Lambda Literary Awards 1992: Complete list of winners

The 1992 Lambda Literary Awards marked a pivotal moment for LGBTQ+ publishing, recognizing works that would help define the landscape of queer literature in the early nineties. Established to honor the most exceptional published works by and about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, the Lambda Literary Awards have long served as a crucial counterbalance to mainstream literary recognition, shining a spotlight on voices that might otherwise be overlooked by conventional award circuits. That year’s selections showcased the diversity and depth of queer storytelling emerging from diverse communities and perspectives.

The Gay Fiction category saw Harlan Greene’s What the Dead Remember take the prize, a novel that brought historical depth to contemporary queer narratives. Meanwhile, Jewelle Gomez’s The Gilda Stories claimed the Lesbian Fiction award, a multigenerational vampire narrative that would go on to become a cult classic in LGBTQ+ literary circles. Both works represented the kind of innovative, genre-bending storytelling that the Lambda Literary Awards champion—literature that refuses to be confined by conventional categories while centering queer experience as the heart of complex, compelling narratives.

The full list of 1992 Lambda Literary Award winners demonstrates the breadth of that year’s honorees:

Gay Fiction

• What the Dead Remember by Harlan Greene

Lesbian Fiction

• The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez