Guest Judge: Kris Mukai

Entries: 121

Prize Pool: $2000

AUTOBIO/NONFIC: You Meet in a Moonlit Clearing… – Barbara Benas

HORROR: Devil’s Pawn – (W) Aysha U. Farah (A) Megan Llewellyn

SCIFI: ARC29 4.3 – Marc Michaud

FANTASY: Made in Heaven Inc. – Kruttika Susarla

ROMANCE: My Cicadas Are Dead – Jade L.F.T Peters

Watch the 2022 award livestream here or read a write-up of all the runner-ups and winners at WWAC!

The 2022 awards were sponsored by Steve Lieber, Zach Clemente, Kris Mukai, Casey Lucas, Nicolette Bocalon, MK Reed, Dick Blick and Portland comic shop Books With Pictures where the winners’ comics will be available in store or online! Thanks to those sponsors, each winner was awarded $400!