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Edition 20 (2008)

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

3 people
André Aciman あんどれ あしまん Winner

A novel that follows a boy's and young man's love story unfolding during an Italian summer. Desire and hesitation intensify within a brief span and become enduring memory.

One summer romance changes the shape of a life.

248 pages
love storycoming of ageItalydesire
Michael Thomas Ford まいける とーます ふぉーど Winner

A novel in which a marine biologist reconsiders family, fatherhood, love, and his own identity over one summer. The delicate motion of feeling, like marine life, provides the book's quiet momentum.

A marine researcher reconsiders his life over the course of a summer.

368 pages
familyromanceseaself-reckoning
Nicola Griffith にこら ぐりふぃす Winner

A boxed memoir that gathers the author's early life into a collectible form. Short chapters and included objects turn memory into part of the artwork itself.

A memoir you do not just read but handle as an object.

memoirgirlhoodBritainwriting life