2nd Lambda Literary Awards

The 2nd Lambda Literary Awards were held in 1990 to honour works of LGBT literature published in 1989.

Special awards

Category	Winner
Editor's Choice	Gertrude Stein (Rebecca Mark, ed.), Lifting Belly
Publisher Service	Carol Seajay, Feminist Bookstore News

Nominees and winners

Category	Winner	Nominated
AIDS Literature	Larry Kramer, Reports from the Holocaust: The Story of an AIDS Activist	Susan Sontag, AIDS and Its Metaphors Billy Howard, Epitaphs for the Living Christopher Bram, In Memory of Angel Clare John Preston, Personal Dispatches
Gay Anthology	Martin B. Duberman, ed., Hidden from History	Charles Ludlam, Collected Plays of Charles Ludlam Michael Nava, Finale: Stories of Mystery John Preston, Personal Dispatches Christie Balka and Andy Rose, Twice Blessed
Gay Debut Fiction	John Weir, The Irreversible Decline of Eddie Socket	Randall Kenan, A Visitation of Spirits Mickey C. Fleming, About Courage David B. Feinberg, Eighty-Sixed M.S. Hunter, The Buccaneer
Gay Fiction	David B. Feinberg, Eighty-Sixed	Dennis Cooper, Closer Christopher Bram, In Memory of Angel Clare Kevin Killian, Shy Armistead Maupin, Sure of You
Gay Mystery	Mark Richard Zubro, Simple Suburban Murder	Samuel M. Steward, Caravaggio Shawl Stan Leventhal, Faultlines: Stories of Suspense Michael Nava, Finale Jeffrey N. McMahan, Somewhere in the Night
Gay Non-Fiction	Neil Miller, In Search of Gay America: Women and Men in a Time of Change	Sheppard B. Kominars, Accepting Ourselves Richard A. Isay, Being Homosexual W. J. Weatherby, James Baldwin: Artist on Fire Harold Norse, Memoirs of a Bastard Angel
Gay science fiction, fantasy or horror	Jeffrey N. McMahan, Somewhere in the Night	Thom Nickels, Walking Water/After All This William K. Eakins, Key West 2720 AD Mercedes Lackey, Magic’s Pawn Geoff Mains, Gentle Warriors
Humor	Robert Triptow, ed., Gay Comics	Elizabeth Dean, Cut-Outs and Cut-Ups T. R. Witomski, Kvetch Celeste West, Lesbian Love Advisor N. Leigh Dunlap, Run That Sucker at Six!!!
Lesbian Anthology	Martin B. Duberman, ed., Hidden from History Tee Corinne, ed., Intricate Passions C. McEwen and S. O’Sullivan, Out the Other Side	Terry Woodrow, Lesbian Bedtime Stories Irene Zahava, Lesbian Love Stories
Lesbian Debut Fiction	Patricia R. Schwartz, The Names of the Moons of Mars	Nisa Donnelly, The Bar Stories: A Novel After All Ruthann Robson, Eye of a Hurricane Roz Perry, Rose Penski Paula Martinac and Carla Tomaso, Voyages Out
Lesbian Fiction	Nisa Donnelly, The Bar Stories: A Novel After All	Jane Rule, After the Fire May Sarton, Education of Harriet Hatfield Valerie Miner, Trespassing and Other Stories Shay Youngblood, The Big Mama Stories
Lesbian Mystery	Katherine V. Forrest, The Beverly Malibu	Barbara Wilson, Dog Collar Murders Claire McNab, Fatal Reunion Ellen Hart, Hallowed Murder Antoinette Azolakov, The Contactees Die Young
Lesbian Non-Fiction	Judy Grahn, Really Reading Gertrude Stein	Christie Balka and Andy Rose, Twice Blessed Celeste West, Lesbian Love Advisor Loralee MacPike, There’s Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You Cynthia Rich, Desert Years
Lesbian science fiction, fantasy or horror	Jessica Amanda Salmonson, ed., What Did Miss Darrington See?	Nancy Tyler Glenn, Clicking Stones Lauren Wright Douglas, In the Blood Susanna J. Sturgis, Memories and Visions Lee Lynch, Sue Slate: Private Eye
Poetry	Michael Klein, ed., Poets for Life	Cheryl Clarke, Humid Pitch: Narrative Poetry Christian McEwen, Naming the Waves Robert Glück, Reader Adrienne Rich, Time’s Power: Poems 1985-1988
Small Press	Larry Mitchell, My Life As a Mole	Mike Hippler, Matlovich: The Good Soldier Joan Lindau, Letting in the Night Vega Studios, Men of Color Judy Dahl, River of Promise
Young adult/children's	MaryKate Jordan, Losing Uncle Tim	Leslea Newman and Diana Souza, Heather Has Two Mommies A.M. Homes, Jack George Shannon, Unlived Affections Susan Cohen and Daniel Cohen, When Someone You Know Is Gay

External links

• 2nd Lambda Literary Awards