🌸We need your help to defend the ecosystem of LGBTQ+ stories! 🌸The beauty and diversity of our garden is under attack right now as the powers that be try to remove queer content from libraries, schools, and public life. 🌸You can make a gift at bit.ly/givespring2026

See you at AWP in 1 week 😜 Stop by booth #256! Come to our gayyyy reading! Register to attend the reading here: bit.ly/4rp8tND

⏰Closing Time!⏰ Submissions for the 2026 Special Prizes close today, 2/20, at 11:59pm ET. Check out this year's six prizes and nominate yourself or someone else - but make sure you do it today! Learn more and apply at www.lambdaliterary.org/special-awards

Ramadan Mubarak! This month, pick up a book by a queer Muslim author.

Just a few more days left to apply! The Pat Holt Prize for Critical Arts Writing is in memory of the celebrated author and long-time SF Chronicle book review editor Patricia Holt and honors LGBTQ Critical Writing on Arts & Literature. Learn more and apply at www.lambdaliterary.org/special-awards

Happy Lunar New Year! Feb. 17, 2026, marks our entry into the Year of the Horse.

The Karla Jay Prize for Emerging Writers in Gender and Sexuality Studies recognizes an individual with an emerging career in Gender and Sexuality Studies research, writing, and publication. The winner will receive a cash prize of $1,500. Learn more and apply at www.lambdaliterary.org/special-awards

The Sunday after Valentine's Day marks the start of Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week. Head to arospecweek.org to learn more.

You can still apply for the Jim Duggins, PhD Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Prize. It honors LGBTQ+ authors with multiple novels and a strong reputation and following, who will continue to publish high quality work. Two recipients will be selected. More at: www.lambdaliterary.org/special-awards

Still open: The Jeanne Córdova Prize for Lesbian/Queer Nonfiction, in memory of the beloved activist and author, honors lesbian/queer-identified women and trans/gender non-conforming nonfiction authors with at least one published book. Learn more and apply at www.lambdaliterary.org/special-awards

📚There's still time to submit work to be considered for the J. Michael Samuel Prize for Emerging Writers Over 50! The prize will go to an unpublished LGBTQ writer over 50 working in any genre. The award includes a cash prize of $5,000. Learn more and apply at www.lambdaliterary.org/special-awards

February 1st marked the start of Black History Month, a time to celebrate, honor, & commemorate the Black experience. Swipe through for a selection of novels across six genres you should pick up both during & after February.

This week is Children's Authors & Illustrators Week! Celebrate with a recent Lammys winner in the LGBTQ+ Children's Books category.

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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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!

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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.

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!

Oh, this sounds metal (sorry)! Going into the TBR 🔥

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!

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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. 👻

Congratulations to Ben Grossberg, winner of the 2023 James Alan McPherson Prize for the Novel!

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