title: Judith A. Markowitz Award
text: # Judith A. Markowitz Award
  
  The Judith A. Markowitz Award for Exceptional New LGBTQ Writers, formerly known as the Dr. Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award and established in 2013, is an annual literary award presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation. The award is granted to "LGBTQ-identified writers whose work demonstrates their strong potential for promising careers." The writers must "have published at least one but no more than two books of fiction, nonfiction or poetry." Two annual winners each receive a $2,500 cash prize.
  
  ## Recipients
  
  | Year | Recipient |
  | - | - |
  | 2013 | Carter Sickels |
  | 2013 | Sassafras Lowrey |
  | 2014 | Imogen Binnie |
  | 2014 | Charles Rice-Gonzalez |
  | 2015 | Anne Balay |
  | 2015 | Daisy Hernandez |
  | 2016 | JP Howard |
  | 2016 | Bryan Borland |
  | 2017 | H Melt |
  | 2017 | Victor Yates |
  | 2018 | Mecca Jamilah Sullivan |
  | 2018 | Jeanne Thornton |
  | 2019 | Robert Fieseler |
  | 2019 | Hannah Ensor |
  | 2020 | Xandria Phillips |
  | 2020 | Calvin Gimpelevich |
  | 2021 | T Kira Madden |
  | 2021 | Taylor Johnson |
  