NAACP Image Awards Winners and Nominees

NAACP Image Award LogoIn 2023, the NAACP celebrates the 54th anniversary of Image Awards. There are 5 titles nominated in eight literature categories; Biography/Autobiography, Children, Debut Author, Fiction, Instructional, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Youth/Teens

You my print a list of all the award winning and nominated books. Learn more at the NAACP Image Awards website.


7 Image Award Winning and Nominated Books for 2011

Winner - Biography/Autobiography

You Don’t Know Me: Reflections of My Father, Ray Charles
by Ray Charles Robinson Jr.

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Publication Date: Jun 08, 2010
List Price: Unavailable
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780307462930
Imprint: Crown
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann

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Winner - Children

My Brother Charlie
by Holly Robinson Peete

Publication Date: Mar 01, 2010
List Price: $17.99
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
Classification: Fiction
Target Age Group: Picture Book
ISBN13: 9780545094665
Imprint: Scholastic Press
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Parent Company: Scholastic Inc.

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Winner - Debut Author

Winner - Fiction

Getting To Happy
by Terry McMillan

Publication Date: Sep 07, 2010
List Price: $27.95
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780670022045
Imprint: Knopf
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann

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Winner - Instructional

A Boy Should Know How to Tie a Tie: And Other Lessons for Succeeding in Life
by Antwone Fisher

Publication Date: Apr 20, 2010
List Price: $19.99
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781416566625
Imprint: Touchstone
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Parent Company: KKR & Co. Inc.

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Winner - Poetry

The 100 Best African American Poems
by Nikki Giovanni

Publication Date: Nov 01, 2010
List Price: $24.99
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
Classification: Poetry
ISBN13: 9781402221118
Imprint: Sourcebooks MediaFusion
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Parent Company: Sourcebooks

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Winner - Youth/Teens

Condoleezza Rice: A Memoir of My Extraordinary, Ordinary Family and Me
by Condoleezza Rice

Publication Date: Jan 10, 2012
List Price: $8.99
Format: Paperback, 336 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
Target Age Group: Middle Grade
ISBN13: 9780385738804
Imprint: Ember
Publisher: Ember
Parent Company: Ember

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