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Edition 19 (2007)

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

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Sarah Waters さら うぉーたーず Winner

A novel that follows wartime London and its aftermath through four characters. Secrets and desire connect slowly as the narrative moves backward through time.

Secrets and ties that do not end when the war does.

544 pages
war fictionLondonsecretsqueer
Alison Bechdel ありそん べくでる Winner

A graphic memoir set around a family funeral home, tracing the relationship with a father, sexual identity, and the instability of memory. Literary allusion and precise structure lift the personal story into an intellectually layered autobiography.

A father's death opens the family silence.

240 pages
memoirfamilyqueergraphic novel
Robert Westfield ろばーと うぇすとふぃーるど Winner

A dark comedy set in post-9/11 New York, following a young man who tries to isolate himself only to be pushed back into the city's noise. Lightness and unease coexist, revealing how hard it is to remain alone.

Withdrawal does not last long in the middle of the city.

304 pages
dark comedyNew Yorklonelinesspost-9/11
Lillian Faderman りりあん ふぁだーまん と すちゅあーと てぃもんず Winner

A sweeping history of gay and lesbian life in Los Angeles, told through politics, culture, activism, and urban change. By combining archives and testimony, it expands a local history into a national one.

The queer history of Los Angeles, told through both politics and culture.

496 pages
urban historyLGBTQ historyLos Angelescultural history
Jeff Mann じぇふ まん Winner

A collection of short stories and a novella set against Appalachia, exploring desire, violence, and warped power relations. The prose is dense, and bodily intensity runs through the whole book.

What draws boundaries also wounds people.

264 pages
short fictionAppalachiadesireviolence