Gay Lit…and the Nominees are

The Lambda Literary Foundation has chosen finalists for the 18th Annual Lambda Literary Awards, celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) books published in 2005. The awards are in the categories of anthology, belles lettres, biography, children’s/YA, erotica, gay men’s fiction, gay men’s mystery, gay men’s poetry, humor, lesbian debut fiction, lesbian fiction, lesbian mystery, lesbian poetry, LGBT studies, nonfiction, romance, SF/fantasy/horror, spirituality and transgender/gender queer. Winners will be announced at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, May 18. A list of the nominees may be found on the Lambda Literary Foundation’s Web site .