Lambda Literacy Foundation Award:

Selection Criteria:
- The book must be about an LGBT category
-There are different categories (22) that the book nominations fall under :
14- Lesbian and Gay Categories
6- LGBT Categories
2- Additional Categories: Bisexual and Transgender

- The author does not have to be LGBT themselves, as long as their piece of literature includes LGBT in some aspect. This could be one character or many.
- Authors and Publishers are the only individuals that are able to nominate a book.

In order to be eligible to win the award books must meet the following criteria:
The book must be published and distributed in the U.S. during 2008.
Self- published books are eligible
Book must be published in English


The image included is who sponsers the award.

Selection Committee:
The writers, booksellers, book reviewers, journalists, editors, publishers, members of the Board of Trustees, teachers, librarians, and/or members of the literacy communities.

"Seventy-two judges, representing a broad cross-section of the gay and lesbian literary community, will select a single book in each category to win the prestigious Lambda Literary Award, considered to be the highest accolade for a book from the LGBT community."
http://www.lambdaliterary.org/archives/finalists_LLF_awards.html