The 5th Lambda Literary Awards were held in 1993 to honour works of LGBT literature published in 1992.
| Category | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| Editor's Choice | Richard Mohr, Gay Ideas | |
| Publisher Service | Craig Rodwell, Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop |
| Category | Author | Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children's/Young Adult | When Heroes Die | Winner | |
| and Catherine Hopkins | Finalist | ||
| Drowning of Stephan Jones | Finalist | ||
| and Lynette Schmidt | Finalist | ||
| and Lynette Schmidt | Finalist | ||
| Gay Anthology | (ed.) | Winner | |
| Discontents | Finalist | ||
| Flesh and the Word | Finalist | ||
| Here to Dare | Finalist | ||
| Men on Men 4 | Finalist | ||
| Gay Fiction | Let the Dead Bury Their Dead | Winner | |
| Almost History | Finalist | ||
| Dream Life | Finalist | ||
| Latin Moon in Manhattan | Finalist | ||
| Winter Eyes | Finalist | ||
| Gay Mystery | Winner | ||
| Final Atonement | Finalist | ||
| Love You to Death | Finalist | ||
| Third Man Out | Finalist | ||
| One for the Master, Two for the Fool | Finalist | ||
| Gay Non-Fiction | Becoming a Man | Winner | |
| Making Trouble | Finalist | ||
| Homoerotic Photograph | Finalist | ||
| Making History: The Struggle for Gay and Lesbian Equal Rights, 1945-1990 | Finalist | ||
| Heartlands | Finalist | ||
| Gay Poetry | Counting Myself Lucky | Winner | |
| Strong Place | Finalist | ||
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| Ceremonies | Finalist | ||
| Long Division | Finalist | ||
| Gay science fiction, fantasy or horror | China Mountain Zhang | Winner | |
| Lost Souls | Finalist | ||
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| Cry Gender | Finalist | ||
| Humor | Dykes to Watch Out For: The Sequel | Winner | |
| That’s Ms. Bulldyke to You, Charlie | Finalist | ||
| BB and the Diva | Finalist | ||
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| Lesbian Anthology | Winner | ||
| Poetry of Sex | Finalist | ||
| and Barbara Grier | Erotic Naiad | Finalist | |
| Wolf Girls at Vassar | Finalist | ||
| Write from the Heart | Finalist | ||
| Lesbian Fiction | Running Fiercely Toward a High Thin Sound | Winner | |
| Aquamarine | Finalist | ||
| On Ships at Sea | Finalist | ||
| Terrible Girls | Finalist | ||
| Empathy | Finalist | ||
| Lesbian Mystery | Crazy for Loving | Winner | |
| Two-Bit Tango | Winner | ||
| Lavender House Murder | Finalist | ||
| Stage Fright | Finalist | ||
| Deaths of Jocasta | Finalist | ||
| Lesbian Non-Fiction | Eleanor Roosevelt | Winner | |
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| and L. Diane Fortier | Practicing Eternity | Finalist | |
| Persistent Desire | Finalist | ||
| Shattered Applause | Finalist | ||
| Lesbian Poetry | Undersong | Winner | |
| Cultivating Excess | Finalist | ||
| According to Her Contours | Finalist | ||
| Lady Sun, Lady Moon | Finalist | ||
| Black Slip | Finalist | ||
| Lesbian science fiction, fantasy or horror | Ammonite | Winner | |
| Running Fiercely Toward a High Thin Sound | Finalist | ||
| Speaking Dreams | Finalist | ||
| Dreamships | Finalist | ||
| Return to Isis | Finalist | ||
| Small Press | Memories That Smell Like Gasoline | Winner | |
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| Hot Chicken Wings | Finalist | ||
| To Kill a Cardinal | Finalist | ||
| Here to Dare | Finalist |