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Stonewall Book Awards 2015

The 2015 Stonewall Book Awards went to This Day in June by Gayle E. Pitman (Children's and Young Adult), Prelude to Bruise by Saeed Jones (Literature) and Living Out Islam: Voices of Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Muslims by Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle (Nonfiction). 11 books were Honor Books across 3 categories.

Winners

Children's and Young Adult

  1. This Day in June by Gayle E. Pitmansource (opens in a new tab)

Literature

  1. Prelude to Bruise by Saeed Jonessource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. Living Out Islam: Voices of Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Muslims by Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kuglesource (opens in a new tab)

Honor Books

Children's and Young Adult

  1. Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklinsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelsonsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress by Christine Baldacchino and Isabelle Malenfantsource (opens in a new tab)

Literature

  1. Bitter Eden by Tatamkhulu Afrikasource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Frog Music by Emma Donoghuesource (opens in a new tab)
  3. My Real Children by Jo Waltonsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Two Hotel Francforts by David Leavittsource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. Charity & Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America by Rachel Hope Clevessource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Gay Berlin: Birthplace of a Modern Identity by Robert Beachysource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Hold Tight Gently: Michael Callen, Essex Hemphill, and the Battlefield of AIDS by Martin Dubermansource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mocksource (opens in a new tab)

About the Stonewall Book Awards

Award winners and Honor Books from the Rainbow Round Table's Stonewall Book Awards list. Year is the award year the Round Table uses, announced each January. Categories: Literature (Barbara Gittings Literature Award), Poetry (Barbara Gittings Poetry Award, given separately in 2023 and 2025), Nonfiction (Israel Fishman Nonfiction Award) and Children's and Young Adult (Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Award, first given in 2010). The 2024 Literature & Poetry award was a single combined award and sits under Literature. Some years have two winners in a category. The 2021 page lists a Literature shortlist after the Honor Books; those are recorded as Shortlist. The 2012 annotated Picture of Dorian Gray was an Honor Book in both Literature and Nonfiction and appears once in each. Children's and Young Adult author fields name the writer, then the illustrator when credited.

Organization: American Library Association Rainbow Round Table. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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