2010 Winners
Here for winners from 2010 African American Literary Awards Show
Winners are in bold.
Fiction
- Donna Grant & Virginia DeBerry - Uptown
- E. Lynn Harris – In My Father’s House (St. Martin’s Press)
- Carol Taylor – The Ex Chronicles
- Pearl Cleage – Till You Hear From Me
- Donna Hill – What Mother Never Told Me
Non Fiction
- Sherri Shepherd – Permission Slips
- Kirk Franklin - The Blueprint: A Plan for Living Above Life's Storms
- Jamal Bryant – World War Me
- Shoshana Johnson - I'm Still Standing: From Captive U.S. Soldier to Free Citizen--My Journey Home
- Nene Leakes - Never Make the Same Mistake Twice: Lessons on Love and Life Learned the Hard Way
Biography/Memoir
- Harold L. Turley - My Darkest Hour: The Day I Realized I Was Abusive
- Todd Bridges – Killing Willis: From Diff'rent Strokes to the Mean Streets to the Life I Always Wanted
- Wes Moore - The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
- Byron Pitts - Step Out on Nothing: How Faith and Family Helped Me Conquer Life's Challenges
- Pam Grier - Foxy: My Life in Three Acts
Christian
- Victoria Christopher Murray – Sins Of The Mother
- Patricia Haley – Destined
- Vanessa Davis Griggs – The Truth is The Light
- Michelle Larks – Faith
- Jacquelin Thomas – Samson
Romance
- Beverly Jenkins – Captured
- Francis Ray – It Had To Be You
- Maureen Smith – Recipe For Temptation
- Rochelle Alers – Breakaway
- Brenda Jackson – Hidden Pleasures
Self Published Author of the Year
- Takerra Allen - Heaven's Hell
- Caroline McGill - A Dollar Outta Fifteen Cents IV
- Ni'cola Mitchell – The Appetizer: When You're Not His Main Course
- Tamika Newhouse - The Ultimate Moment No Regrets
- Elissa Gabrielle – Whisper To A Scream
Erotica
- Allison Hobbs – Pure Paradise
- Dr. XYZ – Nasty
- Noire - Unzipped: An Urban Erotic Tale
- J. Tremble – My Man, Her Son
- LaDawn Black – Tease: Steamy Short Stories
Street Fiction
- Nikki Turner – Relapse
- K’wan – Section 8
- JM Benjamin – Heaven & Earth
- Dutch – Dynasty
- Dashawn Taylor – Kissed By The Devil
Self Help
- Karen Hunter - Stop Being Niggardly and Nine Other Things Black People Need To Stop Doing
- Karyn Langhorne Folan - Don’t Bring Home A White Boy: And Other Notions That Keep Black Women From Dating Out
- Elaine Brown, Marsha Haygood and Rhonda Joy McLean - THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK OF SUCCESS: LAWS OF LEADERSHIP FOR BLACK WOMEN
- Hill Harper - The Conversation: How Black Men and Women Can Build Loving, Trusting Relationships
- Carol Mackey - Sistergirl Devotions: Keeping Jesus in the Mix on the Job
Historical Fiction
- Bernice L. McFadden – Glorious
- J. California Cooper – Life is short but wide
- Ella Mae Cheeks Johnson - It Is Well with My Soul: The Extraordinary Life of a 106-Year-Old Woman
- Victor McGlothin - The Secrets of Newberry
- Dolen Perkins-Valdez - Wench
Comedy
- Sherri Shepherd – Permission Slips
- Tracy Morgan – I am the new Black
- Charlie Murphy – The Makings Of A Stand Up Guy
Publishing House of the Year
- Kensington
- Simon & Schuster
- Grand Central
- Kimani Press
- St. Martin’s Press
Independent Publisher of the Year
- Peace In The Storm
- Delphine Publications
- Black Dawn Books
- Anexander Books Inc
- Concrete Rose
Author of the Year - Female
- Carol Mackey - Sistergirl Devotions: Keeping Jesus in the Mix on the Job
- Victoria Christopher Murray – Sins Of The Mother
- Kendra Norman Bellamy – Fifteen Years
- Kimberla Lawson Roby – Be Careful What You Pray For
- Ernessa T. Carter – 32 Candles
Author of the Year - Male
- K’wan – Section 8
- Walter Mosley – Known To Evil
- Eric Jerome Dickey - Resurrecting Midnight
- Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due & Steve Barnes – From Cape Town with Love: A Tennyson Hardwick Novel
- Carl Weber – Big Girls Do Cry
Mystery
- Iris Bolling – A Heart Divided
- Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due & Steve Barnes – From Cape Town with Love: A Tennyson Hardwick Novel
- Walter Mosley – Known To Evil
- Teresa McClain Watson - Murder Through The Grapevine
- Pamela Samuels Young – Buying Time
Children's Books / Young Adult
- Jihad - The Survival Bible
- Dana Rondel – The Sunflower and the Rose
- Tina Campbell & Erica Campbell - Be U: Be Honest, Be Beautiful, Be Intentional, Be Strong, Be You!
- Andre Sanchez – Touch down
- Jerry Craft - Mama's Boyz: the Big Picture: What You Need to Succeed!
Short stories/Anthologies
- Terrance Dean, James Earl Hardy and Stanley Bennett Clay – Visible Lives
- K’Wan, JM Benjamin, Terry L. Wroten, Randy Thompson & J Rod Nider – Massacre
- Ashley and Juavis, Erick S. Gray, Treasure E. Blue, Nichelle Walker, Dashawn Taylor and J. Tremble - Flexin & Sexin Volume 2
- Marlon McCaulsky, K. Roland Williams & Ben Blaze – Romancing for the Streets
- Wahida Clark, Victor L. Martin, Bonta, Shawn Trump & LaShonda Teague - What's Really Hood!: A Collection of Tales from the Streets
Poetry
- Evan Quitelle – Indian Summer
- Anika Oahu Alexander - Welcome To Speak Easy: A Poetic Intoxication
- Sonia Sanchez - Morning Haiku
Book Club of the Year
- Black Expressions Book Club
- African Americans On The Move
- RAWSISTAZ Literary Group
- African American Literary Book Club
- OOSA Online Book Club
Magazine
- Ebony
- Uptown
- Black Enterprise
- Upscale
- The Network Journal
Literary Magazine
- Mosaic Books
- Booking Matters
- Written
- African Voices
Science Fiction
- Nnedi Okorafor – Who Fears Death
- Alaya Dawn Johnson - Moonshine
- L.A. Banks - Never Cry Werewolf: A Crimson Moon Novel (not ordering)
- L.A. Banks – Cursed To Death
- Brandon Massey - Vicious
Television Writer
- Shonda Rhimes – Grey’s Anatomy
- Tyler Perry – House Of Payne
- Ali LeRoi – Are We There Yet
- Mara Brock Akil – Cougar Town
- Tyler Perry – Meet The Browns
Screenwriter
- Micheal Elliott – Just Wright
- Reggie Rock Bythewood – Notorious
- Geoffrey Fletcher – Precious
- Tyler Perry – Why Did I Get Married Too
- Michael Martin – Brooklyn’s Finest
Comic Strip
- Aarron McGruder - Boondocks
- Jerry Craft - Mama’s Boyz
- Ray Billingsley – Curtis
- Keith Knight – The K Chronicles
- Robb Armstrong -Jumpstart
CookBook
- A. Breeze Harper - Sistah Vegan: Food, Identity, Health, and Society: Black Female Vegans Speak
- Afya Ibomu - The Vegan Soulfood Guide to the Galaxy
- Barbara Smith – B. Smith Cooks Southern Style
Breakout Author of the Year
- Anna Black – Now You Wanna Come Back
- Carol Mackey - Sistergirl Devotions: Keeping Jesus in the Mix on the Job
- Latoya S. Watkins – In Love With Losers
- Brian Ganges – Piecing the Puzzle Together
- Pamela D. Rice - The Sunday Morning Wife