37th Annual Georgia Author of the Year Awards

Official Winners List
See photo of winners

Special thanks to our esteemed judges
Congratulations to all our nominees
Hurrah for all the Winners!

First Novel - Judge: Harriette Austin

Barbara Jones - Moonlight Bowl Manifesto

Fiction - Judge: Faye McDonald Smith

Joyce Rockwood Hudson - Apalachee

Short Stories/Anthologies - Judge: Peter Christopher

Frank Manley - Among Prisoners

Creative Non Fiction - Judge: Dr. Charles Connor

HEALING/INSPIRATIONAL DIVISION
Marsha Maurer - In the Garden

MEMOIR DIVISION
Celestine Sibley Fleming - A Granddaughter's Reminiscence

ESSAY DIVISION
Judith Ortiz Cofer- Woman in Front of the Sun

BIOGRAPHY DIVISION
Mary Padgelek - In the Hand of the Holy Spirit

SELF-HELP/HOW-TO DIVISION
Cynthia Good - Vaccinating Your Child

HISTORICAL DIVISION
Constance Curry, Editor - Deep in Our Hearts

Children's/Young Adult Literature - Judge: Bobbie Christmas

Brad Strickland - When Mack Came Back

Poetry - Judge: Memye Curtis Tucker

Stephen Corey - Greatest Hits

Barry L. & Robert S. Taran Memorial Award
Raóul White - Honeysuckle Memories

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