Literature
Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction
A Silken Thread
Brenda Jackson
Harlequin Kimani PressBoundaries
Elizabeth Nunez
Akashic BooksSay Amen, Again
Reshonda Tate Billingsley
Gallery BooksSilver Sparrow
Tayari Jones
Algonquin BooksThe Plot Against Hip Hop: A Novel
Nelson George
Akashic BooksOutstanding Literary Work - Non-Fiction
Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America
Melissa Harris-Perry
Yale University PressSuper Rich
Russell Simmons
Gotham BooksThe Cosmopolitan Canopy
Elijah Anderson
W.W. Norton & CompanyThe Wealth Cure: Putting Money in Its Place
Hill Harper
Gotham BooksWho's Afraid of Post-Blackness?: What It Means to Be Black Now
Toure
Free PressOutstanding Literary Work - Debut Author
2Grieve 2Gether: A Journal from the Heart Helping Survivors & Supporters Navigate the Healing Process
Denise Hall Brown
2Lift 1Up PublishingA Defining Moment
Patricia Duncan
IJABA Publishing Inc.The Loom
Shella Gillus
Guideposts BooksThe Strawberry Letter
Shirley Strawberry, Lyah Le Flore
Ballantine/Random HouseWe the Animals
Justin Torres
Houghton Mifflin HarcourtOutstanding Literary Work - Biography/Auto-Biography
A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama's Mother
Janny Scott
Riverhead BooksMalcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
Manning Marable
Penguin Group (USA) - VikingMy Song
Harry Belafonte
KnopfNo Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington
Condoleezza Rice
Crown PublishersThe John Carlos Story
John Carlos, Dave Zirin
Haymarket BooksOutstanding Literary Work - Instructional
A Year to Wellness and Other Weight Loss Secrets
Bertice Berry
Freeman House PublishingLiving My Dream: An Artistic Approach to Marketing
Synthia Saint James
Create SpaceOur Difficult Sunlight: A Guide to Poetry, Literacy, & Social Justice in Classroom & Community
Quraysh Ali Lansana
Teachers & Writers CollaborativeThe T.D. Jakes Relationship Bible: Life Lessons on Relationships from the Inspired Word of God
T.D. Jakes
Atria BooksToo Important to Fail: Saving America's Boys
Tavis Smiley (Author), Juan Roberts (Illustrator)
SmileyBooksOutstanding Literary Work - Poetry
Afro Clouds & Nappy Rain: The Curtis Brown Poems
James Golden
iUniverseHead Off & Split
Nikky Finney
TriQuarterly Books / Northwestern University PressHonoring Genius: The Narrative of Craft, Art, Kindness and Justice
Haki Madhubuti
Third World PressIntimate Thoughts
Darrin Henson (Author), Anna Saunders (Illustrator)
Godzchild PublishingLast Seen
Jacqueline Jones Lamon
University of Wisconsin PressOutstanding Literary Work - Children
Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band
Kwame Alexander (Author), Tim Bowers (Illustrator)
Sleeping Bear PressBefore There Was Mozart
Lesa Cline-Ransome (Author), James Ransome (Illustrator)
Schwartz & Wade Books / Random House Children's BooksHeart and Soul
Kadir Nelson (Author/Illustrator)
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Children's BooksWhite Water
Michael S. Bandy, Eric Stein (Authors), Shadra Strickland (Illustrator)
Candlewick PressYou Can Be A Friend
Tony & Lauren Dungy (Authors), Ron Mazellan (Illustrator)
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing - Little SimonOutstanding Literary Work - Youth/Teens
