Children’s Award Finalists – Fiction
Alcatoe and the Turnip Child
by Isaac Lenkiewicz (No Brow, US Inc. / Flying Eye Books)
Mamo
by Sas Milledge (BOOM! Studios)
Prunella and the Cursed Skull Ring
by Matthew Loux (First Second Books)
Hilda: The Trolberg Stories
by Luke Pearson (No Brow, US Inc. / Flying Eye Books)
Minecraft: Open World — Into the Nether
by Stephanie Ramirez (Dark Horse)
Putuguq and Kublu and the Attack of the Amautalik
by Roselynn Akulukjuk, Danny Christopher, and Astrid Arijanto (Inhabit Media)
Middle-Grade Award Finalists – Fiction
Frizzy
by Claribel A. Ortega and Rose Bousamra (First Second Books)
Sisters of the Mist
by Marlyn Spaaij (Nobrow US Inc. / Flying Eye Books)
Twig
by Skottie Young and Kyle Strahm (Image Comics)
Ghosts of Science Past
by Joseph Sieracki and Jesse Lonergan (BIG, an Imprint of Humanoids)
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, The Graphic Novel
by Robert Venditti, Kwame Mbalia, and Olivia Stephens (Disney)
Wynd
by James Tynion IV and Michael Dialynas (BOOM! Studios)
Middle-Grade Award Finalists – Non-Fiction
Alice On the Run: One Child’s Journey Through the Rwandan Civil War
by Gaspard Talmasse (Life Drawn, an Imprint of Humanoids)
The First Heart Transplant
by Brandon Terrell and Dante Ginevra (Graphic Universe)
Magical History Tour Vol.8: The Vikings
by Fabrice Erre and Sylvain Salvoia (Papercutz)
Button Pusher
by Tyler Page (First Second Books)
Magical History Tour Vol.7: Gandhi
by Fabrice Erre and Sylvain Salvoia (Papercutz)
Science Comics: Bridges — Engineering Masterpieces
by Dan Zettwoch (First Second Books)
Young Adult Award Finalists – Fiction
Side Effects
by Ted Anderson and Tara O’Connor (Seismic Press)
Thieves
by Lucie Bryon (Nobrow US Inc. / Flying Eye Books))
Unretouchable
by Sofia Szamosi (Graphic Universe)
The Stretcher Bearers
by Reid Beaman and Ryan Beaman (Dead Reckoning)
Twelfth Grade Night
by Molly Horton Booth, Stephanie Kate Strohm, and Jamie Green (Disney Publishing Worldwide, Disney Hyperion)
The Well
by Jake Wyatt and Choo (First Second Books)
Young Adult Award Finalists – Non-Fiction
But I Live
by Barbara Yelin, Gilad Seliktar, and Miriam Libicki (New Jewish Press)
Just Another Meat-Eating Dirtbag
by Michael Anthony and Chai Simone (Street Noise Books)
Victory. Stand! — Raising My Fist for Justice
by Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes, and Dawud Anyabwile (Norton Young Readers)
Improve: How I Discovered Improv
by Alex Graudins (First Second Books)
Movements and Moments
by Various (Drawn and Quarterly)
We Survived the Holocaust
by Frank Baker and Tom Ogline (Image and Wonder)
Adult Award Finalists – Fiction
The Keeper
by Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes, and Marco Finnegan (Abrams ComicArts)
The Many Deaths of Laila Starr
by Ram V and Filipe Andrade (Boom! Studios)
Ripple Effects
by Jordan Hart and Bruno Chiroleu (Fanbase Press)
The Last Session: Roll for Initiative
by Jasmine Walls and Dozerdraws (Mad Cave Studios)
The Night Eaters: She Eats the Night
by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Abrams ComicArts)
Shuna’s Journey
by Hayao Miyazaki (First Second Books)
Adult Award Finalists – Non-Fiction
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands
by Kate Beaton (Drawn and Quarterly)
Radical: My Year with a Socialist Senator
by Sofia Warren (Top Shelf Productions)
Vann Nath: Painting the Khmer Rouge
by Matteo Mastragistino and Paolo Castaldi(Life Drawn, an Imprint of Humanoids)
Look Again
by Elizabeth Trembley (Street Noise Books)
Ronan and Endless Sea of Stars
by Rick Louis and Lara Antal (Abrams ComicArts)
What is Home, Mum?
by Sabba Khan (Street Noise Books)
Mosaic Award Finalists
Alice on the Run: One Child’s Journey Through the Rwandan Civil War
by Gaspard Talmasse (Life Drawn, an Imprint of Humanoids)
Mamo
by Sas Milledge (BOOM! Studios)
Movements and Moments
by Various (Drawn and Quarterly)
Victory. Stand! — Raising My Fist for Justice
by Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes, and Dawud Anyabwile (Norton Young Readers)
Button Pusher
by Tyler Page (First Second Books)
The Many Deaths of Laila Starr
by Ram V and Filipe Andrade (Boom! Studios)
Putuguq and Kublu and the Attack of the Amautalik!
by Roselynn Akulukjuk, Danny Christopher, and Astrid Arijanto (Inhabit Media)
What is Home, Mum?
by Sabba Khan (Street Noise Books)