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Stonewall Book Awards 2018

The 2018 Stonewall Book Awards went to Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert and The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater (Children's and Young Adult), Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers by Cat Fitzpatrick and Casey Plett (Literature) and Queer Threads: Crafting Identity and Community by John Chaich and Todd Oldham (Nonfiction). 9 books were Honor Books across 3 categories.

Winners

Children's and Young Adult

  1. Little & Lion by Brandy Colbertsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. The 57 Bus by Dashka Slatersource (opens in a new tab)

Literature

  1. Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers by Cat Fitzpatrick and Casey Plettsource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. Queer Threads: Crafting Identity and Community by John Chaich and Todd Oldhamsource (opens in a new tab)

Honor Books

Children's and Young Adult

  1. As the Crow Flies by Melanie Gillmansource (opens in a new tab)
  2. The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Leesource (opens in a new tab)

Literature

  1. A Place Called No Homeland by Kai Cheng Thomsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomonsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Marriage of a Thousand Lies by SJ Sindusource (opens in a new tab)
  4. When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities by Chen Chensource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by C. Riley Snortonsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. LGBTQ Stats: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer People by the Numbers by Bennett Singer and David Deschampssource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Black Penguin by Andrew Evanssource (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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