Shortlists 2021
Excelsior Award White Shortlist 2021
The books on the Excelsior Award White shortlist have been designated as suitable for children aged 9+ (or Key Stage 2 in schools)
Winner (and Overall Winner for 2021) - The Weirn Books
by Svetlana Chmakova
Published by Yen Press
ISBN-13: 978-1975311223
Mason Mooney: Paranormal Investigator
by Seaerra Miller
Published by Nobrow
ISBN-13: 978-1912497645
Bluebeard
by Metaphrog
Published by Papercutz
ISBN-13: 978-1545804124
Excelsior Award Blue Shortlist 2021
The books on the Excelsior Award Blue shortlst have been designated as suitable for children aged 11+ (or Key Stage 3 in schools)
Winner - Canto: If I Only Had a Heart
by David Booher and Drew Zucker
Published by IDW Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1684056217
Im: Great Prince Imhotep
by Makoto Morishita
Published by Yen Press
ISBN-13: 978-1975332822
Doctor Doom
by Christopher Cantwell and Salvador Larocca
Published by Marvel Comics
ISBN-13: 978-1302920890
Excelsior Award Red Shortlist 2021
The books on the Excelsior Award Red shortlst have been designated as suitable for children aged 14+ (or Key Stage 4 in schools)
Winner - Absolute Carnage
by Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman
Published by Marvel Comics
ISBN-13: 978-1302919085
Strange Skies Over East Berlin
by Jeff Loveness and Lisandro Estherren
Published by Boom! Studios
ISBN-13: 978-1684156443
New Mutants
by Jonathan Hickman, Ed Brisson and Rod Reis
Published by Marvel Comics
ISBN-13: 978-1302919931
Excelsior Award Black Shortlist 2021
The books on the Excelsior Award Black shortlist have been designated as suitable for children aged 16+ (or Sixth Form in schools).
We are avoiding topics that could be considered "offensive" or "too adult" for a school library, but books on this shortlist may include moderate swearing and moderate violence, akin to a 15-rated movie.
Winner - Pulp
by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
Published by Image Comics
ISBN-13: 978-1534316447
Alienated
by Simon Spurrier and Chris Wildgoose
Published by Boom! Studios
ISBN-13: 978-1684155279
I Don't Know How To Give Birth!
by Ayami Kazama
Published by Yen Press
ISBN-13: 978-1975333058