Jim Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelists' Prize

The Jim Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelists' Prize is an American literary award, presented to two writers, one male and one female, from the LGBT community to honour their body of work. First presented by the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival in 2007,^[1] the award became part of the Lambda Literary Awards program in 2011. Originally presented annually, it was presented only once every three years for part of the 2010s before becoming an annual award again in the 2020s.

It is the largest literary award in the United States which is available exclusively to LGBT writers; all other LGBT literary awards, including the rest of the Lambda Literary Awards program, are open to heterosexual writers who address LGBT themes in their work.

The award was endowed by writer and academic James Duggins.

Recipients

Jim Duggins Prize winners

Year	Author	Ref.
2007	Dorothy Allison
	Jim Grimsley
2008	Michelle Tea
	Ronald L. Donaghe
2009	Elana Dykewomon
	Michael Lowenthal
2010	Lee Lynch
	Noel Alumit
2011	Alex Sánchez
	Susan Stinson
2012	Brian Leung
	Stacey D'Erasmo
2013	Nicola Griffith
	Trebor Healey
2014	Michael Thomas Ford
	Radclyffe
2017	James Earl Hardy	[2]
	Shani Mootoo
2020	Larissa Lai	[3][4]
2021	Brontez Purnell	[5]
	Sarah Gerard
2022	Silas House	[6]
	Vi Khi Nao
2023	Ryka Aoki	[7]
	Aaron Hamburger

References

1. "Saints and Sinners Literary Festival". Gambit. May 8, 2007. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
2. "Shani Mootoo wins Lambda Literary's Mid-Career Novelist Prize". Quill & Quire. May 24, 2017. Archived from the original on February 19, 2022. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
3. "Lai Wins 2020 Jim Duggins Prize". Locus. May 20, 2020. Archived from the original on February 19, 2022. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
4. "Larissa Lai wins Jim Duggins Prize". New Writing. Archived from the original on February 19, 2022. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
5. Essen, Leah Rachel von (June 2, 2021). "Announcing the Winners of the 2021 Lambda Literary Awards". Book Riot. Archived from the original on January 20, 2022. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
6. Segal, Corinne (June 13, 2022). "Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 Lambda Literary Awards!". LitHub.
7. Lewis, LeKesha (June 8, 2023). "Ryka Aoki and Aaron Hamburger Win 2023 Jim Duggins, PhD Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Prize". Lambda Literary Foundation. Retrieved June 9, 2023.