Advisory Board members and Jurors receive:
- Access to great graphic novels, including graphic novels that you may have missed.
- Valuable professional networking with some of the brightest minds in literacy and pop culture. The Advisory Board and Category Juries include prominent experts from the fields of education, writing, art, publishing, and library science.
- Individual recognition of your work to select the Excellence in Graphic Literature Awards finalists and winners.
- Opportunities to highlight your work and the value of graphic literature to educational efforts, literacy, learning, and connection
- FAN EXPO Denver 2023 passes and possible programming participation (June 30th – July 2nd, 2023).
Get Involved!
Applications for the 2023 EGL Awards Juries and Advisory Board are now closed. Please check back in June to learn the finalists and winners.
Please read the position descriptions below, and then let us know if you’re interested in being a part of the Excellence in Graphic Literature Awards.
Excellence in Graphic Literature Advisory Board Member
Advisory Board members are responsible for refining and overseeing all aspects of the Excellence in Graphic Literature (EGL) Awards , as well as participating in the Book of the Year and Mosaic Awards selection process.
EGL Advisory Board member positions are for industry leaders with demonstrated and extensive track records representing, but not limited to:
- Education Member-At-Large
- Publishing or Bookselling Member-At-Large
- Library Member-At-Large
- Inclusivity/Diversity Member-At-Large
Excellence in Graphic Literature Awards – Category Chair
Category Chairs are responsible for overseeing aspects of the judging process relative to their assigned category, managing jurors in their assigned category, reading and evaluating all submitted books in their assigned category, and participating in the Book of the Year and Mosaic Awards selection process.
EGL Category Chairs are industry leaders with demonstrated and extensive track records representing, but not limited to:
- Education Member-At-Large
- Publishing or Bookselling Member-At-Large
- Library Member-At-Large
- Inclusivity/Diversity Member-At-Large
Excellence in Graphic Literature Awards – Juror
Category Jurors are responsible for reading and evaluating all submitted books in their assigned category.
EGL Jurors are experienced professionals who span the publishing, library, and education industries. Their ultimate goal is to select the best in fiction & nonfiction graphic literature published during the calendar year in their assigned category.
2023 EGL Awards Timeline
Dates subject to change:
- January 9, 2023: Title Submissions and Jury/Advisory Board Applications Open
- February 5th, 2023: Jury/Advisory Board Applications Close
- February 10, 2023: Title Submissions Close
- February 15, 2023: Category jurying begins
- May 5, 2023: Category jurying ends.
- May 8, 2023: Finalists Selected; Book of the Year (BOTY) and Mosaic Awards Judging Process Begins
- May 22, 2023: Begin Finalist announcements
- May 26, 2023: BOTY and Mosaic Jurying ends
- May 29, 2023: Begin Category Winner announcements
- June 5, 2023: Begin BOTY and Mosaic Winner Announcements
- June 30 – July 2nd: FAN EXPO Denver (Possible EGL panels, Educators’ Day presence)
- August 2023: EGL Awards Celebration/Educator Appreciation Event
Want to join the Excellence in Graphic Literature Awards Team? Apply now!
You’ll help strengthen and diversify our judging perspectives for the Excellence in Graphic Literature Awards, so we can identify and recommend the very best in graphic literature.
