Haley Goldgraphic memoirs nevosa Selected as the 2024 winner of the 3rd Annual Graphic Medicine Award by the Graphic Medicine International Collective (GMIC). A graphic novel about eating disorders published by Street Noise Books was selected as the winner in the long form category; and Elaine M. WeirSelf-published angst mini-comic spiral meeting 2024 Short Draft Pick. Manon Debayegraphic novel cliff (Translated by someone montana cairn) from Drawn & Quarterly received an Honorable Mention.
The Graphic Medicine Awards 2024 were announced at the end of this year’s Graphic Medicine Conference, held at Athlone University of Technology in Shannon, Ireland, from 16 to 18 July this year. The winners each receive $1,000 and a trophy.
Review by Hayley Gold nevosa Karol Weaver said on graphicmedicine.org:
“Haley Gold nevosa The author’s experience and treatment of anorexia nervosa are traced. This vivid memoir describes Gold’s anorexia, her hospitalization, and her attempts to navigate relationships and school while coping with the disease and its symptoms and complications. Gold uses color and imagery to educate readers about the disease and its impact on her. While difficult to read due to its discussion of eating disorders and self-harm (trigger warning) as well as legitimate criticism of the health care system (particularly psychiatric care), “Nervosa” demonstrates that Gold is an accomplished artist and skilled writer, but claimed she struggled with her identity alongside an eating disorder that consumed her hopes and dreams.
In the announcement of the shortlist, GMIC talks about Elaine M. Will’s 12-page mini-comic spiral meeting:
“Using exquisite digital inks and white highlights on a sepia-toned background, Spiral Sessions feels both a clear, fresh artistic voice and a timeless work of art that showcases the most basic of human emotions.”
The GMIC Awards (also known as the Graphic Medicine Awards) start in 2022 as an initiative to highlight works in the field of comics published in the previous year that shed light on mental and physical health issues. Initially a single award, it was expanded to two categories in 2023. Ronan and the endless sea of stars, go through Rick Lewis & Lala number (Abrams Comic Art) 2023; and parenthesisgo through Elodie Durand 2022 (available on shelves). Josh Newfieldof Vaccination at the Prom: The True Story of a Trusted Messenger (First published in Resources for journalists).
Graphic Medicine International Collective is a non-profit organization dedicated to discussing, educating and supporting the use of comics in health. The organization was born out of a loose alliance of comic book creators, health practitioners, educators, and academics, and the first Graphic Medicine Conference was held in Chicago in 2010.
Graphic Medicine Awards 2024 (long list)
- winner: nevosaby Hayley Gold (Street Noise Books)
- Teleworking: A teacher’s journeygo through Adam Bassey & Peter Grantin (Seven Stories Press)
- Muscle Memory: Survivor Storiesgo through al davidson (Self-published)
- cliff, go through Manon Debaye; French translation from montana cairn (Lottery and Quarterly)
- Silence, full stop: a memoirgo through Karina Shore (street noise books)
Graphic Medicine Awards 2024 (short version) — Applicable to works under 25 pages
- winner: spiral meetingby Elaine M. Will (self-published)
- Empathy 101: How medical schools are using improvisational theatre, virtual reality and comics to help doctors understand their patientsgo through Josh Newfield (Originally published on Resources for journalists)
- promote diastolego through Ankit MehtaM.D. and Tseganesh SelamibMD (originally published in Annals of Internal Medicine of the American College of Physicians)
- Holy Communiongo through Juliette Humin Lizeret (self-published)
- Medical gaslightingby Janice Goldberg (self-published)
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