Fiction

• Eric Jerome Dickey – Dying For Revenge  
• Donna Grant & Virginia Deberry – What Doesn’t Kill You
• Renee Daniel Flagler – In Her Mind
• Sister Souljah - Midnight (A Gangsta Love Story)

Science Fiction

• Brandon Massey, Tananarive Due & L.A. Banks – The Ancestors
• LA Banks - The Thirteenth (Vampire Huntress Legends)
• LA Banks – Undead On Arrival
• Brandon Massey – Don’t Ever Tell

Magazine – Non Literary

• O (Oprah) Magazine
• The Network Journal
• Black Enterprise
• Ebony/Jet

Magazine – Literarys

• Booking Matters
• Mosaic Literary Magazine
• Romantic Times Magazine

Mystery

• Walter Mosley – The Long Fall  
• Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due  & Steve Barnes – In the Night of the Heat: A Tennyson Hardwick Novel
• Pamela Samuels Young – Murder On The Down Low
• Brenda Hampton – The Dirty Truth

Romance

• Jacqueline D. Moore – Serving Justice
• Victoria Wells – When Love Comes Around
• Cheris Hodges – More Than He Can Handle
• Brenda Jackson – Temperatures Rising

Christian Fiction

• Kendra Norman Bellamy – The Lyon’s Den  
• Victoria Christopher Murray – Lady Jasmine
• Tiffany L. Warren – The Bishop’s Daughter
• Patricia Haley - Chosen

Street Fiction

• Mike Sanders – Thirsty
• Wahida Clark & Kiki Swanson – Sleeping With The Enemy
• Nikki Turner – Ghetto Superstar
• Dutch – Thug Politics

Erotica

• Zane – Missionary No More: Purple Panties 2
• Allison Hobbs – Big Juicy Lips: Double Dippin' 2
• Pynk - Erotic City
• Fiona Zedde – Hungry For It

Biography/Memoir

• Dr. Keith Black - Brain Surgeon: A Doctor's Inspiring Encounters with Mortality and Miracles
• Faith Evans - Keep The Faith (A Memoir)
• Jennifer Baszile - The Black Girl Next Door: A Memoir
• Asha  Bandele - Something Like Beautiful: One Single Mother's Story

Non-Fiction

• Sandy Denton – Let’s Talk About PEP
• Cheryl Lacey Donovan – The Ministry of Motherhood
• Marvelyn Brown & Courtney Martin - The Naked Truth: Young, Beautiful and (HIV) Positive
• Adilah Barnes – On My Own Terms   

Children’s /Young AdultBooks

• Dream Jordan – Hot Girl
• Victoria Christopher Murray – The Divine Divas: India
• Mo'Nique and Sherri Mcgee Mccovey – Beacon Hills High: A Novel
• Nikki Carter - Step To This: So For Real Series

Poetry

• Nikki Giovanni - Bicycles
• Maya Angelou – Letters To My Daughter
• Ani Rumaer – Daydreams & Shadows

Self-Help

• Steve Harvey – Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man: A Foolproof Guide To Getting & Keeping A Man   
• Kericka Fields - He’s Gone…Your Back
• Shaun Robinson – Exactly As I Am: Celebrated Women Share Candid Advice with Today's Girls on What It Takes to Believe in Yourself
• Sophfronia Scott – Doing Business By The Book

 Cookbooks

• G. Garvin – Dining In
• Bryant Terry – Vegan Soul Kitchen: Fresh, Healthy and Creative African American Cuisine
• Patrick & Gina Neely - Down Home with the Neelys: A Southern Family Cookbook
• Patti LaBelle – Recipes For The Good Life

Humorist Award of the Year (Stand Up Comic)

• Sherri Sheppard
• Kevin Hart
• Steve Harvey
• Mike Epps

Comedy Book Author of the Year

• Patti S. Webster – It Happened In Church
• Keenan Ivory Wayans - 101 Ways to Know You're a Golddigger
• Steve Harvey – Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man
• Deidre Berry – The Next Best Thing

Break-out Author Of The Year

• Ebonee Monique – Suicide Diaries
• Deborah S. Jones - Glory
• Lorraine Elzia – Mistress Memoirs
• S. D. Denny – The Bakers Dozen

Short stories/Anthologies

• Allyson M. Deese, Linda R. Herman, and Tinisha Nicole Johnson – Somebody Prayed For Me
• Gil L. Robertson - Family Affair: What It Means to be African American Today
• Elissa Gabrielle (editor) - The Soul of a Man: A Triumph of My Soul Anthology
• Noire – From The Streets To The Sheets

Comic Strip

• Keith Knight - The K Chronicles
• Ray Billingsley – Curtis
• Robb Armstrong – Jump Start
• Jerry Craft – Mama’s Boyz

Author of the Year -  Female  

• Victoria Christopher Murray – Lady Jasmine  
• Kimberla Lawson Roby – The Best Of Everything
• Linda Herman - Consequences
• Connie Briscoe – Sisters & Husbands

Author Of the Year - Male

• Eric Jerome Dickey – Dying For Revenge  
• Walter Mosley – The Right Mistake: The Further Philosophical Investigations of Socrates Fortlow
• E. Lynn Harris – Basketball Jones
• Carl Weber – Up To No Good

Self-published Author of the Year

• Tamika Newhouse – The Ultimate No No
• Renee Daniel Flagler – In Her Mind
• Faith Murphy Knight - Desperate Dating 10 Mistakes that will keep you single

Independent Publishing House of the Year

• Concrete Rose
• The Cartel Publications
• Peace In The Storm
• Xpress Yourself Publishing

Publishing House of the Year

• Dafina/Kensington
• Random House
• Kimani Press
• HarperCollins

Book Club of the Year

• OOSA
• African Americans On The Move
• AALBC
• Sugar & Spice

 Television Writer of the Year

• Tyler Perry – House Of Payne
• Shonda Rhimes – Grey’s Anatomy
• Mara Brock Akil – The Game
• Ali LeRoi – Everybody Hates Chris

 HISTORICAL

• Toni Morrison – A Mercy
• Cynthia Jacobs Carter - Freedom In My Heart: Voices From The United States National Slavery Museum
• James McBride – Song Yet Sung
• Brenna Clark – Stand The Storm