Lambda Literary Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature
The Lambda Literary Awards (also known as the "Lammys") are awarded yearly by the US-based Lambda Literary Foundation to published works that celebrate or explore LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) themes. The organization is considered to be one of the main promoters of new and emerging LGBT writers.[1][2]
The Lambda Literary Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature, one of the Lammys 25 awards, was introduced during the 2nd Lambda Literary Awards, when it was called "Young Adult/Children’s Book Award".[3] After not being present in the 1991 ceremonies, the award returned in the 4th edition under the name "Children's/Young Adult Literature".[4] Starting in 2007, it has been known as the "LGBTQ Children's/Young Adult" award.[5]
The 25th Lambda Literary Awards had a record number of submissions at the time. Due to the increased number of books submitted for evaluation, the judges of every category were encouraged to submit more finalists.[6] After that, and since the 26th edition, if the number of submissions is high enough, the Children's/Young Adult category is divided in two subcategories, "Children's/Middle Grade" and "Young Adult", which happened in the 2020[7] and 2021 editions.[8]
Winners and nominees
David Levithan has won the award a total of three times, in 2004, 2007 and 2014, and was nominated another three times. Jacqueline Woodson has been awarded two Lammys in this category, in 1996 and 1998. As of 2020, Kacen Callender, which published This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story and Hurricane Child both in 2018, is the only author to have two nominations for the same year. Hurricane Child was also the winner on that same year.
| C | "Children's/Middle Grade" nominee/winner | YA | "Young Adult" nominee/winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| ill. | Illustrator | ed. | Editor |
| Winner | |||
| Year | Author(s), Editor(s) and/or Illustrator(s) | Book Title | Publisher | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990[3] | MaryKate Jordan | Losing Uncle Tim | Albert Whitman & Co. | Won |
| Susan and Daniel Cohen | When Someone You Know Is Gay | Evans | Nom | |
| George Shannon | Unlived Affections | Harper & Row Juvenile | Nom | |
| A. M. Homes | Jack | Macmillan | Nom | |
| Lesléa Newman Diane Souza (ill.) |
Heather Has Two Mommies | In Other Words Press | Nom | |
| 1992[4] | Johnny Valentine Lynette Schmidt (ill.) |
The Duke Who Outlawed Jelly Beans: and Other Stories | Alyson Wonderland | Won |
| Aaron and Walter Frickle | Sudden Strangers | St. Martin's Press | Nom | |
| Nancy Garden | Lark in the Morning | Farrar Straus Giroux | Nom | |
| Ann Heron and Meredith Maran Kris Kovick (ill.) |
How Would You Feel if Your Dad was Gay? | Alyson Wonderland | Nom | |
| Lesléa Newman Russel Crocker (ill.) |
Gloria Goes to Gay Pride | Alyson Wonderland | Nom | |
| 1993[9] | Penny Raife Durant | When Heroes Die | Atheneum | Won |
| Johnny Valentine Lynette Schmidt (ill.) |
The Daddy Machine | Alyson Wonderland | Nom | |
| Joan Alden Catherine Hopkins (ill.) |
A Boy's Best Friend | Alyson Wonderland | Nom | |
| Bette Greene | Drowning of Stephan Jones | Bantam Books | Nom | |
| Joan Alden Catherine Hopkins (ill.) |
Day They Put a Tax on Rainbows | Alyson Wonderland | Nom | |
| 1994[10] | Hilary Mullins | The Cat Came Back | Naiad Press | Won |
| Michael Willhoite | Uncle What-Is-It Is Coming To Visit | Alyson Wonderland | Nom | |
| Lesléa Newman Annete Hegel (ill.) |
Saturday is Pattyday | New Victoria | Nom | |
| Rik Isensee | We're Not Alone | Lavender Press | Nom | |
| Christina Salat | Living In Secret | Bantam Books | Nom | |
| 1995[11] | Marion Dane Bauer (ed.) | Am I Blue? | Harper Children's | Won |
| Ann Heron (ed.) | 2 Teenagers In 20 | Alyson Publications | Nom | |
| Stacey Donovan | Dive: 9 | Dutton Children's Books | Nom | |
| Scott Nunokawa | Oscar Wilde | Chelsea House | Nom | |
| Patricia Quinlan | Tiger Flowers | Dial Books | Nom | |
| 1996[12] | Jacqueline Woodson | From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun | Blue Sky Press | Won |
| Francesca Lia Block | Baby Be-Bop | HarperCollins | Nom | |
| Judith Vinga | My Two Uncles | Albert Whitman & Co. | Nom | |
| Kust Chandler | Passage of Pride | Times Books | Nom | |
| Daniel Vilmure | Toby's Lie | Simon & Schuster | Nom | |
| 1997[13] | Nancy Garden | Good Moon Rising | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Won |
| Michael Willhoite | Daddy's Wedding | Alyson Publications | Nom | |
| Elle Bass and Kate Kaufman | Free Your Mind | HarperPerennial | Nom | |
| Alexander, Rudin and Sejkora | My Dad Has HIV | Fairview Press | Nom | |
| Michael Thomas Ford | The World Out There | The New Press | Nom | |
| 1998[14] | Jacqueline Woodson | The House You Pass On the Way | Delacorte Press | Won |
| Paul Monette | Sanctuary: a Tale of Life in the Woods | Scribner | Nom | |
| Adam Mastoon | The Shared Heart | William Morrow and Company | Nom | |
| Jeanne Arnold | Amy Asks a Question: Grandma, What's a Lesbian? | Mother Courage | Nom | |
| Liza Ketchum | Blue Coyote | Simon & Schuster | Nom | |
| 1999[15] | Kevin Jennings | Telling Tales Out of School | Alyson Publications | Won |
| Francesca Lia Block | I Was a Teenage Fairy | HarperCollins | Nom | |
| Joseph Kennedy John Canemaker (ill.) |
Lucy Goes to the Country | Alyson Publications | Nom | |
| Michael Thomas Ford | Outspoken | Morrow Junior | Nom | |
| Clifford Chase | Queer 13 | Weisbach | Nom | |
| 2000[16] | Ellen Wittlinger | Hard Love | Simon & Schuster | Won |
| Paula Boock | Dare Truth or Promise | Nom | ||
| Lois-Ann Yamanaka | Name Me Nobody | Nom | ||
| William Taylor | The Blue Lawn | Nom | ||
| Nancy Garden | The Year They Burned the Books | Nom | ||
| 2001[17] | Noelle Howey and Ellen Samuels (eds.) | Out of the Ordinary | St. Martin's Press | Won |
| Nancy Garden | Holly's Secret | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Nom | |
| Amy Sonnie (ed.) | Revolutionary Voices | Alyson Publications | Nom | |
| Benjie Nycum | The XY Survival Guide | XY | Nom | |
| Jean Ferris | Eight Seconds | Harcourt | Nom | |
| 2002[18] | Julia Watts | Finding H.F. | Alyson Publications | Won |
| Sara Ryan | Empress of the World | Viking Press | Nom | |
| Marilyn Reynolds | Love Rules | Morning Glory | Nom | |
| Alex Sánchez | Rainbow Boys | Simon & Schuster | Nom | |
| Todd Turtle | Spot | Window | Nom | |
| 2003[19] | Bonnie Shimko | Letters in the Attic | Academy Chicago Press | Won |
| Lesléa Newman | Felicia's Favorite Story | Two Lives Publishing | Nom | |
| Linda de Haan and Stern Nijland | King & King | Tricycle | Nom | |
| Andrew Calimach | Lover's Legends: The Gay Greek Myths | Simon & Schuster | Nom | |
| Harvey Fierstein | The Sissy Duckling | Simon & Schuster | Nom | |
| 2004[20] | David Levithan | Boy Meets Boy | Knopf Books for Young Readers | Won |
| Tea Benduhn | Gravel Queen | Simon & Schuster | Nom | |
| Julie Anne Peters | Keeping You a Secret | Little, Brown and Company | Nom | |
| Alex Sánchez | Rainbow High | Simon & Schuster | Nom | |
| Brent Hartinger | Geography Club | HarperTempest | Nom | |
| 2005[21] | Alex Sánchez | So Hard to Say | Simon & Schuster | Won |
| Judy MacLean | Rosemary and Juliet | Alice Street Editions | Nom | |
| David Levithan | The Realm of Possibility | Knopf Books for Young Readers | Nom | |
| Julie Anne Peters | Luna | Little, Brown and Company | Nom | |
| Sharon Dennis Wyeth | Orphea Proud | Delacorte Press | Nom | |
| 2006[22] | Shyam Selvadurai | Swimming in the Monsoon Sea | Tundra | Won |
| Rigoberto González | Antonio’s Card/La Tarjeta de Antonio | Lee & Low Books | Nom | |
| James Howe | Totally Joe | Simon & Schuster | Nom | |
| Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson | And Tango Makes Three | Simon & Schuster | Nom | |
| Alex Sánchez | Rainbow Road | Simon & Schuster | Nom | |
| 2007[5] | David Levithan and Billy Merrell (eds.) | The Full Spectrum | Random House Children's Books | Won |
| Julie Anne Peters | Between Mom & Jo | Little, Brown and Company | Nom | |
| Christian Burch | The Manny Files | Simon & Schuster | Nom | |
| Brian Sloan | Tale of Two Summers | Simon & Schuster | Nom | |
| Kim Wallace | Erik & Isabelle’s Junior Year at Foresthill High | Foglight Press | Nom | |
| 2008[23] | Perry Moore | Hero | Hyperion Books | Won |
| Peter Cameron | Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Nom | |
| Patrick Ryan | Saints of Augustine | HarperTeen | Nom | |
| James St. James | Freak Show | Dutton Children’s | Nom | |
| Ellen Wittlinger | Parrotfish | Simon & Schuster | Nom | |
| 2009[24] | Bill Konigsberg | Out of the Pocket | Dutton | Won |
| Ellen Wittlinger | Love & Lies: Marisol's Story | Simon and Schuster | Nom | |
| Christian Burch | Hit the Road, Manny: A Manny Files Novel | Simon and Schuster | Nom | |
| David Levithan | How They Met & Other Stories | Knopf Children's Books | Nom | |
| Pat Schmatz | Mousetraps | Carolrhoda Books | Nom | |
| Martin Wilson | What They Always Tell Us | Random House Children's Books | Nom | |
| 2010[25] | Dale Peck | Sprout | Bloomsbury Publishing | Won |
| Malinda Lo | Ash | Little, Brown and Company | Nom | |
| Michael Cart (ed.) | How Beautiful the Ordinary | HarperCollins | Nom | |
| Patrick Ryan | In Mike We Trust | HarperCollins | Nom | |
| Nick Burd | The Vast Fields of Ordinary | Penguin Books | Nom | |
| 2011[26] | Jane Eagland | Wildthorn | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Won |
| Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell Amy June Bates (ill.) |
Christian, the Hugging Lion | Simon & Schuster | Nom | |
| Vivek Shraya Juliana Neufeld (ill.) |
God Loves Hair | Vivek Shraya | Nom | |
| Catherine Ryan Hyde | Jumpstart the World | Random House Books for Children | Nom | |
| James Klise | Love Drugged | Flux Books | Nom | |
| 2012[27] | Bil Wright | Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy | Simon & Schuster | Won |
| Patrick Ryan | Gemini Bites | Scholastic Press | Nom | |
| Malinda Lo | Huntress | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers | Nom | |
| Cris Beam | I am J | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers | Nom | |
| Lili Wilkinson | PINK | HarperCollins | Nom | |
| 2013[28] | Benjamin Alire Saenz | Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe | Simon & Schuster | Won |
| Malinda Lo | Adaptation | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers | Nom | |
| S. Bear Bergman and Suzy Malik | The Adventure of Tulip, Birthday Wish Fairy | Flamingo Rampant | Nom | |
| A. S. King | Ask the Passengers | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers | Nom | |
| Kirstin Cronn-Mills | Beautiful Music for Ugly Children | Flux Books | Nom | |
| David Levithan | Every Day | Knopf Books for Young Readers | Nom | |
| Elissa Janine Hoole | Kiss the Morning Star | Amazon Children's Publishing | Nom | |
| Emily M. Danforth | The Miseducation of Cameron Post | Balzer + Bray | Nom | |
| E. M. Kokie | Personal Effects | Candlewick Press | Nom | |
| Molly Beth Griffin | Silhouette of a Sparrow | Milkweed Editions | Nom | |
| 2014[29] | Sara Farizan | If You Could Be Mine | Algonquin Books | Won |
| David Levithan | Two Boys Kissing | Knopf Books for Young Readers | Won | |
| Stewart Lewis Rebecca Short (ed.) |
The Secret Ingredient | Delacorte Press | Nom | |
| Alaya Dawn Johnson | The Summer Prince | Arthur A. Levine Books | Nom | |
| Cory Silverberg Fiona Smyth (ill.) |
What Makes a Baby | Seven Stories Press/Triangle Square | Nom | |
| Tim Federle | Better Nate Than Ever | Simon & Schuster | Nom | |
| Christopher R. Michael | Boy In Box | Hubbub Publishing | Nom | |
| Rhiannon Argo | Girls I've Run Away With | Moonshine Press | Nom | |
| Bill Konigsberg | Openly Straight | Arthur A. Levine Books | Nom | |
| 2015[30] | Tim Federle | Five, Six, Seven, Nate! | Simon & Schuster | Won |
| Karelia Stetz-Waters | Forgive Me If I've Told You This Before | Ooligan Press | Nom | |
| Robin Talley | Lies We Tell Ourselves | Harlequin Teen | Nom | |
| Jay Jordan Hawke | Pukawiss the Outcast | Dreamspinner Press/Harmony Ink Press | Nom | |
| Suki Fleet | This is Not a Love Story | Dreamspinner Press/Harmony Ink Press | Nom | |
| Raziel Reid | When Everything Feels Like the Movies | Arsenal Pulp Press | Nom | |
| Susan Kuklin | Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out | Candlewick Press | Nom | |
| Bridget Birdsall | Double Exposure | Skyhorse Publishing | Nom | |
| 2016[31] | Alex Gino | George | Scholastic Press | Won |
| Sarah McCarry | About a Girl: A Novel | St. Martin's Griffin | Nom | |
| Will Walton | Anything Could Happen | Push | Nom | |
| Jerome Pohlen | Gay and Lesbian History for Kids: The Century-Long Struggle for LGBT Rights | Chicago Review Press | Nom | |
| Brian Selznick | The Marvels | Scholastic Press | Nom | |
| Adam Silvera | More Happy Than Not | Soho Press | Nom | |
| I. W. Gregorio | None of the Above | Balzer + Bray | Nom | |
| Becky Albertalli | Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda | Balzer + Bray | Nom | |
| 2017[32] | M-E Girard | Girl Mans Up | HarperTeen | Won |
| John Corey Whaley | Highly Illogical Behavior | Dial Books | Nom | |
| C. B. Lee | Not Your Sidekick | Novelstream | Nom | |
| Krystal Sutherland | Our Chemical Hearts | G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers | Nom | |
| Jeff Garvin | Symptoms of Being Human | Balzer + Bray | Nom | |
| Marie Lu | The Midnight Star | G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers | Nom | |
| Brie Spangler | Beast | Alfred A. Knopf | Nom | |
| Juliann Rich | Gravity | Bold Stroke Books | Nom | |
| 2018[33] | Rebecca Podos | Like Water | Balzer + Bray | Won |
| Sarah Dooley | Ashes to Asheville | Putnam | Nom | |
| Christina Lauren | Autoboyography | Simon & Schuster | Nom | |
| April Daniels | Dreadnought: Nemesis | Diversion Books | Nom | |
| Nina Packebush | Girls Like Me | Bedazzled Ink | Nom | |
| Kay Haring Robert Neubecker (ill.) |
Keith Haring: The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing | Dial Books | Nom | |
| Will Kostakis | The Sidekicks | Harlequin Teen | Nom | |
| Martin Wilson | We Now Return to Regular Life | Dial Books | Nom | |
| 2019[34] | Kacen Callender | Hurricane Child | Scholastic Press | Won |
| Adib Khorram | Darius the Great Is Not Okay | Dial | Nom | |
| Ashley Herring Blake | Girl Made of Stars | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Nom | |
| Elizabeth Acevedo | The Poet X | HarperTeen | Nom | |
| Claire Legrand | Sawkill Girls | Katherine Tegen Books | Nom | |
| Kacen Callender | This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story | Balzer + Bray | Nom | |
| Mark Oshiro | Anger Is a Gift: A Novel | Tor Teen | Nom | |
| Angelo Surmelis | The Dangerous Art of Blending In | Balzer + Bray | Nom | |
| 2020[35] | Alexandra Villasante | The Grief Keeper | G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers | Won (C) |
| Lisa Jenn Bigelow | Hazel's Theory of Evolution | HarperCollins | Won (YA) | |
| Rory Power | Wilder Girls | Delacorte Press | Nom | |
| Robin Stevenson | Pride Colors | Orca Book Publishers | Nom | |
| Akwaeke Emezi | Pet | Make Me a World | Nom | |
| Jaye Robin Brown | The Meaning of Birds | HarperTeen | Nom | |
| Nicole Melleby | Hurricane Season | Algonquin Young Readers | Nom | |
| Saundra Mitchell | All the Things We Do in the Dark | HarperTeen | Nom |
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