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.


9 Image Award Winning and Nominated Books for 2017

Winner - Biography/Autobiography

Winner - Children

Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas
by Gwendolyn Hooks

Publication Date: May 15, 2016
List Price: $18.95
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
Target Age Group: Picture Book
ISBN13: 9781620141564
Imprint: Lee & Low Books
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
Parent Company: Lee & Low Books

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Winner - Debut Author

Winner - Fiction

The Book of Harlan
by Bernice L. McFadden

Publication Date: May 03, 2016
List Price: $32.95
Format: Paperback, 400 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781617754456
Imprint: Akashic Books
Publisher: Akashic Books
Parent Company: Akashic Books

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Winner - Instructional

The Power of Broke: How Empty Pockets, a Tight Budget, and a Hunger for Success Can Become Your Greatest Competitive Advantage
by Daymond John

Publication Date: Jan 19, 2016
List Price: $26.00
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781101903599
Imprint: Crown Business
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann

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Winner - Nonfiction

Winner - Poetry

Collected Poems: 1974–2004
by Rita Dove

Publication Date: May 17, 2016
List Price: $39.95
Format: Hardcover, 448 pages
Classification: Poetry
ISBN13: 9780393285949
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Parent Company: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.

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Nominee - Poetry

Thief in the Interior
by Phillip B. Williams

Publication Date: Jan 12, 2016
List Price: $15.95
Format: Paperback, 100 pages
Classification: Poetry
ISBN13: 9781938584176
Imprint: Alice James Books
Publisher: Alice James Books
Parent Company: University of Maine at Farmington

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Winner - Youth/Teens