The Nominees for Book Club of the Year are
Mocha Girls Read
Booktini
Well Read Black Girl
For Colored Girls Book Club
and the winner is Well Read Black Girl
The Nominees for Breakout Author of the Year are
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orisha) by Tomi Adeyemi
My Sister, the Serial Killer: A Novel by Oyinkan Braithwaite
This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America by Morgan Jerkins
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
and the winner is Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orisha) by Tomi Adeyemi
The Nominees for Literary Activists are
Troy Johnson
Kima Jones
Yahdon Israel
Danielle Leach
and the winner is Kima Jones
The Nominees for Children Books/YA Author of the Year are
Rebound (The Crossover Series) by Kwame Alexander
The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson, Rafael López
Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orisha) by Tomi Adeyemi
and the winner is Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
The Nominees for Vanguard of Urban Media are
Hello Beautiful
Blavity
The Root
Bossip
and the winner is Blavity
The Nominees for Independent Publisher of the Year are
13th and Joan
Tiece Presents
Royalty Publishing
Algonquin Books
and the winner is Algonquin Books
The Nominees for Publisher of the Year are
Harper-Collins
Penguin Books
Random House
Kensington
and the winner is Harper-Collins
The Nominees for eBook of the Year are
Give Him Back by B.M. Hardin
The Marriage Bed by Lakisha Johnson
A Beauty to His Beast: An Urban Werewolf Story by Natavia
Ethic by Ashley Antoinette
As Long As I’m The Only One by Chenell Parker
and the winner is Give Him Back by B.M. Hardin
The Nominees for Blogger of the Year are
Renae Bluitt
Alex Elle
Gabi Gregg
Didi “Brown Girl Reading”
and the winner is Didi “Brown Girl Reading”
The Nominees for Non- Fiction/Self Help Book of the Year are
I Can’t Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I’ve Put My Faith in Beyoncé by Michael Arceneaux
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
Becoming by Michelle Obama
and the winner is Becoming by Michelle Obama
The Nominees for Editor of the Year are
Vanessa K. De Luca
Latoya Smith
Sharai Robbin
Lilly Workneh “Blavity”
Yesha Callahan “The ROOT”
and the winner is Lilly Workneh “Blavity”
The Nominees for Street Lit Writer of the Year are
Jade Jones
Natavia
K.C. Mills
T. Styles
Nako
and the winner is Nako
The Nominees for Female Author of the Year are
Roxane Gay
Tiffany D. Jackson
Nic Stone
Tayari Jones
Gloria Edim
and the winner is Tayari Jones
The Nominees for Male Author of the Year are
Derrick D. Barnes
Jason Reynolds
Ron Stallworth
Eric Jerome Dickey
and the winner is Derrick D. Barnes
The Nominees for Romance Author of the Year are
Kim Cash Tate
Love Belvin
Christina C. Jones
Rochelle Alers
and the winner is Love Belvin
The Nominees for Christian Fiction Author of the Year are
Kimberla Lawson Roby
ReShonda Tate Billingsley
Michelle Stimpson
Lakisha Johnson
Tiffany L. Warren
and the winner is Kimberla Lawson Roby
The Nominees for Motion Picture of the Year are
Blank Panther
That Hate U Give
A Boy. A Girl. A Dream.
If Beale Street Could Talk
Creed II
and the winner is If Beale Street Could Talk
The Nominees for Screenwriter of the Year are
Lena Waithe “The Chi”
Natalie Baszile “Queen Sugar”
Barry Jenkins “If Beale Street Could Talk”
Joe Robert Cole, “Black Panther”
Ryan Coogler “Creed II”
and the winner is Joe Robert Cole, “Black Panther”
The Nominees for Reader’s Choice Award are
Natavia
Jade Jones
B.M. Hardin
Angie Thomas
Michelle Obama
and the winner is Angie Thomas
The Nominees for Television Show of the Year are
Grown-Ish
Love Is
Insecure
Queen Sugar
and the winner is Love Is
The Nominees for Best Book to Screen Adaptation are
A Wrinkle in Time
Nappily Every After
Beale Street
Greenbook
The Hate You Give
and the winner is The Hate You Give
The Nominees for Best Podcast are
Rants and Randomness
Hey, girl with Alex Elle
2 Dope Queens
Mattie James
and the winner is 2 Dope Queens
The Nominees for Urban Book of the Year are
Love Lost by Porsha Deun
I Need; I Want by Bill Liggins
Revenge: Urban Love Story by J Brinkley
and the winner is Revenge: Urban Love Story by J Brinkley
The Nominees for Debut Author of the Year are
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton , Lara Love Hardin , Bryan Stevenson
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orisha Book 1) by Tomi Adeyemi
and the winner is Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
The Nominees for Sci Fi/Fantasy Writer of the Year are
Skin Folk: Stories by Nalo Hopkinson
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
How Long ’til Black Future Month?: Stories by N. K. Jemisin
and the winner is How Long ’til Black Future Month?: Stories by N. K. Jemisin
