AIDS
- WINNER: Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir by Paul Monette (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich)
- The Quilt by Cindy Ruskin, Matt Herron and Deborah Zemke (Pocket Books)
- AIDS: The Women edited by Ines Rieder and Patricia Ruppelt (Cleis Press)
- Ground Zero by Andrew Holleran (William Morrow)
- Mortal Embrace: Living with AIDS by Emmanuel Dreuilhe (Hill & Wang)
EDITOR’S CHOICE
- WINNER: Why Can’t Sharon Kowalski Come Home? by Karen Thompson And Julie Andrzejewski (Spinsters/Aunt Lute)
GAY MEN’S DEBUT FICTION
- WINNER: The Swimming-Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst (Random House)
- River Road by C.F. Borgman (New American Library)
- Mountain Climbing In Sheridan Square by Stan Levanthal (Banned Books)
- Blue Heaven by Joe Keenan (Viking)
- Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of O. Wilde by Russell A. Brown (St. Martin’s Press)
GAY MEN’S FICTION
- WINNER: The Beautiful Room Is Empty by Edmund White (Alfred A. Knopf)
- The Swimming-Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst (Random House)
- Valley of the Shadow by Christopher Davis (St. Martin’s Press)
- Second Son by Robert Ferro (Crown Publishing)
- The Temple by Stephen Spender (Grove Press)
GAY MEN’S MYSTERY/SCIENCE FICTION
- WINNER: Goldenboy by Michael Nava (Alyson Publications)
- Death Takes the Stage by Donald Ward (St. Martin’s Press)
- Unicorn Mountain by Michael Bishop (Willliam Morrow)
- Obedience by Joseph Hansen (Mysterious Press)
- Who’s Next by George Baxt (International Polygonics)
GAY MEN’S NONFICTION
- WINNER: Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir by Paul Monette (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich)
- Permanent Partners by Betty Berzon, Ph.D. (E.P. Dutton)
- The Male Couple’s Guide to Living Together by Eric Marcus (Harper & Row)
- Looking At Gay and Lesbian Life by Warren Blumenfeld and Diane Raymond (Philosophical Library)
- Living the Spirit edited by Will Roscoe (St. Martin’s Press)
GAY MEN’S SMALL PRESS BOOK AWARD
- WINNER-Tie: Goldenboy by Michael Nava (Alyson Publications)
- WINNER-Tie: The Delight of Hearts by Ahmad al-Tifashi (Gay Sunshine Press)
- Shadows of Love: American Gay Fiction edited by Charles Jurrist (Alyson Publications)
- Gay Men & Women Who Enriched the World by Thomas Cowan (Mulvey Books)
- Unnatural Quotations by Leigh W. Rutledge (Alyson Publications)
LESBIAN DEBUT FICTION
- WINNER: Bird-Eyes by Madelyn Arnold (Seal Press)
- Sunday’s Child by Joyce Bright (Naiad Press)
- Mundane’s World by Judy Grahn (Crossing Press)
- The Finer Grain by Denise Ohio (Naiad Press)
- A Mistress Moderately Fair by Katherine Sturtevant (Alyson Publications)
LESBIAN FICTION
- WINNER: Trash by Dorothy Allison (Firebrand Books)
- After Delores by Sarah Schulman (E.P. Dutton)
- The Secret in the Bird by Camarin Grae (Naiad Press)
- The Prosperine Papers by Jan Clausen (Crossing Press)
- Bingo by Rita Mae Brown (Bantam)
LESBIAN MYSTERY/SCIENCE FICTION
- WINNER: Skiptrace by Antoinette Azolakov (Banned Books)
- Lessons In Murder by Claire McNab (Naiad Press)
- Mundane’s World by Judy Grahn (Crossing Press)
- Heavy Gilt by Dolores Klaich (Naiad Press)
- The Crystal Curtain by Sandy Bayer (Alyson Publications)
LESBIAN NONFICTION
- WINNER: Lesbian Ethics: Toward New Value by Sarah Lucia Hoagland (Institute for Lesbian Studies)
- The Amazon and the Page: Natalie Clifford Barney and Renee Vivien by Karla Jay (Indiana University Press)
- Why Can’t Sharon Kowalski Come Home? by Karen Thompson & Julie Andzrejewski (Spinsters/Aunt Lute)
- A Burst of Light by Audre Lorde (Firebrand Books)
- Permanent Partners by Betty Berzon, Ph.D. (E.P. Dutton)
LESBIAN SMALL PRESS BOOK AWARD
- WINNER: Trash by Dorothy Allison (Firebrand Books)
- Before Stonewall by A. Weiss and G. Schiller (Naiad Press)
- More Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel (Firebrand Books)
- Macho Sluts by Pat Califia (Alyson Publications)
- Why Can’t Sharon Kowalski Come Home? by Karen Thompson & Julie Andrzejewski (Spinsters/Aunt Lute)
POETRY
- WINNER: Gay & Lesbian Poetry in our Time, edited by Carl Morse & Joan Larkin (St. Martin’s Press)
- Sappho: Poems and Fragments translated by Josephine Balmer (Meadowland Books)
- Love Alone: Eighteen Elegies for Rog by Paul Monette (St. Martin’s Press)
- The Silence Now by May Sarton (W.W. Norton)
- The Inner Room by James Merrill (Alfred A. Knopf)
PUBLISHER’S SERVICE AWARD
- WINNER: Sasha Alyson, Alyson Publications
