# GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Graphic Novel/Anthology

The GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Graphic Novel/Anthology is an annual award that honors graphic novels for excellence in the depiction of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) characters and themes. It is one of several categories of the annual GLAAD Media Awards, presented by GLAAD—an American non-governmental media monitoring organization—at ceremonies in New York City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco between March and June.
Comic books and graphic novels selected by GLAAD are evaluated based on four criteria: "Fair, Accurate, and Inclusive Representations" of the LGBT community, "Boldness and Originality" of the project, significant "Impact" on mainstream culture, and "Overall Quality" of the project. GLAAD monitors mainstream media to identify which comic books will be nominated, while also issuing a Call for Entries that encourages media outlets to submit titles for consideration. Comics created by and for an LGBT audience must be submitted in order to be considered for nomination, as GLAAD does not monitor such works for defamation. Winners are determined by a plurality vote by GLAAD staff and board, Shareholders Circle members, as well as volunteers and allies. Nominees in this category must be an original graphic novel or an anthology of short stories appearing in the same book released by a mainstream publisher and its subsidiary labels. At GLAAD's discretion, a graphic novel or anthology from another publisher may be nominated if the book achieves a similar level of visibility and impact. Trade paperbacks of previously published material are not eligible.
The category was first introduced at the 33rd GLAAD Media Awards in 2022 as a sister category to the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comic Book, which honored both comics and graphic novels from 1992 to 2021. The inaugural winner of the award was Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms, a graphic novel by Crystal Frasier which was published by Oni Press.

## Winners and nominees

| ‡ | Indicates the winner |
| Award year | Comic | Writer(s) | Publisher | Ref(s). |
| 2022 (33rd) | Cheer Up! Love and Pompoms‡ | Crystal Frasier, Val Wise, Oscar O. Jupiter | Oni Press | [5] [6] |
| 2022 (33rd) | DC Pride [anthology] | various | DC Comics | [5] [6] |
| 2022 (33rd) | Eighty Days | A.C. Esguerra | Archaia/BOOM! Studios) | [5] [6] |
| 2022 (33rd) | The Girl from the Sea | Molly Ostertag, Maarta Laiho | Graphix/Scholastic) | [5] [6] |
| 2022 (33rd) | Girl Haven | Lilah Sturges, Meaghan Carter, Joamette Gil | Oni Press | [5] [6] |
| 2022 (33rd) | I Am Not Starfire | Mariko Tamaki, Yoshi Yoshitani, Aditya Bidikar | DC Comics | [5] [6] |
| 2022 (33rd) | Marvel's Voices: Pride [anthology] | various | Marvel Comics | [5] [6] |
| 2022 (33rd) | Renegade Rule | Ben Kahn, Rachel Silverstein, Sam Beck, Jim Campbell | Dark Horse Comics | [5] [6] |
| 2022 (33rd) | The Secret to Superhuman Strength | Alison Bechdel, Holly Rae Taylor | Mariner Books/HMH | [5] [6] |
| 2022 (33rd) | Shadow Life | Hiromi Goto, Ann Xu | First Second/Macmillan | [5] [6] |
| 2023 (34th) | Young Men in Love‡ | various | A Wave Blue World | [7] [8] |
| 2023 (34th) | Chef's Kiss | Jarrett Melendez, Danica Brine, Hank Jones and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou | Oni Press | [7] [8] |
| 2023 (34th) | Coven | Jennifer Dugan and Kit Seaton | Putnam | [7] [8] |
| 2023 (34th) | DC Pride 2022 | various | DC Comics | [7] [8] |
| 2023 (34th) | Doughnuts and Doom | Balazs Lorinczi | (Top Shelf Productions | [7] [8] |
| 2023 (34th) | Fine: A Comic About Gender | Rhea Ewing | (W.W. Norton & Company | [7] [8] |
| 2023 (34th) | Galaxy: The Prettiest Star | Jadzia Axelrod and Jess Taylor | DC Comics | [7] [8] |
| 2023 (34th) | Heartstopper Volume 4 | Alice Oseman | GRAPHIX) | [7] [8] |
| 2023 (34th) | Magical Boy | The Kao | GRAPHIX) | [7] [8] |
| 2023 (34th) | Marvel's Voices: Pride #1 | various | Marvel Comics | [7] [8] |
| 2024 (35th) | Four-Color Heroes‡ | Richard Fairgray | Fanbase Press | [9] [10] |
| 2024 (35th) | Blackward | Lawrence Lindell | Drawn & Quarterly) | [9] [10] |
| 2024 (35th) | Carmilla: The First Vampire | Amy Chu | Berger Books / Dark Horse Comics | [9] [10] |
| 2024 (35th) | Cosmoknights (Book Two) | Hannah Templer | (Top Shelf Productions | [9] [10] |
| 2024 (35th) | Heartstopper Vol. 5 | Alice Oseman | Graphix / Scholastic | [9] [10] |
| 2024 (35th) | Light Carries On | Ray Nadine | Dark Horse Books | [9] [10] |
| 2024 (35th) | Northranger | Rey Terciero | HarperAlley | [9] [10] |
| 2024 (35th) | Parallel | Matthias Lehmann | Oni Press | [9] [10] |
| 2024 (35th) | Roaming | Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki | Drawn & Quarterly) | [9] [10] |
| 2024 (35th) | Us | Sara Soler | Dark Horse Books | [9] [10] |
| 2025 (36th) | Ash’s Cabin | Jen Wang | First Second | |
| 2025 (36th) | Bad Dream: A Dreamer Story | Nicole Maines, Rye Hickman | DC Comics | |
| 2025 (36th) | Becoming Who We Are: Real Stories About Growing Up Trans, [anthology] | various | A Wave Blue World | |
| 2025 (36th) | Deadendia: The Divine Order | Hamish Steele | Union Square & Co. | |
| 2025 (36th) | The Deep Dark | Molly Knox Ostertag | GRAPHIX | |
| 2025 (36th) | The Fox Maidens | Robin Ha | HarperAlley | |
| 2025 (36th) | Lunar Boy | Jes Wibowo and Cin Wibowo | HarperAlley | |
| 2025 (36th) | My Fairy Godfather | Robert Mailer Anderson, Jon Sack | Fantagraphics | |
| 2025 (36th) | The Ribbon Skirt | Cameron Mukwa | GRAPHIX | |
| 2025 (36th) | The Science of Ghosts | Lilah Sturges, El Garing, Alitha Martinez, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, Jimmy Betancourt | Legendary Comics | |