FIRST PLACE WINNER ($1,500 PRIZE) Alice Anyway
by Brenda K. Thompson
(Self-Published)

SECOND PLACE WINNER ($750 PRIZE) Red and Me
by Terry Lee Caruthers
(Star Bright Books)

THIRD PLACE WINNER ($500 PRIZE) Writer-in-Residence
by J.A. Hoskins
(Nom de Plume Publishing)

FIRST PLACE WINNER ($1,500 PRIZE) Of Bloodlines and Blue Notes: Lyrics, Album Notes and Critical Essays
by Terry Blade
(Blade Arthouse Media)

SECOND PLACE WINNER ($750 PRIZE) Flora of the Orinoco: Aquatic and Semi-Aquatic Plants
by Ivan Mikolji
(Mikolji Corp)

THIRD PLACE WINNER ($500 PRIZE) African-American Women Who Began A Movement: 100 Visionaries of Freedom, Justice, and Equality
by Michael A. Carson, Matthew A. Carson, Shenika H. Carson
(Double Infinity Publishing)