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The APS Awards Gala has become known as “The Emmys of the Literary World”
This is the night where we celebrate the winners of our annual book competition and others who help fuel the APS fire.
Honorees included:
Fiction Award Winners
Golam Maula (1st Place) – A Dangerous Mind
Monodel Ollivierre (2nd Place) – Preys Personified
Nonfiction Award Winners
Julie Scolnik (1st Place) – Paris Blue
David Henry Nelson (2nd Place) – Mariah is Missing
Inspirational Award Winners
Reshelle Matheny (1st Place) – Take Charge of Cancer: Empowering the Warrior Within
Bridgett McGill (2nd Place) – Birthing Purpose: 21-Day Devotional Journal
APS 2022 Published Authors
Phyllis Calderon
Barbara Barron
Valorie Tatum
Virginia Freelon
Writers’ Society Cohort
Patricia Brooks
Deatrice Carter
Mary Hale
Tonia Reaves
Artistic Visionary of the Year
Joyce Dawkins
Back for our 6th year, we decided to mix things up a bit…
We incorporated visual and performance artists as well!!!
For the first time EVER, we launched our Fan Favorites category and gave power to YOU to nominate and vote for YOUR Favorite Indie Artist of the Year. After a month and voting and 2,000 votes cast, the three finalists were…
Indie Singer
Leah Oduro-Kwarten
Tracy Kincaide
Fuzzy Soul Tiger
Indie Filmmaker
Maurice Eleby Jones, Jr.
James Gordon
Aretha Tatum
Indie Poet
James Gordon
LaDonna Marie
Jesse McClure
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