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Stonewall Book Awards 2011

The 2011 Stonewall Book Awards went to Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher (Children's and Young Adult), More of This World or Maybe Another by Barb Johnson (Literature) and Inseparable: Desire Between Women in Literature by Emma Donoghue (Nonfiction). 11 books were Honor Books across 3 categories.

Winners

Children's and Young Adult

  1. Almost Perfect by Brian Katchersource (opens in a new tab)

Literature

  1. More of This World or Maybe Another by Barb Johnsonsource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. Inseparable: Desire Between Women in Literature by Emma Donoghuesource (opens in a new tab)

Honor Books

Children's and Young Adult

  1. Freaks and Revelations by Davida Wills Hurwinsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Love Drugged by James Klisesource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Boy in the Dress by David Walliamssource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithansource (opens in a new tab)

Literature

  1. Holding Still for as Long as Possible by Zoe Whittallsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Probation by Tom Mendicinosource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The More I Owe You by Michael Sledgesource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. A Great Unrecorded History: A New Life of E.M. Forster by Wendy Moffatsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Just Kids by Patti Smithsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade by Justin Springsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Right to Be Out: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in America's Public Schools by Stuart Biegelsource (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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