Inaugural Shaded Choice Awards Winners
Winners of the inaugural Shaded Choice Awards, “created to celebrate new releases in 2020 from BlPOC Authors,” have been announced, including several title
s of genre interest.
Debut Novel
- Legendborn, Tracy Deonn (McElderry)
Science Fiction
- The Space Between Worlds, Micaiah Johnson (Del Rey)
Fantasy
- Black Sun, Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga)
Horror
- Mexican Gothic, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey)
Mystery & Thriller
- The Only Good Indians, Stephen Graham Jones (Saga)
YA Fiction
- Cemetery Boys, Aiden Thomas (Macmillan/Swoon)
YA Fantasy
- Raybearer, Joran Ifueko (Amulet)
Middle Grade
- Ghost Squad, Claribel Ortega (Scholastic)
Other categories include Non-Fiction, won by Hidden Youth co-editor Mikki Kendall’s book Hood Feminism.
For more information, see the official awards site.
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Not betting on what B/POC means…have theories, but am too uncertain.