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.


40 Image Award Winning and Nominated Books for 2012

Winner - Biography/Autobiography

My Song: A Memoir
by Harry Belafonte and Michael Shnayerson

Publication Date: Oct 11, 2011
List Price: $30.50
Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780307272263
Imprint: Knopf
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann

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Nominee - Biography/Autobiography

A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mother
by Janny Scott

Publication Date: May 03, 2011
List Price: $26.95
Format: Hardcover, 376 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781594487972
Imprint: Riverhead Books
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann

Nominee - Biography/Autobiography

No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington
by Condoleezza Rice

Publication Date: Nov 01, 2011
List Price: $35.00
Format: Hardcover, 784 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780307587862
Imprint: Crown
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann

Nominee - Biography/Autobiography

The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World
by Dave Zirin and John Wesley Carlos

Publication Date: Oct 04, 2011
List Price: $22.95
Format: Hardcover, 220 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781608461271
Imprint: Haymarket Books
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Parent Company: Haymarket Books

Nominee - Biography/Autobiography

Malcolm X: A Life Of Reinvention
by Manning Marable

Publication Date: Apr 04, 2011
List Price: $30.00
Format: Hardcover, 608 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780670022205
Imprint: Knopf
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann

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Winner - Children

You Can Be a Friend
by Tony Dungy

Publication Date: Jan 11, 2011
List Price: $16.99
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
Classification: Fiction
Target Age Group: Picture Book
ISBN13: 9781416997719
Imprint: Little Simon
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Parent Company: KKR & Co. Inc.

Nominee - Children

Before There Was Mozart: The Story of Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-George
by Lesa Cline-Ransome

Publication Date: Jan 25, 2011
List Price: $17.99
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
Target Age Group: Picture Book
ISBN13: 9780375836008
Imprint: Schwartz & Wade
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Parent Company: Bertelsmann

Nominee - Children

Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans
by Kadir Nelson, Illustrated by Kadir Nelson

Publication Date: Dec 23, 2013
List Price: $9.99
Format: Paperback, 112 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
Target Age Group: Middle Grade
ISBN13: 9780061730795
Imprint: Amistad
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corp

Nominee - Children

White Water
by Michael S. Bandy and Eric Stein, Illustrated by Shadra Strickland

Publication Date: Aug 23, 2011
List Price: $16.99
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
Classification: Fiction
Target Age Group: Picture Book
ISBN13: 9780763636784
Imprint: Candlewick Press
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Parent Company: Candlewick Press

Nominee - Children

Acoustic Rooster And His Barnyard Band
by Kwame Alexander, Illustrated by Tim Bowers

Publication Date: Aug 22, 2011
List Price: $15.95
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
Classification: Fiction
Target Age Group: Picture Book
ISBN13: 9781585366880
Imprint: Sleeping Bear Press
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Parent Company: Sleeping Bear Press

Winner - Debut Author

The Strawberry Letter: Real Talk, Real Advice, Because Bitterness Isn’t Sexy
by Shirley Strawberry

Publication Date: Apr 05, 2011
List Price: $22.00
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780345525505
Imprint: One World/Ballantine
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann

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Nominee - Debut Author

Defining Moment: Barack Obama: The Historical Journey to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
by Patricia Duncan

Publication Date: Dec 01, 2010
List Price: $33.00
Format: Hardcover, 184 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780615271828
Imprint: IJABA Publishing Inc
Publisher: IJABA Publishing Inc
Parent Company: IJABA Event Planning Inc

Nominee - Debut Author

We the Animals
by Justin Torres

Publication Date: Aug 30, 2011
List Price: $18.00
Format: Hardcover, 126 pages
Classification: Fiction
Target Age Group: Middle Grade
ISBN13: 9780547576725
Imprint: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Parent Company: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Nominee - Debut Author

The Loom
by Shella Gillus

Publication Date: Dec 01, 2011
List Price: $14.99
Format: Paperback, 312 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780824948160
Imprint: Guideposts
Publisher: Guideposts
Parent Company: Guideposts

Nominee - Debut Author

2Grieve 2Gether: A Journal from the Heart Helping Survivors and Supporters Navigate the Healing Process
by Denise Hall Brown

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Publication Date: Jul 22, 2011
List Price: Unavailable
Format: Paperback, 176 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780983317005
Imprint: Denise Hall Brown
Publisher: Denise Hall Brown
Parent Company: Denise Hall Brown

Winner - Fiction

Say Amen, Again
by ReShonda Tate Billingsley

Publication Date: Jul 05, 2011
List Price: $15.00
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781416578062
Imprint: Gallery Books
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Parent Company: KKR & Co. Inc.

Nominee - Fiction

A Silken Thread (Thorndike Press Large Print African American Series)
by Brenda Jackson

Publication Date: Jun 15, 2011
List Price: $31.99
Format: Hardcover, 515 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781410435859
Imprint: Thorndike Press
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Parent Company: Thorndike Press

Nominee - Fiction

Silver Sparrow
by Tayari Jones

Publication Date: May 08, 2012
List Price: $14.95
Format: Paperback, 368 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781616201425
Imprint: Algonquin Books
Publisher: Workman Publishing Co., Inc.
Parent Company: Workman Publishing Co., Inc.

Nominee - Fiction

The Plot Against Hip Hop: A Novel (A D Hunter Mystery)
by Nelson George

Publication Date: Nov 01, 2011
List Price: $15.95
Format: Paperback, 220 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781617750243
Imprint: Akashic Books
Publisher: Akashic Books
Parent Company: Akashic Books

Nominee - Fiction

Boundaries
by Elizabeth Nunez

Publication Date: Sep 27, 2011
List Price: $22.95
Format: Hardcover, 275 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781617750335
Imprint: Akashic Books
Publisher: Akashic Books
Parent Company: Akashic Books

Winner - Instructional

The T.D. Jakes Relationship Bible: Life Lessons on Relationships from the Inspired Word of God
by T. D. Jakes

Publication Date: Nov 22, 2011
List Price: $39.99
Format: Hardcover, 1584 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781439172780
Imprint: Atria Books
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Parent Company: KKR & Co. Inc.

Nominee - Instructional

A Year to Wellness and Other Weight Loss Secrets
by Bertice Berry

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Publication Date: Jan 01, 2010
List Price: Unavailable
Format: Paperback
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781936683000
Imprint: Freeman House Publishing
Publisher: Freeman House Publishing
Parent Company: Freeman House Publishing

Nominee - Instructional

Our Difficult Sunlight: A Guide to Poetry, Literacy, & Social Justice in Classroom & Community
by Georgia A. Popoff and Quraysh Ali Lansana

Publication Date: Feb 01, 2011
List Price: $19.95
Format: Paperback, 220 pages
Classification: Poetry
ISBN13: 9780915924288
Imprint: Teachers and Writers Collaborative
Publisher: Teachers and Writers Collaborative
Parent Company: Teachers and Writers Collaborative

Nominee - Instructional

Living My Dream: An Artistic Approach to Marketing
by Synthia SAINT JAMES

Publication Date: Nov 07, 2011
List Price: $20.00
Format: Paperback, 212 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781466409897
Imprint: CreateSpace
Publisher: On-Demand Publishing LLC
Parent Company: Amazon.com, Inc.

Nominee - Instructional

Too Important To Fail: Saving America’s Boys (Tavis Smiley Reports)
by Tavis Smiley

Publication Date: Jan 01, 2011
List Price: $15.95
Format: Paperback, 284 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781401939113
Imprint: SmileyBooks
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann

Winner - Nonfiction

The Wealth Cure: Putting Money In Its Place
by Hill Harper

Publication Date: Aug 23, 2011
List Price: $26.00
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781592406500
Imprint: Knopf
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann

Nominee - Nonfiction

Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, And Black Women In America
by Melissa V. Harris-Perry

Publication Date: Sep 20, 2011
List Price: $28.00
Format: Hardcover, 392 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780300165418
Imprint: Yale University Press
Publisher: Yale University Press
Parent Company: Yale University

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Nominee - Nonfiction

The Cosmopolitan Canopy: Race And Civility In Everyday Life
by Elijah Anderson

Publication Date: Mar 28, 2011
List Price: $25.95
Format: Hardcover, 318 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780393071634
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Parent Company: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.

Nominee - Nonfiction

Who’s Afraid Of Post-Blackness?: What It Means To Be Black Now
by Touré

Publication Date: Sep 13, 2011
List Price: $25.00
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781439177556
Imprint: Atria Books
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Parent Company: KKR & Co. Inc.

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Nominee - Nonfiction

Super Rich: A Guide To Having It All
by Russell Simmons and Chris Morrow

Publication Date: Jan 04, 2011
List Price: $22.50
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781592405879
Imprint: Knopf
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann

Winner - Poetry

Afro Clouds & Nappy Rain: The Curtis Brown Poems
by James B. Golden

Publication Date: Oct 12, 2011
List Price: $21.95
Format: Hardcover, 100 pages
Classification: Poetry
ISBN13: 9781462055135
Imprint: iUniverse
Publisher: Author Solutions
Parent Company: Najafi Companies

Nominee - Poetry

Last Seen (Felix Pollak Prize In Poetry)
by Jacqueline Jones LaMon

Publication Date: Mar 10, 2011
List Price: $14.95
Format: Paperback, 80 pages
Classification: Poetry
ISBN13: 9780299282943
Imprint: University of Wisconsin Press
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Parent Company: University of Wisconsin

Nominee - Poetry

Head Off & Split: Poems
by Nikky Finney

Publication Date: Jan 27, 2011
List Price: $16.95
Format: Paperback, 116 pages
Classification: Poetry
ISBN13: 9780810152168
Imprint: TriQuarterly Books
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Parent Company: Northwestern University

Nominee - Poetry

Intimate Thoughts
by Darrin DeWitt Henson

Publication Date: Oct 08, 2011
List Price: $14.95
Format: Paperback, 160 pages
Classification: Poetry
ISBN13: 9781937095246
Imprint: Godzchild Publications
Publisher: Godzchild, Inc
Parent Company: Godzchild, Inc

Nominee - Poetry

Honoring Genius: Gwendolyn Brooks: The Narrative of Craft, Art, Kindness and Justice
by Haki Madhubuti

Publication Date: Jan 01, 2012
List Price: $19.95
Format: Paperback, 101 pages
Classification: Poetry
ISBN13: 9780883783252
Imprint: Third World Press
Publisher: Third World Press
Parent Company: Third World Press

Winner - Youth/Teens

Jesse Owens: I Always Loved Running (African-American Biographies (Enslow))
by Jeff Burlingame

Publication Date: Mar 01, 2011
List Price: $33.27
Format: Library Binding, 128 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
Target Age Group: Middle Grade
ISBN13: 9780766034976
Imprint: Enslow Publishing
Publisher: Enslow Publishing LLC
Parent Company: Enslow Publishing LLC

Nominee - Youth/Teens

Kick
by Walter Dean Myers

Publication Date: Feb 01, 2011
List Price: $16.99
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
Classification: Fiction
Target Age Group: Young Adult
ISBN13: 9780062004895
Imprint: HarperTeen
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corp

Nominee - Youth/Teens

Eliza’s Freedom Road: An Underground Railroad Diary
by Jerdine Nolen

Publication Date: Jan 04, 2011
List Price: $14.99
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
Classification: Fiction
Target Age Group: Middle Grade
ISBN13: 9781416958147
Imprint: Paula Wiseman Books
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Parent Company: KKR & Co. Inc.

Nominee - Youth/Teens

Camo Girl
by Kekla Magoon

Publication Date: Jan 04, 2011
List Price: $16.99
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
Classification: Fiction
Target Age Group: Middle Grade
ISBN13: 9781416978046
Imprint: Aladdin
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Parent Company: KKR & Co. Inc.

Nominee - Youth/Teens

Planet Middle School
by Nikki Grimes

Publication Date: Sep 13, 2011
List Price: $15.99
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
Classification: Fiction
Target Age Group: Middle Grade
ISBN13: 9781599902845
Imprint: Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Parent Company: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC