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Author Awards
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the GOG Award Winners Hall of Fame
Go On Girls' mission is to encourage
the literary pursuits of people of African descent. In this vain,
since 1993, we have bestowed our coveted "Author of the Year"
award and our "New Author of the Year" award on such talents
as Octavia Butler, Gloria Naylor, Valerie Wilson Wesley and Connie
Briscoe, just to name a few.
Each Author of Year receives
a unique handmade plaque created by Master Potter and porcelain
artist, Orah-El. »
Learn more & view one of the handmade plaques.
| 2007 Award Winners - Presented at the 2008 Award Ceremony in Toronto, Canada |
Author of the Year
 Brandon Massey
The Other Brother
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New Author of the Year
 Chris Gardner
The Pursuit of Happyness |
| 2006 Award Winners - Presented at the 2007 Award Ceremony in Cleveland, OH |
Author of the Year
 Pearl Cleage
Babylon Sisters |
New Author of the Year
 Immaculee Ilibagiza
Left to Tell |
Lifetime Achievement Award
Toni Morrison |
Unpublished Writer Award
Robin Wilson |
| 2005 Award Winners
- Presented at the 2006 Award Ceremony in Tempe, AZ |
Author
of the Year
Diane Mckinney-Whetstone
Leaving Cecil Street |
New
Author of the Year
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Purple Hibiscus |
Lifetime Achievement Award
Ruby Dee, Activist/Actor/Writer
Ossie Davis, Activist/Actor/Writer
John Hope Franklin, Historian/Writer/Activist |
Precious Gift Award
Terry McMillan, Best-Selling Author |
| 2004 Award Winners
- Presented at the 2005 Award Ceremony in Montego Bay, Jamaica |
| 2003 Award Winners
- Presented at the 2004 Award Ceremony, Charleston, SC |
Author
of the Year
Jewell Parker Rhodes
Douglass' Women |
New
Author of the Year
Sheila
Williams
Dancing on the Edge of the Roof |
Special
Recognition for Outstanding Service
Tracy Mitchell-Brown
Co-Founder, Go On Girl!
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| 2002 Award Winners
- Presented at the 2003 Award Ceremony in Brooklyn, NY |
Author of the Year
Persia Walker
Harlem Redux |
New Author of the Year
Antwone Fisher
Finding Fish |
Lifetime Achievement
Maya Angelou |
| 2001 Award Winners
- Presented at the 2002 Award Ceremony in Indianapolis, IN |
Author of the Year
Elizabeth Nunez
Bruised Hibiscus |
New Authors
of the Year |
Lalita Tademy
Cane River |
Michele Andrea Bowen
Church Folk |
2000
Author of the Year: Sister Souljah,
The Coldest Winter Ever
New Author of the Year: Bernice
McFadden, Sugar
Lifetime Achievement: Paule Marshall
1999
Author of the Year: Sam Greenlee,
The Spook Who Sat By the Door
New Author of the Year: Pearl Cleage,
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day
Lifetime Achievement: Gwendolyn
Brooks, Poet Laureate of Illinois
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