Author of the Year (Education)
Brannon Jones
Dr. Marquita S. Blades
Tae Lee
Tameka Dyon
Verdel A. Jones
Dr. Sharon H. Porter
Wanikka Vance-Clark
Author of the Year (Family)
Jaime Tavera
Twylia G. Reid
La’Faye Cason
Melma E. Norwood-Walker
Pamela Longley
Tammy Lewis
Aundrea V. Caldwell
Author of the Year (Relationships)
Aaron Jordan
Barbara Palmer
Linda D. Lee
Victoria Necole
Dr. Oliver T. Reid
Dr. Jay Hewlett
Melma E. Norwood-Walker
Children’s Book of the Year
Elizabeth Eckford, Eurydice Stanley & Grace Stanley
Ernez Crayton
Shondra M. Quarles
Jaime Tavera
Joa Macnalie
Benjamin Osborne
Dejana Enbashi
Author of the Year (Transformation)
Jessica T. Fauntleroy
Nakia P. Evans
Erin Cole with Jenna McCarthy
Terrell Patterson
Panya Dixon
Margo M. Gross
Monique Washington
Poet of the Year
Heidi Lewis Ivey
Amber Taylor
Rob Hylton
Jade Dee
Sonya McKinzie
Demond Alverez
Sharee Harris
Youth Author of the Year
Ernez Crayton
Mea Holywood
Zandra A. Cunningham
Youth Writers Rock (Authors of The Tormentors)
Author of the Year (Spirituality)
Demetria Buie
Pastor Steven Turner
Dr. Tasheka L. Green
Pamela D. Smith
SallyAnn Gray
Eva Fulton
Joan Wright Good
Anthology of the Year
Joan T. Randall
Nicole S. Mason
Dee Edwards
LaVerne Perlie
Valencia Griffin-Wallace
PK Kersey
Tiffany A. Green
Author of the Year (Social Awareness)
Dr. LaTarsha Holden
LaKesha Womack
Kimberly McLemore
Jennifer F. Smith
Robert Scheer
Dr. Wes Bellamy
Bakari Owuso Atiba
Author of the Year (Health & Wellness)
Shaletha Sanders
Priscilla Monroe
Beverly A. Nance
Dr. Tamika Bush
Tasha Turnbull
Sonya Johnson
Nicole B. Washington, D.O.
Devotional of the Year
Keywana Wright
Damola Treasure Okenla
Chris Allen
Lakisha Johnson
Teraleen Campbell
Alandria Lloyd
Brenda Sawyer
eBook of the Year
Tamara Celeste
Lula L. Bowens
Altovise Pelzer
L.R. Jackson
Judith R. McLeod
Shy Cobb
Lakisha Johnson
Author on the Rise
Shondale Wilhite
Tristan Jackson
Debbie J. Foreman
Stacey Chatman
Monique A. Lynch
Lonna Hardin
Dr. Nii-Daako Darko
Author of the Year (Personal Dev)
Kenny Jones
Dr. Denise Moore
Brandon Holt
Jasmine Palmer Gray
Dr. Carolyn G. Anderson
Kelli Y. Stonework
DeYonne Parker
Anthology Co-Author of the Year
Arriel Bivens-Biggs
Latisha Wilson
Juanita Payne
Leah Frazier
Monica Monk Oliver
Yolanda Douthit
Joyce Gilmer
Memoir of the Year
Angie Ransome-Jones
Erin Cole with Jenna McCarthy
Gary D. Jones
Kevin Lee
Stephanie Bullock
Shondale Wilhite
Jarret R. Patton, MD, FAAP
Author of the Year (Small Business)
Tammie T. Polk
Lia Abney
Rochelle Wilson
Demetria Buie
Andrea H. Evans, Esq
Jennifer S. Matthews
Connie Pheiff
Author of the Year (Leadership)
Yolanda Brathwaite
Myesha Monique Collins
Penda L. James
E. Brown, M. Haygood & R. McLean
Adrian Jefferson Chofor
Monique Young
Shante D. Berry
Book Cover of the Year
Jessaca Rowe
Sy Asad
Paul A. Balke
Stacey Chatman
Portia Taylor
Vera Harris
Deborah Santana
Literary Trailblazer of the Year
Jamella Stroud
Dr. Draion Burch
Charon Richardson
Meme Green
Ari Squires
Cheryl Polote-Williamson
Melony Hill