The 8th Lambda Literary Awards were held in 1996 to honour works of LGBT literature published in 1995.[1]

Special awards

CategoryWinner
Editor's ChoicePatrick Califia and Janine Fuller, Forbidden Passages: Writings Banned in Canada
Pioneer AwardL. Page “Deacon” Maccubbin, Lambda Rising
Publisher's ServiceNancy Bereano, Firebrand Press
Janine Fuller and Stuart Blackley, Restricted Entry: Censorship on Trial

Nominees and winners

8th Lambda Literary Awards winners and finalists
Category Author/Editor Title Result
Anthologies (Fiction) E. J. Levy (ed.) Tasting Life Twice Winner
Pat Califia and Janine Fuller Forbidden Passages: Writings Banned in Canada Finalist
Robert Drake His Finalist
Catherine McKinley and ` (eds.) Afrekete Finalist
Eileen Myles and Liz Kotz (eds.) The New Fuck You Finalist
Anthologies (Non-Fiction) Claude J. Summers (ed.) Gay and Lesbian Literary Heritage Winner
Karla Jay (ed.) Dyke Life Finalist
Leslea Newman (ed.) A Loving Testimony Finalist
Lynn Witt, Sherry Thomas, and Eric Marcus (eds.) Out in All Directions Finalist
Lynn Yamaguchi and Karin Barber (eds.) Tomboys Finalist
Children's and Young Adult Jacqueline Woodson From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun Winner
Francesca Lia Block Baby Bebop Finalist
Kurt Chandler Passages of Pride Finalist
Daniel Vilmure Toby’s Lie Finalist
Judith Vinga My Two Uncles Finalist
Drama Tony Kushner Slavs (Thinking About the Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness) Winner
Guinevere Turner and Rose Troche Go Fish Winner
Michael Kearns T-Cells and Sympathy Finalist
Eric Lane and Nina Shengold (eds.) The Actor’s Book of Gay and Lesbian Plays Finalist
Terrence McNally Love! Valour! Compassion! Finalist
Gay Biography and Autobiography Lyle Leverich Tom: The Unknown Tennessee Williams Winner
Leroy F. Aarons Prayers for Bobby: A Mother's Coming to Terms with the Suicide of Her Gay Son Finalist
Bill T. Jones and Peggy Gillespie Last Night on Earth Finalist
Gore Vidal Palimpsesta Finalist
Edmund White Our Paris Finalist
Gay Fiction Michael Cunningham Flesh and Blood Winner
Christopher Bram Father of Frankenstein Finalist
Jim Grimsley Dream Boy Finalist
Scott Heim Mysterious Skin Finalist
Felice Picano Like People in History Finalist
Gay Mystery R. D. Zimmerman Closet Winner
George Baxt Queer Kind of Umbrella Finalist
Steven Saylor The Venus Throw Finalist
Richard Stevenson Shock to the System Finalist
Mark Richard Zubro Another Dead Teenager Finalist
Gay Poetry Mark Doty Atlantis Winner
David Laurents Badboy Book of Erotic Verse Finalist
Timothy Liu Burnt Offerings Finalist
James Merrill Scattering of Salts Finalist
Carl Phillips Cortege Finalist
Gay Studies Joseph Carrier De Los Otros Winner
Daniel Halperin Saint=Foucault Finalist
Jonathan Ned Katz The Invention of Heterosexuality Finalist
Pierre Seel I, Pierre Seel, Deported Homosexual Finalist
Andrew Sullivan Virtually Normal Finalist
Humor Ellen Orleans The Butches of Madison County Winner
Alison Bechdel Unnatural Dykes to Watch Out For Finalist
Diane DiMassa Revenge of HotHead Paisan Finalist
Funny Gay Males Growing Up Gay: From Left Out to Coming Out Finalist
Mabel Maney Ghost in the Closet Finalist
Lesbian Biography and Autobiography Erica Fischer Aimee & Jaguar Winner
Dorothy Allison Two or Three Things I Know for Sure Finalist
Claudia Brenner and Hannah Ashley Eight Bullets: One Woman's Story of Surviving Anti-Gay Violence Finalist
Susan E. Cayliff Babe Finalist
Deb Price and Joyce Murdoch And Say Hi to Joyce Finalist
Lesbian Fiction Jacqueline Woodson Autobiography of a Family Photo Winner
Lucy Jane Bledsoe Sweat Finalist
Louise Blum Amnesty Finalist
Stephanie Grant Passion of Alice Finalist
Sarah Schulman Rat Bohemia Finalist
Lesbian Mystery Jean M. Redmann Intersection of Law and Desire Winner
Ellen Hart Faint Praise Finalist
Jaye Maiman Someone to Watch Finalist
Penny Mickelbury Night Songs Finalist
Elizabeth Pincus Hangdog Hustle Finalist
Lesbian Poetry Adrienne Rich Dark Fields of the Republic Winner
Chrystos Fire Power Finalist
Jewelle Gomez Oral Tradition Finalist
Eileen Myles Maxfield Parrish Finalist
Gerry Gomez Pearlberg Key to Everything Finalist
Lesbian Studies Karla Jay Dyke Life Winner
Julie Glamuzina and Alison J. Laurie Parker and Hulme Finalist
Minnie Bruce Pratt S/he Finalist
Urvashi Vaid Virtual Equality Finalist
Lynn Yamaguchi and Karin Barber Tomboys Finalist
Photography and Visual Arts Andrea Weiss Paris Was a Woman Winner
Emmanuel Cooper Fully Exposed: The Male Nude in Photography Finalist
Howard Cruse Stuck Rubber Baby Finalist
Geoff Manasse and Jean Swallow Making Love Visible Finalist
M.G. Soares Butch/Femme Finalist
Science fiction, fantasy or horror Nicola Griffith Slow River Winner
Melissa Scott Shadow Man Winner
Samuel R. Delany Atlantis: Three Tales Finalist
Pam Keesey Dark Angels Finalist
Felice Picano Dryland’s End Finalist
Small Press Eileen Myles and Liz Kotz The New Fuck You Winner
Staszek Three-Hand Jax and Other Spells Finalist
Adam Klein The Medicine Burns Finalist
Minnie Bruce Pratt S/He Finalist
Vega Press Milking Black Bull Finalist
Spirituality Brian Bouldrey Wrestling with the Angel Winner
Peter Cashorali Gay Fairy Tales Finalist
John J. McNeill Freedom, Glorious Freedom Finalist
Will Roscoe Queer Spirits Finalist
Nancy Wilson Our Tribe Finalist

References

  1. Cerna, Antonio Gonzalez (14 July 1996). "8th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Lambdaliterary.org. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
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