The Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Romance is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, to a novel, novella, or short story collection "by a single author that focus on a central love relationship between two or more characters", not including anthologies.[1] The submission guidelines mention several sub-genres are included, " including traditional, historical, gothic, Regency, and paranormal romance".[1]
Recipients
| Year
|
Author
|
Work
|
Result
|
Ref.
|
| 2007
|
Georgia Beers
|
Fresh Tracks
|
Winner
|
[2]
|
| Ronica Black
|
Wild Abandon
|
Finalist
|
[2]
|
| Grace Lennox
|
Chance
|
| Karin Kallmaker
|
Finders Keepers
|
| Radclyffe
|
Turn Back Time
|
| 2008
|
KG MacGregor
|
Out of Love
|
Winner
|
[3][4]
|
| Marianne K. Martin
|
For Now, for Always
|
Finalist
|
[4]
|
| Gun Brooke
|
Sheridan’s Fate
|
| Frankie J. Jones
|
The Road Home
|
| Radclyffe
|
When Dreams Tremble
|
| 2009
|
Karin Kallmaker
|
The Kiss That Counted
|
Winner
|
[5]
|
| Catherine Friend
|
A Pirate’s Heart
|
Finalist
|
[5]
|
| Georgia Beers
|
Finding Home
|
| JLee Meyer
|
Hotel Liaison
|
| Radclyffe
|
The Lonely Hearts Club
|
| 2010
|
Colette Moody
|
The Sublime and Spirited Voyage of Original Sin
|
Winner
|
[6]
|
| Carsen Taite
|
It Should Be a Crime
|
Finalist
|
[6]
|
| Tracey Richardson
|
No Rules of Engagement
|
| Karin Kallmaker
|
Stepping Stone
|
| KG MacGregor
|
Worth Every Step
|
| 2011
|
Cate Culpepper
|
River Walker
|
Winner
|
[7]
|
| Karin Kallmaker
|
Above Temptation
|
Finalist
|
[8]
|
| Lindsey Stone
|
Awakening to Sunlight
|
| Ann Roberts
|
Beacon of Love
|
| Georgia Beers
|
Starting from Scratch
|
| 2012
|
Kenna White
|
Taken by Surprise
|
Winner
|
[9]
|
| Robbi McCoy
|
For Me and My Gal
|
Finalist
|
|
| Rebecca S. Buck
|
Ghosts of Winter
|
|
| Julie Cannon
|
Rescue Me
|
|
| Gerri Hill
|
Storms
|
|
| 2013
|
Yolanda Wallace
|
Month of Sundays
|
Winner
|
[10][11]
|
| Kieran York
|
Appointment with a Smile
|
Finalist
|
[11]
|
| Lesley Davis
|
Dark Wings Descending
|
| Ali Vali
|
Love Match
|
| Anne Laughlin
|
Runaway
|
| Trin Denise
|
She Left Me Breathless
|
| Yvonne Heidt
|
Sometime Yesterday
|
| Chris Paynter
|
Survived by Her Longtime Companion
|
| Lynette Mae
|
Tactical Pursuit
|
| Q. Kelly
|
Third
|
| 2014
|
Andrea Bramhall
|
Clean Slate
|
Winner
|
[12][13]
|
| Lynn Ames
|
All That Lies Within
|
Finalist
|
[13]
|
| Gerri Hill
|
At Seventeen
|
| D. Jordan Redhawk
|
Broken Trails
|
| Mason Dixon
|
Date with Destiny
|
| D. Jackson Leigh
|
Hold Me Forever
|
| Ann McMan and Salem West
|
Hoosier Daddy
|
| Tracey Richardson
|
Last Salute
|
| Karin Kallmaker
|
Love by the Numbers
|
| Neil Stark
|
The Princess Affair
|
| 2015
|
Robbi McCoy
|
The Farmer's Daughter
|
Winner
|
[14]
|
| Lisa Girolami
|
The Heat of Angels
|
Finalist
|
[15]
|
| Kris Bryant
|
Jolt
|
| Andrea Bramhall
|
Nightingale
|
| Jesse J. Thoma
|
Seneca Falls
|
| Marianne K. Martin
|
Tangled Roots
|
| 2016
|
Julie Blair
|
Making a Comeback
|
Winner
|
[16][17]
|
| Shelley Thrasher
|
Autumn Spring
|
Finalist
|
[18]
|
| Andrea Bramhall
|
The Chameleon’s Tale
|
| Dillon Watson
|
Full Circle
|
| Rachel Spangler
|
Heart of the Game
|
| Jackie D
|
Infiltration
|
| Blythe H. Warren
|
My Best Friend’s Girl
|
| Amy Dunne
|
The Renegade
|
| 2017
|
Virginia Hale
|
The Scorpion’s Empress
|
Winner
|
[19]
|
| Barbara Ann Wright
|
Coils
|
Finalist
|
[20]
|
| Karma Kingsley
|
Finding Lizzie
|
| Lila Bruce
|
Little Lies
|
| Kiki Archer
|
Lost in the Starlight
|
| Susan Wittig Albert
|
Loving Eleanor
|
| Rachel Spangler
|
Perfect Pairing
|
| Marianne K. Martin
|
The Liberators of Willow Run
|
| 2018
|
Yolanda Wallace
|
Tailor-Made
|
Winner
|
[21][22]
|
| Rachel Spangler
|
Close to Home
|
Finalist
|
[23]
|
| Aurora Rey
|
Crescent City Confidential
|
| Ann McMan
|
Goldenrod
|
| Ann Roberts
|
Vagabond Heart
|
| Yoshiyuki Ly
|
Venus and Lysander
|
| Julie Cannon
|
Wishing on a Dream
|
| Karis Walsh
|
You Make Me Tremble
|
| 2019
|
Ann McMan
|
Beowulf for Cretins: A Love Story
|
Winner
|
[24]
|
| Aurora Rey
|
Autumn’s Light
|
Finalist
|
[25]
|
| Erin Zak
|
Breaking Down Her Walls
|
| Jenny Frame
|
Charming the Vicar
|
| Rachel Spangler
|
In Development
|
| Jae
|
Just for Show
|
| Lola Keeley
|
The Music and the Mirror
|
| Sheri Lewis Wohl
|
The Talebearer
|
| 2020
|
Emily Noon
|
Aurora’s Angel: A Dark Fantasy Romance
|
Winner
|
[26][27][28]
|
| Erin Zak
|
Create a Life to Love
|
Finalist
|
[29][30]
|
| Alyssa Cole
|
Once Ghosted, Twice Shy
|
| M. Ullrich
|
Pretending in Paradise
|
| Jae
|
The Roommate Arrangement
|
| Virginia Hale
|
The Secret Chord
|
| Donna K. Ford
|
Tennessee Whiskey
|
| M. Ullrich
|
Top of Her Game
|
| 2021
|
Alexandria Bellefleur
|
Written in the Stars
|
Winner
|
[31][32][33]
|
| Clare Ashton
|
Finding Jessica Lambert
|
Finalist
|
[34]
|
| Anna Burke
|
Nottingham
|
| Ali Vali
|
One More Chance
|
| Jae
|
Wrong Number, Right Woman
|
| 2022
|
Milena McKay
|
The Headmistress
|
Winner
|
[35]
|
| Jae
|
Chemistry Lessons
|
Finalist
|
[36]
|
| E. J. Noyes
|
Go Around
|
| Haley Cass
|
In the Long Run
|
| Gerri Hill
|
Red Tide at Heron Bay
|
| 2023
|
Nan Campbell
|
The Rules of Forever
|
Winner
|
[37]
|
| Susie Dumond
|
Queerly Beloved
|
Finalist
|
[38]
|
| Aurora Rey
|
Hard Pressed
|
| E. J. Noyes
|
If I Don’t Ask
|
| K. B. Draper
|
Southbound and Down
|
| 2024
|
Marianne Ratcliffe
|
A Lady to Treasure
|
Finalist
|
[39]
|
| Kris Bryant
|
Catch
|
| Georgia Beers
|
Dance with Me
|
| Lisa Peers
|
Love at 350°
|
| Melissa Brayden
|
Lucky in Lace
|
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