On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong (Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House) ISBN 9780525562023.
Lot: Stories by Bryan Washington (Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House) ISBN 9780525533689.
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta with illustrations by Anshika Khullar (Hodder Children’s Books, an imprint of Hachette Children’s Group, part of Hodder and Stoughton) ISBN 9781444948592.
When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff and illustrated by Kaylani Juanita (Lee & Low Books Inc.) ISBN 9781620148372.
How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir by Saeed Jones (Simon & Schuster) ISBN 9781501132735 Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award Knopf, an imprint of Penguin Random House) ISBN 9780525521693 Israel Fishman Nonfiction Award
“You Should See Me in a Crown,” written by Leah Johnson (Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.)Ĭantoras by Carolina De Robertis (Alfred A.
“Felix Ever After” written by Kacen Callender (Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers).
“Darius the Great Deserves Better,'' written by Adib Khorram (Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC).
“Beetle & The Hollowbones,” illustrated and written by Aliza Layne (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division).
Stonewall Honor Books in Children’s and Young Adult Literature Jackson, (Algonquin Books, a division of Workman Publishing)
"The Fixed Stars: A Memoir" by Molly Wizenberg, (Abrams Press, an imprint of ABRAMS).
"My Autobiography of Carson McCullers" by Jenn Shapland, (Tin House Books).
"Too Much Lip" by Melissa Lucashenko, (HarperVia).
"The Subtweet" by Vivek Shraya, ( ECW Press).
"The Pull of the Stars" by Emma Donoghue, (Little, Brown and Company).
Danforth & Sara Lautman, ( William Morrow and Company)
"Plain Bad Heroines: A Novel" by Emily M.
"Boys of Alabama" by Genevieve Hudson, (Liveright Publishing Corporation).
Stonewall Honor Books in Literature Shortlist
“Postcolonial Love Poem” by Natalie Diaz, (Graywolf Press).
“More Than Organs” by Kay Ulanday Barrett, (Sibling Rivalry Press).
“Memorial” by Bryan Washington, (Riverhead Books).
“The Death of Vivek Oji” by Akwaeke Emezi, (Riverhead Books).
“We Are Little Feminists: Families” designed by Lindsey Blakely, written by Archaa Shrivastav (Little Feminist) Stonewall Honor Books in Literature "Queer Games Avant-Garde: How LGBTQ Game Makers are Reimagining the Medium of Video Games" by Bonnie Ruberg (they/them) (Duke University Press) Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award "The Thirty Names of Night" by Zeyn Joukhadar (Atria Books) Israel Fishman Nonfiction Award The award is announced in January and presented to the winning authors or editors at the American Library Association Annual Conference in June or July. The Stonewall Book Award-Barbara Gittings Literature Award, the Stonewall Book Award-Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award and the Stonewall Book Award-Mike Morgan and Larry Romans Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award are presented to English language works published the year prior to the announcement date. Since Isabel Miller's Patience and Sarah received the first award in 1971, many other books have been honored for exceptional merit relating to the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender experience. The first and most enduring award for LGBTQIA+ books is the Stonewall Book Awards, sponsored by the American Library Association's Rainbow Round Table.