2023 Excellence in Graphic Literature Finalists

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)