Finalists have been announced in 26 categories for the 2026 Lambda Literary Awards, and a number of Canadian authors, including Rebecca Salazar, Jordan Tannahill, and jaye simpson, are among those shortlisted.

Winners for the annual prizes celebrating LGBTQ+ voices in literature will be announced at a ceremony in New York City on June 12.

Books by Canadian nominees are listed by category.

Bisexual Fiction

• Look Ma, No Hands by Gabrielle Drolet (McClelland & Stewart)

Bisexual Poetry

• antibody by Rebecca Salazar (McClelland & Stewart/Penguin Random House Canada)
• The Garbage Poems by Anna Swanson (Brick Books)

Gay Romance

• He’s to Die For by Erin Dunn (Minotaur Books)

Lesbian Fiction

• milktooth by Jaime Burnet (Vagrant Press/Nimbus Publishing)

LGBTQ+ Anthology 

• Come Out and Play: The Queer Sports Project by Meghan Kemp-Gee and Megan Praz (Stacked Deck Press)
• Queers at the Table: An Illustrated Guide to Queer Food (with Recipes) by Alex D. Ketchum and Megan J. Elias (eds.) (Arsenal Pulp Press)

LGBTQ+ Drama

• Heartlines: A Love Story by Sarah Waisvisz (Talonbooks)
• Prince Faggot by Jordan Tannahill (Playwrights Canada Press)

LGBTQ+ Poetry

• Non-Prophet by Qurat Dar (icehouse poetry/Goose Lane Editions)

LGBTQ+ Young Adult

• He’s So Possessed with Me by Corey Liu (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)

Transgender Nonfiction

• Gendertrash From Hell: The First Print Collection of the Zine That Changed Everything by Mirha Soleil-Ross, ed. (Little Puss Press)

Transgender Poetry 

• a body more tolerable by jaye simpson (Arsenal Pulp Press)