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YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults 2023

The 2023 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults went to Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes and Dawud Anyabwile. 5 books were finalists.

Winner

  1. Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes and Dawud Anyabwilesource (opens in a new tab)

Finalists

  1. A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome by Ariel Henleysource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Abuela, Don't Forget Me by Rex Oglesource (opens in a new tab)
  3. American Murderer: The Parasite that Haunted the South by Gail Jarrowsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Unequal: A Story of America by Michael Eric Dyson and Marc Favreausource (opens in a new tab)

About the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults

Winner and finalists (shortlist named each December) for every year since the award began in 2010, from YALSA's page for each year (2010-2023) and ALA's winner announcements, which list the finalists (2024-2025). Year is the award year YALSA uses (announced each January for books published Nov. 1-Oct. 31 before). Author field names the writers, then illustrators when credited.

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

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