Author record · 2009 to 2025

Kevin Killian: Awards and Best-of Lists

Kevin Killian has won 2 awards, including the Lambda Literary Awards (2010) for Impossible Princess, with 2 shortlist or finalist places and 2 year-end list picks in our archive.

Also credited with Jack Spicer; Peter Gizzi

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2025Selected Amazon ReviewsAmerican Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Book
2024Selected Amazon ReviewsThe New Yorker Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Also Recommended
2024Selected Amazon ReviewsWashington Post Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Notable Nonfiction
2013SpreadeagleLambda Literary Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Gay Fiction
2010Impossible PrincessLambda Literary Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Gay Erotica
2009My Vocabulary Did This to Me: The Collected Poetry of Jack SpicerLambda Literary Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Gay Poetry

Books

  1. Selected Amazon Reviews3 sources · 2024 to 2025
  2. Impossible Princess1 source · 2010
  3. My Vocabulary Did This to Me: The Collected Poetry of Jack Spicer1 source · 2009
  4. Spreadeagle1 source · 2013