The winners of the 28th Annual Lambda Literary Awards (the “Lammys”) were announced last night in a gala ceremony hosted by comedienne Kate Clinton at NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. The Lambda ceremony brought together over 500 attendees, sponsors, and celebrities to celebrate excellence in LGBT literature and 28 years of the groundbreaking literary awards. The celebration continued at Le Poisson Rouge at the Official After-Party with celebrity DJs Sammy Jo and Tikka Masala, VJ Bleue Liverpool and an electrifying performance by Macy Rodman.

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Clinton summed up the event saying, “Never have the Lambda Literary Awards ever sounded so much like the People’s Choice Awards.”

You can see a host of photos here. 28th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners:

Lesbian Fiction

• Under the Udala Trees, Chinelo Okparanta, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Gay Fiction

• God in Pink, Hasan Namir, Arsenal Pulp Press

Bisexual Fiction  

• The Life and Death of Sophie Stark, Anna North, Penguin Random House/Blue Rider Press

Bisexual Nonfiction

• Irrepressible: The Jazz Age Life of Henrietta Bingham, Emily Bingham, Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Transgender Fiction

• Tiny Pieces of Skull, or a Lesson in Manners, Roz Kaveney, Team Angelica Publishing

LGBT Debut Fiction

• A Love Like Blood, Victor Yates, Hillmont Press

LGBT Nonfiction

• “No One Helped”: Kitty Genovese, New York City, and the Myth of Urban Apathy, Marcia M. Gallo, Cornell University Press

Transgender Nonfiction

• Born on the Edge of Race and Gender: A Voice for Cultural Competency, Willy Wilkinson, Hapa Papa Press

Lesbian Poetry

• Life in a Box is a Pretty Life, Dawn Lundy Martin, Nightboat Books

Gay Poetry (TIE)

• Crevasse, Nicholas Wong, Kaya Press
• Reconnaissance, Carl Phillips, Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Transgender Poetry

• succubus in my pocket, kari edwards, EOAGH Books

Lesbian Mystery (TIE)

• Ordinary Mayhem, Victoria Brownworth, Bold Strokes Books
• Tarnished Gold, Ann Aptaker, Bold Strokes Books

Gay Mystery

• Boystown 7: Bloodlines, Marshall Thornton, Kenmore Books

Lesbian Memoir/Biography

• Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear, Kate Carroll de Gutes, Ovenbird Books

Gay Memoir/Biography

• James Merrill: Life and Art, Langdon Hammer, Alfred A. Knopf

Lesbian Romance

• Making A Comeback, Julie Blair, Bold Strokes Books

Gay Romance

• When Skies Have Fallen, Debbie McGowan, Beaten Track

Lesbian Erotica

• The Muse, Meghan O’Brien, Bold Strokes Books

Gay Erotica

• Érotiques Suprèmes, Miodrag Kojadinovic, Choose the Sword Press

LGBT Anthology – Fiction

• Beyond: The Queer Sci-Fi & Fantasy Comic Anthology, Sfé R. Monster (Editor) & Taneka Stotts (Assistant Editor), Beyond Press

LGBT Anthology – Nonfiction

• Glitter and Grit: Queer Performance from the Heels on Wheels Femme Galaxy, Edited by Damien Luxe, Heather M. Ács, Sabina Ibarrola, Publication Studio

LGBT Children’s/Young Adult

• George, Alex Gino, Scholastic Press

LGBT Drama

• Bright Half Life, Tanya Barfield, Dramatists Play Service

LGBT Graphic Novels

• The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ & Amal, EK Weaver, Iron Circus Comics

LGBT SF/F/Horror

• The Gracekeepers, Kirsty Logan, Crown Publishers

LGBT Studies

• A Taste for Brown Bodies: Gay Modernity and Cosmopolitan Desire, Hiram Pérez, NYU Press