Lambda Literary

We are thrilled that No Credit River by @zoewhittall.bsky.social is a finalist for the 2025 Lammy Award for LGBTQ+ Poetry from @lambdaliterary.org!

Showcasing the Transfeminine Nominees for the 2025 Lambda Literary Awards (CW #13) Eleven books by transfeminine authors have been nominated for the 2025 Lambda Literary Awards! Winners announced on October 4th.

Eleven books by transfeminine authors have been nominated for the 2025 Lambda Literary Awards!

In this article, I've compiled them all into an easy-access reading list for anyone who wants to check them out before the October 4th ceremony 🩷

Shoutout to @lambdaliterary.org for recognizing our work!

Congratulations to our contributors Mara Faye Lethem and
@sambett.bsky.social , finalists for the Lambda Literary Awards!

I Hate Parties Description Fifty poems to dance (awkwardly) between queer and anxious spaces. Social anxiety runs through I Hate Parties like a current. Recorded on deliberately shaky media, this collection offers t...

When I was writing my queer little mass-market vampire books in 2007, I never thought that my work would be shortlisted for a @lambdaliterary.org award--nor did I think my poetry would ever be anything but a cringey binder. Life can be surprising sometimes.

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Beyond honored that “Harper Becomes a Big Sister” is a finalist for the 2025 Lambda Literary Awards (aka the Lammys). In this era of censorship and oppressive book banning, the @lambdaliterary awards - which began in 1989 - that celebrate LGBTQ books feel as important as ever. @lambdaliterary.org

Congratulations to our affiliates: @sarahbleav.bsky.social & @zoewhittall.bsky.social on being shortlisted for this year's Lambda Literary Awards!

Great to see Michael Nott nominated for his book Thom Gunn: A Cool Queer Life.

Congratulations & Good luck to all the nominees 👏

WHAT A BIRTHDAY IT HAS BEEN!

a beautiful, empowering beginning to the @lambdaliterary.org retreat…

…a windswept walk to the beach to feel the wind greet my 33rd year…

…and my beloved flash, “It’s Charli’s Body, You’re Just Living In It,” is out in issue 8 of @heartlines-spec.com!

The bisexual book finalists 🩷💜💙

Announcing the Finalists for the 37th Annual Lambda Literary Awards This year marks 37 years

We are thrilled to share that "Queer Childhoods: Institutional Futures of Indigeneity, Race, and Disability" by Mary Zaborskis is a Finalist in LGBTQ+ Studies for this year's Lambda Literary Awards!

Congratulations to Mary and all our peers!

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@lambdaliterary.org

Once again, so elated to be shortlisted. Check out all the other finalists on their webpage. Big gratitude: @diodeeditions.bsky.social and @lambdaliterary.org !

Current Finalists We’re proud to announce the finalists in 26 categories for the 36th Annual Lambda Literary Awards. The finalists were selected by more than 70 avid readers, critics, and literary professionals from…

Congratulations to @lillydancyger.bsky.social whose #essaycollection FIRST LOVE is a 2025 Lammy Award finalist! buff.ly/LIMpihi

First Love: buff.ly/Pt7VpMK
Negative Space: buff.ly/46q5e1C

@lambdaliterary.org
@susanschulman.bsky.social

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The @stevencanals.bsky.social is teaching at my @lambdaliterary.org Retreat, and I'm fanboying pretty hardcore.

Against an iridescent metal background, the book cover for METAL FROM HEAVEN by August Clarke. Above, in white text: Lammy Award Finalist for LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction. The white Solaris logo is in the bottom left corner.

🎺🚨STOP PRESS🚨🎺

August Clarke's METAL FROM HEAVEN is a finalist for @lambdaliterary.org 's LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction Award! 👉 bit.ly/4l29O9e

"a thunderous, visceral, Sapphic fever dream"
@rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social

Out in the UK this October, preorder: geni.us/metalfhe

Cheers for MFA student @okwudilin.bsky.social!
#UMNProud @lambdaliterary.org

2025 Lambda Literary Award Children's and Middle Grade Finalists: Glenn Burke, Game Changer; Harper Becomes a Big Sister: Jacob's Missing Book; Just Us; Love of the Half-Eaten Peach; Mallory in Full Color; Murray Out of Water; Noah Frye Gets Crushed; Splinter & Ash; Wishbone.

Five picture books and five middle grade titles are among the finalists announced yesterday for the 37th @lambdaliterary.org Awards. Let’s take a closer look at the titles and the significance of the awards. #BookSky #QueerKidLit mombian.com/2025/07/31/a...

Katie in a mirror selfie with bisexual eyeshadow wearing a shirt with flowers in the bisexual colors. Image of a medal that says Lambda Literary Awards Finalist. Cover of Charlotte Illes Is Not A Teacher. Chalk drawings of a rainbow and the bisexual and trans flags. Queer excerpts from Charlotte Illes: Charlotte scowled. "That's not what I meant. Also, never gonna happen." "Why not? She's queer." "How do you know that?" Lucy asked. "I'm subscribed to a New Jersey LGBTQ+ newsletter with an announcements section for anytime someone comes out," Gabe explained. "Charlotte doesn't pay for the subscription. I get a discount because I'm bi and trans." Lucy's eyes narrowed with doubt. "Really?" "No. But I swear to god I saw her post on IG about it." Gabe pulled out his phone. “Miss, are you gay?” "Sorry,” Isabel huffed. "I just thought she was giving off fruity vibes." Charlotte examined what she was wearing. "Is it the sweater/ collar combo?" she asked Lucy.

Picture of Katie wearing headphone with tears running down her face. Caption: “Do you feel guilty for feeling sad?” “Mhm.” Saturday Feb 11 2023 8:41 PM

so honored that CIINAT is 1 of 5 finalists for the @lambdaliterary.org award for LGBTQ+ Mystery!! Queer people are still queer even when they’re not experiencing romance! Some just aren’t into that, or are too busy crawling through air ducts while trying to solve mysteries!! tinyurl.com/3zpn8mrj

Have all the fun!

THE SPRING BEFORE OBERGEFELL by Ben Grossberg is a Finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards in the Gay Romance category!

Part of why I was so busy this spring was that I was reading for the trans nonfiction award and there were so many excellent works! Even if you're not usually a huge nonfiction reader definitely check out the short listed books. Celebrating trans voices this year is necessary.

A graphic for the 2025 Lambda Literary Awards featuring LPG finalists, set against a pink watercolour background. The text reads "2025 Lambda Literary Awards LPG finalists" in bold black and lavender letters. Below the text are seven book covers.

Congratulations to the finalists for the 37th Annual @lambdaliterary.org Awards, including LPG members @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, @bookhugpress.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social, @playcanpress.bsky.social, @radiantpress.bsky.social & @sciroccodrama.bsky.social

Congratulations to @nikiherd.bsky.social for being a finalist in bi poetry for her incredible collection STUFF OF HOLLYWOOD! @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social

Alyssa Cole’s One Of Us Knows is in the mystery section! That book messed me up something good (complimentary).

I'm excited about this list of Lammy finalists! Some books I've loved—hello, The Safekeep, Oye, Henry Henry—a handful on my TBR, and even more titles that are new to me and I'm curious to learn more about them.. 📚🌈📚

Thank you, again, @lambdaliterary.org for all you do for queer writing. And thank you, @diodeeditions.bsky.social (Patty, Zoe, and Law) for bringing this book into the world.

Excited to see “Song of My Softening” (@alicejamesbooks.bsky.social) by @omotarajames.bsky.social on the list!

I’m honored that ‘Loving Safoa’ is on the shortlist for Lesbian Romance! Congratulations to everyone listed here; I’m excited to expand my reading list. 🌈

Huge congratulations to all the CLMP members shortlisted— @unboundedition.bsky.social @deepvellum.bsky.social
@blacklawrence.bsky.social @fourwaybooks.bsky.social @autumnhousepress.bsky.social @coffeehousepress.bsky.social @yesyesbooks.bsky.social @neonhemlock.bsky.social & more!

Aotearoa New Zealand in the shortlist!
BISEXUAL FICTION
Greta & Valdin // Rebecca K Reilly.
LGBTQ+ SPECULATIVE FICTION
The Sunforge // Sascha Stronach.
Kia ora and congrats @rkr.bsky.social and
@understatesmen.bsky.social !!
#pukapuka #booksky ^DR

bury your gays in front of los angeles skyline with lambda seal next to it

dang what an incredible honor. BURY YOUR GAYS is one of five finalists for best speculative fiction of the year at 37TH ANNUAL LAMBDA LITERARY AWARDS recognizing LGBTQ authors and literature. so deeply moved by this way. thank you for nomination @lambdaliterary.org lambdaliterary.org/2025/07/anno...