2023 Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced

The 2023 Lambda Literary Award winners have been introduced! This yr’s winners have been chosen by a panel of over 60 judges from the literary world and from greater than 1,300 e-book submissions from over 300 publishers. Now in its thirty fifth yr, the Lambda Literary Award is taken into account one of the vital prestigious awards in LGBTQ publishing. The winners have been introduced reside at The Edison Ballroom in New York City on June 9, 2023, marking the primary time since 2019 that the ceremony was held in particular person.

In addition to the winners within the award classes, 5 particular honors have been awarded. Eboni J. Dunbar gained the Randall Kenan Prize for Black LGBTQ Fiction. The award goes to a Black LGBTQ author whose fiction explores themes of Black LGBTQ life, tradition, and/or historical past. Maya Salameh and Naseem Jamnia gained the Markowitz Award for Exceptional New LGBTQ Writers. Jaquira Diaz gained the Jeanne Córdova Prize for Lesbian/Queer Nonfiction. Christopher Tradowsky gained the J. Michael Samuel Prize for Emerging Writers Over 50 and Ryka Aoki and Aaron Hamburger gained the Jim Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Prize.

In the press launch announcement of the finalists, new Lambda Literary govt director Samiya Bashir writes that “our writers represent our greatest culture creators.” She continues,

“In a moment when our voices and our stories are being weaponized against our very lives across the country, supporting our storytellers—whether their media centers the page, the stage or the survey, is more critical by the day. Lambda Literary has embarked on a truly transformational year—growing its size and capacity to meet our cultural moment where our communities need us most. Supporting the Lammys not only makes that work possible, but does so while providing a sanctuary of celebration. Here our voices, and our lives are (celebrated), and our stories are artfully, joyfully told.”

Looking for much more nice suggestions? Check out the whole checklist of the 2023 Lambda Literary Awards Finalists. Or study extra concerning the History of the Lambda Literary Awards.