Literary Fifteen 2023 - hosted by bodiesinbooks

Lambda Literary Award
The Lammys celebrate more than 150 LGBTQ writers across 24 categories, and include several prizes for writers at all stages in their careers.

Shortlists announced on March 15th.

Winners announced on June 9th for the below categories.
Lesbian Fiction - Gods of want by K-Ming Chang
Gay Fiction - The foghorn echoes by Danny Ramadan
Bisexual Fiction - Reluctant immortals by Gwendolyn Kiste
Transgender fiction - The call-out by Cat Fitzpatrick
Bisexual Nonfiction -  Appropriate behavior by Maria San Filippo  
Transgender Nonfiction -  The third person by Emma Grove
LGBTQ+ Nonfiction -  The Black period: on personhood, race and origin by Hafizah Augustus Geter
Lesbian Poetry - As she appears by Shelley Wong
Gay Poetry - Some integrity by Padraig Regan
Bisexual Poetry- Real phonies and genuine fakes by Nicky Beer
Transgender Poetry - MissSettl by Kamden Ishmael Hilliard
Lesbian Memoir/Biography - Lost & Found: A memoir by Kathryn Schulz
Gay Memoir/Biography - by Edgar Gomez
Lesbian Romance - The rules of forever by Nan Campbell
Gay Romance - I'm so not over you by Kosoko Jackson
LGBTQ+ Anthology - OutWrite: The speeches that shaped LGBTQ literary culture by Julie R. Enszer and Elena Gross
LGBTQ+ Children's Books - Mighty red Riding Hood by Wallace West
LGBTQ+ Middle Grade - Nikhil out loud by Maulik Pancholy
LGBTQ+ Young Adult - The lesbiana's guide to catholic school by Sonora Reyes
LGBTQ+ Comics - Mamo by Sas Milledge
LGBTQ+ Drama - Iphigenia and the Furies (On Taurian Land) & Antigone: 方 by Ho Ka Kei (Jeff Ho)
LGBTQ+ Romance and Erotica - Kiss her once for me by Alison Cochrun
LGBTQ+ Mystery - Dirt creek: a novel by Hayley Scrivenor
LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction - The wicked and the willing by Lianyu Tan
LGBTQ+ Studies - Keeping it unreal: Black queer fantasy and superhero comics by Darieck Scott 
All books added
God's Children are Little Broken Things: Stories by Arinze Ifeakandu

God's Children are Little Broken Things: Stories

Arinze Ifeakandu

224 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ romance short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore

Lakelore

Anna-Marie McLemore

6 hours, 28 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ magical realism young adult emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced
Jawbone by Mónica Ojeda

Jawbone

Mónica Ojeda

9 hours, 11 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction horror challenging dark tense medium-paced
The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

Sonora Reyes

400 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Meat Lovers by Rebecca Hawkes

Meat Lovers

Rebecca Hawkes

92 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

lgbtqia+ poetry dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Deep by Rivers Solomon

The Deep

Rivers Solomon

166 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ speculative fiction challenging dark emotional medium-paced
There's a Disco Ball Between Us: A Theory of Black Gay Life by Jafari S. Allen

There's a Disco Ball Between Us: A Theory of Black Gay Life

Jafari S. Allen

435 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Surface Relations: Queer Forms of Asian American Inscrutability by Vivian L. Huang

Surface Relations: Queer Forms of Asian American Inscrutability

Vivian L. Huang

239 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction art gender lgbtqia+ challenging informative slow-paced
Sissy Insurgencies: A Racial Anatomy of Unfit Manliness by Marlon B. Ross

Sissy Insurgencies: A Racial Anatomy of Unfit Manliness

Marlon B. Ross

456 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Lesbian Death: Desire and Danger Between Feminist and Queer by Mairead Sullivan

Lesbian Death: Desire and Danger Between Feminist and Queer

Mairead Sullivan

224 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction feminism gender history lgbtqia+ sociology challenging informative medium-paced