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Lambda Literary, celebrating LGBTQ+ storytellers since 1985. Home of the Lammy Awards, Writers in Schools, the Emerging Writers Retreat for LGBTQ Voices, and the Lambda Literary Review.
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- APPLY NOW: The Denneny Award for Editorial Excellence is named in honor of Michael Denneny. The award will go to an editor whose commitment to the publication of LGBTQ+ writers and literature contributes significantly to the advancement of the LGBTQ+ community. lambdaliterary.org/special-awards
- Don Weise, LGBTQ+ publisher, writer, & advocate, passed away on Jan. 10. "We need gay publishers to help lead us toward enlightenment," he told Publishers Weekly. He spent over 20 years doing just that. Read his contributions to the Lambda Literary Review at lambdaliteraryreview.org/author/don-w....
- Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Swipe through for an overview of three books you should add to your list today.
- Special Prizes NOW OPEN: lambdaliterary.org/awards/speci... Check out our ✨special prizes✨ which recognize the outstanding contributions made by individuals to LGBTQ+ literature, culture, & community. These cash prizes are made possible through the generosity of our donors.
- Deadline extension alert 🚨 One more week! We're offering one more week to get your applications for the Writers Retreat in. New deadline is Thursday, January 15, 2026. We can't wait to read your work. Apply now: bit.ly/48cM1iy
- 🎀FINAL CALL: You have until 11:59pm ET this Sunday, December 7, to nominate queer work for a 2026 Lambda Literary Award! Submit here: lambdaliterary.org/awards/lammy... #LammyAwards #Lammys2026
- 📚Giving Tuesday may be over, but stepping up to support community care is every day! 📚Thank you to the outpouring of support for Lambda Literary. Your generosity ensures that more lives can be changed by the magic of LGBTQ+ literature. 📚You can still give to enrich our community! bit.ly/givein2025
- 📢This #GivingTuesday, take a stand for LGBTQ+ storytellers with Lambda Literary!📢 ❤️Join us by making a donation today here: bit.ly/givein2025 ❤️
- Applications for the Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices are now open! Apply for your chance to work with one of our 8 amazing faculty members, attend programming aimed at developing craft and demystifying the publishing industry, and build forever-community. 🥰 bit.ly/48cM1iy
- 💌Great news: Lammy Awards submission deadline extended! If it's been a busy fall, you've got an additional week to get your Lambda Literary Awards book submissions in! Submissions are now open until 11:59pm ET on December 7th. Submit here: lambdaliterary.org/awards/lammy... #LammyAwards #Lammys2026
- The wait is over. Welcome to the 2026 Virtual Writers Retreat Faculty! 🥳 Check the 🔗 in our bio to read more about our faculty and the bright future of the Writers Retreat! Applications will open November 21, 2025-January 8, 2026. Don't miss this one. Things may never be the same. 👀
- Friends, the window to submit your books for the 2026 Lambda Literary Awards is closing... There's one week! Submissions close on November 21! Submit here: lambdaliterary.org/awards/lammy... 📚✨ #LammyAwards #Lammys2026
- Don't forget to submit your queer books (published in 2025) for the 2026 Lambda Literary Awards - before the November 21st deadline! Submit here: lambdaliterary.org/awards/lammy... #LammyAwards #Lammys2026
- Miss Major, the LGBTQ+ rights activist who has been on the front lines since Stonewall, passed away yesterday. The impact of her resistance will not be forgotten. Read more in her memoir, "Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary," which won a Lammy in 2024.
- Honor Indigenous People's Day with a selection of queer Indigenous writing from past Lammys.
- 📚We need your help to build a world where LGBTQ+ stories can flourish and grow! 📚As attacks on our freedom of expression reach new terrifying heights, creating safe spaces for LGBTQ+ voices is more important than ever. 📚Donate here: bit.ly/sustainlambd...
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- September 15 to October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month. ✨ Celebrate with one of these Lammys winners or finalists by Hispanic authors.
- 🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Comics: Putty Pygmalion by Lonnie Garcia! @sixgills.bsky.social @silversprocket.net 🎉🎉🎉 #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
- 🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Middle Grade: Mallory in Full Color by Elisa Stone Leahy! @elisastoneleahy.com🎉🎉🎉 #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
- 🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Young Adult: Icarus by K. Ancrum! @kaylaancrum.bsky.social @epicreads.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉 #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
- 🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Children’s Books: Glenn Burke, Game Changer: The Man Who Invented the High Five by Phil Bildner, illustrated by Daniel J. O'Brien! @philbildner.bsky.social @danielostudios.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉 #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
- 🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Nonfiction: The Other Olympians by Michael Waters! 🎉🎉🎉 #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
- 🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Studies: When Monsters Speak: A Susan Stryker Reader by Susan Stryker, edited by McKenzie Wark! @susanstryker.bsky.social @mckenziewark.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉 #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
- 🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Anthology: Swagger: A Celebration of the Butch Experience by Rae Theodore, Nat Burns! @flannelfiles.bsky.social @flashpointpub.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉 #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
- 🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Mystery: Rough Trade by Katrina Carrasco! 🎉🎉🎉 #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
- 🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction: Metal From Heaven by August Clarke! 🎉🎉🎉 @sapphomancer.bsky.social @erewhonbooks.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
- 🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Drama: The Green Line | خطّ التماس by Makram Ayache! 🎉🎉🎉 #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
- 🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for Gay Memoir/Biography: RADIANT: The Life and Line of Keith Haring by Brad Gooch! 🎉🎉🎉 #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
- 🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for Lesbian Memoir/Biography: My Withered Legs and Other Essays by Sandra Gail Lambert! 🎉🎉🎉 @sandragaillambert.bsky.social @ugapress.bsky.social #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
- 🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for Transgender Poetry: Girl Work by Zefyr Lisowski! 🎉🎉🎉 @zefrrr.bsky.social @noemipress.bsky.social #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
- 🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for Bisexual Poetry: Interrogation Records by Jeddie Sophronius! 🎉🎉🎉 #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
- 🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for Gay Poetry: How to Kill a Goat and Other Monsters by Saúl Hernández! 🎉🎉🎉 @elsaulhernandez.bsky.social @uwiscpress.bsky.social #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
- 🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for Lesbian Poetry: Song of My Softening by Omotara James! 🎉🎉🎉 #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
- 🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Poetry: Cowboy Park by Eduardo Martínez-Leyva! 🎉🎉🎉 #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
- 🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Romance and Erotica: Oyster by Fearne Hill! 🎉🎉🎉 @fearnehill.bsky.social #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
- 🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for Gay Romance: The Spring Before Obergefell by Ben Grossberg! 🎉🎉🎉 #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
- 🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for Lesbian Romance: Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun! 🎉🎉🎉 #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
- Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for Gay Fiction: Henry Henry by Allen Bratton! @allenbratton.bsky.social @unnamedpress.bsky.social #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
- 🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for Lesbian Fiction: The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden! 🎉🎉🎉 #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
- 🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for Bisexual Nonfiction: You're Embarrassing Yourself by Desiree Akhavan! 🎉🎉🎉 #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
- 🎉🎉🎉Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for Bisexual Fiction: How To Fall in Love in a Time of Unnameable Disaster by Muriel Leung! 🎉🎉🎉 @murmurshewrote.bsky.social
- 🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for Transgender Nonfiction: Pretty by KB Brookins! 🎉🎉🎉 #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
- 🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for Transgender Fiction: Firebugs by Nino Bulling! 🎉🎉🎉 #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
- 🎉 Congratulations to the winner of the J. Michael Samuel Prize for Emerging Writers Over 50, Amy Beth Sisson (@sissonab.bsky.social) and the Karla Jay Prize for Emerging Writers in Gender and Sexuality Studies, Nat Rivkin! 🎉 #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
