The Lambda Literary Foundation announced the finalists for their 21st annual Lambda Literary Awards. The awards ceremony will be held 28 May in New York City. More than 80 judges (including writers, booksellers, librarians, and professors) chose more than 100 finalists in 22 categories, based on LGBT content and quality of writing.
The finalists of special interest to sf/f/h readers are in the category of LGBT Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror:
The Archer’s Heart by Astrid Amara (published by Blind Eye Books)
The Magician and the Fool by Barth Anderson (Bantam Del Rey)
Wilde Stories 2008 by Steve Berman (Lethe Press)
Sea, Swallow Me and Other Stories by Craig Gidney (Lethe Press)
Turnskin by Nicole Kimberling (Blind Eye Books)
For the full list of finalists in all categories, see this page.
Tickets to the award ceremony are available for sale. See this page for details. The ceremony will be in the Proshansky Auditorium at the CUNY Graduate Center (Fifth Avenue at 34th Street, New York, NY 10016).
The Lambda Literary Foundation describes itself as “the country’s leading organization for LGBT literature. Our mission is to celebrate LGBT literature and provide resources for writers, readers, booksellers, publishers, and librarians—the whole literary community.”