2008 African American Literary Awards Show Ballot 1,1 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 O (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 – A Kendra Clayton Novel Valerie Wilson Wesley - Of Blood and Sorrow: A Tamara Hayle Mystery Romance Francis Ray – Only You Brenda Jackson – Her Little Black Book Trice Hickman – Unexpected Interruptions Beverly Jenkins – Jewel Christian Fiction Kendra Norman Bellamy – The Battle of Jericho Dwan Abrams – Divorcing The Devil Sherri Lewis – My Soul Cries Out Jacqueline Thomas – Jezebel 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 Skky 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 - SOULS REVEALED 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 Kat 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 Diane McKinney-Whetstone - Trading Dreams at Midnight Virginia DeBerry & Donna Gant - Gotta Keep on Tryin' Author Of the Year - Male Eric Jerome Dickey – Pleasure (Dutton) 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 Malcom D. Lee – Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins David E. Talbert – First Sunday Powered by CreateSurvey