Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Comics

The Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Comics is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, to a graphic novel with LGBTQ+ themes. As the award is presented based on themes in the work, not the sexuality or gender of the writer, non-LGBTQ+ individuals may be nominated for or win the award.

The award is presented to "[b]ook-length works of fiction or non-fiction that use a combination of words and sequential art to convey a narrative ..., including novels, graphic memoirs and short story or comics collections by the same author/team."^[1]

Lambda Literary is one of few organizations that has recognized comics and graphic novels since the 1980s.^[2] From 2014 to 2019, the award was named the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Graphic Novel but in 2020, it changed to the Lambda Literary Award for Comics.

Winners and nominees

List of Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Comics winners and finalists

Year	Contributor(s)	Title	Result	Ref.
2014	Nicole J. Georges	Calling Dr. Laura: A Graphic Memoir	Winner	[3][4][5]
	Alex Woolfson with Winona Nelson (illus.)	Artifice	Finalist	[6][4]
	Tana Ford	Duck! Second Chances
	Vivek J. Tiwary, Andrew C. Robinson, Kyle Baker, and Steve Dutro	The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story
2015	Joyce Brabner with Mark Zingarelli (illus.)	Second Avenue Caper	Winner	[7]
	Elisha Lim	100 Crushes	Finalist	[8]
	Kathleen Jacques	Band Vs. Band Comix Volume 1
	A.K. Summers	Pregnant Butch: Nine Long Months Spent in Drag
	Nick Sumida	Snackies
2016	EK Weaver	The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ & Amal	Winner	[9][10]
	Jeremy Sorese	Curveball	Finalist	[11][12]
	Maggie Thrash	Honor Girl
	Blue Delliquanti	O Human Star: Volume One
	Ed Luce	Wuvable Oaf
2017	Ed Luce	Wuvable Oaf: Blood & Metal	Winner	[13][14]
	Eric Liberge and Arnaud Delalande with David Homel (translator)	The Case of Alan Turing: The Extraordinary and Tragic Story of the Legendary Codebreaker	Finalist	[15]
	P. Kristen Enos with Heidi Ho with Derek Chua, Leesamarie Croal, Casandra Grullon, Beth Varni, and Dan Parent (illus.)	Active Voice The Comic Collection: The Real Life Adventures Of An Asian-American, Lesbian, Feminist, Activist And Her Friends
2018	Emil Ferris	My Favorite Thing is Monsters	Winner	[16][17][18]
	Eric Kostiuk Williams	Condo Heartbreak Disco	Finalist	[19]
	Nicole J. Georges	Fetch: How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home
	Gengoroh Tagame	My Brother’s Husband, Volume 1
	Tillie Walden	Spinning		[20][19]
2019	Tommi Parrish	The Lie and How We Told It	Winner	[21][22]
	Mark Russell with Sean Parsons, Mark Morales, Howard Porter, and Mike Feehan (illus.)	Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles	Finalist	[23]
	Paige Braddock	Love Letters to Jane’s World
	Tillie Walden	On a Sunbeam
	Eric Kostiuk Williams	Our Wretched Town Hall
	Michelle Perez with Remy Boydell (illus.)	The Pervert
	Steve MacIsaac	Unpacking
	Jeanne Thornton and Tara Madison Avery	We’re Still Here: An All-Trans Comics Anthology
2020	Kelsey Wroten	Cannonball	Winner	[24][25][26]
	Jaime Hernandez	Is This How You See Me?	Finalist	[27][28]
	Vivek Shraya	Death Threat
	Mariko Tamaki	Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me
	Tillie Walden	Are You Listening?
2021	Bishakh Som	Apsara Engine	Winner	[29][30][31]
	Sophie Yanow	The Contradictions	Finalist	[32]
	Yao Xiao and Andrews McMeel	Everything Is Beautiful, and I’m Not Afraid: A Baopu Collection
	Tina Horn, Laurenn McCubbin, Jen Hickman, Alejandra Gutiérrez, Michael Dowling, Steve Wands, Tula Lotay, Katie Skelly, Chris O’Halloran	SFSX (Safe Sex), Vol. 1: Protection
	Bishakh Som	Spellbound: A Graphic Memoir
2022	Lee Lai	Stone Fruit	Winner	[33]
	Crystal Frasier and Val Wise with Oscar O. Jupiter (lettering)	Cheer Up! Love and Pompoms	Finalist	[34]
	Syan Rose	Our Work Is Everywhere: An Illustrated Oral History of Queer & Trans Resistance
	Hiromi Goto with Ann Xu (illus.)	Shadow Life
	Kat Leyh	Thirsty Mermaids
2023	Sas Milledge	Mamo	Winner	[35]
	Will Betke-Brunswick	A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings	Finalist	[36]
	Gabriel Ebensperger, trans. by Kelley D. Salas	Gay Giant
	Melanie Gillman	Other Ever Afters
	Sarah Winifred Searle	The Greatest Thing
2024	Emily Caroll	A Guest in the House	Winner	[37]
	Mari Costa	Belle of the Ball	Finalist	[38]
	Lawrence Lindell	Blackward
	Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki	Roaming
	H. A.	The Chromatic Fantasy