After careful review of 145 submitted titles, our jurors and EGL awards team are ready to announce the finalists for the Excellence in Graphic Literature Awards!
Excellence in Graphic Literature Finalists Announcements
Aspara Engine
by Bishakh Som
(Feminist Press)
Bear
by Ben Queen; art by Joe Todd-Stanton
(BOOM! Studios)
Cat Kid Comic Club
by Dav Pilkey
(Scholastics/Graphix)
Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio
by Derf Backderf
(Abrams ComicArts)
Snapdragon
by Kat Leyh
(Macmillan Publishers)
Superman Smashes the Klan
by Gene Luen Yang; art by Gurihiru
(DC)
The Magic Fish
by Trung Le Nguyen
(RH Graphic – Random House Children’s Books Imprint)
Aspara Engine
by Bishakh Som
(Feminist Press)
Bear
by Ben Queen; art by Joe Todd-Stanton
(BOOM! Studios)
Black Heroes of the Wild West: Featuring Stagecoach Mary, Bass Rreeves, and Bob Lemmons: A Toon Graphic
by James Otis Smith
(TOON Books)
Fights: One Boy’s Triumph Over Violence
by Joel Christian Gill
(Oni Press)
Noisemakers:
25 Women Who Raised Their Voices & Changed the World
Edited by Erin Bried
(Knopf – Random House Children’s Books)
Bear
by Ben Queen; art by Joe Todd-Stanton
(BOOM! Studios)
Cat Kid Comic Club
by Dav Pilkey
(Scholastics/Graphix)
Donut Feed the Squirrels
by Mika Song
(RH Graphic – Random House Children’s Books Imprint)
Frankie and the Creepy Cute Critters
by Caitlin Rose Boyle
(Oni Press)
The Wolf in Underpants Freezes His Buns Off
by Wilfrid Lupano; art by Mayana Itoiz & Paul Cauuet
(Lerner Publishing Group)
Black Heroes of the Wild West: Featuring Stagecoach Mary, Bass Rreeves, and Bob Lemmons: A Toon Graphic
by James Otis Smith
(TOON Books)
Go with the Flow
by Karen Schneemann & Lily WIlliams
(Macmillan Publishers)
Snapdragon
by Kat Leyh
(Macmillan Publishers)
Stepping Stones
by Lucy Knisley
(RH Graphic – Random House Children’s Books Imprint)
Superman Smashes the Klan
by Gene Luen Yang; art by Gurihiru
(DC)
Twins
by Varian Johnson; art by Shannon Wright
(Scholastics/Graphix)
Action Presidents 4: John F. Kennedy!
by Fred Van Lente; art by Ryan Dunlavey
(HarperCollins Children’s Book)
Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier
by Jim Ottaviani; art by Maris Wicks
(First Second)
History Comics: The Great Chicago Fire
by Kat Hannigan; art by Alex Graudins
(Macmillan Publishers)
Noisemakers:
25 Women Who Raised Their Voices & Changed the World
Edited by Erin Bried
(Knopf – Random House Children’s Books)
Seen: Edmonia Lewis
by Jasmine Walls; art by Bex Glendining
(BOOM! Studios)
A Map to the Sun
by Sloane Leong
(Macmillan Publishers)
Displacement
by Kiku Hughes
(Macmillan Publishers)
Juliet Takes a Breath
by Gabby Rivera; art by Celia Moscote
(BOOM! Studios)
Lizard in a Zoot Suit
by Marco Finnegan
(Lerner Publishing Group)
The Magic Fish
by Trung Le Nguyen
(RH Graphic – Random House Children’s Books Imprint)
Constitution Illustrated
by R. Sikoryak
(Drawn & Quarterly)
Drawing the Vote
by Tommy Jenkins; art by Kati Lacker
(Abrams ComicArts)
Shame Pudding
by Danny Noble
(Street Noise Books)
Spellbound: A Graphic Memoir
by Bishakh Som
(Street Noise Books)
The Mars Challenge
by Alison Wilgus; art by Wyeth Yates
(Macmillan Publishers)
Algeriennes: The Forgotten Women of the Algerian Revelution
by Swann Meralli; art by Deloupy
(Penn State University press)
Fights: One Boy’s Triumph Over Violence
by Joel Christian Gill
(Oni Press)
Invisible Differences: A Story of Aspergers, Adulting, and Living a Life in Full Color
by Julie Dachez; art by Mme. Caroline
(Oni Press)
Quince: The Definitive Bilingual Edition
by Sebastian Kadlecik & Kit Steinkellner; art by Emma Steinkellner
(Fanbase Press)
Soldiers Unknown
by Chag Lowry; art by Rahsan Ekedal
(Great Oak Press)
Guantanamo Voices
by Sarah Mirk; art by Various
(Abrams ComicArts)
Happiness Will Follow
by Mike Hawthorne
(BOOM! Studios)
Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio
by Derf Backderf
(Abrams ComicArts)
Phoolan Devi: Rebel Queen
by Claire Fauvel
(NBM Graphic Novels)
Year of the Rabbit
by Tian Veasna
(Drawn & Quarterly)
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