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Edition 1 (1989)

AnthologyBisexual LiteratureChildren's or Young AdultDramaGay FictionGay Memoir or BiographyGay PoetryGay RomanceJeanne Córdova PrizeJim Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelists' PrizeJudith A. Markowitz AwardLesbian FictionLesbian Memoir or BiographyLesbian PoetryLesbian RomanceLGBTQ+ ComicsLGBTQ+ Romance & EroticaLGBTQ+ StudiesNonfictionPublishing Professional AwardRandall Kenan PrizeScience Fiction, Fantasy and HorrorTransgender LiteratureTrustee AwardVisionary AwardBisexual FictionBisexual NonfictionBisexual PoetryLGBTQ+ AnthologyLGBTQ+ Children's BooksLGBTQ+ DramaLGBTQ+ Middle GradeLGBTQ+ MysteryLGBTQ+ NonfictionLGBTQ+ PoetryLGBTQ+ Speculative FictionLGBTQ+ Young AdultTransgender FictionTransgender NonfictionTransgender Poetry

Winners

5 people
Paul Monette ぽーる・もねっと Winner

A memoir chronicling partner Roger Horwitz's fight against and death from AIDS, detailing the final nineteen months and exploring loneliness, grief, and love.

Love, grief, and caregiving in the shadow of AIDS.

400 pages
AIDSlosscarelove
Michael Angel Nava まいける・なば Winner

Second in the Henry Rios series; received strong critical acclaim.

A hard-edged mystery in the Henry Rios series.

170 pages
Discrimination and prejudiceLegal ethics
Dorothy Allison どろしー・ありそん Winner

A collection of short stories dealing with working-class life, lesbian experience, and family violence.

Stories of class, desire, and violence.

174 pages
classgenderviolence
Alan Hollinghurst あらん・ほりんぐはーすと Winner

A debut novel set in London exploring gay life, desire, class and memory.

London, desire, and memory in a debut novel.

gay themesidentityclass
Edmund White えどまんど・ほわいと Winner

Second volume of the autobiographical trilogy, following the protagonist into young adulthood and exploring relationships and identity.

A coming-of-age novel of memory and self-recognition.

memoryloveself-recognition