Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Romance | |
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Awarded for | Literary award |
Sponsored by | Lambda Literary Foundation |
Date | Annual |
Website | lambdaliterary |
The Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Romance is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, to a novel, novella, or short story collection "by a single author that focus on a central love relationship between two or more characters", not including anthologies.[1] The submission guidelines mention several sub-genres are included, " including traditional, historical, gothic, Regency, and paranormal romance".[1]
Year | Author | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2007 | Georgia Beers | Fresh Tracks | Winner | [2] |
Ronica Black | Wild Abandon | Finalist | [2] | |
Grace Lennox | Chance | |||
Karin Kallmaker | Finders Keepers | |||
Radclyffe | Turn Back Time | |||
2008 | KG MacGregor | Out of Love | Winner | [3][4] |
Marianne K. Martin | For Now, for Always | Finalist | [4] | |
Gun Brooke | Sheridan’s Fate | |||
Frankie J. Jones | The Road Home | |||
Radclyffe | When Dreams Tremble | |||
2009 | Karin Kallmaker | The Kiss That Counted | Winner | [5] |
Catherine Friend | A Pirate’s Heart | Finalist | [5] | |
Georgia Beers | Finding Home | |||
JLee Meyer | Hotel Liaison | |||
Radclyffe | The Lonely Hearts Club | |||
2010 | Colette Moody | The Sublime and Spirited Voyage of Original Sin | Winner | [6] |
Carsen Taite | It Should Be a Crime | Finalist | [6] | |
Tracey Richardson | No Rules of Engagement | |||
Karin Kallmaker | Stepping Stone | |||
KG MacGregor | Worth Every Step | |||
2011 | Cate Culpepper | River Walker | Winner | [7] |
Karin Kallmaker | Above Temptation | Finalist | [8] | |
Lindsey Stone | Awakening to Sunlight | |||
Ann Roberts | Beacon of Love | |||
Georgia Beers | Starting from Scratch | |||
2012 | Kenna White | Taken by Surprise | Winner | [9] |
Robbi McCoy | For Me and My Gal | Finalist | ||
Rebecca S. Buck | Ghosts of Winter | |||
Julie Cannon | Rescue Me | |||
Gerri Hill | Storms | |||
2013 | Yolanda Wallace | Month of Sundays | Winner | [10][11] |
Kieran York | Appointment with a Smile | Finalist | [11] | |
Lesley Davis | Dark Wings Descending | |||
Ali Vali | Love Match | |||
Anne Laughlin | Runaway | |||
Trin Denise | She Left Me Breathless | |||
Yvonne Heidt | Sometime Yesterday | |||
Chris Paynter | Survived by Her Longtime Companion | |||
Lynette Mae | Tactical Pursuit | |||
Q. Kelly | Third | |||
2014 | Andrea Bramhall | Clean Slate | Winner | [12][13] |
Lynn Ames | All That Lies Within | Finalist | [13] | |
Gerri Hill | At Seventeen | |||
D. Jordan Redhawk | Broken Trails | |||
Mason Dixon | Date with Destiny | |||
D. Jackson Leigh | Hold Me Forever | |||
Ann McMan and Salem West | Hoosier Daddy | |||
Tracey Richardson | Last Salute | |||
Karin Kallmaker | Love by the Numbers | |||
Neil Stark | The Princess Affair | |||
2015 | Robbi McCoy | The Farmer's Daughter | Winner | [14] |
Lisa Girolami | The Heat of Angels | Finalist | [15] | |
Kris Bryant | Jolt | |||
Andrea Bramhall | Nightingale | |||
Jesse J. Thoma | Seneca Falls | |||
Marianne K. Martin | Tangled Roots | |||
2016 | Julie Blair | Making a Comeback | Winner | [16][17] |
Shelley Thrasher | Autumn Spring | Finalist | [18] | |
Andrea Bramhall | The Chameleon’s Tale | |||
Dillon Watson | Full Circle | |||
Rachel Spangler | Heart of the Game | |||
Jackie D | Infiltration | |||
Blythe H. Warren | My Best Friend’s Girl | |||
Amy Dunne | The Renegade | |||
2017 | Virginia Hale | The Scorpion’s Empress | Winner | [19] |
Barbara Ann Wright | Coils | Finalist | [20] | |
Karma Kingsley | Finding Lizzie | |||
Lila Bruce | Little Lies | |||
Kiki Archer | Lost in the Starlight | |||
Susan Wittig Albert | Loving Eleanor | |||
Rachel Spangler | Perfect Pairing | |||
Marianne K. Martin | The Liberators of Willow Run | |||
2018 | Yolanda Wallace | Tailor-Made | Winner | [21][22] |
Rachel Spangler | Close to Home | Finalist | [23] | |
Aurora Rey | Crescent City Confidential | |||
Ann McMan | Goldenrod | |||
Ann Roberts | Vagabond Heart | |||
Yoshiyuki Ly | Venus and Lysander | |||
Julie Cannon | Wishing on a Dream | |||
Karis Walsh | You Make Me Tremble | |||
2019 | Ann McMan | Beowulf for Cretins: A Love Story | Winner | [24] |
Aurora Rey | Autumn’s Light | Finalist | [25] | |
Erin Zak | Breaking Down Her Walls | |||
Jenny Frame | Charming the Vicar | |||
Rachel Spangler | In Development | |||
Jae | Just for Show | |||
Lola Keeley | The Music and the Mirror | |||
Sheri Lewis Wohl | The Talebearer | |||
2020 | Emily Noon | Aurora’s Angel: A Dark Fantasy Romance | Winner | [26][27][28] |
Erin Zak | Create a Life to Love | Finalist | [29][30] | |
Alyssa Cole | Once Ghosted, Twice Shy | |||
M. Ullrich | Pretending in Paradise | |||
Jae | The Roommate Arrangement | |||
Virginia Hale | The Secret Chord | |||
Donna K. Ford | Tennessee Whiskey | |||
M. Ullrich | Top of Her Game | |||
2021 | Alexandria Bellefleur | Written in the Stars | Winner | [31][32][33] |
Clare Ashton | Finding Jessica Lambert | Finalist | [34] | |
Anna Burke | Nottingham | |||
Ali Vali | One More Chance | |||
Jae | Wrong Number, Right Woman | |||
2022 | Milena McKay | The Headmistress | Winner | [35] |
Jae | Chemistry Lessons | Finalist | [36] | |
E. J. Noyes | Go Around | |||
Haley Cass | In the Long Run | |||
Gerri Hill | Red Tide at Heron Bay | |||
2023 | Nan Campbell | The Rules of Forever | Winner | [37] |
Susie Dumond | Queerly Beloved | Finalist | [38] | |
Aurora Rey | Hard Pressed | |||
E. J. Noyes | If I Don’t Ask | |||
K. B. Draper | Southbound and Down | |||
2024 | Marianne Ratcliffe | A Lady to Treasure | Finalist | [39] |
Kris Bryant | Catch | |||
Georgia Beers | Dance with Me | |||
Lisa Peers | Love at 350° | |||
Melissa Brayden | Lucky in Lace |