton, Special Deliveries
Gay science fiction, fantasy or horror	Mercedes Lackey, Magic's Price Toby Johnson, Secret Matter	Marsh Cassady, Alternate Casts Storm Constantine, Enchantments of Flesh and Spirit Scott Edelman, The Gift
Gay Small Press	Michael Willhoite, Daddy's Roommate	Kate Dyer, Gays in Uniform Robert Chesley, Hard Plays/Stiff Parts Jack Fritscher, Some Dance to Remember Stuart Timmons, Trouble With Harry Hay
Humor	Alison Bechdel, New, Improved Dykes to Watch Out For	Terry Woodrow, Meatmen Vol. 8 Gail Sausser, More Lesbian Etiquette Andrea Natalie, Stonewall Riots Susie Bright, Susie Sexpert’s Lesbian Sex World
Lesbian Anthology	Joan Nestle and Naomi Holoch, Women on Women	Terry Woodrow, Lesbian Bedtime Stores 2 Jeffner Allen, Lesbian Philosophies and Cultures Karla Jay and Joanne Glasgow, Lesbian Texts and Contexts Irene Zahava, Speaking Four Ourselves
Lesbian Debut Fiction	Cherry Muhanji, Her	Vickie Sears, Simple Songs Renee Hansen, Take Me to the Underground Karen Marie Christa Minns, Virago Julie Blackwomon and Nona Caspers, Voyages Out 2
Lesbian Fiction	Paula Martinac, Out of Time	Jane DeLynn, Don Juan in the Village Anna Livia, Incidents Involving Mirth Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz, My Jewish Face Sarah Schulman, People in Trouble
Lesbian Mystery	Barbara Wilson, Gaudi Afternoon Lauren Wright Douglas, Ninth Life	Sarah Dreher, A Captive in Time Claire McNab, Death Down Under Camarin Grae, Slick
Lesbian Non-Fiction	Bonnie Zimmerman, The Safe Sea of Women	Becky Butler, Ceremonies of the Heart Marcia Freedman, Exile in the Promised Land Kate Millett, Loony-Bin Trip Bonnie Zimmerman, The Safe Sea of Women Susie Bright, Susie Sexpert’s Lesbian Sex World
Lesbian Poetry	Marilyn Hacker, Going Back to the River	S. Diane Bogus, Chant of the Women of Magdalena Minnie Bruce Pratt, Crime Against Nature Irena Klepfisz, A Few Words in the Mother Tongue Yvonne Zipter, Patience of Metal
Lesbian science fiction, fantasy or horror	Gael Baudino, Gossamer Axe	Pat Califia, Doc and Fluff Melissa Scott, Mighty Good Road Lynda Lyons, Priorities Karen Marie Christa Minns, Virago
Lesbian Small Press	Louise Rafkin, ed., Different Mothers	Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Making Face/Making Soul Evelyn C. White, Black Women’s Health Book Bev Jo, Linda Strega and Ruston, Dykes-Loving-Dykes Susan E. Johnson, Staying Power: Long Term Lesbian Couples

External links

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