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Edition 7 (1995)

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

4 people
Tony Kushner とにー・くしゅなー Winner

A two-part play set in 1980s New York, intertwining AIDS, politics, religion, sexuality, and spiritual crisis.

In a breaking era, desire and faith collide.

304 pages
playAIDSqueer lifepoliticsreligion
John Berendt じょん・べれんと Winner

A nonfiction narrative centered on Savannah's eccentric society and the Jim Williams murder case, where fact and storytelling intertwine.

The atmosphere of the city lingers even more strongly than the outline of the crime.

400 pages
nonfictiontrue crimethe American Southportrait of a city
Abraham Verghese あぶらはむ・ゔぁーぎーず Winner

A memoir of a young doctor confronting the first AIDS patients in eastern Tennessee, capturing not only the illness but the changing atmosphere of the town itself.

From the clinic, the outlines of fear and prejudice begin to emerge.

448 pages
memoirmedicineAIDSsmall-town America
Alan Hollinghurst あらん・ほりんぐはーすと Winner

A finely shaded novel set in a Belgian town, following teacher Edward's desire, memory, and loss.

Desire changes shape quietly and keeps resonating in memory.

320 pages
desirememoryhomosexualityart