The shortlists for the 2024 Lambda Literary Awards were announced March 27. Finalists in 26 categories were selected by a panel of over 70 literary professionals from more than 1,300 book submissions. The awards will be presented at a ceremony in New York on June 11.

The Lammys are awarded yearly by Lambda Literary “to recognize the crucial role LGBTQ writers play in shaping the world.”

The works in the sff category are listed below. The complete roster of finalists is here.

LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction

• Bang Bang Bodhisattva by Aubrey Wood (Solaris)
• I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself: A Novel by Marisa Crane (Catapult)
• The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon (Tordotcom Publishing)
• The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera (Tordotcom Publishing)
• The Thick and the Lean by Chana Porter (Saga Press)