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Gala Ceremony May 31
For the first time in Lammy history, a mother and son were nominated for two separate titles. Anne Rice's Merrick (which combines both her vampire series and her Mayfair series for the first time) is a finalist in the science fiction/fantasy/horror category, while her son Christopher's debut novel A Density of Souls is a finalist in Gay Men's Mystery. “The Rices are a perfect example of this year's mix of finalists,” says Paul J. Willis, Executive Director of the Foundation. “Ms. Rice has a long established presence in the literary world, while her son Christopher is just getting started.” One category that clearly combined established and emerging writers was Gay Men's Fiction, in which gay literary pioneer Edmund White and veteran authors Christopher Bram and Bernard Cooper were joined by two impressive new voices who published their first novels in 2000, Erasmo Guerra and K. M. Soehnlein. “This pattern is replicated in practically every category,” Willis noted. Several titles were selected in more than one category. Ellen Samuels and Noell Howey's anthology Out of the Ordinary appeared in three categories: Non-Fiction Anthology, Children's/Young Adult, and Transgender. Amy Sonnie's anthology Revolutionary Voices (a collection of essays and poems from young and emerging glbt writers) was named a finalist in two categories, Non-Fiction Anthology and Children's/Young Adult.
Not only do the nominees showcase the vitality of over 20 years of gay and lesbian publishing, there is also broad representation in terms of publishers. Alyson Books, a gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender (glbt) press, topped the list with 10 total nominations, closely followed by St. Martins, a large New York publisher. Other publishers include university presses such as Duke University Press, University of Wisconsin Press and University of Chicago Press to the bigger New York houses of Knopf, Simon & Schuster, and Viking to small presses such as Naiad, Bella, Painted Leaf and West Beach Books. The Lambda Literary Awards program has a rigorous three-tier selection process. First, a list of nominees is assembled from thousands of nomination forms distributed nationwide. The nominated titles, which this year numbered nearly 500, are narrowed down by a finalist committee including book professionals and members of the glbt press. Seventy judges representing a broad cross-section of the literary community then select a single book to win the Lammy in each of twenty categories. Past winners include Edmund White, Dorothy Allison, Audre Lorde, Paul Monette, and Jeanette Winterson, to name a few.
For further information about the awards program or banquet tickets, please contact the Lambda Literary Foundation, P.O. Box 73910, Washington, D.C. 20056-13910; phone the LAMMYS LINE at (202) 682-0952; or e-mail us at Jim_Marks@lambdalit.org. The 2001 Lambda Literary Awards Ceremony is a program of the Lambda Literary Foundation. Current sponsors include: Reception Sponsors: Bookazine, Haworth Press/Harrington Park Press Awards Ceremony Patrons: American Booksellers Association, Harris Bank, Windy City Times (Chicago) National Media Sponsor: Genre Magazine Awards Ceremony Sponsors: Gill Foundation, St. Martin's Press, Walsworth Publishing Company, Monette/Horwitz Trust, Gay Chicago Magazine, Awards Ceremony Contributors: Human Rights Campaign, Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation, Chicago Area Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, Publisher's Weekly, The Playboy Foundation, Lesbian Fiction Affinity by Sarah Waters, Riverhead Books Tea by Stacey D'Erasmo, Algonquin Books The Powerbook by Jeannette Wintersen, Knopf Black Girl in Paris by Shay Youngblood, Riverhead Books Valencia by Michelle Tea, Seal Press
The Notorious Dr. August by Christopher Bram, William Morrow Lesbian Studies
Lesbian Art in America by Harmony Hammond, Rizzoli Gay Studies Left Out: The Politics of Exclusion by Martin Duberman, Basic Books The Isherwood Century by James J. Berg and Chris Freeman, University of Wisconsin Creating Change: Sexuality, Public Policy and Civil Rights by d'Emilio, Turner and Vaid, St. Martins Shorter Views: Queer Thoughts and the Politics of the Paramilitary by Samuel R. Delaney, Wesleyan University Male Lust by Kerwin Kay, Baruch Gold, Jill Nagle, Haworth Lesbian Poetry Mercy Mercy Me by Elena Georgiou, Painted Leaf The Horse Fair by Robin Becker, University of Pittsburgh A Map to the Next World by Joy Harjo, W.W. Norton On The Eighth Day Adam Slept Alone by Nancy Boutilier, Black Sparrow Signs of Love by Leslea Newman, Windstorm Creative Gay Poetry Boss Cupid by Thom Gunn, FS&G The World in Used by Michael Lassell and Elena Georgiou, St. Martins Word of Mouthed by Timothy Liu, Talisman Plasticville by David Trinidad, Turtle Point Press Pastoral by Carl Phillips, Graywolf
Lesbian Mystery
The Case of the Orphaned Bassoonists by Barbara Wilson, Seal Press Booked for Murder by Val McDermid, Spinsters Ink When Evil Changes Face by Therese Szymanski, Bella Books Death Understood by Claire McNab, Naiad Mommy Deadest by Jean Marcy, New Victoria Gay Men's Mystery A Density of Souls by Christopher Rice, Talk Miramax The Limits of Justice by John Morgan Wilson, Doubleday Name Games by Michael Craft, St. Martins Love's Last Chance by Krandall Kraus, Alyson Nothing Gold Can Stay by Casey Nelson, Alyson Lesbian Biography/Autobiography Truly Wilde by Joan Schenkar, Basic Books My Dangerous Desires by Amber Hollibaugh, Duke University Soldier: A Poet's Childhood by June Jordan, Basic Books The Room Lit by Roses by Carole Maso, Counterpoint Press Lifesaving by Judith Barrington, Eight Mountain Gay Biography/Autobiography Marcel Proust by Jean-Yves Tadie, Viking Bosie by Douglas Murray, Talk Miramax Brave Journeys by David Mixner, Bantam The Mentor by Jay Quinn, Haworth Lies by Ned Rorem, Counterpoint Fiction Anthology Queer Feared ed Michael Rowe, Arsenal Pulp Men on Men 2000 eds David Bergman and Karl Woelz, Plume Circa 2000: Lesbian Fiction at the Millennium eds Robert Drake and Terry Wolverton, Alyson Same Sex Love in India eds Ruth Vanita and Saleem Kidwai, St. Martins Kosher Meat ed Lawrence Schimel, Sherman Asher Non-fiction Anthology Coming Out of Cancer ed Victoria Brownworth, Seal Press Home Fronts ed Jess Wells, Alyson Mama's Boy ed Dean Kostos, Painted Leaf Out of the Ordinary eds Noelle Howey and Ellen Samuels, St. Martins Revolutionary Voices ed Amy Sonnie, Alyson Humor It's Not Mean If it's True by Michael Thomas Ford, Alyson Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris, Little Brown Bruce! by Bruce Vilanch, J P Tarcher Post-Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel, Firebrand The Femme's Guide to the Universe by Shar Rednour, Alyson
Visual Arts
Lesbian Art in America by Harmony Hammond, Rizzoli Stars in My Eyes by Don Bachardy, University of Wisconsin Black and White Men by James Spada, Pond Street Press Faeries by Keri Pickett, Aperture As I See It by Greg Gorman, powerHouse Spirituality/Religion The Silence of Sodom by Mark Jordan, University of Chicago Interviews/Entrevistas by Gloria E. Anzaldua, Routledge Gay Spirituality by Toby Johnson, Alyson It's Never About What It's About by Krandall Kraus and Paul Borja, Alyson ReCreations ed Catherine Lake, Queer Press Horror/Science Fiction/Fantasy Queer Fear ed Michael Rowe, Arsenal Pulp Press Merrick by Anne Rice, Knopf Kirith Kirin by Jim Grimsley, Meisha Merlin Angel Lust by Perry Brass, Belhue Jumping off the Planet by David Gerrold, Tor Drama Hedwig and the Angry Inch by John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask, Overlook Press The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told by Paul Rudnick, Overlook Press Five Lesbian Brothers by Five Lesbian Brothers, Consortium The Beginning of August by Tom Donaghy, Grove Press I, Carmelita Tropicana by Alina Troyano, Beacon Press
Holly's Secret by Nancy Garden, FS&G Transgender
The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff, Viking Small Press Outline of My Lover by Douglas A. Martin, Soft Skull Press Bridge Across the Ocean by Randy Boyd, West Beach Books Kamikaze Lust by Lauren Sanders, Akashic Between Dances by Erasmo Guerra, Painted Leaf Undertow by Amy Schutzer, CALYX |
The Lambda Literary Foundation has announced the finalists
for its 13th annual literary awards for excellence in gay, lesbian, bisexual
and transgender literature.
Other multiple nominees include editor Michael Rowe's Queer Fear (Fiction Anthology, Science
Fiction/Fantasy/Horror), and Amber Hollibaugh's My Dangerous Desires (Lesbian
Studies, Lesbian Biography/ Autobiography). One author, Elena Georgiou was
nominated for two different books: Mercy Mercy Me (Lesbian Poetry) and The
World in Us, (Gay Men's Poetry) which she co-edited with Michael Lassell.
Gay Fiction
Children/YA
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