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Stonewall Book Awards 2025

The 2025 Stonewall Book Awards went to Canto Contigo by Jonny Garza Villa and Lunar Boy by Jes Wibowo and Cin Wibowo (Children's and Young Adult), Some Strange Music Draws Me In by Griffin Hansbury (Literature) and Sex with a Brain Injury: On Concussion and Recovery by Annie Liontas (Nonfiction), with winners in 1 more category. 15 books were Honor Books across 4 categories.

Winners

Children's and Young Adult

  1. Canto Contigo by Jonny Garza Villasource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Lunar Boy by Jes Wibowo and Cin Wibowosource (opens in a new tab)

Literature

  1. Some Strange Music Draws Me In by Griffin Hansburysource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. Sex with a Brain Injury: On Concussion and Recovery by Annie Liontassource (opens in a new tab)

Poetry

  1. DEED by torrin a. greathousesource (opens in a new tab)

Honor Books

Children's and Young Adult

  1. Marley's Pride by Kam Asanyi and DeAnn Wileysource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Most Ardently: A Pride and Prejudice Remix by Gabe Cole Novoasource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Murray Out of Water by Taylor Tracysource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Navigating with You by Jeremy Whitley and Cassio Ribeirosource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Road Home by Rex Oglesource (opens in a new tab)
  6. The Flicker by H.E. Edgmonsource (opens in a new tab)
  7. Time and Time Again by Chatham Greenfieldsource (opens in a new tab)
  8. What I Must Tell the World: How Lorraine Hansberry Found Her Voice by Jay Leslie and Loveis Wisesource (opens in a new tab)

Literature

  1. Eli Harpo's Adventure to the Afterlife by Eric Schlichsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrunsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Emperor and the Endless Palace by Justinian Huangsource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. American Teenager: How Trans Kids Are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy in a Turbulent Era by Nico Langsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Be Not Afraid of My Body by Darius Stewartsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Country Queers: A Love Letter by Rae Garringersource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Kissing Girls on Shabbat by Sara Glasssource (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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