Nominations Process

Here are the nominees for the 7th Annual African American Literary Awards Show. Voting starts Friday, July 29, 2011.  Vote here now

 

Fiction

• Dorothy by LaToya S. Watkins  
• He Was My Man First - Courtney Parker & Nancey Flowers  
• No One in the World: A Novel – E. Lynn Harris & RM Johnson  
• Mama Ruby – Mary Monroe  
• Money Can’t Buy Love – Connie Briscoe

Self Help

• How To Get Out Of Your Own Way – Tyrese Gibson
• The Strawberry Letter: Real Talk, Real Advice, Because Bitterness Isn't Sexy – Shirley Strawberry  
• Why Do I Have To Think Like A Man?: How To Think Like A Lady And Still Get The Man – Shanae Hall & Rhonda Frost
• Priceless Inspirations – Antonia Carter
• A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-to Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life – Demetria Lucas 

Biography/Memoir

• Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption-from South Central to Hollywood – Ice T  
• The Big Fight: My Life In and Out of the Ring – Sugar Ray Leonard  
• Flavor Flav: The Icon The Memoir - Flavor Flav
• Love Brought Me Back: A Journey of Loss and Gain – Natalie Cole
• Transparent – Don Lemon 

Christian Fiction

• An Inconvenient Friend by Rhonda McKnight  
• Right Package, Wrong Baggage by Wanda B. Campbell  
• The Deal, The Dance & The Devil – Victoria Christopher Murray  
• Crowning Glory – Pat Simmons
• Who Said It Would Be Easy?: A Story of Faith (Zane Presents) – Cheryl Faye 

Erotica

• Strawberries, Stilettos, and Steam – Imani True & Dreama Skye  
• Southern Comfort" by Cynnamon Foster and Nina Foxx  
• Sixty-Nine – Pynk  
• Smooth Operator – Risque
• Nasty – Dr. XYZ 

Street Fiction

• Justify My Thug – Wahida Clark
• My Kinda Girl" by Michael McGrew
• The Prada Plan 2 - Ashley Antoinette
• Welfare Wifeys: A Hood Rat Novel – K’wan
• Memoirs Of An Accidental Hustler – JM Benjamin 

Non Fiction

• I Shall Not Die: Living A Psalm 118:17 Existence - Kendra Norman Bellamy  
• Fail Up: 20 Lessons on Building Success from Failure – Tavis Smiley  
• Black Woman Redefined: Dispelling Myths and Discovering Fulfillment in the Age of Michelle Obama – Sophia Nelson
• Peace from Broken Pieces – Iyanla Vanzant
• Becoming a Woman of Destiny: Turning Life's Trials into Triumphs! - Dr. Suzan Johnson Cook 

Mystery

• Giving Up The Ghost by Stacy-Deanne  
• Ask Nicely and I Might by Lorraine Elzia  
• The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey – Walter Mosley
• Price Of Fame - Amaleka McCall
• Surrender the Dark – L.A. Banks 

Children/Young Adult

• Getting Played by Celeste O. Norfleet
• Drama Queens –ReShonda Tate Billingsley  
• Giant Steps To Change The World – Spike Lee & Tonya Lewis Lee  
• Sugar Plum Ballerinas: Terrible Terrel – Whoopi Goldberg
• Teen Girls Need L.O.V.E. by S.Dodson 

Romance

• Inseparable – Brenda Jackson
• Sweet Persuasions– Rochelle Alers  
• Unexpected Interruptions – Trice Hickman  
• Twice The Temptation – Francis Ray
• The Proposal – Brenda Jackson 

Short stories/Anthologies

• A Woman's Revenge by Tiffany L. Warren, Sherri Lewis and Rhonda McKnight
• Home Again: Stories of Restored Relationships by Wanda B. Campbell, Dijorn Moss, Tyora Moody and Trinea Moss
• Between the Sheets - Tamika Newhouse, NiCola Mitchell and Anna Black

Magazines ( Non-Literary)

• Black Enterprise
• Ebony
• Uptown
• JET
• Upscale

Magazines ( Literary)

• Mosaic Books
• Booking Matters
• Written
• African Voices
• Black Literature Magazine

Humorist Award of the Year (Stand-up Comics)

• Kevin Hart
• Sherri Shepherd
• Chris Spencer
• Tony Rock
• Rickey Smiley

Self Published Author of the Year

• The Ultimate Question: Will Love Ever Know Me – Tamika Newhouse
• Con Test: Double Life – Rahiem Brooks
• Twisted – Ni’cola
• Devour, One Man’s Tale of Love, Intimacy, and Ecstasy – D.A. Williams

Breakout Author of the Year

• Tour Secrets – Winkk
• The Putting Away - Sharel E. Gordon-Love
• Open Your Eyes – Schelle Halloway
• Shady – Dell Banks
• Girl, Get Your Mind Right – Tionna Smalls

Publishing House of the Year

• St. Martin’s Press
• Kensington
• Kimani Press
• Grand Central Publishing
• Simon & Schuster

Independent Publisher of the Year

• Peace In The Storm
• A New Quality Publishing
• Delphine Publications
• NCM Publishing
• Black Dawn Books

Author of the Year-Male

• J.M. Benjamin – Memoirs Of An Accidental Hustler
• Walter Mosley - The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
• E. Lynn Harris & RM Johnson – No One In The World
• Carl Weber – Choir Director
• K’wan – Welfare Wifeys

Author of the Year  - Female

• Victoria Christopher Murray (The Deal, The Dance & The Devil)
• Kimberla Lawson Roby – Love, Honor and Betray
• Pat G’Orge Walker – Don’t Blame The Devil
• Nancey Flowers & Courtney Parker – He Was My Man First
• Sophia Nelson – Redefining The Black Woman

Bookclub of the Year

• Black Expressions
• AAMBC
• African American Literary Book Club (AALBC)
• Go On Girl Bookclub

Television Writer of the Year

• Tyler Perry – House Of Payne
• Ali LeRoi – Are We There Yet
• Mara Brock Akil – The Game
• Stacy A. Littlejohn- Single Ladies
• Shonda Rhimes – The Practice

Screenwriter of the Year

• Tracey E. Edmonds – Jumping The Broom
• Salim Akil – Jumping The Broom
• Tyler Perry – For Colored Girls
• Tyler Perry – Madea’s Big Happy Family

Comic Strip

• Aarron McGruder – Boondocks
• Jerry Craft - Mama’s Boyz
• Ray Billingsley – Curtis
• Keith Knight – The K Chronicles
• Robb Armstrong –Jumpstart

Comedy Author

• Girl, Get Your Mind Right – Tionna Smalls
• Is It Just Me?: Or is it nuts out there? – Whoopi Goldberg
• Don’t Blame The Devil – Pat G’orge Walker