| Lambda Literary Awards winners: 1990
Gay and Lesbian Poetry:
Poets for Life, Michael Klein, editor
Lesbian Science Fiction/Fantasy:
What Did Miss Darrington See?, Jessica Amanda Salmonson, editor
Lesbian Mystery:
The Beverly Malibu, Katherine V. Forrest
Gay Men's Mystery:
A Simple Suburban Murder, Mark Zubro
AIDS (A special catagory):
Reports from the Holocaust, Larry Kramer
Gay Men's Nonfiction:
In Search of Gay America, Neil Miller
Gay and Lesbian Humor:
Gay Comics, Robert Triptow, editor
Gay Men's Science Fiction/Fantasy:
Somewhere in the Night, Jeffrey N. McMahan
Gay Men's Fiction:
Eighty-Sixed, David B. Feinberg
Lesbian Fiction:
The Bar Stories, Nisa Donnelly
Gay Men's Anthologies:
Hidden from History, Martin Duberman, Martha Vicinus, and George Chauncey, editors
Lesbian Anthologies (3-way tie):
Hidden from History, Martin Duberman, Martha Vicinus, and George Chauncey, editors
Intricate Passions, Tee A. Corinne, editor
Out the Other Side, Christian McEwen & Sue O'Sullivan, editors
Lesbian Debut:
The Names of the Moons of Mars, Patricia Roth Schwartz
Gay Men's Debut:
The Irreversible Decline of Eddie Socket, John Weir
Lesbian Nonfiction:
Really Reading Gertrude Stein, Judy Grahn, editor
Gay and Lesbian Small Press Book Award:
My Life as a Mole, Larry Mitchell
Young Adult/Children's Book Award:
Losing Uncle Tim, Marykate Jordan
Publisher's Service Award:
Carol Seajay, Feminist Bookstore News
Editor's Choice Award:
Lifting Belly, Gertrude Stein; Rebecca Mark, editor
Lambda Literary Awards: 1991/Lambda Literary Awards: 1989 | 
