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Stonewall Book Awards 2020

The 2020 Stonewall Book Awards went to The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta and When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff and Kaylani Juanita (Children's and Young Adult), Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis (Literature) and How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir by Saeed Jones (Nonfiction). 11 books were Honor Books across 3 categories.

Winners

Children's and Young Adult

  1. The Black Flamingo by Dean Attasource (opens in a new tab)
  2. When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff and Kaylani Juanitasource (opens in a new tab)

Literature

  1. Cantoras by Carolina De Robertissource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir by Saeed Jonessource (opens in a new tab)

Honor Books

Children's and Young Adult

  1. Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemiansource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Pet by Akwaeke Emezisource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Best at It by Maulik Pancholysource (opens in a new tab)

Literature

  1. Lot: Stories by Bryan Washingtonsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuongsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Bennsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. War/Torn by Hasan Namirsource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabesource (opens in a new tab)
  2. I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl's Notes from the End of the World by Kai Cheng Thomsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. In the Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machadosource (opens in a new tab)
  4. She/He/They/Me: For the Sisters, Misters, and Binary Resisters by Robyn Rylesource (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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