VLA Graphic Novel Diversity Award

Given by Virginia Library Association

153 Works 31,611 Bøger 1,944 Reviews 4.1
The GNDA celebrates diversity captured within the pages of graphic novels.

Purpose

  • To increase the chance for diverse readers to see themselves within the page
  • To increase the visibility of
vis mere diversity in graphic novels
  • To recognize quality graphic literature promoting subjects or characters of diversity
  • To support the role of libraries to educate and promote reading
    • Nominations


    • Feature a diverse protagonist (casual or issue-based), a diverse supporting character that impacts the story, or a diverse subject
    • Published in English by a North American “publisher” in the year that will be honored. Self-published nominations are accepted.
    • Be a stand-alone or a story arc. The last volume of a story arc must have been published in the year being honored.
    • Are submitted for only one of these age categories: Youth (ages 6-17) or Adult (ages 18 and up)
    Definition of diversity: Differences both visible and invisible that may separate an individual from the story’s mainstream. The concept of diversity encompasses acceptance and respect.


    Eligible diversity groups may include color/race, ethnicity/nationality, disability whether mental or physical, feminism, ageism, religion, forced minority and LGBT/sexual orientation.     vis mindre
    Stages:
    Alle, Winner (16), Honor Book (61), Overfloweth (76)
    Kategorier:
    Alle, Adult (76), Youth (77)
    Years:
    Alle, 2022 (26), 2021 (27), 2020 (15), 2019 (27), 2018 (19), 2017 (20), 2016 (12), 2015 (7)

    Winner 16

    VærkKategoriÅr
    I'm a Terminal Cancer Patient, But I'm Fine af HilnamaAdult2022
    Invisible af Christina Diaz GonzalezYouth2022
    Djeliya af Juni BaAdult2021
    The Unfinished Corner af Dani ColmanYouth2021
    SFSX, Vol. 1: Protection af Tina HornAdult2020
    The Magic Fish: A Graphic Novel af Trung Le NguyenYouth2020
    Grass af Keum Suk Gendry-KimAdult2019
    They Called Us Enemy af George TakeiYouth2019
    Bingo Love af Tee FranklinAdult2018
    Meal af Blue DelliquantiYouth2018
    Soviet Daughter: A Graphic Revolution (Comix Journalism) af Julia AlekseyevaAdult2017
    Pashmina af Nidhi ChananiYouth2017
    Watson and Holmes: Volume 2 af Brandon EastonAdult2016
    March: Book Three af John LewisYouth2016
    Bitch Planet, Vol. 1: Extraordinary Machine af Kelly Sue DeConnickAdult2015
    March: Book Two af John LewisYouth2015

    Honor Book 61

    VærkKategoriÅr
    Movements & Moments af Sonja EismannAdult2022
    The Third Person af Emma GroveAdult2022
    Ripple Effects af Jordan Hart (writer/colorist)Adult2022
    My Brain is Different: Stories of ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders af MonzusuAdult2022
    Sensory: Life on the Spectrum: An Autistic Comics Anthology af Rebecca OllertonAdult2022
    The Woman in the Woods and Other North American Stories af Kate AshwinYouth2022
    Miss Quinces af Kat FajardoYouth2022
    Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure af Lewis HancoxYouth2022
    Growing Pangs af Kathryn OrmsbeeYouth2022
    The Tryout: A Graphic Novel af Christina SoontornvatYouth2022
    Cyclopedia Exotica af Aminder DhaliwalAdult2021
    Parenthesis af Élodie DurandAdult2021
    Stone Fruit af Lee LaiAdult2021
    Thirsty Mermaids af Kat LeyhAdult2021
    The Thud af Mikaël RossAdult2021
    Himawari House af Harmony BeckerYouth2021
    Living With Viola af Rosena FungYouth2021
    Carlos Gomez Freestyles…Heavy on the Style af Chuck GonzalezYouth2021
    Piece by Piece: The Story of Nisrin's Hijab af Priya HuqYouth2021
    The Girl from the Sea af Molly Knox OstertagYouth2021
    Dancing After TEN af Vivian ChongAdult2020
    Invisible Differences: A Story of Asperger's, Adulting, and Living a Life in Full Color af Julie DachezAdult2020
    Black Heroes of the Wild West: Featuring Stagecoach Mary, Bass Reeves, and Bob Lemmons: A TOON Graphic af James Otis SmithYouth2020
    Quince af Emma SteinkellnerYouth2020
    Grease Bats af Archie BongiovanniAdult2019
    PTSD af Guillaume SingelinAdult2019
    Palimpsest: Documents From a Korean Adoption af Lisa Wool-Rim SjöblomAdult2019
    Excellence Vol. 1: Kill the Past af Brandon ThomasAdult2019
    Bitter Root Volume 1: Family Business af David F. WalkerAdult2019
    Hot Comb af Ebony FlowersYouth2019
    Pumpkinheads af Rainbow RowellYouth2019
    Survivors of the Holocaust af Kath ShackletonYouth2019
    Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me af Mariko TamakiYouth2019
    The Avant-Guards Vol. 1 af Carly UsdinYouth2019
    Puerto Rico Strong af Vita AyalaAdult2018
    Amla Mater af Devi MenonAdult2018
    My Brother's Husband, Volume 2 af Gengoroh TagameAdult2018
    Dumb af Georgia WebberAdult2018
    A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns af Archie BongiovanniYouth2018
    The Bride Was a Boy af ChiiYouth2018
    The Strange af Jérôme RuillierYouth2018
    The Cardboard Kingdom af Chad SellYouth2018
    Ladycastle af Delilah S. DawsonAdult2017
    Lissa: A Story about Medical Promise, Friendship, and Revolution (ethnoGRAPHIC) af Sherine HamdyAdult2017
    Alters, Vol. 1: The Story of Chalice af Paul JenkinsAdult2017
    My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness af Kabi NagataAdult2017
    My Brother's Husband, Volume 1 af Gengoroh TagameAdult2017
    Afar af Leila del DucaYouth2017
    Where's Halmoni? af Julie KimYouth2017
    Finding Molly: An Adventure in Catsitting: A Graphic Novel for Artists and Cat Lovers af Justine PradoYouth2017
    Japanese Notebooks: A Journey to the Empire of Signs af IgortAdult2016
    Your Black Friend af Ben PassmoreAdult2016
    Brotherman: Dictator of Discipline: Revelation (BOOK ONE) af Guy SimsAdult2016
    Paper Girls Volume 1 af Brian K. VaughanAdult2016
    Lowriders to the Center of the Earth af Cathy CamperYouth2016
    The Nameless City af Faith Erin HicksYouth2016
    The Infinite Loop af Pierrick ColinetAdult2015
    Virgil af Steve OrlandoAdult2015
    Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir af Maggie ThrashYouth2015
    Captain Raven and the All-Girl Pirate Crew af Jeremy WhitleyYouth2015
    Flutter, Vol. 2: Don't Let Me Die Nervous af Jennie WoodYouth2015

    Overfloweth 76

    VærkKategoriÅr
    New Masters af Shobo CokerAdult2022
    How to Make a Monster: Ugly Memories of Chicago from a South Side Escapee af Casanova Nobody FrankensteinAdult2022
    Shubeik Lubeik af Deena MohamedAdult2022
    Días de Consuelo af Dave OrtegaAdult2022
    Talk to My Back af Murasaki YamadaAdult2022
    Lowriders to the Rescue af Cathy CamperYouth2022
    Amazona af CanizalesYouth2022
    All Rise: Resistance and Rebellion in South Africa af Richard ConynghamYouth2022
    But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust af Charlotte SchalliéYouth2022
    Ghosts of Science Past af Joseph SierackiYouth2022
    I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 - The Graphic Novel af Lauren TarshisYouth2022
    Magical Boy Volume 1 af The KaoYouth2022
    Magical Boy Volume 2 af The KaoYouth2022
    DPS Only! af VelinxiYouth2022
    The Day the Klan Came to Town af Bill CampbellAdult2021
    Eighty Days af A.C. EsguerraAdult2021
    The Waiting af Keum Suk Gendry-KimAdult2021
    A Man's Skin af HubertAdult2021
    This is How I Disappear af Mirion MalleAdult2021
    Pantomime af Christopher SebelaAdult2021
    Catalogue Baby: A Memoir of (In)fertility af Myriam SteinbergAdult2021
    Just Roll with It af Veronica AgarwalYouth2021
    Jukebox af Nidhi ChananiYouth2021
    Manu: A Graphic Novel af Kelly FernándezYouth2021
    Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms af Crystal FrasierYouth2021
    Borders af Thomas KingYouth2021
    Artie and the Wolf Moon af Olivia StephensYouth2021
    Four Faces Of The Moon af Amanda StrongYouth2021
    A Girl Called Echo, Vol. 4: Road Allowance Era af Katherena VermetteYouth2021
    Killadelphia Volume 1: Sins of the Father af Rodney BarnesAdult2020
    Phoolan Devi, Rebel Queen af Claire FauvelAdult2020
    Redbone: The True Story of a Native American Rock Band af Christian StaeblerAdult2020
    Kimiko Does Cancer: A Graphic Memoir af Kimiko TobimatsuAdult2020
    Odessa (1) af Jonathan HillYouth2020
    The Witch's Hand af Nathan PageYouth2020
    Suncatcher af Jose PimientaYouth2020
    Doodleville af Chad SellYouth2020
    Witchlight af Jessi ZabarskyYouth2020
    La Voz De M.A.Y.O.: Tata Rambo, Vol. 1 af Henry BarajasAdult2019
    Waves af Ingrid ChabbertAdult2019
    King of King Court af Travis DandroAdult2019
    Monstress Book One af Marjorie M. LiuAdult2019
    Hawking af Jim OttavianiAdult2019
    Saga: Compendium One af Brian K. VaughanAdult2019
    Carpe Fin: A Haida Manga af Michael Nicoll YahgulanaasAdult2019
    Theater of Terror! Revenge of the QueersAdult2019
    Hotel Dare af Terry BlasYouth2019
    Urban Legendz af Paul DownsYouth2019
    The Tea Dragon Festival af K. O'NeillYouth2019
    Witchy af Ariel Slamet RiesYouth2019
    Sincerely, Harriet af Sarah Winifred SearleYouth2019
    Mooncakes af Suzanne WalkerYouth2019
    Stargazing af Jen WangYouth2019
    Tales from la Vida: A Latinx Comics Anthology (Latinographix) af Frederick Luis AldamaAdult2018
    Love Letters to Jane's World af Paige BraddockAdult2018
    Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation af Ari FolmanAdult2018
    Luisa - Now and Then af Carole MaurelAdult2018
    The Flutter Collection af Jennie WoodAdult2018
    Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World af Pénélope BagieuYouth2018
    My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder af Nie JunYouth2018
    Check, Please!, Book 1: #Hockey! af Ngozi UkazuYouth2018
    On a Sunbeam af Tillie WaldenYouth2018
    Generations af Flavia BiondiAdult2017
    Run For It: Stories of Slaves Who Fought for Their Freedom af Marcelo D'SaleteAdult2017
    Motor Crush Volume 1 af Brenden FletcherAdult2017
    (H)afrocentric Comics: Volumes 1–4 af Juliana "Jewels" SmithAdult2017
    Generation Zero Volume 1: We Are the Future af Fred Van LenteAdult2017
    Ghost Friends Forever #1 af Monica GallagherYouth2017
    Star Scouts af Mike LawrenceYouth2017
    M.F.K. af Nilah MagruderYouth2017
    The Backstagers, Vol. 1: Rebels Without Applause af James Tynion IVYouth2017
    Spinning af Tillie WaldenYouth2017
    Gumballs af Erin NationsAdult2016
    The Death-Defying Doctor Mirage Vol. 1 af Jen Van MeterAdult2016
    Faith Volume 1: Hollywood and Vine af Jody HouserYouth2016
    Agents of the Realms Volume I af Mildren LouisYouth2016

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