Lawrence Schimel
Awards Summary
Awards Won: 3
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 13
Times Served as Judge: 1
— Major Awards —
James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award — (renamed the Otherwise Award in 2020)
(1 nomination)
1999:
The Drag Queen of Elfland: Short Stories (Circlet/Ultra Violet Library)
— long list
— Other Awards —
Asimov's Reader Poll — for stories, poems, and art published by Asimov's, polled by readers
(3 nominations)
1995:
“Love's Labours Glossed” (Asimov's mid-Dec 1994)
— poem — 2nd place (tie)
1995:
“On the Theory of Everything” (Asimov's Mar 1994)
— poem — 5th place (tie)
1993:
“Christmas Day, Give or Take a Week” (Asimov's Dec 1992)
— poem — 8th place
Dwarf Stars Award — for short poems of 1-10 lines, voted by members of SF Poetry Association
(1 nomination; 1 win)
2019:
“emblamed” (by Sof�a Rhei, translated by LS) (Multiverse: An International Anthology of Science Fiction Poetry)
— winner
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards — for SF/F/H on GLBT themes, voted by members of Gaylactic Network
(3 nominations; 1 win)
2007:
The Future is Queer (Richard Labonte & LS, eds.) (Arsenal Pulp Press)
— other work — winner (tie)
1999:
Things Invisible to See: Gay and Lesbian Tales of Magic Realism (Circlet/Ultra Violet Library)
— other work — nomination
1999:
The Drag Queen of Elfland: Short Stories (Circlet/Ultra Violet Library)
— hall of fame — nomination
Lambda Award — for gay and lesbian literature, juried
(2 nominations)
1999:
Things Invisible to See: Gay and Lesbian Tales of Magic Realism (Circlet/Ultra Violet Library)
— sf/fantasy — nomination
1998:
The Drag Queen of Elfland: Short Stories (Circlet/Ultra Violet Library)
— sf/fantasy — nomination
Rhysling Awards — for SF/F poetry, voted by members of the SF Poetry Association
(2 nominations; 1 win)
2007:
“Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Hole”
— short poem — 3rd place
2002:
“How to Make a Human”
— long poem — winner
William L. Crawford - IAFA Fantasy Award — for first fantasy book, juried
(1 nomination)
2025:
The Book of Denial (by Ricardo Chavez Casta�eda text, Alejandro Magallanes art, LS translator) (Enchanted Lion)
— shortlist
— As Judge —
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