| Category |
Winner |
Nominated |
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| Anthologies/Fiction |
 Edmund White and Donald Weise, eds., Fresh Men: New Voices in Gay Fiction |
- Angela Brown, Best Lesbian Love Stories 2004
- Peter Burton, Serendipity: The Gay Times Book of New Stories
- Clint Catalyst and Michelle Tea, Pills, Thrills, Chills, and Heartache: Adventures in the First Person
- Lori L. Lake, The Milk of Human Kindness: Lesbian Authors Write About Mothers & Daughters
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| Anthologies/Non-Fiction |
Greg Wharton and Ian Philips, eds., I Do/I Don't: Queers on Marriage |
- Mary Burger, Robert Glück, Camille Roy and Gail Scott, Biting the Error: Writers Explore Narrative
- Angela Brown, Mentsh: On Being Jewish and Queer
- Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, That’s Revolting!: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation
- Raphael Kadushin, Wonderlands
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| Autobiography/Memoir |
Alison Smith, Name All the Animals |
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| Biography |
Alexis De Veaux, Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde |
- Douglas Crase, Both: A Portrait in Two Parts
- John F. Galliher, Wayne H. Brekhus and David P. Keys, Laud Humphreys: Prophet of Homosexuality and Sociology
- Deborah Jowitt, Jerome Robbins
- Evelyn C. White, Alice Walker: A Life
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| Children's/Young Adult |
Alex Sánchez, So Hard to Say |
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| Drama |
Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife |
- Donald Reuter, Fabulous!
- David Gere, How to Make Dances in an Epidemic
- Sharon Bridgeforth, love conjure/blues
- Claude J. Summers, The Queer Encyclopedia of Music, Dance and Musical Theater
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| Erotica |
Richard Labonté, Best Gay Erotica 2005 |
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| Gay Debut Fiction |
Blair Mastbaum, Clay's Way |
|
| Gay Fiction |
Colm Tóibín, The Master |
|
| Gay Mystery |
Anthony Bidulka, Flight of Aquavit |
- Greg Herren, Jackson Square Jazz
- John Morgan Wilson, Moth and Flame
- Gary Zebrun, Someone You Know
- Dorien Grey, The Role Players
|
| Gay Poetry |
Luis Cernuda, Written in Water |
|
| Humor |
David Sedaris, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim |
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| Lesbian Debut Fiction |
Judith Frank, Crybaby Butch |
- Mary Vermillion, Death by Discount
- Kristie Helms, Dish It Up, Baby!
- Laurinda D. Brown, Fire & Brimstone
- Bridget Bufford, Minus One: A Twelve-Step Journey
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| Lesbian Fiction |
Stacey D'Erasmo, A Seahorse Year |
|
| Lesbian Mystery |
Katherine V. Forrest, Hancock Park |
- Ellen Hart, An Intimate Ghost
- Jennifer Jordan, Commitment to Die
- Mary Vermillion, Death by Discount
- Claire McNab, The Wombat Strategy
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| Lesbian Poetry |
Beverly Burch, Sweet to Burn |
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| LGBT Studies |
Elisabeth Kirtsoglou, For the Love of Women: Gender, Identity and Same-Sex Relations in a Greek Provincial Town |
- Andrea Barnet, All-Night Party
- Will Fellows, A Passion to Preserve
- Abigail Garner, Families Like Mine
- Evan Wolfson, Why Marriage Matters
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| Photography/Visual Arts |
Evan Bachner and Harry Abrams, At Ease: Navy Men of World War II |
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| Romance |
Steven Kluger, Almost Like Being in Love |
- Karin Kallmaker, All the Wrong Places
- Chris Kenry, Confessions of a Casanova
- Gerri Hill, Gulf Breeze
- Marianne Martin, Under the Witness Tree
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| Religion/Spirituality |
Will Roscoe, Jesus and the Shamanic Tradition of Same-Sex Love |
- Randy Conner and David Hatfield Sparks, Queering Creole Spiritual Traditions
- Marvin M. Ellison, Same-Sex Marriage: A Christian Ethical Analysis
- Donald L. Boisvert, Sanctity and Male Desire
- Steven Greenberg, Wrestling with God & Men
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| Science fiction, fantasy or horror |
Jim Grimsley, The Ordinary |
- Michael Jensen, Firelands
- Greg Herren, Shadows of the Night: Queer Tales of the Uncanny and Unusual
- Jean Stewart, The Wizard of Isis
- Nicola Griffith, With Her Body
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| Transgender |
Mariette Pathy Allen, The Gender Frontier |
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