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Stonewall Book Awards 2010

The 2010 Stonewall Book Awards went to The Vast Fields of Ordinary by Nick Burd (Children's and Young Adult), Stray Dog Winter by David Francis (Literature) and Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America by Nathaniel Frank (Nonfiction). 11 books were Honor Books across 3 categories.

Winners

Children's and Young Adult

  1. The Vast Fields of Ordinary by Nick Burdsource (opens in a new tab)

Literature

  1. Stray Dog Winter by David Francissource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America by Nathaniel Franksource (opens in a new tab)

Honor Books

Children's and Young Adult

  1. 10,000 Dresses by Marcus Ewertsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Daddy, Papa, and Me by Lesléa Newmansource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Gay America: Struggle for Equality by Linas Alsenassource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Mommy, Mama, and Me by Lesléa Newmansource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Sprout by Dale Pecksource (opens in a new tab)

Literature

  1. Beauty Salon by Mario Bellatinsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. God Says No by James Hannahamsource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. Barney Frank: The Story of America's Only Left-Handed, Gay, Jewish Congressman by Stuart E. Weisbergsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Black Bull, Ancestors and Me: My Life as a Lesbian Sangoma by Nkunzi Zandile Nkabindesource (opens in a new tab)
  3. I Am Your Sister: Collected and Unpublished Writings of Audre Lorde by Audre Lordesource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Greeks and Greek Love: A Radical Reappraisal of Homosexuality in Ancient Greece by James Davidsonsource (opens in a new tab)

About the Stonewall Book Awards

Award winners and Honor Books from the Rainbow Round Table's Stonewall Book Awards list. Year is the award year the Round Table uses, announced each January. Categories: Literature (Barbara Gittings Literature Award), Poetry (Barbara Gittings Poetry Award, given separately in 2023 and 2025), Nonfiction (Israel Fishman Nonfiction Award) and Children's and Young Adult (Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Award, first given in 2010). The 2024 Literature & Poetry award was a single combined award and sits under Literature. Some years have two winners in a category. The 2021 page lists a Literature shortlist after the Honor Books; those are recorded as Shortlist. The 2012 annotated Picture of Dorian Gray was an Honor Book in both Literature and Nonfiction and appears once in each. Children's and Young Adult author fields name the writer, then the illustrator when credited.

Organization: American Library Association Rainbow Round Table. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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