Sponsored by the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table (GLBTRT) of the American Library Association (ALA), the Stonewall Book Award is for LGBT books. It is presented annually to English language works of fiction (Barbara Gittings Literature Award), non-fiction (Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award) and Children's books (Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award). Winners are announced in January and presented with a plaque and cash stipend at a ceremony in June or July.
First awarded in 1971 as the Gay Book Award, over the years the name of the award has changed:
| Year |
Recipient |
Title |
| 1971 |
Isabel Miller |
Patience and Sarah |
| 1972 |
Peter Fisher |
The Gay Mystique: The Myth and Reality of Male Homosexuality |
| 1972 |
Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon |
Lesbian/Woman |
| 1973 |
no award given |
no award given |
| 1974 |
Jeannette Howard Foster |
Sex Variant Women in Literature: A Historical and Quantitative Survey |
| 1975 |
Jonathan D. Katz, ed. |
Homosexuality: Lesbians and Gay Men in Society, History, and Literature |
| 1976 |
no award given |
no award given |
| 1977 |
Howard Brown |
Familiar Faces, Hidden Lives: The Story of Homosexual Men in America Today |
| 1978 |
Ginny Vida, ed. |
Our Right to Love: A Lesbian Resource Book |
| 1979 |
Betty Fairchild and Nancy Hayward |
Now That You Know: What Every Parent Should Know About Homosexuality |
| 1980 |
Winston Leyland, ed. |
Now the Volcano: An Anthology of Latin American Gay Literature |
| 1981 |
John Boswell |
Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century |
| 1982 |
Lillian Faderman |
Surpassing the Love of Men: Romantic Friendship and Love Between Women from the Renaissance to the Present |
| 1982 |
J.R. Roberts |
Black Lesbians: An Annotated Bibliography |
| 1982 |
Vito Russo |
The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies |
| 1983 |
no award given |
no award given |
| 1984 |
John D'Emilio |
Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities: The Making of a Homosexual Minority in the United States, 1940-1970 |
| 1985 |
Judy Grahn |
Another Mother Tongue: Gay Words, Gay Worlds |
| 1986 |
Cindy Patton |
Sex and Germs: The Politics of AIDS |
| 1987 |
Walter Williams |
The Spirit and the Flesh: Sexual Diversity in American Indian Culture |
| 1988 |
Joan Nestle |
A Restricted Country |
| 1988 |
Randy Shilts |
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic |
| 1989 |
Alan Hollinghurst |
The Swimming Pool Library |
| 1989 |
Sarah Schulman |
After Delores |
| 1990 Non-fiction |
Neil Miller |
In Search of Gay America: Women and Men in a Time of Change |
| 1990 Literature |
David B. Feinberg |
Eighty-Sixed |
| 1991 Non-fiction |
Wayne Dynes, ed. |
Encyclopedia of Homosexuality (William Armstrong Percy) |
| 1991 Literature |
Minnie Bruce Pratt |
Crime against Nature |
| 1992 Non-fiction |
Lillian Faderman |
Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth Century America |
| 1992 Literature |
Paul Monette |
Halfway Home |
| 1993 Non-fiction |
Eric Marcus |
Making History: The Struggle for Gay and Lesbian Equal Rights, 1945-1990 |
| 1993 Literature |
Essex Hemphill |
Ceremonies: Prose and Poetry |
| 1994 Non-fiction |
Phyllis Burke |
Family Values: Two Moms and Their Son |
| 1994 Literature |
Leslie Feinberg |
Stone Butch Blues |
| 1995 Non-fiction |
Dorothy Allison |
Skin: Talking About Sex, Class And Literature |
| 1995 Non-fiction |
Philip Sherman and Samuel Bernstein |
Uncommon Heroes: A Celebration of Heroes and Role Models for Gay and Lesbian Americans |
| 1995 Literature |
Marion Dane Bauer |
Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence |
| 1996 Non-fiction |
Urvashi Vaid |
Virtual Equality: The Mainstreaming of Gay and Lesbian Liberation |
| 1996 Literature |
Jim Grimsley |
Dream Boy |
| 1997 Non-fiction |
Fenton Johnson |
Geography of the Heart: A Memoir |
| 1997 Literature |
Emma Donoghue |
Hood |
| 1998 Non-fiction |
Adam Mastoon |
The Shared Heart: Portraits and Stories Celebrating Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Young People |
| 1998 Literature |
Lucy Jane Bledsoe |
Working Parts: A Novel |
| 1999 Non-fiction |
Sarah Schulman |
Stagestruck: Theater, AIDS, and the Marketing of Gay America |
| 1999 Literature |
Michael Cunningham |
The Hours |
| 2000 Non-fiction |
Barrie Jean Borich |
My Lesbian Husband: Landscape of a Marriage |
| 2000 Literature |
Marci Blackman |
Po Man's Child: A Novel |
| 2001 Non-fiction |
William N. Eskridge |
Gaylaw: Challenging the Apartheid of the Closet |
| 2001 Literature |
Sarah Waters |
Affinity |
| 2002 Non-fiction |
Barry Werth |
The Scarlet Professor: Newton Arvin, a Literary Life Shattered by Scandal |
| 2002 Literature |
Moisés Kaufman and Tectonic Theatre Project |
The Laramie Project |
| 2003 Non-fiction |
Joanne Meyerowitz |
How Sex Changed: a History of Transsexuality in the United States |
| 2003 Literature |
Noel Alumit |
Letters to Montgomery Clift : a Novel |
| 2004 Non-fiction |
John D'Emilio |
Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin |
| 2004 Literature |
Monique Truong |
The Book of Salt |
| 2005 Non-fiction |
Joan Roughgarden |
Evolution's Rainbow: Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in Nature and in People |
| 2005 Literature |
Colm Tóibín |
The Master |
| 2006 Non-fiction |
Joshua Gamson |
The Fabulous Sylvester: the Legend, the Music, the 70s in San Francisco |
| 2006 Literature |
Abha Dawesar |
Babyji |
| 2007 Non-fiction |
Alison Bechdel |
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic |
| 2007 Literature |
Andrew Holleran |
Grief: a Novel |
| 2008 Non-Fiction |
Mark Doty |
Dog Years: A Memoir |
| 2008 Literature |
Ellis Avery |
The Teahouse Fire |
| 2009 Non-Fiction |
William N. Eskridge |
Dishonorable Passions: Sodomy Laws in America, 1861-2003 |
| 2009 Literature |
Evan Fallenberg |
Light Fell |
| 2010 Non-Fiction |
Nathaniel Frank |
Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America |
| 2010 Literature |
David Francis |
Stray Dog Winter |
| 2010 Children's & Young Adult |
Nick Burd |
The Vast Fields of Ordinary |
| 2011 Children's & Young Adult |
Brian Katcher |
Almost Perfect |