2008 Winners

Here are the winners from 2008 African American Literary Awards Show

Winners are in bold.

Fiction

• Eric Jerome Dickey – PLEASURE 
• Victoria Christopher Murray – Too Little Too Late 
• Karen E. Quinones Miller – Passin
• Kimberla Lawson Roby - One In A Million 

Science Fiction

• Tananarive Due – Blood Colony   
• Stefanie Worth – Where Souls Collide  
• LA Banks - Bad Blood (Crimson Moon Novels) 
• Brandon Massey – The Other Brother  

Magazine – Non Literary

• (Oprah) Magazine
• Uptown Magazine
• Black Enterprise
• Upscale Magazine

Magazine – Literary

• Booking Matters
• SLR
• Mosaic Literary 
• Harlem World

Mystery

• Walter Mosley – The Tempest Tales 
• Jean Holloway – Ace Of Hearts
• Angela Henry – Diva’s Last Curtain   
• Valerie Wilson Wesley - Of Blood and Sorrow: A Tamara Hayle Mystery

Romance

• Francis Ray – Only You (St. Martin’s Press)
• Brenda Jackson – Her Little Black Book (St. Martin’s Griffin)
• Trice Hickman – Unexpected Interruptions 
• Beverly Jenkins – Jewel (Avon Books)

Christian Fiction

• Kendra Norman Bellamy –  Battle of Jericho  
• Dwan Abrams – Divorcing The Devil (Urban Books)
• Sherri Lewis – My Soul Cries Out (Urban Books)
• Jacqueline Thomas – Jezebel (NAL Hardcover)

Street Fiction

• J.M. Benjamin – Ride Or Die Chick
• Jason Poole – Victoria’s Secret
• Mikal Malone – Pitbulls In A Skirt
• Dutch – Dutch: The Finale

Erotica

• Zane – Honey Flava
• Allison Hobbs – Climax
• Risque - The Sweetest Taboo: A Novel
• Hazel Mills - Bare Necessities: Sensuous Tales of Passion

Biography/Memoir

• C. Vivian Stringer - Standing Tall 
• DaShaun “Jiwe” Morris - War of the Bloods in My Veins: A Street Soldier's March Toward Redemption  
• Felicia “Snoop” Pearsons - Grace After Midnight: A Memoir
• Stacey Patton – That Mean Old Yesterday  

Non-Fiction

• Mayme Hatcher Johnson - Harlem Godfather: The Rap on my Husband, Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson  
• Lily Ratliff - The Life of a Lily: Growing in His Strength, Blooming in His Love  
• Sampson Davis, Rameck Hunt and George Jenkins  - The Bond  
• Tony Dungy  - Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, & Priorities of a Winning Life

Children’s /Young AdultBooks

• Denene Milner & Mitzi Miller – Hotlanta No. 1
• Sharon M. Draper – November Blues
• Stephanie Perry Moore - Pressing Hard: Perry Sky Jr. Series #2
• L. Divine - Frenemies  

Poetry

• Valerie Washington – Soul Passion
• Alice Walker - Why War Is Never a Good Idea
• Jill Scott - The Moments, the Minutes, the Hours: The Poetry of Jill Scott  

Self-Help

• Hill Harper – Letters To A Young Sister  
• Dawn Marie Daniels & Candace Sandy   
• Terrie M. Williams – Black Pain  
• Bill Cosby and Alvin F. Poussaint - Come on People

Cookbooks

• G. Garvin – Make It Super Simple
• Willey Mullins – Salad Makes The Meal
• Wilbert Jones - Smothered Southern Foods

Humorist Award of the Year (Stand Up Comic)

• Sherri Sheppard
• Katt Williams
• Steve Harvey
• Mike Epps

Comedy Book Author of the Year

• Pat G’Orge-Walker - Somewhat Saved
• Finesse Mitchell - Your Girlfriends Only Know So Much: A Brother's Take on Dating and Mating for Sistas
• Tamara A. Johnson-George - Player HateHer: How to Avoid the Beat Down and Live in a Drama-Free World 
• Henri Edmonds – The Georgia Avenue Bus

Break-out Author Of The Year

• Darn Oldham – Scent Of An Angel
• Carleen Brice - Orange Mint and Honey: A Novel 
• Terrance Dean – Hiding In Hip Hop
• Dutch – Dutch: The Finale

Short stories/Anthologies

• Stacy Hawkins Adams, Kendra Norman-Bellamy, Linda Hudson-Smith - THIS FAR BY FAITH 
• Renee Alexis, Sydney Molare and Fiona Zedde – Satisfy Me Again -
• Zane - Succulent: Chocolate Flava II
• Tracy Price-Thompson, TaRessa Stovall, Elizabeth Atkins and Desiree Cooper- Other People's Skin: Four Novellas

Comic Strip

• Keith Knight - The K Chronicles
• Ray Billingsley – Curtis
• Robb Armstrong – Jump Start
• Stephen Bentley – Herb & Jamaal

Author of the Year -  Female 

• Victoria Christopher Murray – Too Little Too Late 
• Nikki Turner - Black Widow: A Novel (Nikki Turner Original)
• Diane McKinney-Whetstone - Trading Dreams at Midnight- Harper Collins
• Virginia DeBerry & Donna Gant - Gotta Keep on Tryin'

Author Of the Year – Male

• Eric Jerome Dickey – Pleasure  
• Walter Mosley – The Tempest Tales 
• Shannon Holmes - Bad Girlz 4 Life  
• J.D. Mason - You Gotta Sin to Get Saved  

Self-published Author of the Year

• Brittani G. Williams – Sugar Walls
• Elissa Gabrielle - The Triumph Of My Soul
• Shani Greene-Dowdell - Mocha Chocolate: Taste A Piece of Ecstasy
• Dutch – Dutch: The Finale

Independent Publishing House of the Year

• KNB Publications
• The Cartel Publications
• Urban Books
• Xpress Yourself Publishing

Publishing House of the Year

• Simon & Schuster
• Random House
• Kimani Press
• HarperCollins

Book Club of the Year

• OOSA
• Sugar & Spice
• The Virtuous Women Book Club
• Black Expressions  

Television Writer of the Year

• Angela Nissel – Scrubs
• Shonda Rhimes – Grey’s Anatomy
• Mara Brock Akil – The Game
• Ali LeRoi – Everybody Hates Chris

Screenwriter of the Year

• Tyler Perry - Meet The Browns
• Malcolm D. Lee - Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
• David E. Talbert - First Sunday