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Literary Winners
OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK – FICTIONEverything Is Not Enough, Lola Akinmade Åkerström
Family Lore, Elizabeth Acevedo — WINNER
House of Eve, Sadeqa Johnson
Let Us Descend, Jesmyn Ward
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, James McBride
OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK – NONFICTION
Black AF History: The Un–Whitewashed Story of America, Michael Harriot
BLK ART: The Audacious Legacy of Black Artists and Models in Western Art, Zaria Ware
Iconic Home: Interiors, Advice, and Stories from 50 Amazing Black Designers, Black Interior Designers and June Reese
The Art of Ruth E. Carter, Ruth E. Carter (Foreword by Danai Gurira)
The New Brownies’ Book: A Love Letter to Black Families, Karida L. Brown and Charly Palmer — WINNER
OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK – DEBUT AUTHOR
And Then He Sang a Lullaby, Ani Kayode Somtochukwu
Coleman Hill: A Novel, Kim Coleman Foote
Rootless, Krystle Zara Appiah — WINNER
The Black Joy Project, Kleaver Cruz
The God of Good Looks, Breanne McIvor
OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK – BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Love and Justice: A Story of Triumph on Two Different Courts, Maya Moore Irons
Lucky Me: A Memoir of Changing the Odds, Rich Paul
Nothing Is Missing, Nicole Walters
Our Secret Society: Mollie Moon and the Glamour, Money, and Power Behind the Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Tanisha C. Ford — WINNER
Straight Shooter: A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes, Stephen A. Smith
OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK – INSTRUCTIONAL
Badass Vegan: Fuel Your Body, Ph*ck the System, and Live Your Life Right, John Lewis
Everyday Grand: Soulful Recipes for Celebrating Life’s Big and Small Moments, Jocelyn Delk Adams and Olga Massov
Flower Love: Lush Floral Arrangements for the Heart and Home, Kristen Griffith–VanderYacht
Historically Black Phrases: From “I Ain’t One of Your Lil’ Friends” to “Who All Gon” Be There?,” Jarett Hill and Tre’vell Anderson — WINNER
Livable Luxe, Brigette Romanek
OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK – POETRY
Above Ground, Clint Smith
So to Speak, Terrance Hayes
suddenly we, Evie Shockley — WINNER
The Ferguson Report: An Erasure, Nicole Sealey
Why Fathers Cry at Night, Kwame Alexander
OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK – CHILDREN
CROWNED: Magical Folk and Fairy Tales from the Diaspora, Kahran Bethencourt — WINNER
How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee, Carole Boston Weathorford and Frank Morrison
I Absolutely, Positively Love My Spots, Lid’ya C. Rivera and Nina Mata
Is This Love?, Cedella Marley and Alea Marley
Like Lava In My Veins, Derrick Barnes and Shawn Martinbrough
OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK – YOUTH/TEENS
Adia Kelbara and the Circle of Shamans, Isi Hendrix
Eb & Flow, Kelly J. Baptist
Everyone’s Thinking It, Aleema Omotoni — WINNER
Fatima Tate Takes the Cake, Khadijah VanBrakle
Friday I’m in Love, Camryn Garrett
OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC NOVEL
Curlfriends: New in Town, Sharee Miller
Ms Davis: A Graphic Biography, Sybille Titeux de la Croix and Amazing Améziane
Queenie: Godmother of Harlem, Aurelie Levy and Elizabeth Colomba
Stamped from the Beginning: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America, Dr. Ibram X Kendi and Joel Christian Gill
The Talk, Darrin Bell-WINNER
