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Stonewall Book Awards 2024

The 2024 Stonewall Book Awards went to Cross My Heart and Never Lie by Nora Dåsnes, translated by Matt Bagguley and Only This Beautiful Moment by Abdi Nazemian (Children's and Young Adult), Freedom House by KB Brookins (Literature) and Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H (Nonfiction). 16 books were Honor Books across 3 categories.

Winners

Children's and Young Adult

  1. Cross My Heart and Never Lie by Nora Dåsnes, translated by Matt Bagguleysource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Only This Beautiful Moment by Abdi Nazemiansource (opens in a new tab)

Literature

  1. Freedom House by KB Brookinssource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya Hsource (opens in a new tab)

Honor Books

Children's and Young Adult

  1. Ander & Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villasource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Desert Queen by Jyoti Rajan Gopal and Svabhu Kohlisource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertallisource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Not He or She, I'm Me by A.M. Wild and Kah Yangnisource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Stars in Their Eyes by Jessica Walton and Aśkasource (opens in a new tab)
  6. The Long Run by James Ackersource (opens in a new tab)
  7. The Otherwoods by Justine Pucella Winanssource (opens in a new tab)
  8. The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph Whitesource (opens in a new tab)

Literature

  1. Gay Poems for Red States by Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr.source (opens in a new tab)
  2. Ghost :: Seeds by Sebastian Merrillsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. More Sure by A. Light Zacharysource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Skin and Its Girl by Sarah Cyphersource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant by Curtis Chinsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Glitter and Concrete: A Cultural History of Drag in New York City by Elyssa Maxx Goodmansource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Hi Honey, I'm Homo!: Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture by Matt Baumesource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary by Toshio Meronek and Miss Major Griffin-Gracysource (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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