| Category |
Winner |
Nominated |
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| AIDS Literature |
 Larry Kramer, Reports from the Holocaust: The Story of an AIDS Activist |
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| Gay Anthology |
Martin B. Duberman, ed., Hidden from History |
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| Gay Debut Fiction |
John Weir, The Irreversible Decline of Eddie Socket |
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| Gay Fiction |
David B. Feinberg, Eighty-Sixed |
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| Gay Mystery |
Mark Richard Zubro, Simple Suburban Murder |
- Samuel M. Steward, Caravaggio Shawl
- Stan Leventhal, Faultlines: Stories of Suspense
- Michael Nava, Finale
- Jeffrey N. McMahan, Somewhere in the Night
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| Gay Non-Fiction |
Neil Miller, In Search of Gay America: Women and Men in a Time of Change |
- Sheppard B. Kominars, Accepting Ourselves
- Richard A. Isay, Being Homosexual
- W. J. Weatherby, James Baldwin: Artist on Fire
- Harold Norse, Memoirs of a Bastard Angel
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| Gay science fiction, fantasy or horror |
Jeffrey N. McMahan, Somewhere in the Night |
- Thom Nickels, Walking Water/After All This
- William K. Eakins, Key West 2720 AD
- Mercedes Lackey, Magic’s Pawn
- Geoff Mains, Gentle Warriors
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| Humor |
Robert Triptow, ed., Gay Comics |
- Elizabeth Dean, Cut-Outs and Cut-Ups
- T. R. Witomski, Kvetch
- Celeste West, Lesbian Love Advisor
- N. Leigh Dunlap, Run That Sucker at Six!!!
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| Lesbian Anthology |
Martin B. Duberman, ed., Hidden from History
Tee Corinne, ed., Intricate Passions
C. McEwen and S. O’Sullivan, Out the Other Side |
- Terry Woodrow, Lesbian Bedtime Stories
- Irene Zahava, Lesbian Love Stories
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| Lesbian Debut Fiction |
Patricia R. Schwartz, The Names of the Moons of Mars |
- Nisa Donnelly, The Bar Stories: A Novel After All
- Ruthann Robson, Eye of a Hurricane
- Roz Perry, Rose Penski
- Paula Martinac and Carla Tomaso, Voyages Out
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| Lesbian Fiction |
Nisa Donnelly, The Bar Stories: A Novel After All |
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| Lesbian Mystery |
Katherine V. Forrest, The Beverly Malibu |
- Barbara Wilson, Dog Collar Murders
- Claire McNab, Fatal Reunion
- Ellen Hart, Hallowed Murder
- Antoinette Azolakov, The Contactees Die Young
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| Lesbian Non-Fiction |
Judy Grahn, Really Reading Gertrude Stein |
- Christie Balka and Andy Rose, Twice Blessed
- Celeste West, Lesbian Love Advisor
- Loralee MacPike, There’s Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You
- Cynthia Rich, Desert Years
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| Lesbian science fiction, fantasy or horror |
Jessica Amanda Salmonson, ed., What Did Miss Darrington See? |
- Nancy Tyler Glenn, Clicking Stones
- Lauren Wright Douglas, In the Blood
- Susanna J. Sturgis, Memories and Visions
- Lee Lynch, Sue Slate: Private Eye
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| Poetry |
Michael Klein, ed., Poets for Life |
- Cheryl Clarke, Humid Pitch: Narrative Poetry
- Christian McEwen, Naming the Waves
- Robert Glück, Reader
- Adrienne Rich, Time’s Power: Poems 1985-1988
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| Small Press |
Larry Mitchell, My Life As a Mole |
- Mike Hippler, Matlovich: The Good Soldier
- Joan Lindau, Letting in the Night
- Vega Studios, Men of Color
- Judy Dahl, River of Promise
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| Young adult/children's |
MaryKate Jordan, Losing Uncle Tim |
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