Judging Panel: KC Green, Aydin Kwan, and Luke Pearson.
Entries: 687
WINNERS
FICTION: Island by Lucy Haslam
NON-FICTION: Nino by Athena Naylor
FANTASY: To Bleed Stone Dry by R.D. Yoon
HUMOR: Dr. Waffles by Steve Steiner
HORROR: Thick & Lush by Bhanu Pratap
ROMANCE: In the Eyes of a Dog by Pearl Law
SCI-FI: Pinned, Writhing by Jean Doran
Watch the livestream of the awards ceremony here! The awards ceremony was hosted by Mary Shyne with thumbnail art by Kyle Tornby, during the Nib and Ink Festival.
The 2026 Awards had 34 sponsors, including: Nohumanza, David Brothers, Brendan Albetski, Victoria Ying, The Comics Courier, nozmo, KM, Staritale, Marnie Galloway, Azam Raharjo, Ro Higashi, PSG, Val Pendergast, KageTy, JJ Mack, Steve Lieber, Mudavaye, Sara McC-B, zakHARTONG, EMWill, NovaTaleART, VictoriaYing, mars, Filthy Figments, SpiderForest Webcomic Collective, Comix.one, Cosmic Lion Manga Dept, Diskette Press, Xomik Büks, SLICE, Bibby: Breakfast, King of Sorts, Ride or Die and other anonymous donors.
FICTION:
- Welcome to the Internet, Transvestite by R. D. Yoon
- Jersey by Skiles Roberts-Salvador
- Island by Lucy Haslam
NONFICTION:
- Nino by Athena Naylor
- snow by Shao Ni
- Krunk #8 by George Tautkus
FANTASY:
- The Eddystone Light by Eleri Extence
- To Bleed Stone Dry by R.D. Yoon
- Catherine WHEEL by George Bierly
HUMOR:
- If You Have a Wok, You Have Everything! By Mici Gaal
- Where’s My Pookie!?! by Jojo Oekaki
- Dr. Waffles by Steve Steiner
HORROR:
- Sheep by Teegan Bishop
- Can You Find Alissa May? by Tyler Solomon
- Thick & Lush by Bhanu Pratap
ROMANCE:
- In the Eyes of a Dog by Pearl Law
- We were just playing pretend by Linda Liu
- Turbo Softik by Tusya Shirkova
SCI-FI:
- This Used to Be Our Room by BreadComics
- A Scientific Study of Transsexuality by Oscar Woodiwiss
- Pinned, Writhing by Jean Doran