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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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Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · Sep 11
Join us online Saturday, October 4th for Lammys Day— a series of panels, readings, and interviews featuring this year's Lammys finalists, culminating in the 37th annual Lammy Awards ceremony!

For ticket info + a list of the events we've confirmed (so far!) visit www.eventbrite.com/e/lammys-day...
Grid of finalist book covers behind the following information: Lammys Day 2025 - Join us online for a day of panels, interviews, and readings celebrating the finalists of the 2025 Lammy Awards Saturday Oct 4 10am-7pm ET. Tickets at LambdaLiterary.org
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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.
Graphic acknowledging the death of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, LGBTQ+ rights activist, on October 13, 2025.
October 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Honor Indigenous People's Day with a selection of queer Indigenous writing from past Lammys.
Graphic acknowledging Indigenous People's Day highlighting past Lammy picks: "Love after the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction" by Joshua Whitehead, "The Queerness of Native American Literature" by Lisa Tatonetti, "Asegi Stories: Cherokee Queer and Two-Spirit Memory" by Qwo-Li Driskill, "A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder" by Ma-Nee Chacaby and Mary Louisa Plummer, "Sovereign Erotics: A Collection of Two-Spirit Literature" edited by Qwo-Li Driskill, Daniel Heath Justice, Deborah Miranda, and Lisa Tatonetti, and "Queer Childhoods: Institutional Futures of Indigeneity, Race, and Disability" by Mary Zaborskis.
October 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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📚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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October 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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read half of this tonight; unprepossessing start, shortly spectacular
lambdaliterary.org Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · Oct 4
🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for Lesbian Fiction: The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden! 🎉🎉🎉 #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
October 6, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Huge congratulations to @sapphomancer.bsky.social /August Clarke - METAL FROM HEAVEN has won the @lambdaliterary.org Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction!

We're bringing it to the UK later this month, preorder now: geni.us/metalfhe

Congratulations to all the winners at this year's Awards!
October 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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For the work week 🌅 crowd
lambdaliterary.org Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · Oct 4
🎉🎉🎉 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
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October 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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This book. I'm looking forward to a long, slow reread: beautiful, sensual, overwhelming, desperate, grieving, lost, found, ecstatic in the deep meaning of the word.
lambdaliterary.org Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · Oct 4
🎉🎉🎉 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
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October 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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This book was absolutely overwhelming, gorgeous, sensual, ecstatic, grieving, complex and memorable. I've never read anything else quite like it and looking forward to reading it again!
lambdaliterary.org Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · Oct 4
🎉🎉🎉 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
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October 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Oh, this sounds metal (sorry)! Going into the TBR 🔥
lambdaliterary.org Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · Oct 4
🎉🎉🎉 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
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October 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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A HUGE congratulations to @sapphomancer.bsky.social! METAL FROM HEAVEN has won the 2025 @lambdaliterary.org award for Best LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction!

METAL FROM HEAVEN is a bloody lesbian revenge tale and political fantasy, perfect for fans of Gideon the Ninth and The Princess Bride!
October 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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read this book right now if you haven't yet
lambdaliterary.org Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · Oct 4
🎉🎉🎉 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
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October 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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LETS GOOO
lambdaliterary.org Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · Oct 4
🎉🎉🎉 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
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October 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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🏆 First a BIG congrats to Lonnie for Putty Pygmalion winning the 2025 LAMBDA Literary Award @lambdaliterary.org for LGBTQ+ Comics! 🌈

💀 Now for Sprocket’s Halloween Highlight Day 3: PUTTY PYGMALION by Lonnie Garcia @sixgills.bsky.social 💔

A twisted story perfect for spooky season. 👻
October 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Congratulations to Ben Grossberg, winner of the 2023 James Alan McPherson Prize for the Novel!
lambdaliterary.org Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · Oct 4
🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for Gay Romance: The Spring Before Obergefell by Ben Grossberg! 🎉🎉🎉
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October 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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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.
Graphic acknowledging Hispanic Heritage Month featuring four Lammys winners or finalists: "Call Me Cassandra: A Novel" by Marcial Gala, "The Prince of Los Cocuyos" by Richard Blanco, "Jawbone" by Mónica Ojeda, and "Her Body and Other Parties" by Carmen Maria Machado.
October 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Comics: Putty Pygmalion by Lonnie Garcia! @sixgills.bsky.social @silversprocket.net 🎉🎉🎉
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October 5, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Middle Grade: Mallory in Full Color by Elisa Stone Leahy! @elisastoneleahy.com🎉🎉🎉

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October 4, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Young Adult: Icarus by K. Ancrum! @kaylaancrum.bsky.social @epicreads.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉
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October 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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🎉🎉🎉 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 🎉🎉🎉
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October 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Nonfiction: The Other Olympians by Michael Waters! 🎉🎉🎉
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October 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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🎉🎉🎉 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 🎉🎉🎉
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October 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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🎉🎉🎉 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 🎉🎉🎉
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October 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Mystery: Rough Trade by Katrina Carrasco! 🎉🎉🎉
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October 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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🎉🎉🎉 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
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October 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Drama: The Green Line | خطّ التماس by Makram Ayache! 🎉🎉🎉
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October 4, 2025 at 10:22 PM