The Go On Girl! Book Club Annual Author Awards Weekend
The Author Awards were created in 1992 to recognize those authors and publishers that have made significant contributions in the writing and publication of quality books for and about people of African descent. Each year individuals are selected based upon book reviews from each Go On Girl! Book Club chapter. They are then invited to receive their award in person at the annual Awards Ceremony.
Beginning in 1993, the one night event became a three-day weekend, where chapters meet and take care of business issues. It's also an opportunity for members to meet and have fun with their sisters from all over the country.
June 1-June 3, 2012: Register Today!
Our Pennsylvania chapters are excited to welcome their literary sisters, honorees and guests this year’s Awards Weekend to the city of "Sisterly" Love" — Philadelphia!
Learn More & Register Today! Online registration is now available.
Past Go On Girl! Awards Weekends
2011: Washington, DC - Celebrating Our Past - Embracing Our Future
2010: Birmingham - Freedom Rings Through Reading in Alabama
2009: Houston, TX - A Multicultural Experience
2008: Toronto, Canada
» Read the Go On Girl / Signature Poem by Anne-Marie Woods aka Amani
The Go On Girl! Executive Committee surrounds our guest authors. In the center (holding GOG plaque) Jewell Parker Rhodes (2004 Author of the Year), Rita Williams (to her left), Nalo Hopkinson and Brandon Massey (2007 Author of the Year) (to her right).
2007: Cleveland, Ohio
2006: Tempe, Arizona
2005: Montego Bay, Jamaica
2004: N. Charleston, South Carolina
2003: A New York State of Mind
2002: Indianapolis, A Celebration of Sisterhood
2001: Virginia
2000: Chicago, Reading into the Millenium