Elliott's works include recovering from urban violence and other challenging issues of modern life, which she addresses partly to help her fellow black people feel seen.

Like A Wish After Midnight, Dayshaun's Gift involves sending the protagonist back to 1863, at the time of the New York City draft riots.

Reflecting Elliott's activism in encouraging diverse representations in books, a background character in Benny Doesn't Like to Be Hugged is a Native American boy wearing a t-shirt featuring the comic book character Super Indian, a Native super hero created by Arigon Starr.

[7] In 2016, Tilbury House Publishers put out Melena's Jubilee: the story of a fresh start, illustrated with mixed media artwork by Aaron Boyd.

Both were published by Random House and illustrated by Geneva B. Elliot's answer to the question "In this divisive world, what shall we tell our children?"

The anthology featured poems, letters, personal essays, art, and other works by 50 luminaries of the field, including Jacqueline Woodson and Kwame Alexander.

In the poem, Elliott tells readers:[8] remember: the fiercest dragons emerge from the darkest depths and a single star sparkling in the sable sky may guide you to your destiny… She is a contributor to Margaret Busby's anthology New Daughters of Africa (2019).

The collection includes 49 poems, four of which are tributes to other authors: Lucille Clifton, Audre Lorde, Nikki Giovanni, and Phillis Wheatley.

In 2020, Elliott published a children's picture book about police brutality and the Black Lives Matter protests, titled A Place Inside of Me: A Poem to Heal the Heart which (with illustrator Noa Denmon) won a 2021 Caldecott Honor.