Lemon Hound fetches a Lambda Award!

Winners for the 19th annual Lambda Literary Awards were announced tonight by the Lambda Literary Foundation at a gala celebration attended by 300 people. <!--newline--><!--newline-->Awards were presented in 25 categories. Winners were chosen by a jury of judges who come from all walks of literary life: journalists, authors, booksellers, librarians, playwrights, illustrators. In all, 85 judges participated in the selection of winners from the pool of 381 books that were nominated by 147 publishers.<!--newline--><!--newline-->In the category of Lesbian Poetry, Coach House Books' own Lemon Hound, by Sina Queyras, was declared the winner! Congratulations to Sina Queyras!