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Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 2h

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Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 2h

📚In this national climate of austerity and fear, we are reaching out to our community to ensure our vital work can continue.
📚Make a monthly donation today and become part of our four-decade history of advocacy and empowerment.

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Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 2h

📚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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Bryn Hammond @brynhammond.bsky.social · 2d

read half of this tonight; unprepossessing start, shortly spectacular

Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 3d

🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for Lesbian Fiction: The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden! 🎉🎉🎉 #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 2d

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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Diana M. Pho (she/her) 📚 🔊 @dianapho.bsky.social · 2d

For the work week 🌅 crowd

Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 3d

🎉🎉🎉 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

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 2d

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.

Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 3d

🎉🎉🎉 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

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J.C. Snow @jcsnow.bsky.social · 2d

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!

Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 3d

🎉🎉🎉 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

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Nicole "Ashrah" Hidalgo @sayaashrah.bsky.social · 2d

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

Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 3d

🎉🎉🎉 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

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Erewhon Books @erewhonbooks.bsky.social · 2d

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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em x. liu | 雯雯 @emdashliu.bsky.social · 2d

read this book right now if you haven't yet

Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 3d

🎉🎉🎉 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

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Bailey/Greekchoir @greekchoir.bsky.social · 2d

LETS GOOO

Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 3d

🎉🎉🎉 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

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Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net · 1d

🏆 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. 👻

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awpwriter.bsky.social @awpwriter.bsky.social · 1d

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

Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 3d

🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for Gay Romance: The Spring Before Obergefell by Ben Grossberg! 🎉🎉🎉
#Lammys2025 #LammyAwards

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Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 2d

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.

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Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 3d

🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Comics: Putty Pygmalion by Lonnie Garcia! @sixgills.bsky.social @silversprocket.net 🎉🎉🎉
#Lammys2025 #LammyAwards

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Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 3d

🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Middle Grade: Mallory in Full Color by Elisa Stone Leahy! @elisastoneleahy.com🎉🎉🎉

#Lammys2025 #LammyAwards

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Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 3d

🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Young Adult: Icarus by K. Ancrum! @kaylaancrum.bsky.social @epicreads.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉
#Lammys2025 #LammyAwards

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Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 3d

🎉🎉🎉 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

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Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 3d

🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Nonfiction: The Other Olympians by Michael Waters! 🎉🎉🎉
#Lammys2025 #LammyAwards

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Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 3d

🎉🎉🎉 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

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Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 3d

🎉🎉🎉 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

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Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 3d

🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Mystery: Rough Trade by Katrina Carrasco! 🎉🎉🎉
#Lammys2025 #LammyAwards

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Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 3d

🎉🎉🎉 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

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Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 3d

🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Drama: The Green Line | خطّ التماس by Makram Ayache! 🎉🎉🎉
#Lammys2025 #LammyAwards

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