45 Authors in the Fiction / Science Fiction / General Category

1. A. A. Clifford
2. Alaya Dawn Johnson
3. Alexandre Dumas
4. Andrea Hairston
5. Angela Benson
6. Balogun Ojetade
7. Bill Liggins
8. Bridgett M. Davis
9. Carol Denise Mitchell
10. Cerece Rennie Murphy
11. Colin Cloud Dance
12. d. E. Rogers
13. Dexter Palmer
14. Eric Fullilove
15. Harold Phifer
16. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Nellie Y. McKay
17. Ianna A. Small
18. John Ridley
19. Kim McLarin
20. Kola Boof
21. Larry Niven and Steven Barnes
22. Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, and Steven Barnes
23. Mateo Askaripour
24. Mel Hopkins
25. Milton J. Davis
26. Milton J. Davis and Balogun Ojetade
27. N. K. Jemisin
28. Nalo Hopkinson
29. Nalo Hopkinson and Uppinder Mehan
30. Nicole Givens Kurtz
31. Nnedi Okorafor
32. Octavia E. Butler
33. Peter Kalu
34. Preston L. Allen
35. Rivers Solomon
36. Russell A. Mebane
37. Samuel R. Delany
38. Sheree Renee Thomas
39. Steven Barnes
40. Steven Van Patten
41. Tananarive Due
42. Valerie Joyner
43. Valjeanne Jeffers
44. Walter Mosley
45. William L. Andrews, Frances Smith Foster, and Trudier Harris