11th Lambda Literary Awards

The 11th Lambda Literary Awards were held in 1999 to honour works of LGBT literature published in 1998.

Special awards

Category	Winner
Editor's Choice Award	Naeem Murr, The Boy
Pioneer Award	Katherine V. Forrest
Publisher Service Award	Joan M. Drury, Spinsters Ink

Nominees and winners

Category	Winner	Nominated
Anthologies/Fiction	Byrne R. S. Fone, ed., Columbia Anthology of Gay Literature	Lawrence Schimel, Mammoth Book of Gay Erotica Joel Tan, Men on Men 7 Joel Tan, Queer PAPI Porn Michele Karlsberg and Aren X. Tulchinsky, To Be Continued
Anthologies/Non-Fiction	Nisa Donnelly, ed., Mom: Candid Memoirs by Lesbians About the First Woman in Their Life David L. Eng, Q & A: Queer in Asian America	Lucy Jane Bledsoe, Lesbian Travels Clifford Chase, Queer 13: Lesbian and Gay Writers Recall Seventh Grade Kevin Jennings, Telling Tales Out of School
Children's/Young Adult	Kevin Jennings, Telling Tales Out of School	Francesca Lia Block, I Was a Teenage Fairy Joseph Kennedy, Lucy Goes to the Country Michael Thomas Ford, Outspoken Clifford Chase, Queer 13: Lesbian and Gay Writers Recall Seventh Grade
Drama	Holly Hughes, O Solo Homo	Jim Grimsley and David Roman, Mr. Universe and Other Plays D. A. Miller, Place For Us Sarah Schulman, Stagestruck Eve Ensler, The Vagina Monologues
Gay Biography/Autobiography	William J. Mann, Wisecracker	Norman Page, Auden and Isherwood: The Berlin Years Andrew Tobias, The Best Little Boy in the World Grows Up Graham Caveney, Gentleman Junkie: The Life and Legacy of William S. Burroughs Gavin Geoffrey Dillard, In the Flesh
Gay Fiction	Mark Merlis, An Arrow's Flight	Michael Cunningham, The Hours Rabih Alameddine, Koolaids: The Art of War Keith Ridgway, The Long Falling Jameson Currier, Where the Rainbow Ends
Gay Mystery	R. D. Zimmerman, Outburst	Grant Michaels, Dead as a Doornail Fred Hunter, Federal Fag Richard Stevenson, Strachey’s Folly Randy Boyd, Uprising
Gay Poetry	J. D. McClatchy, Ten Commandments	Michael Lassell, A Flame for the Touch That Matters Edward Field, A Frieze for a Temple of Love Timothy Liu, Say Goodnight Mark Doty, Sweet Machine
Gay Studies	John Loughery, The Other Side of Silence	Molly McGarry and Fred Wasserman, Becoming Visible Will Roscoe, Changing Ones Andrew Sullivan, Love Undetectable: Notes on Friendship, Sex, and Survival Michael Bronski, The Pleasure Principle
Humor	Michael Thomas Ford, Alec Baldwin Doesn’t Love Me and Other Trials of My Queer Life	Kate Clinton, Don’t Get Me Started Alison Bechdel, The Indelible Alison Bechdel: Confessions, Comix, and Miscellaneous Dykes to Watch Out For Dan Savage, Savage Love: Straight Answers from America's Most Popular Sex Columnist Alison Bechdel, Split-Level Dykes to Watch Out For
Lesbian Biography/Autobiography	Alison Bechdel, The Indelible Alison Bechdel; Confessions, Comix, and Miscellaneous Dykes to Watch Out For	Joan Nestle, A Fragile Union Rodger Streitmatter, Empty Without You Kate Summerscale, The Queen of Whale Cay Sally Cline, Radclyffe Hall: A Woman Called John
Lesbian Fiction	Dorothy Allison, Cavedweller	Sharon Bridgforth, the bull-jean stories Sarah Schulman, Shimmer Rebecca Brown, The Dogs Erika Lopez, They Call Me Mad Dog
Lesbian Mystery	Nicola Griffith, The Blue Place Sarah Dreher, Shaman's Moon	Randye Lordon, Mother May I Claire McNab, Past Due Ellen Hart, Wicked Games
Lesbian Poetry	Gerry Gomez Pearlberg, Marianne Faithfull's Cigarette	Pamela Sneed, Imagine Being More Afraid of Freedom than Slavery Beatrix Gates, In the Open Letta Neely, Juba Leslea Newman, The Little Butch Book
Lesbian Studies	Joan Nestle, A Fragile Union	Judith Halberstam, Female Masculinity Zsa Zsa Gershick, Gay Old Girls Sarah Schulman, Stagestruck Barbara Smith, The Truth That Never Hurts
Science fiction, fantasy or horror	Nicola Griffith and Stephen Pagel, eds., Bending the Landscape II: Science Fiction	Ulysses G. Dietz, Desmond Elizabeth Brownrigg, Falling to Earth Lawrence Schimel, Things Invisible to See Clive Barker, Galilee
Small Press	Sharon Bridgforth, the bull-jean stories	Alison Bechdel, The Indelible Alison Bechdel: Confessions, Comix, and Miscellaneous Dykes to Watch Out Barbara Summerhawk, Queer Japan Bruce LaBruce, The Reluctant Pornographer Randy Boyd, Uprising
Spirituality	Donna Minkowitz, Ferocious Romance	John J. McNeill, Both Feet Firmly Planted in Midair Richard Rambuss, Closet Devotions Perry Brass, How to Survive Your Own Gay Life Peter J. Gomes, Sermons: Biblical Wisdom for Daily Living
Transgender/Bisexual	Michael R. Gorman, The Empress Is a Man	Will Roscoe and Stephen Murray, Boy-Wives and Female Husbands Judith Halberstam, Female Masculinity Diane Wood Middlebrook, Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton Leslie Feinberg, Trans Liberation
Visual Arts	David Leddick, The Male Nude Barbara Seyda and Diana Herrera, Women in Love	Russell Bush, Affectionate Men Molly McGarry and Fred Wasserman, Becoming Visible Deborah Bright, The Passionate Camera

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