4th Lambda Literary Awards

The 4th Lambda Literary Awards were held in 1992 to honour works of LGBT literature published in 1991.

Special awards

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Category Winner
Editor's Choice Lillian Faderman, Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in 20th Century America
Publisher Service Barbara Grier and Donna McBride, Naiad Press

Nominees and winners

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Category Author Title Result
Children's/Young Adult Johnny Valentine and Lynette Schmidt The Duke Who Outlawed Jelly Beans and Other Stories Winner
Aaron Fricke and Walter Fricke Sudden Strangers Finalist
Nancy Garden Lark in the Morning Finalist
Ann Heron, Meredith Maran, and Kris Kovick How Would You Feel if Your Dad Was Gay? Finalist
Leslea Newman and Russell Crocker Gloria Goes to Gay Pride Finalist
Gay Anthology Essex Hemphill (ed.) Brother to Brother: New Writings by Black Gay Men Winner
Robert Drake and Terry Wolverton Indivisible: New Short Fiction Finalist
John Preston Hometowns: Gay Men Write About Where They Belong Finalist
Mark Thompson Leatherfolk: Radical Sex, People, Politics and Practice Finalist
Edmund White Faber Book of Gay Short Fiction Finalist
Gay Fiction Harlan Greene What the Dead Remember Winner
Dennis Cooper Frisk Finalist
Melvin Dixon Vanishing Rooms Finalist
Philip Gambone Language We Use Up Here Finalist
Paul Monette Halfway Home Finalist
Gay Mystery Joseph Hansen A Country of Old Men Winner
Stan Cutler Best Performance by a Patsy Finalist
Stan Cutler The Face on the Cutting Room Floor Finalist
Larry Townsend Master’s Counterpoints Finalist
Mark Richard Zubro Sorry Now? Finalist
Gay Non-Fiction Will Roscoe The Zuni Man-Woman Winner
Roger Austen and John W. Crowley Genteel Pagan: The Double Life of Charles Warren Stoddard Finalist
Martin Duberman Cures: A Gay Man’s Odyssey Finalist
Bruce R. Smith Homosexual Desire in Shakespeare’s England Finalist
David Wojnarowicz Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration Finalist
Gay Poetry Assotto Saint (ed.) The Road Before Us: 100 Gay Black Poets Winner
John Ash The Burnt Pages Finalist
Perry Brass Sex-Charge Finalist
Mark Doty Bethlehem in Broad Daylight Finalist
David Trinidad Hand Over Heart Finalist
Gay science fiction, fantasy or horror Frank M. Robinson The Dark Beyond the Stars Winner
Perry Brass Mirage Finalist
Eric Garber Embracing the Dark Finalist
Jay B. Laws Steam Finalist
Jeffrey N. McMahan Vampires Anonymous Finalist
Humor Joe Keenan Putting on the Ritz Winner
Ben Davis Strange Angel Finalist
Elizabeth Dean, Linda Wells, and Andrea Curren Coming Out!: More Fun ‘n’ Games Finalist
Kris Kovick What I Love About Lesbian Politics Is Arguing with People I Agree With Finalist
Rosalind Warren Women’s Glib: A Collection of Women’s Humor Finalist
Lesbian Anthology Carla Trujillo (ed.) Chicana Lesbians: The Girls Our Mothers Warned Us About Winner
Judith Barrington An Intimate Wilderness: Lesbian Writers on Sexuality Finalist
Loraine Hutchins and Lani Ka'ahumanu Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out Finalist
Barbara Sang, Joyce Warshow, and Adrienne Smith Lesbians at Midlife: The Creative Transition Finalist
Terry Wolverton and Robert Drake Indivisible: New Short Fiction by West Coast Gay & Lesbian Writers Finalist
Lesbian Fiction Blanche McCrary Boyd The Revolution of Little Girls Winner
Jewelle Gomez The Gilda Stories Winner
Anna Livia Minimax Finalist
Judith McDaniel Just Say Yes Finalist
Diane Salvatore Benediction Finalist
Lesbian Mystery Katherine V. Forrest Murder by Tradition Winner
Claire McNab Cop Out Finalist
Mary Morell Final Session Finalist
Sandra Scoppettone Everything You Have is Mine Finalist
Amanda Kyle Williams The Providence File Finalist
Lesbian Non-Fiction Sandra Butler and Barbara Rosenblum Cancer in Two Voices Winner
Judith Barrington An Intimate Wilderness: Lesbian Writers on Sexuality Finalist
Lillian Faderman Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America Finalist
Minnie Bruce Pratt Rebellion: Essays 1980-1991 Finalist
Diana Souhami Gertrude and Alice Finalist
Lesbian Poetry Adrienne Rich An Atlas of the Difficult World: Poems 1988-1991 Winner
Becky Birtha The Forbidden Poems Finalist
Eloise Klein Healy Artemis in Echo Park Finalist
Eileen Myles Not Me Finalist
Maureen Seaton Fear of Subways Finalist
Lesbian science fiction, fantasy or horror Jewelle Gomez The Gilda Stories Winner
Judith Alguire Zeta Base Finalist
Camarin Grae Stranded Finalist
B.L. Holmes Mega Finalist
Chris Anne Wolfe Shadows of Aggar Finalist
Small Press Winston Leyland (ed.) Gay Roots: Twenty Years of Gay Sunshine Winner
Pat Califia The Advocate Advisor Finalist
Edisol W. Dotson Putting Out ’91 Finalist
Bad Object-Choices How Do I Look?: Queer Film and Videos Finalist
Garbo Rusty: How Me and Her Went to Colorado and Everything, Except Not Really Finalist
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