2021 Kirkus Prize Winners

Awards List

Harrow (Winner)
Joy Williams

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed (Finalist)
Mariana Enriquez

Bolla (Finalist)
Pajtim Statovci

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois (Finalist)
Honoree Fanonne Jeffers

Harlem Shuffle (Finalist)
Colson Whitehead

My Monticello: Fiction (Finalist)
Jocelyn Nicole Johnson

The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling (Finalist)
Wai Chim

Legacy (Finalist)
Nikki Grimes

The Life I'm In (Finalist)
Sharon G. Flake

Your Mama (Finalist)
Nonieqa Ramos