Lambda Literary Award for Gay Romance

The Lambda Literary Award for Gay 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]

Lambda Literary Award for Gay Romance
Awarded for	Literary award
Sponsored by	Lambda Literary Foundation
Date	Annual
Website	lambdaliterary.org/awards/

Recipients

Lambda Literary Award for Gay Romance winners and finalists

Year	Author	Title	Result	Ref.
2007	Rob Byrnes	When the Stars Come Out	Winner	[2]
	Andy Zeffer	Going Down in La-La Land	Finalist	[2]
	Timothy James Beck	Someone Like You
	Scott & Scott	Surf ‘N Turf
	Lawrence Schimel	Two Boys in Love
2008	Michael Thomas Ford	Changing Tides	Winner	[3][4]
	Robert Taylor	A Few Hints and Clews	Finalist	[3]
	Robin Reardon	A Secret Edge
	Seth Rudetsky	Broadway Nights
	Frederick Smith	Right Side of the Wrong Bed
2009	Larry Duplechan	Got ’til it’s Gone	Winner	[5]
	Laura Baumbach and Josh Lanyon	Mexican Heat	Finalist	[5]
	N. L. Gassert	The Protector
2010	Frank Anthony Polito	Drama Queers!	Winner	[6]
	H. Leigh Aubrey	A Keen Edge	Finalist	[6]
	Dan Stone	The Rest of Our Lives
	J. P. Bowie	Time After Time
	Erastes	Transgressions
2011	Erik Orrantia	Normal Miguel	Winner	[7][8]
	Michael Thomas Ford	The Road Home	Finalist	[9]
	Neil Plakcy	Three Wrong Turns in the Desert
2012	Jim Provenzano	Every Time I Think of You	Winner	[10]
	Jay Bell	Something Like Summer	Finalist
	Mel Bossa	Split
	Barry Brennessel	Tinseltown
2013	Jay Bell	Kamikaze Boys	Winner	[11]
	J. H. Trumble	Don’t Let Me Go	Finalist	[11]
	Barry Brennessel	The Celestial
	Brad Boney	The Nothingness of Ben
	William Masswa	Toughskins
2014	TJ Klune	Into This River I Drown	Winner	[12][13]
	L. A. Witt	Covet Thy Neighbor	Finalist	[12]
	Alexis Hall	Glitterland
	Edmond Manning	King Mai
	L. A. Fields	My Dear Watson
	L. C. Chase	Pickup Men
	Madison Parker	Play Me, I’m Yours
	Lynley Wayne	Rocky’s Road
	Larry Benjamin	Unbroken
	J. H. Trumble	Where You Are
2015	Jeff Mann	Salvation: A Novel of the Civil War	Winner	[14][15][16]
	Barry Lowe	Everything’s Coming Up Roses: Four Tales of M/M Romance	Finalist	[14]
	Timothy Lambert and R.D. Cochrane	Foolish Hearts: New Gay Fiction
	Georgina Li	Like They Always Been Free
	Jim Provenzano	Message of Love
	Lloyd A. Meeker	The Companion
	David Reddish	The Passion of Sergius & Bacchus, A Novel of Truth
2016	Debbie McGowan	When Skies Have Fallen	Winner	[17][18]
	Vanessa North	Blueberry Boys	Finalist	[19]
	Ralph Josiah Bardsley	Brothers
	Alexis Hall	For Real
	L. A. Witt	General Misconduct
	Garrett Leigh	Misfits
	Jay Bell	Something Like Stories, Volume One
	Brad Boney	Yes
2017	Pene Henson	Into the Blue	Winner	[20][21]
	Lisa Henry	Adulting 101	Finalist	[22]
	Jamie Deacon	Caught Inside
	Jeff Mann	Country
	Marshall Thornton	Femme
	Alexis Hall	Pansies
	Richard Compson Sater	Rank
	Garrett Leigh	Rented Heart
2018	Laurie Loft	Love and Other Hot Beverages	Winner	[23][24]
	L. A. Witt	At the Corner of Rock Bottom & Nowhere	Finalist	[25]
	Bryan T. Clark	Come to The Oaks: The Story of Ben and Tobias
	Audra North	Midlife Crisis
	Johnny Diaz	Six Neckties
	Tom Mendicino	Stealing Home
	Adrienne Wilder	Wild
	Christine d’Abo	Working It
2019	S. C. Wynne	Crashing Upwards	Winner	[26]
	Reesa Herberth and Michelle Moore	Detour	Finalist	[27]
	Kris Jacen	Learn with Me
	Kayleigh Sky	No Luck
	Christina Lee and Riley Hart	Of Sunlight and Stardust
	Melanie Hansen	Point of Contact
	Angela McCallister	The CEO’s Christmas Manny
	Jenny Holiday	Undue Influence: A Persuasion Retelling
2020	James Lovejoy	Joseph Chapman: My Molly Life	Winner	[28][29][30]
	Chris Delyani	Best Man	Finalist	[31][32]
	Rick R. Reed	Blue Umbrella Sky
	Marshall Thornton	Code Name: Liberty
	Jay Hogan	Digging Deep
	Bryan T. Clark	Escaping Camp Roosevelt
	Garrett Leigh	Kiss Me Again
	R. A. Thorn	My Baby Chased Away the Blues
2021	Felice Stevens	The Ghost and Charlie Muir	Winner	[33][34][35]
	Adriana Herrera	Finding Joy	Finalist	[36]
	Lance Ringel	Flower of Iowa
	Erin C. McRae and Racheline Maltese	Ink and Ice
	Cat Sebastian	Two Rogues Make a Right
2022	Larry Benjamin	Excellent Sons: A Love Story in Three Acts	Winner	[37]
	Sander Santiago	Best of the Wrong Reasons	Finalist	[38]
	John Patrick	Dublin Bay
	Lance Ringel	Floridian Nights
	Farhad J. Dadyburjor	The Other Man
2023	Kosoko Jackson	I’m So Not Over You	Winner	[39]
	Marie Sinclair	Forever After	Finalist	[40]
	A. M. Johnson	Forever, Con Amor
	Felice Stevens	Just One Night
	Fearne Hill	Two Tribes
2024	Cat Sebastian	We Could Be So Good	Winner	[41]
	E. H. Lupton	Dionysus in Wisconsin	Finalist	[42]
	M. A. Wardell	Mistletoe & Mishigas
	Jay Hogan	The Art of Husbandry
	KJ Charles	The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen