Criteria included overall design excellence for books published in 2017. 517 titles were submitted from 170 publishers worldwide.

15 top honorees & 15 honorable mentions were determined by a core jury of representatives from Publishers Weekly, Parsons School of Design in New York, and Hamelin Cultural Association of Bologna, Italy.

Honorable Mention (2017), Comics & Graphic Novels
The Tea Dragon Society by K. O'Neill (Oni Press)

"From the spot-gloss cover art with wisps of algae floating along the spine to the adorable endpapers with a pattern of sleeping baby aquicorns [...] the book’s publication design by Hilary Thompson is totally in sync with O’Neill’s creative perspective."