2023 Excellence in Graphic Literature Winners

The Excellence in Graphic Literature Awards Advisory Board and Category Juries determine each year’s Nominees and Winners.

Our Advisory Board and Juries  are comprised of diverse, experienced, and informed professionals whose experiences span publishing, libraries, and education. Each year, these team members identify the very best in graphic literature based on a clearly defined and transparent process.

Mosaic Award

Mosaic Award — Alice on the Run by Gaspard Talmasse 
(Life Drawn, an imprint of Humanoids)

Alice on the Run by Gaspard Talmasse
(Life Drawn, an imprint of Humanoids)

Book of the Year

Book of the Year — Button Pusher by Tyler Page (First Second Books)
Button Pusher by Tyler Page (First Second Books)

Best in Children’s Fiction Graphic Literature

 Mamo by Sas Milledge (BOOM! Studios)

Best in Middle Grade Fiction Graphic Literature

Fiction

Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega and Rose Bousamra (First Second Books)

Non-Fiction

Button Pusher by Tyler Page (First Second Books)

Best in Young Adult Graphic Literature

Fiction

Side Effects by Ted Anderson and Tara O’Connor (Seismic Press)

Non-Fiction

 Victory. Stand! by Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes, and Dawud Anyabwile (Norton Young Readers)

Best in Adult Fiction Graphic Literature

Fiction

The Many Deaths of Laila Starr by Ram V and Filipe Andrade (Boom! Studios)

Non-Fiction

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton (Drawn & Quarterly)

Thank you to all of our 2023 EGL Award Nominees!