::AWARDS::

LABBX Awards and Honors  

In 2007, LABBX will not hand out any awards.

The 2005 Los Angeles Black Book Expo awards and honors included two Lifetime Achievement Awards and Leading Lady in Publishing Awards, and twelve divisional book awards.  

The goal of the LABBX book award is to provide increased attention to the literary achievements of African and African American centered publishers, writers, authors, poets, and editors. The 2005 awards was juried by www.rawsistaz.com reading and writing online book club and the executive director of LABBX based on editorial excellence, professional production, originality of the narrative, and value to a particular literary genre.  

The Lifetime Achievement Award winners are Chicago-based poet, publisher and educator Haki R. Madhubuti and California-based poet, publisher, playwright, and educator Marvin X. The Leading Lady in Publishing Award winners are publisher and business person Dr. Rosie Milligan of Los Angeles, California and author-publisher Vickie Stringer of Columbus, Ohio.  

Executive Director Poetry Award:
My Manufactured English by Mikaylah Simone ( Victoria, BC, Canada: Trafford Publishing, 2005). Land of My Daughters: Poem’s 1995-2005 by Marvin X: El Muhajir (Cherokee, CA: Black Bird Press, 2005).  

Poetry:
The Poetic Repercussion: A Poetic and Musical Narrative by Mark A. Thomas ( Atlanta: Rings of Jupiter Publishing, 2004). History to Destiny Through Afrocentric Poetry by Larry Ukali Johnson-Redd ( Los Angeles: Amen-Ra Theological Seminary Press, 2003).  

Anthology (Gender Studies):
Life’s Spices From Seasoned Sistahs: A Collection of Life Stories from Mature Women of Color edited by Vicki Ward ( El Cerrito, CA: Nubian Images Publishing, 2005).  

Autobiography-Memoir:
The Power Journal: Chronicles of a Revolutionary Black Woman in White America by Waset ( Los Angeles: Golden Ankh Publishing, 2004).  

Best Non-Fiction (History and Political Science):
50 Years After Brown: The State of Black Equality in America (African Americans’ Continuing Pursuit of 14 th Amendment Rights) by Anthony Asadullah Samad ( Los Angeles: Kabili Press, 2005).  

Best Non-Fiction (Science):
Medisin: The Causes & Solutions to Disease, Malnutrition and the Medical Sins That Are killing the World by Dr. Scott Whitaker and Jose Fleming ( Corona, CA: Divine Protection Publications, 2005).  

Best Regional Non-Fiction:
Ethiopia in Wartime: 1941-1942 [memoirs by Brian Fraser Macdona] edited by Frederic A. Sharf ( Hollywood: Tsehai Publishers & Distributors, 2004). Letters From Abyssinia: 1916 and 1917 by Major Hugh Drummond Pearson ( Hollywood: Tsehai Publishers & Distributors, 2004).

Self-Help, Inspirational, Spirituality:
How to Remember Your Bliss: Transforming Your Life, Enhancing Your World by B. Mawiyah Clayborne, Ph.D. ( Beverly Hills: Ananyah Publishing, 2003). Recipe for Success: The 21 Indispensable Things That Can Help You Succeed in Life by Emma S. Etuk, Ph.D. ( Washington, D.C.: Emida International Publishers, 2004). Keys to the Kingdom: A Manual for Success in Today’s World by Andrea Richards Scott and Doris Coe Wilson ( Baltimore: Publish America, 2004). Prayers in Praise of God by Dr. Marian Jackson Patterson ( Pittsburgh, PA: Dorrance Publishing, 2004).  

Youth:
Quigley Mc Cormick and the Curse of the Polka Dotted Pig by David Hollaway ( Los Angeles: Quackenworth Publishing, 2005).  

Reference:
Youth Source: Recourses for Youth & Young Adults Los Angeles County by Alicia Harris ( Sherman Oaks, CA: Youth Source, 2005). Don’t Have a Messed Up Sunday School: A Book to Help Organize Your Sunday School or Church School by Dr. Oneal C. Sandidge ( Bloomington, IN: 1 st Books Library, 2004).  

Cook Book (Romance):
Cook’n to Keep Him: Make Your Relationship Sweeter, Passionate, and More Delicious by Cheryl Mayfield Brown ( Bloomington, IN: Author House Books, 2004).  

Best Fiction: First Prize
Snake Walkers by J. Everett Prewitt ( Cleveland, OH: Northland Publishing Company, 2005).  

Best Fiction:
Forty Acres by Phyllis R. Dixion ( Memphis, TN: New Generations Press, 2004). Dear Diary...Letters from Lana by Audra D. Woodard ( Atlanta: INA Publishing, 2004).  

Special Genre in Fiction:
Cloning (medical thriller) by Monica R. Payton ( Chino Hills, CA: Vision Harmony Publishing, 2004). The Pacman Plan (political fiction) by Sam A. Kempt ( Houston, TX: DeViv Publishing, 2004). Dark Roots (historical-fiction) by Jeannie Cobb ( Silver Spring, MD: Beckham Publishing Group, 2004). Master (horror-romance) by Bridget Morrow ( Frederick, MD: Publish America, 2004).  

Special Recognition:
A Landlord’s Tale by Gammy L. Singer ( New York: Kensington Publishing Group, 2005). Jasminium by Jonathan Luckett ( Bowie, MD: Strebor Books International, 2003). The Beach House by Kenny Blue ( Lithonia, GA: Journey Publishing, 2005). 40 Hours and an Unwritten Rule... by Kim Williams (Shermon Oaks, CA: Butterflyink Publishing, 2004). Paradise: Chocolate Love by Roy Walker ( Lincoln, NE: iUniverse). Exposed: True Black History by Dr. Romeo L. Taylor, Sr. ( Los Angeles: Cable TV Advertising Concepts Ltd., 2003.