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.


3 Image Award Winning and Nominated Books for 2018

Nominee - Nonfiction

Ballerina Body: Dancing and Eating Your Way to a Leaner, Stronger, and More Graceful You
by Misty Copeland

Publication Date: Mar 21, 2017
List Price: $30.00
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781455596300
Imprint: Grand Central Life & Style
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Parent Company: Lagardère Group

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Nominee - Poetry

Incendiary Art: Poems
by Patricia Smith

Publication Date: Feb 15, 2017
List Price: $18.95
Format: Paperback, 112 pages
Classification: Poetry
ISBN13: 9780810134331
Imprint: TriQuarterly Books
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Parent Company: Northwestern University

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Nominee - Poetry

Wild Beauty: New and Selected Poems
by Ntozake Shange

Publication Date: Nov 14, 2017
List Price: $24.00
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
Classification: Poetry
ISBN13: 9781501169939
Imprint: Atria / 37 Ink
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Parent Company: KKR & Co. Inc.

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