Best Short Story
"When the Darkness Presses", by Emily Caroll (Self-published)
Best Single Issue/One-Shot
Beasts of Burden: Hunters and Gatherers, by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson (Dark Horse)
Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 7)
The Zoo Box, by Ariel Cohen and Aron Nels Steinke (First Second)
Best Publication for Kids (ages 9–12)
El Deafo, by Cece Bell (Amulet/Abrams)
Best Publication for Teens (ages 13–17)
Lumberjanes, by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Noelle Stevenson, and Brooke A. Allen (BOOM! Box)
Best Humor Publication
The Complete Cul de Sac, by Richard Thompson (Andrews McMeel)
Best Archival Collection/Project — Strips (at least 20 years old)
Winsor McCay’s Complete Little Nemo, edited by Alexander Braun (TASCHEN)
Best Archival Collection/Project — Comic Books
Steranko Nick Fury Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Artist’s Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
Best Letterer/Lettering
Stan Sakai
Usagi Yojimbo: Senso, Usagi Yojimbo Color Special: The Artist (Dark Horse)
Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism
Comics Alliance, edited by Andy Khouri, Caleb Goellner, Andrew Wheeler, and Joe Hughes
Best Comics-Related Book
Genius Animated: The Cartoon Art of Alex Toth, vol. 3, by Dean Mullaney & Bruce Canwell (The Library of American Comics)
Best Academic/Scholarly Work
Graphic Details: Jewish Women’s Confessional Comics in Essays and Interviews, edited by Sarah Lightman (McFarland)
Hall of Fame
Marge (Marjorie Henderson Buell)
Little Nemo: Return to Slumberland, by Eric Shanower and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
Lumberjanes, by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Noelle Stevenson, and Brooke A. Allen (BOOM! Box)
Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream, edited by Josh O'Neill, Andrew Carl, & Chris Stevens (Locust Moon)
The Private Eye, by Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martin
Hip Hop Family Tree Vol. 2, by Ed Piskor (Fantagraphics)
This One Summer, by Mariko Tamaki & Jillian Tamaki (First Second)
Through the Woods, by Emily Carroll (McElderry Books)
Blacksad: Amarillo, by Juan Díaz Canales & Juanjo Guarnido (Dark Horse)
Showa 1939–1944 and Showa 1944–1953: A History of Japan, by Shigeru Mizuki (Drawn & Quarterly)
Showa 1939–1944 and Showa 1944–1953: A History of Japan, by Shigeru Mizuki (Drawn & Quarterly)
Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream, designed by Jim Rugg (Locust Moon)
Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image)