Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Romance & Erotica

The Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Romance & Erotica is an annual literary award established in 2002 and presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation that awards books with LGBTQ+ characters and "whose content is principally of an erotic nature."[1] "Anthologies, novels, novellas, graphic novels, memoirs, and short story collections" are eligible for the award.

Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Romance & Erotica
Awarded forLGBT Erotica
Sponsored byLambda Literary Foundation
DateAnnual
Lambda Literary Award

The award has been presented in the following categories: Gay Erotica, Lesbian Erotica, and LGBTQ+ Erotica.

Recipients

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Lambda Literary Award for Erotica winners and finalists
Year Category Author(s) Title Result Ref.
2002 Erotica Ian Philips See Dick Deconstruct: Literotica for the Satirically Bent Winner [2]
M. Christian Dirty Words Finalist [2]
Lawrence Schimel His Tongue
Karen X. Tulchinsky Hot & Bothered 3
Lori Selke Tough Girls: Down and Dirty Dyke Erotica
2003 Erotica Tristan Taormino (editor) Best Lesbian Erotica 2003 Winner [3]
Richard Labonte editor) Best Gay Erotica 2003 Finalist [3]
Leslea Newman (editor) Bedroom Eyes
Bob Vickery Cocksure
Stephen Greco The Sperm Engine
2004 Erotica Tristan Taormino (editor) Best Lesbian Erotica 2004 Winner [4]
Richard Labonte (editor) Best Gay Erotica 2004 Finalist [4]
Karen X. Tulchinsky (editor) Hot and Bothered 4
Michael Thomas Ford, William J. Mann, Sean Wolfe, and Jeff Mann Masters of Midnight
James Johnstone (editor) Quickies 3
2005 Erotica Richard Labonte (editor) Best Gay Erotica 2005 Winner [5]
Karin Kallmaker All the Wrong Places Finalist [5]
Tristan Taormino (editor) Best Lesbian Erotica 2005
Karin Kallmaker, Therese Syzmanski, Julia Watts, and Barbara Johnson Once Upon a Dyke
Rachel Kramer Bussel Stacy M. Bias Up All Night: Adventures in Lesbian Sex
2006 Erotica Stacia Seaman and Radclyffe, (editors) Stolen Moments: Erotic Interludes 2 Winner [6]
Matt Bernstein Sycamore and Richard Labonté Best Gay Erotica 2006 Finalist [6]
Eileen Myles and Tristan Taormino Best Lesbian Erotica 2006
Sacchi Green and Rakelle Valencia Rode Hard But Away Wet: Lesbian Cowboy Erotica
Sean Wolfe Close Contact
2007 Gay Erotica Jeff Mann A History of Barbed Wire Winner [7]
Richard Labonte Timothy J. Lambert (editors) Best Gay Erotica 2007 Finalist [7]
Zavo Hot On His Trail
Lesbian Erotica Laurinda D. Brown Walk Like a Man Winner [7]
Karin Kallmaker 18th & Castro Finalist [7]
Tristan Taormino Emma Donoghue (editors) Best Lesbian Erotica 2007
Rachel Kramer Bussel (editor) Glamour Girls
Midori Master Han’s Daughter
2008 Erotica Simon Sheppard Homosex: 60 Years of Gay Erotica Winner [8][9]
William Maltese Wayne Gunn Ardennian Boy Finalist [8]
Fiona Zedde Every Dark Desire
J. D. Glass Red Light
Victoria Brownworth and Judith M. Redding The Golden Age of Lesbian Erotica
Lawrence Schimel The Mammoth Book of New Gay Erotica
2009 Gay Erotica Richard Labonte James Lear Best Gay Erotica 2009 Winner [10]
William Maltese, Victor J. Banis, Jardonn Smith, and J.P. Bowie Hard Working Men Finalist [10]
James Lear The Secret Tunnel
Lesbian Erotica Radclyffe and Karin Kallmaker In Deep Waters 2: Cruising the Strip Winner [10]
Sacchi Green and Rakelle Valencia Lipstick on Her Collar Finalist [10]
Lynne Jamneck Periphery: Erotic Lesbian Futures
2010 Gay Erotica Kevin Killian Impossible Princess Winner [11]
Sean Wolfe Eight Inches Finalist
Richard Labonté and Lawrence Schimel (editors) I Like It Like That: True Tales of Gay Desire
Todd Gregory (editor) Rough Trade: Dangerous Gay Erotica
James Lear The Low Road
Lesbian Erotica Sacchi Green and Rakelle Valencia (editors) Lesbian Cowboys Winner [11]
Ronica Black Flesh and Bone Finalist
Diane Anderson-Minshall Punishment with Kisses
D.L. King Where the Girls Are
Cecilia Tan (editor) Women of the Bite
2011 Gay Erotica Jon Macy Teleny and Camille Winner [12][13]
William Holden A Twist of Grimm: Erotic Fairy Tales for Gay Men Finalist [12]
Richard Labonté (editor) Best of the Best Gay Erotica 3
Jerry Wheeler (editor) Tented: Gay Erotic Tales from Under the Big Top
Hank Edwards Vancouver Nights
Lesbian Erotica Tristan Taormino (editor) Sometimes She Lets Me: Best Butch/Femme Erotica Winner [13]
Kathleen Warnock (editor); Lea DeLaria (introduction) Best Lesbian Erotica 2011 Finalist [12]
D Alexandria This Is How We Do It: A Raw Mix of Lesbian Erotica
2012 Gay Erotica Dirk Vanden All Together Winner [14]
Natty Soltesz Backwoods Finalist
Richard Labonte (editor) Best Gay Erotica 2012
Steven Haas (editor) Gay Erotica
Richard Labonte (editor) History’s Passions: Stories of Sex Before Stonewall
Lesbian Erotica Debra Hyde Story of L Winner [14]
Sacchi Green A Ride to Remember & Other Erotic Tales Finalist
Sacchi Green (editor) Lesbian Cops: Erotic Investigations
Lesley Gowan The Collectors
2013 Gay Erotica Mykola Dementiuk The Facialist Winner [15]
Lukas Hand Coming To: A Collection of Erotic and Other Epiphanies Finalist [15]
Jerry L. Wheele Strawberries and Other Erotic Fruits
Todd Gregory (editor) Raising Hell: Demonic Gay Erotica
William Holden Secret Societies
Lesbian Erotica D.L. King The Harder She Comes: Butch/Femme Erotica Winner [16][15]
Ily Goyanes (editor) Girls Who Score: Hot Lesbian Erotica Finalist [15]
Catt Kingsgrave One Saved to the Sea
2014 Gay Erotica Alex Jeffers The Padisah’s Son and the Fox: an erotic novella Winner [17][18]
Aleksandr Voinov L.A. Witt Capture & Surrender Finalist [19]
Michael Luongo (editor) Sensual Travels: Gay Erotic Stories
Richard Labonte (editor) Show-Offs: Gay Erotic Stories
Winston Gieseke (editor) Team Players: Gay Erotic Stories
Lesbian Erotica Sacchi Green (editor) Wild Girls Wild Nights: True Lesbian Sex Stories Winner [17][20]
Rebekah Weatherspoon At Her Feet Finalist [19]
Kathleen Warnock (editor) Best Lesbian Erotica 2014
2015 Gay Erotica Tiffany Reisz The King Winner [19]
Hushicho Incubus Tales Finalist [21]
Raven Kaldera Leather Spirit Stallion
Jerry Wheeler The Bears of Winter
William Holden The Thief Taker
Lesbian Erotica Diana Cage Lesbian Sex Bible Winner [19]
Andi Marquette R.G. Emanuelle All You Can Eat. A Buffet of Lesbian Erotica and Romance Finalist [21]
Cheyenne Blue Forbidden Fruit: stories of unwise lesbian desire
2016 Gay Erotica Miodrag Kojadinovic Érotiques Suprèmes Winner [22][23]
Jennifer Levine Rian Darcy Charming: Modern Gay Fairytales Finalist [24]
Natty Soltesz College Dive Bar, 1 AM
William Holden Grave Desires
Michael Ampersant Green Eyes — an erotic novel (sort-of)
Lesbian Erotica Meghan O'Brien The Muse Winner [22][23]
Salome Wilde Talon Rihai (editors) Desire Behind Bars: Lesbian Prison Erotica Finalist [24]
Sinclair Sexsmith Sweet & Rough: Queer Kink Erotica
2017 Erotica Rebekah Weatherspoon Soul to Keep Winner [25][26]
Meghan O'Brien Camp Rewind Finalist [27]
Marie Sexton L.A. Witt Roped In
Scott Alexander Hess Skyscraper
Alexa Black Steel and Promise
2018 Erotica Steve Berman His Seed Winner [28][29]
Siri Caldwell Mistletoe Mishap Finalist [30]
L.A. Witt The Master Will Appear
D.L. King Unspeakably Erotic
Sacchi Green Witches, Princesses, and Women at Arms
2019 Erotica Blue Delliquanti and Kazimir Lee Miles & Honesty in SCFSX! Winner [31]
Sacchi Green Best Lesbian Erotica of the Year, Volume 3 Finalist [32]
Niki Smith Crossplay
Matthew Bright Gents: Steamy Stories From the Age of Steam
Tom Cardamone The Lurid Sea [33][34]
2020 Erotica LA Warman Whore Foods Winner [35][36][37]
Vikram Kolmannskog Lord of the Senses Finalist [38][39]
Rosalind Chase Lot’s Wife: An Erotic Novella
Thomas Kearnes Texas Crude
Gary Garth McCann The Shape of the Earth
2021 Erotica Lee Suksi The Nerves Winner [40][41][42]
Sinclair Sexsmith Best Lesbian Erotica of the Year, Volume 5 Finalist [43]
Anne Shade Femme Tales
Andrea Purcell Smut Peddler Presents: Silver
Kel Hardy, Tianna Henry, and MJ Lyons Smut Peddlers: Glad Day 50
2022 LGBTQ Erotica Samuel R. Delany Big Joe Winner [44]
MJ Lyons Queer Werewolves Destroy Capitalism: Smutty Stories Finalist [45]
Tab Kimpton and Harry-Anne Bentley (eds.) Nectar: Trans Femme and Non Binary Erotic Comics Anthology
Tab Kimpton and Jade Sarson (eds.) Ambrosia: Trans Masc and Non Binary Erotic Comics Anthology
Levi Huxton The Lodger, That Summer
2023 LGBTQ Romance and Erotica Alison Cochrun Kiss Her Once For Me Winner [46]
Ruby Barrett The Romance Recipe Finalist [47]
Meryl Wilsner Mistakes Were Made
Edie Cay A Lady’s Finder
Joseph Brennan Loose Lips: A Gay Sea Odyssey
2024 LGBTQ+ Romance and Erotica laura q A Tight Squeeze: Smutty Trans and Queer Stories Winner [48]
TJ Alexander Chef's Choice Finalist [49]
Andie Burke Fly with Me
Ashley Herring Blake Iris Kelly Doesn't Date
Alexandria Bellefleur The Fiancee Farce

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