This year's winners are:

GOLD MEDALS

FICTION
Your House Will Pay, Steph Cha, Ecco

FIRST FICTION
Home Remedies, Xuan Juliana Wang, Hogarth

NONFICTION
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee, David Treuer, Riverhead

JUVENILE
A Place to Belong, Cynthia Kadohata, Atheneum

YOUNG ADULT
Frankly in Love, David Yoon, G.P Putnam’s Sons

POETRY
Magical Negro, Morgan Parker, Tin House Books

SILVER MEDALS

FIRST FICTION
Last of Her Name, Mimi Lok, Kaya Press

NONFICTION
Know My Name, Chanel Miller, Viking

POETRY
A Jazz Funeral for Uncle Tom, Harmony Holiday, Birds, LLC

SPECIAL AWARDS

CALIFORNIANA
The Dreamt Land, Mark Arax, Knopf

CONTRIBUTION TO PUBLISHING
Jim Marshall: Show Me the Picture, Chronicle Books

In response to the Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, this program took place and was recorded live via video conference, for an online audience only, and was live-streamed by The Commonwealth Club of California from San Francisco on August 28th, 2020.