The website where I found my information was http://www.lambdaliterary.org/. There were numerous websites with information on the award but this one seemed to be their homepage.
I believe this award was started in the late 1980's. They focus on celebrating LGBT literature. They change their guidelines based on feedback every year with the goal of becoming the most prestigious award possible that can be awarded to LGBT books and authors.
Guidelines:
-Reprints are not eligible as well as new editions of a past book. Also not eligible are books that have been republished by a different publisher than the original.
-Books can be submitted in only one category. An exception to this is bisexual and transgender because these books are underpublished.
-If the transgender category receives 10 or more submissions of fiction and also 10 or more submissions of non-fiction, then the category will be split into fiction and non-fiction.
-The rule above goes for the bisexual category as well.
-The awards are based primarily on LGBT content. Sexual orientation of the auther is second in priority.
-The book being submitted must be published in the U.S. in the year it is submitted.
-You may self-publish a piece of work.
-Books MUST be published in English. They may be translated copy as long as it is published in the year it is submitted.
-Electronic Books are not eligible.
The books are judged on their content of LGBT related subjects. It doesn't seem that the author must be LGBT. There is a board of trustees that revises and produces the guidelines and I believe they also are in charge of selecting the winners.
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