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Lambda Literary Awards

The Lambda Literary Foundation gives out a series of Lambda Literary Awards to the best lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender books of the year. The nominees for 2013 were recently released.

There are 24 categories of awards ranging from Children'/Young Adult Fiction, to Lesbian Poetry, to Transgender Non-Fiction. In addition, there are four special awards for outstanding contributions.

Many of the international authors and poets have identified as LGBTQ. They either have a rich history of writing in the area, or are first-time publishers.

To see some of the many nominated LGBTQ authors' biographies, follow the links below:

• Hilton Als, United States
• Frank Bidart, United States
• Imogen Binnie, United States
• Richard Blanco, United States
• Tom Bianchi, United States
• Mel Bossa, Canada
• Clive Davis, United States
• Alex Dimitrov, Bulgaria/United States
• Shiri Eisner, Israel
• Jim Elledge, United States
• Christina Hanhardt, United States
• David Leavitt, United States
• David Levithan, United States
• Pablo Miguel Martinez, United States
• Ethan Mordden, United States
• Luis Negron, Puerto Rico
• Patrick Ness. Great Britain
• Richard Rodriguez, United States
• Eduardo Santiago, Cuba/United States
• Dan Savage, United States
• Susan Stryker, United States
• Tim Teeman, United States
• Jeanette Winterson, Great Britain

Further Reading/Research

• http://www.lambdaliterary.org/awards/
• http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/books-video-music/books/award-winners/award-summary.jsp?listId=0AgLJAUL-ax5RdEF0TUtYMDNrdUhTMUdEWEE3cW8tNEE

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