Lesbian Fiction:
Memory Mambo by Achy Obejas

Gay Men's Fiction:
Funny Boy by Shyam Selvadurai

Lesbian Studies:
Love Between Women by Bernadette J. Brooten

Gay Men's Studies:
Boys Like Us, edited by Patrick Merla

Lesbian Poetry:
All-American Girl by Robin Becker

Gay Men's Poetry:
What the Body Told by Rafael Campo

Lesbian Mystery:
Robber's Wine by Ellen Hart

Gay Men's Mystery:
Death of Friends by Michael Nava

Lesbian Biography/Autobiography:
Life in a Day by Doris Grumbach

Gay Men's Biography/Autobiography:
Geography of the Heart by Fenton Johnson

Anthologies/Fiction:
Women on Women 3, edited by Joan Nestle & Naomi Holoch

Anthologies/Nonfiction:
Taking Liberties: Gay Men's Essays on Politics, Culture, and Sex, edited by Michael Bronski

Photography/Visual Arts:
Nothing But the Girl by Susie Bright & Jill Posener

Humor:
Homo Handbook by Judy Carter

Spirituality:
The Good Book by Peter Gomes

Science Fiction/Fantasy:
Sacrament by Clive Barker

Drama:
Split Britches, edited by Sue-Ellen Case

Children/Young Adult:
Good Moon Rising by Nancy Garden

Transgender:
Body Alchemy: Transsexual Portraits by Loren Cameron

Small Press:
Body Alchemy: Transsexual Portraits by Loren Cameron

Lambda Literary Awards: 1998/Lambda Literary Awards: 1996