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

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