5th Lambda Literary Awards

The 5th Lambda Literary Awards were held in 1993 to honour works of LGBT literature published in 1992.

Special awards

Category Winner
Editor's Choice Richard Mohr, Gay Ideas
Publisher Service Craig Rodwell, Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop

Nominees and winners

Category Author Title Ref.
Children's/Young Adult Penny Raife Durant When Heroes Die Winner
Joan Alden and Catherine Hopkins A Boy’s Best Friend Finalist
Bette Greene Drowning of Stephan Jones Finalist
Johnny Valentine and Lynette Schmidt The Daddy Machine Finalist
Johnny Valentine and Lynette Schmidt The Day They Put a Tax on Rainbows Finalist
Gay Anthology John Preston (ed.) A Member of the Family Winner
Dennis Cooper Discontents Finalist
John Preston Flesh and the Word Finalist
Assotto Saint Here to Dare Finalist
George Stambolian Men on Men 4 Finalist
Gay Fiction Randall Kenan Let the Dead Bury Their Dead Winner
Christopher Bram Almost History Finalist
Bo Huston Dream Life Finalist
Jaime Manrique Latin Moon in Manhattan Finalist
Lev Raphael Winter Eyes Finalist
Gay Mystery Michael Nava The Hidden Law Winner
Steve Johnson Final Atonement Finalist
Grant Michaels Love You to Death Finalist
Richard Stevenson Third Man Out Finalist
Larry Townsend One for the Master, Two for the Fool Finalist
Gay Non-Fiction Paul Monette Becoming a Man Winner
John D'Emilio Making Trouble Finalist
Allen Ellenzweig Homoerotic Photograph Finalist
Eric Marcus Making History: The Struggle for Gay and Lesbian Equal Rights, 1945-1990 Finalist
Darrell Yates Rist Heartlands Finalist
Gay Poetry Edward Field Counting Myself Lucky Winner
Tim Dlugos Strong Place Finalist
Thom Gunn The Man with Night Sweats Finalist
Essex Hemphill Ceremonies Finalist
Rudy Kikel Long Division Finalist
Gay science fiction, fantasy or horror Maureen F. McHugh China Mountain Zhang Winner
Poppy Z. Brite Lost Souls Finalist
Lewis Gannett The Living One Finalist
Anne Rice The Tale of the Body Thief Finalist
Thomas T. Thomas Cry Gender Finalist
Humor Alison Bechdel Dykes to Watch Out For: The Sequel Winner
Jane Caminos That’s Ms. Bulldyke to You, Charlie Finalist
Rupert Kinnard BB and the Diva Finalist
Andrea Natalie The Night Audrey’s Vibrator Spoke Finalist
Eric Orner The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green Finalist
Lesbian Anthology Joan Nestle The Persistent Desire Winner
Tee Corinne Poetry of Sex Finalist
Katherine V. Forrest and Barbara Grier Erotic Naiad Finalist
Anne MacKay Wolf Girls at Vassar Finalist
Anita L. Pace Write from the Heart Finalist
Lesbian Fiction Judith Katz Running Fiercely Toward a High Thin Sound Winner
Carol Anshaw Aquamarine Finalist
Madelyn Arnold On Ships at Sea Finalist
Rebecca Brown Terrible Girls Finalist
Sarah Schulman Empathy Finalist
Lesbian Mystery Jaye Maiman Crazy for Loving Winner
Elizabeth Pincus Two-Bit Tango Winner
Nikki Baker Lavender House Murder Finalist
Ellen Hart Stage Fright Finalist
J.M. Redmann Deaths of Jocasta Finalist
Lesbian Non-Fiction Blanche Wiesen Cook Eleanor Roosevelt Winner
Jeanne DuPrau The Earth House Finalist
Carol Givens and L. Diane Fortier Practicing Eternity Finalist
Joan Nestle Persistent Desire Finalist
Robert A. Schanke Shattered Applause Finalist
Lesbian Poetry Audre Lorde Undersong Winner
Lori Anderson Cultivating Excess Finalist
Nancy Boutilier According to Her Contours Finalist
Diane Stein Lady Sun, Lady Moon Finalist
Terry Wolverton Black Slip Finalist
Lesbian science fiction, fantasy or horror Nicola Griffith Ammonite Winner
Judith Katz Running Fiercely Toward a High Thin Sound Finalist
Severna Park Speaking Dreams Finalist
Melissa Scott Dreamships Finalist
Jean Stewart Return to Isis Finalist
Small Press David Wojnarowicz Memories That Smell Like Gasoline Winner
Natalie Barney A Perilous Advantage Finalist
Jyl Lynn Felman Hot Chicken Wings Finalist
Michael Rumaker To Kill a Cardinal Finalist
Assotto Saint Here to Dare Finalist