Writing the Future We Need
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Best In Categories
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2023 Finalists
Best In Categories
Best Audio Narration
Best Book Cover and Cover Artist
Best Friendship
Cutting Your Teeth by Caylan MacRae
Audio Narration by Richard Pendragon
Inked (Gilded Blood) by Rachel Rener
Cover Designer: MIBLArt
Orphan Planet by Rex Burke
Best Light Read
Best Mentor Character
Best Morally Gray Character
Inked (Gilded Blood) by Rachel Rener
The Thread that Binds by Cedar McCloud
Glimmer of the Other by Heather G. Harris
Best Setting
Best Use of Tropes
Prettiest Book Interior
A Circle of Stars by Craig Montgomery
Inked (Gilded Blood) by Rachel Rener
Inked (Gilded Blood) by Rachel Rener
Interior Illustrations by Rachel Rener
Side Character MVP
This Book Made Me Hungry/Thirsty
Wittiest Character
Inked (Gilded Blood) by Rachel Rener
Sistah Samurai by Tatiana Obey
A Circle of Stars by Craig Montgomery
Writing the Future We Need
Asexual or Aromantic Representation
Asian Representation by an Asian Author
Asian Representation by an Asian Author
Bisexual or Biromantic Representation
Black Representation by a Black Author
Disability Representation by a Disabled Author
The Dryad’s Crown by David Hopkins
The Fall That Saved Us by Tamara Jeree
Season One: Iris and the Crew Tear Through Space! by Cait Gordon
Gay or Lesbian Representation
Indigenous Representation by an Indigenous Author
LGBTQ+ Representation
Mistletoe & Mishigas by M.A. Wardell
The Name Bearer by Natalia Hernandez
How to Sell your Blood & Fall in Love by D.N. Bryn
Latinx/Latine Representation by a Latinx/Latine Author
Mental Health Representation
Neurodivergent Representation by a Neurodivergent Author
Refurbished: The Clover Initative by Michelle Monárrez
The Reanimator’s Soul by Kara Jorgensen
Mistletoe & Mishigas by M.A. Wardell
