The 2018 PRISM Award nominees have been posted. The awards “recognize, promote and celebrate diversity and excellence in the field of queer comics.”

The winners will be announced at the Prism Awards panel at Comic-Con International in San Diego on July 21.

Short Form Comics

• To Measure by Noella Whitney, 2017 – http://no-whit.com/
• Contact High by James F Wright and Josh Eckert, August 2017 – http://www.jamesfwrites.com/comics/
• Figurinha by Dante Luiz, May 2017 – http://danteluiz.com/publications
• There’s More Than One! by Justin Hubbell, June 2017 – http://www.justinhubbell.com/more-than-one-longform/
• It Was 1973, and Tiffany Banks Was Totally Winning at Gender by Ajuan Mance, 2017 – http://8-rock.com/

Webcomics

• Cans of Beans, chapter 9 by Tamara Go, 2017 – http://www.cansofbeans.com/
• SuperButch Issue 1 by Becky Hawkins and Barry Deutsch, 2017 – http://superbutchcomic.com/
• Monster Pop! by Maya Kern, (excerpt from 2017) – http://monsterpop.mayakern.com/
• O Human Star by Blue Delliquanti, (excerpts from 2017) – http://ohumanstar.com/
• Superpose by Ciaran and Anka C, (excerpt from August 2017-November 2017) – http://superpose.sp-gu.com/

Small To Midsize Press Comics and Graphic Novels

• Steam Clean by Laura ?eni?š, May 2017 – http://retrofit.storenvy.com/products/20070341-steam-clean-by-laura-kenins
• The Boys Who Became Hummingbirds by Daniel Heath Justice and Weshoyot Alvitre, Alternate History Comics Inc., June 2017 – http://ahcomics.com/wordpress/moonshot-volume-2/
• My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris, Fantagraphics, February 2017 – http://www.fantagraphics.com/my-favorite-thing-is-monsters/

Mainstream Comics and Graphic Novels

• Iceman by Sina Grace (writer), Alessandro Vitti (artist), Kevin Wada (artist), Marvel Comics, 2017 – https://www.amazon.com/Iceman-Vol-1-Thawing-Out/dp/1302908790/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1530740163&sr=1-2&keywords=iceman+sina+grace
• Heavy Vinyl by Carly Usdin (Writer), Nina Vakueva (Pencils), Irene Flores (Inker), Rebecca Nalty (Colorist), Jim Campbell (Lettere)r, Boom Studios, 2017 – https://shop.boom-studios.com/series/detail/625/hi-fi-fight-club
• The Witch Boy by Molly Knox Ostertag, Scholastic Graphix, 2017 – https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/books/the-witch-boy-by-molly-ostertag/

Anthologies

• Dates: An Anthology of Queer Historical Fiction Volume 2 edited by Zora Gilbert and Cat Parra, August 2017 – http://datesanthology.com/collaborators2016
• Power & Magic: IMMORTAL SOULS edited by Joamette Gil, 2017 – http://powerandmagic.tumblr.com/
• Oh Joy Sex Toy, Volume 4 edited by Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan, 2017 – https://onipress.com/collections/limerence-press/products/copy-of-oh-joy-sex-toy-volume-4

Judges

• AJ Real (Advanced Death Saves edited by Josh Trujillo) – @darkshifter
• Ajuan Mance (Gender Studies; Alphabet; We’re Still Here) – http://8-rock.com/  @8_rock
• Brian Andersen (Stripling Warrior; So Super Duper; The Advocate) – www.sosuperduper.com, @superbrian
• e jackson (Flux; Drawing a Dialogue podcast) – @ehetja
• Gillian Pascasio (The Kiss of the Demoness) – @7CLUBS
• Gina Biggs (Love Not Found) – @ginabiggs
• Hari Conner (Finding Home) – hari-illustration.com  @haridraws
• Heidi MacDonald (The Beat, The News Blog of Comics Culture) – http://www.comicsbeat.com/  @comixace
• H-P Lehkonen (Life Outside the Circle) – webtoons.com. @hplehkonen
• Jack Baur (Librarian, Berkeley Public Library) – inthelibrarywithacomicbook.org  @kcorstel
• Mey Valdivia Rude (Autostraddle) – @meyrude
• Rob McMonigal (Panel Patter) – www.panelpatter.com  @rob_mcmonigal
• Scout Tran-Caffee (Villainette; Falling Sky) – xo.villainette.com
• Sfé R. Monster (Beyond: The Queer Sci-Fi & Fantasy Comic Anthology, Vols. 1 and 2; webcomic Eths’ Skin) –  sfemonster.com  @sfemonster
• William O. Tyler (WoT’s Cinephilia) –  @williamotyler

The Prism Awards organizing team is Ted Abenheim, Nina Taylor Kester and Maia Kobabe.

[Thanks to Cate Eldridge for the story.]