Lambda Literary Award for Drama explained

Lambda Literary Award for Drama
Awarded For:Literary Award for Drama
Sponsor:Lambda Literary Foundation
Date:Annual

The Lambda Literary Award for Drama is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation to an LGBTQ-related literary or theatrical work. Most nominees are plays, or anthologies of plays; however, non-fiction works on theatre or drama have also sometimes been nominated for the award.

Honorees

Year! scope="col"
AuthorTitleResult
1995Angels in America

Perestroika

Winner[1]
Heroes and Saints & Other PlaysFinalist
Jeffrey
Second Coming of Joan of Arc
The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me
1996Slavs (Thinking About the Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness)Winner[2]
and Rose TrocheGo FishFinalist
Love! Valour! Compassion!
T-Cells and Sympathy
and Nina Shengold (eds.)The Actor's Book of Gay and Lesbian Plays
1997Split BritchesWInner[3]
Acting=LifeFinalist
Amazon All-Stars
Clit Notes
Three Plays by Crowley
1998Winner[4]
Monsters in the ClosetFinalist
Porcelain and A Language of Their Own
Rent
Three Plays by Mae West
1999O Solo HomoWinner[5]
and David RomanMr. Universe and Other PlaysFinalist
Place For Us
Stagestruck: Theater, Aids, and the Marketing of Gay America
The Vagina Monologues
2000What I Meant WasWinner[6]
Corpus ChristiFinalist
Lovesick
Of All the Nerve
Prepare for Saints: Gertrude Stein, Virgil Thomson, and the Mainstreaming of American Modernism
2001 and Stephen TraskHedwig and the Angry InchWinner[7]
, Maureen Angelos, Dominique Dibbell, Peg Healey and Babs DavyFive Lesbian BrothersFinalist
I, Carmelita Tropicana
The Beginning of August
The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told
2002No award presented
2003No award presented
2004ProkWinner[8]
Forbidden ActsFinalist
Motifs & Repetitions & Other Plays
The Band Plays
Women in Turmoil: Six Plays
2005I Am My Own WifeWinner[9]
Fabulous!Finalist
How to Make Dances in an Epidemic
love conjure/blues
The Queer Encyclopedia of Music, Dance and Musical Theater
2006No award presented
20071001 BedsWinner[10]
Confessions of a Mormon BoyFinalist
Questa
2008 and George Birimisa (eds.)Return to the Caffe CinoWinner[11] [12]
Dose: Plays & MonologuesFinalist
Niagara Falls
2009The Second Coming of Joan of ArcWinner[13]
Phi Alpha GammaFinalist
Radical Acts: Collected Political Plays
Two Truths and a Lie
Vile Affections
2010The Collected Plays of Mart CrowleyWinner[14]
Revenge of the Women's Studies ProfessorFinalist
and Linda S. ChapmanThe Beebo Brinker Chronicles
2011, Dominique Dibbell, Peg Healey and Lisa KronOedipus at Palm Springs: A Five Lesbian Brothers PlayWinner[15] [16]
LydiaFinalist[17]
Slipping
The Brother/Sister Plays
With Bated Breath
2012A Menopausal Gentleman: The Solo Performances of Peggy ShawWinner[18]
Letters to the End of the WorldFinalist
Secrets of the Trade
The Temperamentals
The Zero Hour
2013The Myopia and Other PlaysWinner[19]
A Strange and Separate PeopleFinalist
Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them
Falling in Time
Thunder Above, Deeps Below
2014Tom at the FarmWinner[20] [21] [22]
Las Hociconas: Three Locas with Big Mouths and Even Bigger BrainsFinalist
sash & trim and other plays
2015BootycandyWinner[23] [24] [25] [26]
A Kid Like JakeFinalist
The Beast of Times
The Whale
Wolves
2016Bright Half LifeWinner[27] [28]
and Lisa KronFun HomeFinalist[29]
Hir
Love Alone
The Mystery of Love and Sex
2017Barbecue/BootycandyWinner[30] [31]
Freda and Jem’s Best of the WeekFinalist[32]
Perfect Arrangement
2018The GulfWinner[33] [34]
ComposureFinalist[35]
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
How Black Mothers Say I Love You
Indecent
2019Draw the CircleWinner[36]
Black LightFinalist[37]
Collective Rage: A Play in Five Betties
Plot Points in Our Sexual Development
Singlet
2020A Strange LoopWinner[38] [39] [40]
Dr. Ride's American Beach HouseFinalist[41] [42]
The Amateurs
2021The Book of Mountains and SeasWinner[43] [44] [45]
BabelFinalist[46]
and Jill SobuleF*ck7thGrade
House Plant
Safe Space
2022Mrs. HarrisonWinner[47]
Love Like LightFinalist[48]
storäe michelemama [rose.]
Pillow Talk
Thrive, or What You Will
2023Ho Ka Kei (Jeff Ho)Iphigenia and the Furies (On Taurian Land) & Antigone: 方Winner[49]
DuecentomilaFinalist[50]
Rock ‘n’ Roll Heretic
(writer) and Alex Syiek (music and lyrics)
Wolf Play
2024Fat HamWinner[51]
For Both Resting and BreedingFinalist[52]
I Wanna Fuck Like Romeo and Juliet
Joan of Arkansas

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gonzalez Cerna. Antonio. 1995-07-15. 7th Annual Lambda Literary Awards. Lambda Literary. en. 2022-02-15. 2022-02-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20220205005709/https://lambdaliterary.org/1995/07/lambda-literary-awards-1994/. live.
  2. Web site: Gonzalez Cerna. Antonio. 1996-07-15. 8th Annual Lambda Literary Awards. 2022-02-15. Lambda Literary. en. 2022-01-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20220121001311/https://lambdaliterary.org/1996/07/lambda-literary-awards-1995/. live.
  3. Web site: 1997-07-15. 9th Annual Lambda Literary Awards. Lambda Literary. en. 2022-02-15. 2022-02-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20220219181310/https://lambdaliterary.org/1997/07/lambda-literary-awards-1996/. live.
  4. Web site: Gonzalez Cerna. Antonio. 1998-07-15. 10th Annual Lambda Literary Awards. Lambda Literary. en. 2022-02-15. 2022-01-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20220122021049/https://lambdaliterary.org/1998/07/lambda-literary-awards-1997/. live.
  5. Web site: Gonzalez Cerna. Antonio. 1999-07-15. 11th Annual Lambda Literary Awards. Lambda Literary. en. 2022-02-15. 2022-03-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20220320095226/https://lambdaliterary.org/1999/07/lambda-literary-awards-1998/. live.
  6. News: Killeen. Wendy. 2000-06-11. Lambda Literary Award, Young Adult Novel, 1999. 416. The Boston Globe. 2022-02-15. 2022-02-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20220217130923/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83803910/lambda-literary-award-young-adult/. live.
  7. Web site: Gonzalez Cerna. Antonio. 2001-07-10. 13th Annual Lambda Literary Awards. Lambda Literary. en. 2022-02-15. 2022-01-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20220123122540/https://lambdaliterary.org/2001/07/lambda-literary-awards-2000/. live.
  8. Web site: Gonzalez Cerna. Antonio. 2004-07-10. 16th Annual Lambda Literary Awards. Lambda Literary. en. 2022-02-15. 2022-02-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20220205005653/https://lambdaliterary.org/2004/07/lambda-literary-awards-2003/. live.
  9. Web site: Gonzalez Cerna. Antonio. 2005-07-09. 17th Annual Lambda Literary Awards. Lambda Literary. en. 2022-02-15. 2019-04-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20190419002246/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/winners-finalists/07/09/lambda-literary-awards-2004/. live.
  10. Web site: Gonzalez Cerna. Antonio. 2006-04-30. 19th Annual Lambda Literary Awards. Lambda Literary. en. 2022-02-15. 2020-08-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20200809234519/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/2006/04/lambda-literary-awards-2006-2/. live.
  11. Web site: Gonzalez Cerna. Antonio. 2007-04-30. 20th Annual Lambda Literary Awards. Lambda Literary. en. 2022-02-15. 2019-05-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20190522010244/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/winners-finalists/04/30/lambda-literary-awards-2007-2/. live.
  12. Web site: 2008-06-08. 2008 Lambda Award Winners Announced. 2022-02-16. McNally Robinson Booksellers. en. 2022-08-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20220819055254/https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/editorial-818/2008-Lambda-Award-Winners-Announced. live.
  13. Web site: Gonzalez Cerna. Antonio. 2010-02-18. 21st Annual Lambda Literary Awards. Lambda Literary. en. 25 September 2020. 2020-01-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20200105091101/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/winners-finalists/02/18/lambda-literary-awards-2008-2/. live.
  14. Web site: Valenzuela. Tony. 2010-05-10. 22nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards. Lambda Literary. en. 2022-02-15. 2022-03-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20220320095341/https://lambdaliterary.org/2010/05/2010-awards-finalists-winners/. live.
  15. Web site: Lee. Stephan. 2011-05-27. Lambda Literary Awards. 2022-02-04. EW.com. en. 2022-02-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20220204151803/https://ew.com/article/2011/05/27/lambda-literary-awards/. live.
  16. Web site: 2011-05-27. 23rd Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners. 2022-01-12. Lambda Literary. en. 2022-01-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20220123125313/https://lambdaliterary.org/2011/05/23rd-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners/. live.
  17. Web site: Johnson. William. 2011-06-27. 23rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards. Lambda Literary. en. 2022-02-15. 2018-04-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20180402101332/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/winners-finalists/06/27/22nd-annual-lambda-literary-awards/. live.
  18. Web site: 2012-06-05. 24th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced in New York. Lambda Literary. en. 2022-02-15. 2018-11-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20181118161014/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/06/05/24th-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced-in-new-york/. live.
  19. Web site: 2013-06-04. 25th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced!. Lambda Literary. en. 2022-02-15. 2022-01-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20220125022209/https://lambdaliterary.org/2013/06/25th-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced/. live.
  20. Web site: 2015-06-02. Lambda Literary Awards laud best gay, lesbian and transgender books. 2022-02-17. Los Angeles Times. en-US. 2022-02-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20220217143157/https://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-lambda-literary-awards-20150602-story.html. live.
  21. Web site: 2014-06-03. Winners of the 26th Annual Lambda Literary Awards Announced. Lambda Literary. en. 2022-02-15. 2022-01-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20220123112616/https://lambdaliterary.org/2014/06/winners-of-the-26th-annual-lambda-literary-awards-announced/. live.
  22. Web site: bent. 2014-06-03. Full List of 2014 Lambda Literary Award Winners. 2022-02-16. IndieWire. en. 2022-01-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20220112003115/https://www.indiewire.com/2014/06/full-list-of-2014-lambda-literary-award-winners-214124/. live.
  23. Web site: King. Anna. 2016-06-07. The Lambda Literary Awards Crown the Best Queer Books of 2015. 2022-02-17. Slate Magazine. en. 2022-02-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20220204151802/https://slate.com/human-interest/2016/06/lambda-literary-awards-the-best-lgbtq-books-of-2015.html. live.
  24. Web site: 2015-06-02. 27th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced!. Lambda Literary. en. 2022-02-15. 2022-02-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20220211221732/https://lambdaliterary.org/2015/06/27th-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners/. live.
  25. Web site: Bennett. Karma. 2015-06-04. Lambda Literary Award 2015 Winners Announced. 2022-02-16. Alibris. 2022-02-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20220216025835/https://www.alibris.com/blog/lambda-literary-award-2015-winners-announced/?doing_wp_cron=1644979749.1168560981750488281250. live.
  26. Web site: Thrasher. Steven W. 2015-06-02. John Waters receives 'crown of queer royalty' at 27th Lambda literary awards. live. 2021-12-24. the Guardian. en. 2021-12-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20211222013644/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jun/02/lambda-literary-awards-lgbt-literature-john-waters.
  27. Web site: 2016-06-07. 28th Annual Lammy Award Winners Announced. Lambda Literary. en. 2022-02-15. 2022-01-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20220120191853/https://lambdaliterary.org/2016/06/28th-annual-lammy-award-winners-announced/. live.
  28. Web site: King. Anna. 2016-06-07. The Lambda Literary Awards Crown the Best Queer Books of 2015. 2022-02-04. Slate Magazine. en. 2022-02-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20220204151802/https://slate.com/human-interest/2016/06/lambda-literary-awards-the-best-lgbtq-books-of-2015.html. live.
  29. Web site: 2016-03-08. Lambda Literary Awards Finalists Revealed: Carrie Brownstein, Hasan Namir, 'Fun Home' and Truman Capote Shortlisted. 2022-01-11. Out Magazine. en. 2021-12-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20211208012803/https://www.out.com/art-books/2016/3/08/lambda-literary-awards-finalists-revealed-carrie-brownstein-hasan-namir-truman. live.
  30. Web site: 2017-06-13. 29th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced. Lambda Literary. en. 2022-02-15. 2022-02-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20220211044541/https://lambdaliterary.org/2017/06/29th-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced/. live.
  31. Web site: Veron. Luis Damian. 2017-06-14. 29th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced: FULL LIST. 2022-02-16. Towleroad Gay News. en-US. 2022-03-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20220320095220/https://www.towleroad.com/2017/06/lambda-literary-award-winners/. live.
  32. Web site: 2017-03-14. 29th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists Announced. 2022-01-11. Lambda Literary. en. 2021-12-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20211230200700/https://lambdaliterary.org/2017/03/29th-annual-lambda-literary-award-finalists-announced/. live.
  33. Web site: 2018-06-05. 30th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced. Lambda Literary. en. 2022-02-15. 2022-01-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20220121230859/https://lambdaliterary.org/2018/06/lambda-literary-award/. live.
  34. Web site: Froemming-Carter. Rah. 2018-06-05. 2018 Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced. 2022-02-16. BOOK RIOT. en-US. 2022-03-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20220320095230/https://bookriot.com/2018-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced/. live.
  35. Web site: Boureau. Ella. 2018-03-06. 30th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists Announced. live. 2022-01-11. Lambda Literary. en. 2020-03-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20200319061534/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/2018/03/lambda-literary-award-finalists/.
  36. Web site: 2019-06-04. 31st Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced. Lambda Literary. en. 2022-02-15. 2022-01-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20220120104031/https://lambdaliterary.org/2019/06/lambda-literary-awards-31st-winners/. live.
  37. Web site: 2019-03-07. 31st Annual Lammy Finalists. 2022-02-16. Lambda Literary. en. 2022-01-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20220124171137/https://lambdaliterary.org/2019/03/31st-annual-lammy-finalists/. live.
  38. Vanderhoof. Erin. 2020-06-01. EXCLUSIVE: The Winners of the 32nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards. 2022-02-16. Vanity Fair. en-US. 2020-06-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20200610010109/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/06/lambda-literary-lammy-32nd-annual-award-winners. live.
  39. Web site: 2020 Winners. 2022-02-16. Lambda Literary. en. 2022-02-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20220206094210/https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/2020-winners/. live.
  40. Web site: Aviles. Gwen. 2020-06-01. Lambda Literary announces 25 winning books for annual Lammy Awards. 2022-02-15. NBC News. en. 2022-03-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20220320095220/https://www.nbcnews.com/select/nbc-out/best-lgbtq-books-lammy-awards-lambda-literary-ncna1215746. live.
  41. Web site: Hart. Michelle. 2020-03-10. Here are the Finalists For the 2020 Lambda Literary Awards. 2022-02-15. Oprah Daily. en-US. 2022-02-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20220215042913/https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/books/a31261320/lambda-literary-awards-finalists-2020/. live.
  42. Web site: Yee. Katie. 2020-03-10. Here are the finalists for the 2020 Lambda Literary Awards!. 2022-02-16. Literary Hub. en-US. 2020-04-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20200401020435/https://lithub.com/here-are-the-finalists-for-the-2020-lambda-literary-awards/. live.
  43. Web site: Warnock. Kathleen. 2021-06-08. Writers Honored During Virtual Lambda Literary Awards Ceremony – Gay City News. 2022-02-15. Gay City News. en-US. 2022-03-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20220308000747/https://gaycitynews.com/lambda-literary-awards-2021/. live.
  44. Web site: Essen. Leah Rachel von. 2021-06-02. Announcing the Winners of the 2021 Lambda Literary Awards. 2022-02-16. BOOK RIOT. en-US. 2022-01-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20220120084551/https://bookriot.com/2021-lambda-literary-awards/. live.
  45. Web site: Qiao. Vicky. 2021-06-02. Indigenous anthology Love After The End wins Lambda Literary Award. 2022-02-16. CBC Books. 2022-03-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20220320095219/https://www.cbc.ca/books/indigenous-anthology-love-after-the-end-wins-lambda-literary-award-1.6050249. live.
  46. Web site: Anderson. Porter. 2021-03-15. The US-Based Lambda Literary Awards Program Names Its 2021 Finalists. 2022-02-15. Publishing Perspectives. en-US. 2022-01-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20220101214334/https://publishingperspectives.com/2021/03/the-us-based-lambda-literary-awards-program-names-its-2021-finalists/. live.
  47. Web site: Segal . Corinne . 2022-06-13 . Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 Lambda Literary Awards! . 2022-06-16 . Literary Hub . en-US . 2022-06-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220615235437/https://lithub.com/congratulations-to-the-winners-of-the-2022-lambda-literary-awards/ . live .
  48. Web site: Current Finalists . 2022-03-16 . Lambda Literary . en . 2022-06-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220613042400/https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/current-finalists/ . live .
  49. Web site: 2023 Winners . 2023-06-10 . . en . May 25, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240525004753/https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/2023-winners/ . live .
  50. Web site: Current Finalists . 2023-05-06 . Lambda Literary . en . June 13, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220613042400/https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/current-finalists/ . live .
  51. Web site: Sobhan . Athena . 2024-06-12 . 2024 Lambda Literary Awards - See the Complete List of Winners . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240615095824/https://people.com/2024-lambda-literary-awards-see-the-complete-list-of-winners-8662165 . June 15, 2024 . 2024-06-15 . . en.
  52. Web site: 2024-03-27 . Announcing the Finalists for the 36th Annual Lambda Literary Awards . 2024-04-05 . . April 5, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240405165014/https://www.them.us/story/lambda-literary-awards-2024-shortlist-announcement . live .

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