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Lambda Literary Award For LGBT Debut Fiction
The Lambda Literary Award for Debut Fiction is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation to a debut work of fiction on LGBT themes. Formerly presented in two separate categories for gay male and lesbian debut fiction, beginning the 25th Lambda Literary Awards in 2013 a single award, inclusive of both male and female writers, was presented. The award was, however, discontinued after the 28th Lambda Literary Awards in 2016. The award was presented based on themes in the work, not the sexuality or gender of the writer; heterosexual writers were eligible for the award, and writers could be nominated in the "cross-gender" category based on the work. Winners and nominees References External links Lambda Literary Awards {{Lambda Literary Awards Lambda Literary Awards, Debut Lists of LGBTQ-related award winners and nominees First book awards Awards established in 1989 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Literary Award
A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded Literature, literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author. Organizations Most literary awards come with a corresponding award ceremony. Many awards are structured with one organization (usually a non-profit organization) as the presenter and public face of the award, and another organization as the financial sponsor or backer, who pays the prize remuneration and the cost of the ceremony and public relations, typically a Sponsor (commercial), corporate sponsor who may sometimes attach their name to the award (such as the Orange Prize). Types of awards There are awards for various writing formats including poetry and novels. Many awards are also dedicated to a certain genre of fiction or non-fiction writing (such as science fiction or politics). There are also awards dedicated to works in individual languages, such as the Miguel de Cervantes Prize (Spanish language, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paula Martinac
Paula Martinac (born July 30, 1954) is an American writer.Liz Gaist, "Paula Martinac Fills in the Pages of Lesbian History". ''The Advocate'', December 4, 1990. She is most noted for her novel ''Out of Time'', which won the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction at the 3rd Lambda Literary Awards in 1991.Tina Gianoulis, "Martinac, Paula (b. 1954)". Glbtq.com, 2006. The novel was also a finalist for the ALA Gay and Lesbian Book Award. Background Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Martinac was educated at Chatham College and the College of William & Mary. She worked for the West Virginia State Museum and Prentice Hall before joining the editorial collective of '' WomaNews'' in 1982. She became production director of The Feminist Press in 1985, joined the editorial collective of the feminist literary magazine '' Conditions'' in 1988, and became cochair of the board of New York City's Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center in 1990. She was editor in chief of Q Syn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th Lambda Literary Awards
The 20th Lambda Literary Awards were held in 2008, to honour works of LGBT literature published in 2007. Special awards Nominees and winners External links 20th Lambda Literary Awards {{Lambda Literary Awards Lambda Literary Awards ceremonies Lambda Lambda (; uppercase , lowercase ; , ''lám(b)da'') is the eleventh letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiced alveolar lateral approximant . In the system of Greek numerals, lambda has a value of 30. Lambda is derived from the Phoen ... Lists of LGBTQ-related award winners and nominees 2008 in LGBTQ history 2008 awards in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Teahouse Fire
''The Teahouse Fire'' is a novel by Ellis Avery set in late nineteenth century Japan published by Riverhead in the US in 2006 and to be published by Random House in the UK as a paperback original. Plot summary Set in late nineteenth century Japan, ''The Teahouse Fire'' is the story of Aurelia, a young French-American girl who, after the death of her mother and her missionary uncle, finds herself lost and alone and in need of a new family. Knowing only a few words of Japanese she hides in a Japanese tea house and is adopted by the family who own it: gradually falling in love with both the Japanese tea ceremony and with her young mistress, Yukako. As Aurelia grows up she devotes herself to the family and its failing fortunes in the face of civil war and western intervention, and to Yukako's love affairs and subsequent marriage. But her feelings for her mistress seem doomed never to be reciprocated and, as tensions mount in the household, Aurelia begins to realise that to the wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th Lambda Literary Awards
The 19th Lambda Literary Awards were held in 2007, to honour works of LGBT literature published in 2006. Special awards Nominees and winners External links 19th Lambda Literary Awards {{Lambda Literary Awards Lambda Literary Awards ceremonies Lambda Lambda (; uppercase , lowercase ; , ''lám(b)da'') is the eleventh letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiced alveolar lateral approximant . In the system of Greek numerals, lambda has a value of 30. Lambda is derived from the Phoen ... Lists of LGBTQ-related award winners and nominees 2007 in LGBTQ history 2007 awards in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
18th Lambda Literary Awards
The 18th Lambda Literary Awards were held in 2006, to honor works of LGBT literature published in 2005. Nominees and winners References External links 18th Lambda Literary Awards {{Lambda Literary Awards Lambda Literary Awards ceremonies 2006 literary awards, Lambda Lists of LGBTQ-related award winners and nominees 2006 in LGBTQ history 2006 awards in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Novel Of Sex, Theft, Friendship, And Musical Theater
''How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship, and Musical Theater'' is a 2004 teen novel, the first by American author Marc Acito. The story centers on Edward Zanni, a 17-year-old high school senior living in New Jersey, US in the early 1980s, whose ambition to ascend to the Juilliard School in New York City to study acting is quashed when his father refuses to pay his tuition fees. The novel won the Oregon Book Awards' Ken Kesey Award for Best Novel in 2005, and received generally favourable reviews. Plot The novel begins with a discussion of the character's summer goals: Paula losing her virginity and all of the characters having “madcap adventures.” Then Edward meets his father's girlfriend, Dagmar. While driving around they spot a green Ceramic Buddha and come up with their plan called Creative Vandalism, which means bringing “flair and vitality” to the suburbs without doing anything illegal. Ed then finds out Dagmar and his father Al are getting m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Son Called Gabriel
''A Son Called Gabriel'' is the 2004 debut novel by author Damian McNicholl. It was a finalist for a Lambda Award in 2005. Set in Northern Ireland in the sixties and seventies, this novel describes the coming-of-age and sexual awakening of Gabriel Harkin. Gabriel, a working class Catholic boy, writes in the first person and talks about his life from the age of six to sixteen and there is a dark family secret involving his Uncle Brendan who is a priest in Kenya. Gabriel's story is set against the backdrop of the Troubles and the religious bigotry of the Province. Development McNicholl started writing the novel in 1990, after moving to the United States. It took him 6 months of full-time writing to compose the novel, and another 18 to find a Literary agent and get the novel to publication with CDS books, after the editor at GreyCore Press liked the book, but couldn't publish it. Plot summary As he grows up, Gabriel starts to suspect that he is not like other boys, and enga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clay's Way
''Clay's Way'' is the debut novel of American writer Blair Mastbaum. Released in 2004 by Alyson Books, this contemporary novel, which won the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Debut Fiction, follows 15-year-old gay skateboarder Sam and the object of his affection, conflicted surfer Clay around Honolulu. Reception Poet and novelist Trebor Healey called ''Clay's Way'' "a brilliantly raw and insightful coming-of-age story for a new queer generation" and concluded as "a coming of age novel, it hits pay dirt because, instead of a happy ending, it ends on a note of expansion: Something has happened to Sam that, after the smoke has cleared, causes him to look up at the sky and realize he's no longer Sam the kid, but Sam the man." ''The Gay & Lesbian Review ''The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide'' (formerly ''The Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review'') is a bimonthly, nationally distributed magazine of history, culture, and politics for LGBT people and their allies who are interested in the g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
27th Lambda Literary Awards
The 27th Lambda Literary Awards were held on June 1, 2015, to honour works of LGBT literature published in 2014."The 27th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists" , March 4, 2015. The list of nominees was released on March 4. The ceremony was held at Cooper Union
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, commonly known as Cooper Union, is a private college on Cooper Square in Lower Manhattan, N ...
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Nona Caspers
Nona Caspers (born 1959) is an American author and academic based in San Francisco. Her 2006 short story collection ''Heavier Than Air'' won the Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction. Early life and education Nona Caspers was born in 1959 in Minnesota, where she grew up in the rural Melrose area. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota in 1985. Caspers settled in San Francisco in the early 1990s. There, she earned a master of fine arts degree from San Francisco State University in 1995. Career Caspers is known as an author of fiction. ''Voyages Out 2'', a short story collection she published jointly with Julie Blackwomon, was released in 1990. It was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Debut Fiction the following year. In 2001, Caspers published ''The Blessed'', an adventure novel set in Minnesota. Then, in 2006, she released her debut solo short story collection, ''Heavier Than Air'', which tells the stories of various lesbian couples ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3rd Lambda Literary Awards
The 3rd Lambda Literary Awards were held in 1991 to honour works of LGBT literature published in 1990. Special awards Nominees and winners External links 3rd Lambda Literary Awards {{Lambda Literary Awards 03 Lambda Lambda (; uppercase , lowercase ; , ''lám(b)da'') is the eleventh letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiced alveolar lateral approximant . In the system of Greek numerals, lambda has a value of 30. Lambda is derived from the Phoen ... Lists of LGBTQ-related award winners and nominees 1991 in LGBTQ history 1991 awards in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |