42 Authors in the Fiction / Science Fiction / General Category
- A. A. Clifford
- Alaya Dawn Johnson
- Alexandre Dumas
- Andrea Hairston
- Angela Benson
- Balogun Ojetade
- Bill Liggins
- Bridgett M. Davis
- Carol Denise Mitchell
- Cerece Rennie Murphy
- Colin Cloud Dance
- d. E. Rogers
- Dexter Palmer
- Eric Fullilove
- Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Nellie Y. McKay
- Ianna A. Small
- John Ridley
- Kim McLarin
- Kola Boof
- Larry Niven and Steven Barnes
- Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, and Steven Barnes
- Mel Hopkins
- Milton J. Davis and Balogun Ojetade
- N. K. Jemisin
- Nalo Hopkinson
- Nalo Hopkinson and Uppinder Mehan
- Nicole Givens Kurtz
- Nnedi Okorafor
- Octavia Butler
- Peter Kalu
- Preston L. Allen
- Rivers Solomon
- Russell A. Mebane
- Samuel R. Delany
- Sheree Renee Thomas
- Steven Barnes
- Steven Van Patten
- Tananarive Due
- Valerie Joyner
- Valjeanne Jeffers
- Walter Mosley
- William L. Andrews, Frances Smith Foster, and Trudier Harris