The APS Awards Gala has become known as
“The Emmys of the Literary World”…
and it’s that time of year again!
Get Your Tickets NOW!!!
Back for our 6th year, we decided to mix things up a bit…
We are still honoring our Book Award winners and APS honorees, but this year we are incorporating 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
The singers and poets will take the stage and perform LIVE at the Awards Gala, Thursday, August 25th. This red carpet affair will be held once again at the Kroc Center (1250 W. 119th Street) in Chicago. Doors open at 7pm!
Others to be honored…
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