{"id":6883,"date":"2018-02-08T20:34:05","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T01:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aambookclub.com\/?p=6883"},"modified":"2018-11-06T21:55:59","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T02:55:59","slug":"10th-annual-aambc-awards-nominees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaambcawards.com\/10th-annual-aambc-awards-nominees\/","title":{"rendered":"10th Annual AAMBC Awards Nominees"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Nominees for Literary Activist of the Year are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7 Curtis Bunn of NBCC<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Deborah Burton-Johnson of UCAAB<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Ella Curry of EDC Creations<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Glory Edim of Well Read Black Girl<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Autumn Essie Bailey-Ford of Get Connected Atlanta<\/p>\n

The Nominees for Breakout Author of the Year are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7 The HATE U Give by Angie Thomas<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Dear Martin by Nic Stone<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Wives, Fianc\u00e9es, and Side-Chicks of Hotlanta by Sheree Whitfield<\/p>\n

\u00b7 He Never Came Home: Interviews, Stories, and Essays from Daughters on Life Without Their Fathers by Regina R. Robertson and Joy-Ann Reid<\/p>\n

The Nominees for Book Club of the Year are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7 Well Read Black Girl<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Booktini<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Girl Have You Read<\/p>\n

\u00b7 556 Book Chicks<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Mocha Girls Read<\/p>\n

The Nominees for Vanguard of Urban Media are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7 For Harriet<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Blavity<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Bossip<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Rolling Out<\/p>\n

\u00b7 The Shade Room<\/p>\n

The Nominees for Independent Digital Publisher of the Year are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7 Shan Presents<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Royalty Publishing<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Lockdown Publications<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Kellz K Publishing<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Mz. Lady P Presents<\/p>\n

The Nominees for Publisher of the Year are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7 Kensington Books<\/p>\n

\u00b7 St. Martins Press<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Urban Renaissance<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Harper Collins<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Penguin Books<\/p>\n

The Nominees for EBook of the Year are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7 A Dope Girl Needs Love to by Shan<\/p>\n

\u00b7 The Diamond Empire by K\u2019Wan<\/p>\n

\u00b7 The Santana Brothers 2 by Kia Jones<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Ante Up by Christina C. Jones<\/p>\n

\u00b7 A Blessing & a Curse: A Novel by ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Victoria Christopher Murray<\/p>\n

The Nominees for Blogger of the Year are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7 Afrobella<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Renae Bluitt<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Demetria L. Lucas<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Abiola Abrams<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Luvvie Ajayi<\/p>\n

The Nominees for Non- Fiction\/Self Help Book of the Year are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7 Stand by Your Truth: And Then Run for Your Life! By Rickey Smiley<\/p>\n

\u00b7 He Never Came Home: Interviews, Stories, and Essays from Daughters on Life Without Their Fathers by Regina R. Robertson and Joy-Ann Reid<\/p>\n

\u00b7 I Still Deserve It.: Affirmations for Women Who Refuse to Give Up on Love by Derrick E Jaxn<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Revival: How I Rebuilt a Life for Longevity After Cancer, Burnout, and Heartbreak by Angela Benton<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Exponential Living: Stop Spending 100% of Your Time on 10% of Who You Are by Sheri Riley and Usher<\/p>\n

The Nominees for Editor of the Year are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7 Yesha Callahan of The ROOT<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Janee Bolden of Bossip<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Yona Deshommes of Simon and Schuster<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Lilly Workneh of HuffPost Black Voices<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Kiera Northington<\/p>\n

The Nominees for Street Lit Writer of the Year are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7 The Santana Brothers 2 by Kia Jones<\/p>\n

\u00b7 A Dopegirl Needs Love Too: A Hood Love Story by Shan<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Soul and Diana: An Atlanta Love Story by Jade Jones<\/p>\n

\u00b7 The Streets Have No King by JaQuavis Coleman<\/p>\n

\u00b7 On the Run \u2014 The Baddest Chick 5 by Nisa Santiago<\/p>\n

The Nominees for Male Author of the Year are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7 Enitan Bereola<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Kwame Alexander<\/p>\n

\u00b7 K\u2019Wan<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Carl Weber<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Jason Reynolds<\/p>\n

The Nominees for Romance Author of the Year are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7 At Your Request (A Southern Love Series) by Mercy B<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Ante Up by Christina C Jones<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Coffee with a side of You (Entertainment District Book 1) by B. Love<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Taming Her Billionaire (Knights of Los Angeles) by Yahrah St. John<\/p>\n

\u00b7 A House Divided by Donna Hill<\/p>\n

The Nominees for Female Author of the Year are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7 Lisa Renee Johnson<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Sadeqa Johnson<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Jesmyn Ward<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Angie Thomas<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Brenda Hampton<\/p>\n

The Nominees for Christian Fiction Author of the Year are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7 A Sinful Calling (A Reverend Curtis Black Novel) by Kimberla Lawson Roby<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Soul Cry by Olivia Shaw<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Family Business IV: The Children (Volume 4) by Vanessa Miller<\/p>\n

\u00b7 If I Believe (A Promises of God Novel Book 2) by Kim Cash Tate<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Between Brothers (Wiley Brothers) by Brenda Barrett<\/p>\n

The Nominees for Magazine of the Year are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7 Essence<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Sheen<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Impact Magazine<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Kontrol Magazine<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Scrilla Guerillaz<\/p>\n

The Nominees for Motion Picture of the Year are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7 Burning Sands<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Get Out<\/p>\n

\u00b7 The Bounce Back<\/p>\n

\u00b7 All Eyez on Me<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Girls Trip<\/p>\n

The Nominees for Screenwriter of the Year are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7 Ava Duvernay<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Lena Waithe<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Qasim Basir<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Jerrod Carmicheal<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Rhavynn Drummer<\/p>\n

The Nominees for the Reader\u2019s Choice Award are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7 The Gray: A Relationship Etiquette Study (BEREOLAESQUE) by Enitan O. Bereola II and Estelle<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Every Love Story Is Beautiful, But Ours Is Hood by Jessica N. Watkins<\/p>\n

\u00b7 The Coldest Love Ever by Sha Jones<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Charisma Baller\u2019s Wife by Nikki Turner<\/p>\n

\u00b7 We\u2019re Going to Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union<\/p>\n

The Nominees for Urban Book of the Year are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7 There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyonce by Morgan Parker<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Sister Nadeen\u2019s Ways by Felicia Brookins<\/p>\n

\u00b7 The Land of the Free?? by L.R. Jackson<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Beautiful I am by Alahna Nicolas<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Trust No Man (Volume 1) by Ca$h<\/p>\n

The Nominees for Children\u2019s\/ YA Author of the Year are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7 Miles Morales: Spider-Man (A Marvel YA Novel) by Jason Reynolds and Kadir Nelson<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Dear Martin by Nic Stone<\/p>\n

\u00b7 The HATE U Give Angie Thomas<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Piecing Me Together by Ren\u00e9e Watson<\/p>\n

The Nominees for Television Show of the Year are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7 Insecure<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Atlanta<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Queen Sugar<\/p>\n

\u00b7 The Quad<\/p>\n

\u00b7 SnowFall<\/p>\n

Congratulations to all the nominees. Make sure to vote for your picks at www.aambcawards.com<\/a>. We hope to see you all in June!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Nominees for Literary Activist of the Year are: \u00b7 Curtis Bunn of NBCC \u00b7 Deborah Burton-Johnson of UCAAB \u00b7 Ella Curry of EDC Creations \u00b7 Glory Edim of Well Read Black Girl \u00b7 Autumn Essie Bailey-Ford of Get Connected Atlanta The Nominees for Breakout Author of the Year are: \u00b7 The HATE U Give … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58,59],"tags":[56,18,19,20,45,57],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaambcawards.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6883"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaambcawards.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaambcawards.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaambcawards.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaambcawards.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6883"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theaambcawards.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6907,"href":"https:\/\/theaambcawards.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6883\/revisions\/6907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaambcawards.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaambcawards.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaambcawards.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaambcawards.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}