37e prix Lambda Literary

Le 37^e prix Lambda Literary a lieu le 4 octobre 2025 pour honorer les ouvrages publiés en 2024.

37e prix Lambda Literary
Organisée par Lambda Literary
Détails
Genre	Littérature LGBT
Date	4 octobre 2025
Lieu	En ligne
Président	J. Clapp
Chronologie
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Organisation

L'édition compte 80 juges qui étudient 1 339 œuvres. Exceptionnellement en raison de l'organisation d'un gala d'automne, les dates sont modifiées : la shortlist est annoncée en juillet 2025 et la cérémonie a lieu le 4 octobre 2025 en ligne.

Lauréats et finalistes

Catégorie	Lauréat	Finalistes
Fiction bisexuelle	How to fall in love in a time of unnameable disaster, Muriel Leung	Anyone's Ghost, August Thompson Greta & Valdin, Rebecca K Reilly How to fall in love in a time of unnameable disaster, Muriel Leung The Pairing: Special 1st Edition, Casey McQuiston We Were the Universe, Kimberly King Parsons
Non-fiction bisexuelle	You're Embarrassing Yourself, Desiree Akhavan	Djuna: The Extraordinary Life of Djuna Barnes, Jon Macy First Love: Essays on Friendship, Lilly Dancyger Simmering: A Kitchen Memoir, Rebecca Orchant You Get What You Pay For, Morgan Parker You're Embarrassing Yourself, Desiree Akhavan
Poésie bisexuelle	Interrogation Records, Jeddie Sophronius	Good Dress, Brittany Rogers Interrogation Records, Jeddie Sophronius Return of the Chinese Femme, Dorothy Chan The Endless Animal, Nathan Mader The Stuff of Hollywood, Niki Herd
Fiction gay	Henry Henry, Allen Bratton	Cinema Love, Jiaming Tang Henry Henry, Allen Bratton In Tongues, Thomas Grattan Napalm dans le cœur, Pol Guasch Our Evenings, Alan Hollinghurst
(Auto-)biographie gay	RADIANT: The Life and Line of Keith Haring, Brad Gooch	Be Not Afraid of My Body: A Lyrical Memoir, Darius Stewart Manboobs: A Memoir of Musicals, Visas, Hope, and Cake, Komail Aijazuddin RADIANT: The Life and Line of Keith Haring, Brad Gooch Thom Gunn, Michael Nott When the Band Played On, Michael G. Lee
Poésie gay	How to Kill a Goat and Other Monsters, Saúl Hernández	How to Kill a Goat and Other Monsters, Saúl Hernández Pentimento, Joshua Garcia Rara Avis, Blas Falconer Scattered Snows, to the North, Carl Phillips Terminal Maladies, Okwudili Nebeolisa
Romance gay	The Spring Before Obergefell: A Novel, Ben Grossberg	It Takes Three To Tango, Jem Wendel Our Own Light, Logan Sage Adams Outside the Wire, William Leet The Spring Before Obergefell: A Novel, Ben Grossberg We Could Be Heroes, Philip Ellis
Fiction lesbienne	The Safekeep, Yael van der Wouden	Dead in Long Beach, California, Venita Blackburn Housemates, Emma Copley Eisenberg Oye, Melissa Mogollon Rainbow Black, Maggie Thrash The Safekeep, Yael van der Wouden
(Auto-)biographie lesbienne	My Withered Legs and Other Essays, Sandra Gail Lambert	Mama: A Queer Black Woman’s Story of a Family Lost and Found, Nikkya Hargrove My Withered Legs and Other Essays, Sandra Gail Lambert Portrait of a Body, Julie Delporte The Mary Years, Julie Marie Wade Wrong is Not My Name, Erica N. Cardwell
Poésie lesbienne	Song of My Softening, Omotara James	Alt-Nature, Saretta Morgan Born Backwards, Tanya Olson Dancing Backwards Towards Pluperfect, Koss Instructions for the Lovers, Dawn Lundy Martin Song of My Softening, Omotara James The Velvet Book, Rae Gouirand
Romance lesbienne	Here We Go Again, Alison Cochrun	Bachelorette Number Twelve, Jae Here We Go Again, Alison Cochrun Loser of the Year, Carrie Byrd Loving Safoa, Liza Wemakor Outlaw Hearts, Lori G. Matthews
Anthologie LGBTQ	Swagger: A Celebration of the Butch Experience, Rae Theodore et Nat Burns	Swagger: A Celebration of the Butch Experience, Rae Theodore et Nat Burns The Queer Arab Glossary, Marwan Kaabour Transmasculine Poetics: Filling the Gap in Literature & the Silences Around Us, Remi Recchia We Mostly Come Out At Night: 15 Queer Tales of Monsters, Angels & Other Creatures, dir. Rob Costello avec des contributions de Kalynn Bayron, David Bowles, Shae Carys, H.E. Edgmon, Michael Thomas Ford, Val Howlett, Brittany Johnson, Naomi Kanakia, Claire Kann, Jonathan Lenore Kastin, Sarah Maxfield, Sam J. Miller, Alexandra Villasante, et Merc Fenn Wolfmoor When I Was Straight: A Tribute to Maureen Seaton, Dustin Brookshire
Littérature pour enfants LGBTQ	Glenn Burke, Game Changer: The Man Who Invented the High Five, Phil Bildner, illustré par Daniel J. O’Brien	Glenn Burke, Game Changer: The Man Who Invented the High Five, Phil Bildner, illustré par Daniel J. O’Brien Harper Becomes a Big Sister, Seamus Kirst Jacob’s Missing Book, Sarah and Ian Hoffman Just Us, Molly Beth Griffin, illustré par Anait Semirdzhyan Love of the Half-Eaten Peach, Lee Wind, illustré par Jieting Chen
Bande dessinée LGBTQ	Putty Pygmalion, Lonnie Garcia	Girlmode, Magdalene Visaggio, illustré par Paulina Ganucheau Putty Pygmalion, Lonnie Garcia SN_33P’sCoolZine.pdf, Tenacity Plys Something, Not Nothing: A Story of Grief and Love, Sarah Leavitt We Belong: An All-Black/All-Queer Sci-Fi/Fantasy Comics Anthology, Viktor T. Kerney et William O. Tyler
Théâtre LGBTQ	The Green Line | خطّ التماس, Makram Ayache	Bathhouse.pptx, Jesus I. Valles Casey and Diana, Nick Green Goldie, Max & Milk, Karen Hartman In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot, Sarah Mantell The Green Line | خطّ التماس, Makram Ayache
Littérature jeunesse LGBTQ	Murray Out of Water, Taylor Tracy	Mallory in Full Color, Elisa Stone Leahy Murray Out of Water, Taylor Tracy Noah Frye Gets Crushed, Maggie Horn Splinter & Ash, Marieke Nijkamp Wishbone, Justine Pucella Winans
Roman à mystère LGBTQ+	Rough Trade, Katrina Carrasco	Charlotte Illes is Not a Teacher, Katie Siegel One of Us Knows, Alyssa Cole Rough Pages, Lev AC Rosen Rough Trade, Katrina Carrasco The Night of Baba Yaga, Akira Otani
Nonfiction LGBTQ+	The Other Olympians, Michael Waters	Fierce Desires, Rebecca L. Davis Gender Explained: A New Understanding of Identity in a Gender Creative World, Diane Ehrensaft et Michelle Jurkiewicz Long Live Queer Nightlife: How the Closing of Gay Bars Sparked a Revolution, Amin Ghaziani Queer Art: From Canvas to Club, and the Spaces Between, Gemma Rolls-Bentley The Other Olympians, Michael Waters
Poésie LGBTQ+	Cowboy Park, Eduardo Martínez-Leyva	Cowboy Park, Eduardo Martínez-Leyva I Hate Parties, Jes Battis No Credit River, Zoe Whittall Nonbinary Bird of Paradise, Emilia Phillips Your Dazzling Death, Cass Donish
Romance et érotisme LGBTQ	Oyster, Fearne Hill	Bradford, Bru and Brendan Too, Colin Dereham Leather, Lace and Locs, Anne Shade Midsummer, Jena Doyle Mr. Blue Sky, Isla Olsen Oyster, Fearne Hill
Fiction spéculative LGBTQ+	Metal From Heaven, August Clarke	Ici, on enterre les gays (Bury Your Gays), Chuck Tingle Markless, C.G. Malburi Metal From Heaven, August Clarke The Sunforge, Sascha Stronach The Palace of Eros, Caro De Robertis
Études LGBTQ+	When Monsters Speak: A Susan Stryker Reader, Susan Stryker, dir. McKenzie Wark	Dysphoric Modernism: Undoing Gender in French Literature, Mat Fournier Jill Johnston in Motion: Dance, Writing, and Lesbian Life, Clare Croft Queer Childhoods: Institutional Futures of Indigeneity, Race, and Disability, Mary Zaborskis The Fox Spirit, the Stone Maiden, and Other Transgender Histories from Late Imperial China, Matthew H. Sommer When Monsters Speak: A Susan Stryker Reader, Susan Stryker, dir. McKenzie Wark
Littérature young adult LGBTQ	Icarus, K. Ancrum	Icarus, K. Ancrum Old Wounds, Logan-Ashley Kisner So Let Them Burn, Kamilah Cole The Feast Makers, H. A. Clarke Time and Time Again, Chatham Greenfield
Fiction transgenre	Firebugs, Nino Bulling	All Things Seen and Unseen: A Novel, RJ McDaniel Firebugs, Nino Bulling Love the World or Get Killed Trying, Alvina Chamberland Love/Aggression, June Martin Yellow Barks Spider, Harman Burns
Nonfiction transgenre	Pretty, KB Brookins	American Teenager: How Trans Kids Are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy in a Turbulent Era, Nico Lang How to Fuck Like a Girl, Vera Blossom Make it Count, CeCé Telfer Pretty, KB Brookins Trans Femme Futures: Abolitionist Ethics for Transfeminist Worlds, Nat Raha et Mijke van der Drift
Poésie transgenre	Girl Work, Zefyr Lisowski	Arasahas: Poems from the Tropics, Jaya Jacobo Consider the Rooster, Oliver Baez Bendorf Girl Work, Zefyr Lisowski I Don't Want to Be Understood, Joshua Jennifer Espinoza TRANZ, Spencer Williams

Prix spéciaux

Les prix spéciaux attribués sont :

• Prix Karla Jay de la personnalité littéraire émergente pour les études de genre et de sexualité
• Prix Denneny de l'excellence éditoriale : Daniel Garcia
• Prix Pat Holt de l'écriture critique : Tausif Noor
• Prix Randall Kenan de la fiction LGBTQ noire : Allen R. Wells
• Prix Jeanne Córdova de la nonfiction lesbienne ou queer : D/Annie Liontas
• Prix Judith A. Markowitz pour les jeunes personnalités écrivaines LGBTQ d'exception : Emet North, Aaron Aceves
• Prix Jim Duggins de la meilleure personnalité romancière en milieu de carrière : Carter Sickels, R. O. Kwon
• Prix J. Michael Samuel des personnalités écrivaines émergentes de plus de 50 ans : Amy Beth Sisson