The 28th Lambda Literary Awards were held on June 6, 2016, to honour works of LGBT literature published in 2015.[1][2] The list of nominees was released on March 8.[1]
| Category | Winner |
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| Pioneer Award | Eileen Myles[2] |
| Judith A. Markowitz Emerging Writer Award | Bryan Borland, JP Howard[2] |
| Trustee Award | Hilton Als[2] |
| Category | Winner | Nominated |
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| Bisexual Literature | Emily Bingham, Irrepressible: The Jazz Age Life of Henrietta Bingham[2] Anna North, The Life and Death of Sophie Stark[2] |
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| Gay Erotica | Miodrag Kojadinovic, Érotiques Suprèmes[2] |
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| Gay Fiction | Hasan Namir, God in Pink[2] |
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| Gay Memoir/Biography | Langdon Hammer, James Merrill: Life and Art[2] |
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| Gay Mystery | Marshall Thornton, Boystown 7: Bloodlines[2] |
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| Gay Poetry | Nicholas Wong, Crevasse[2] Carl Phillips, Reconnaissance[2] |
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| Gay Romance | Debbie McGowan, When Skies Have Fallen[2] |
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| Lesbian Erotica | Meghan O'Brien, The Muse[2] |
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| Lesbian Fiction | Chinelo Okparanta, Under the Udala Trees[2] |
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| Lesbian Memoir/Biography | Kate Carroll de Gutes, Objects in the Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear[2] |
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| Lesbian Mystery | Ann Aptaker, Tarnished Gold[2] Victoria Brownworth, Ordinary Mayhem[2] |
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| Lesbian Poetry | Dawn Lundy Martin, Life in a Box is a Pretty Life[2] |
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| Lesbian Romance | Julie Blair, Making a Comeback[2] |
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| LGBT Anthology | Damien Luxe, Heather M. Ács and Sabina Ibarrola, Glitter and Grit: Queer Performance from the Heels on Wheels Femme Galaxy[2] Sfé R. Monster and Taneka Stotts, Beyond: The Queer Sci-Fi & Fantasy Comic Anthology[2] |
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| LGBT Children's/Young Adult | Alex Gino, George[2] |
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| LGBT Debut Fiction | Victor Yates, A Love Like Blood[2] |
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| LGBT Drama | Tanya Barfield, Bright Half Life[2] |
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| LGBT Graphic Novel | E. K. Weaver, The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ & Amal[2] |
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| LGBT Non-Fiction | Marcia M. Gallo, “No One Helped”: Kitty Genovese, New York City, and the Myth of Urban Apathy[2] |
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| LGBT Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror | Kirsty Logan, The Gracekeepers[2] |
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| LGBT Studies | Hiram Pérez, A Taste for Brown Bodies: Gay Modernity and Cosmopolitan Desire[2] |
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| Transgender Fiction | Roz Kaveney, Tiny Pieces of Skull, or a Lesson in Manners[2] |
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| Transgender Non-Fiction | Willy Wilkinson, Born on the Edge of Race and Gender: A Voice for Cultural Competency[2] |
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| Transgender Poetry | kari edwards, succubus in my pocket[2] |
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