Zachary Besner

The Stonewall Book Award is a set of three literary awards that annually recognize "exceptional merit relating to the LGBTQIA+ experience" in English-language books, primarily focusing on those published in the U.S. As of 2026, the award categories are the Barbara Gittings Literature Award, Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award, and Mike Morgan and Larry Romans Children's and Young Adult Literature Award. They are sponsored by the Rainbow Round Table (RRT) of the American Library Association (ALA).