Jim Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelists' Prize Explained

The Jim Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelists' Prize is an American literary award, presented to two writers, one male and one female, from the LGBT community to honour their body of work. First presented by the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival in 2007,[1] the award became part of the Lambda Literary Awards program in 2011. Originally presented annually, it was presented only once every three years for part of the 2010s before becoming an annual award again in the 2020s.

It is the largest literary award in the United States which is available exclusively to LGBT writers; all other LGBT literary awards, including the rest of the Lambda Literary Awards program, are open to heterosexual writers who address LGBT themes in their work.

The award was endowed by writer and academic James Duggins.

Recipients

Jim Duggins Prize winners!Year!Author!Ref.
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2017[2]
2020[3] [4]
2021[5]
2022[6]
Vi Khi Nao
2023[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2016-03-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181313/http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/saints-and-sinners-literary-festival/Content?oid=1247698 . May 8, 2007 . Saints and Sinners Literary Festival . Gambit.
  2. Web site: 2017-05-24 . Shani Mootoo wins Lambda Literary's Mid-Career Novelist Prize . 2022-02-19 . . en . 2022-02-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220219171804/https://quillandquire.com/awards/2017/05/24/shani-mootoo-wins-lambda-literarys-mid-career-novelist-prize/ . live .
  3. Web site: 2020-05-20 . Lai Wins 2020 Jim Duggins Prize . 2022-02-19 . . en-US . 2022-02-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220219171813/https://locusmag.com/2020/05/lai-wins-2020-jim-duggins-prize/ . live .
  4. Web site: Larissa Lai wins Jim Duggins Prize . 2022-02-19 . . 2022-02-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220219171809/https://www.newwriting.net/2020/05/larissa-lai-wins-jim-duggins-prize/ . live .
  5. Web site: Essen . Leah Rachel von . 2021-06-02 . Announcing the Winners of the 2021 Lambda Literary Awards . 2022-02-19 . . en-US . 2022-01-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220120084551/https://bookriot.com/2021-lambda-literary-awards/ . live .
  6. News: Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 Lambda Literary Awards! . Corinne . Segal . . 2022-06-13 .
  7. Web site: Lewis . LeKesha . 2023-06-08 . Ryka Aoki and Aaron Hamburger Win 2023 Jim Duggins, PhD Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Prize . 2023-06-09 . . en .