From Press Release
Lambda Literary has announced the finalists in 25 categories for the 35th Annual Lambda Literary Awards. The finalists were selected by a panel of over 65 literary professionals from more than 1,350 book submissions. These selections represent the best of LGBTQ literature this year.
Among this year’s finalists is Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, 2021 Esteem Award winner for Artistic Expression National. PrideIndex favorite authors Rasheed Newson, “My Government Means to Kill Me” by Rasheed Newson, Flatiron Books, and Kosoko Jackson, “I’m So Not Over You” by Berkley Romance are also finalists.
The Awards Ceremony will be held on June 9 at the Edison Ballroom in New York City or virtually! For tickets: lambdaliterary.org/awards/get-tickets/, including Virtual Venue: Lambda on Airmeet.
Lesbian Fiction
Big Girl: A Novel by Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, W.W. Norton & Company
Gods of Want by K-Ming Chang, One World
Jawbone by Mónica Ojeda, translated by Sarah Booker, Coffee House Press
Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley, Alfred A. Knopf
Our Wives Under the Sea: A Novel by Julia Armfield, Flatiron Books
Gay Fiction
Call Me Cassandra by Marcial Gala, translated from Spanish by Anna Kushner, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
The Foghorn Echoes by Danny Ramadan, Canongate Books
God’s Children Are Little Broken Things by Arinze Ifeakandu, A Public Space Books
Hugs and Cuddles by João Gilberto Noll, translated from Portuguese by Edgar Garbelotto, Two Lines Press
My Government Means to Kill Me: A Novel by Rasheed Newson, Flatiron Books
Gay Romance
Forever After by Marie Sinclair, Self-published
Forever, Con Amor by A.M. Johnson, Self-published
I’m So Not Over You by Kosoko Jackson, Berkley Romance
Just One Night by Felice Stevens, Self-published Two Tribes by Fearne Hill, Self-published
For a complete list of all finalists click here: https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/current-finalists/
