Georgia Author of the Year Award
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40th Annual Georgia Author of the Year Awards Official Nominations List (for books published in calendar 2003)
- Chairman Vally M. Sharpe
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Dr. Bettie M. Sellers
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Creative Nonfiction:
- Final Judge: Dr. Blake Leland
Overall Creative Nonfiction Winner(s)
- Boyd, Valerie - Wrapped in Rainbows
- Monahan, Evelyn & Neidel-Greenlee, Rosemary - And if I Perish
Essay Division
- Division Judge: Jennifer Wheelock
- Division Winner
- Blackmarr, Amy - Above the Fall Line
- Blackmarr, Amy - Above the Fall Line
- Miller, Zell - A National Party No More
- Sipp, Carey - The Turn Around Mom
- Thurmond, Michael - Freedom
Biography Division
- Division Judge: Piper Huguley-Riggins
- Division Winner: Boyd, Valerie - Wrapped in Rainbows
- Boyd, Valerie - Wrapped in Rainbows
- Carr, Virginia Spencer - The Lonely Hunter
- Cheatham, Mike - No Man Walks Alone
- Hyatt, Richard - Charles H. Jones, A Biography
Memoir Division
- Division Judge: Jeremy Eisenberg
- Division Winner: Walker, Melissa - Living on Wilderness Time
- Arbiser, Pola - Give Me the Children
- Haney, Eric L. - Inside Delta Force
- Harner, Irene A. - Movin' On
- Taylor, Richard - Prodigals: A Vietnam Story
- Walker, Melissa - Living on Wilderness Time
History Division
- Division Judge: Robert Giannetti
- Division Winner: Monahan, Evelyn & Neidel-Greenlee, Rosemary - And if I Perish
- Ambrose, Andy - Atlanta: An Illustrated History
- Darnell, Tim - The Crackers: Early Days of Atlanta Baseball
- Domin, Gregory Paul - Jimmy Carter, Public Opinion and the Search for Values
- Galloway, Tammy Harden - Dear Old Roswell
- Gilliard, Deric A. - Living in the Shadows of a Legend
- Greene, Melissa Fay - Last Man Out
- Johnson, Calvin C., Jr. - Exit to Freedom
- Monahan, Evelyn & Neidel-Greenlee, Rosemary - And if I Perish
- Smith, Jedwin - Fatal Treasure
- Turner, Nat (Ed.) - A Southern Soldier's Letters Home
Self-Help Division
- Division Judge: Maria Engberg
- Division Winner: Lewis, Edna & Peacock, Scott - The Gift of Southern Cooking
- Baer, Greg, M.D. - Real Love
- Batchelder, Josh - Handwriting Reveals You
- Evans, Gail - She Wins, You Win
- Lawson, Leidra - Sugar Daddy 101
- Lewis, Edna & Peacock, Scott - The Gift of Southern Cooking
- Marks, Marsha - 101 Simple Lessons for Life
- Smith, Loran & Myrna - Let the Big Dawg Eat
- Wayne, Robert - Venice in Context
Inspirational/Religious Division
- Division Judge: Opal Moore
- Division Winner: Allen, Barbara - Still Christian After All These Years
- Allen, Barbara - Still Christian After All These Years
- Burch, Jarrett - Adiel Sherwood
- Carrera, Phyllis - A Journey of My Choosing
- Chea, Augustine S. - Inspirational Daily Meditation
- Fillingim, David - Redneck Liberation
- Hamill, Bryan - Shocking Bible Prophecy
- Maurer, Marsha - A Fragrant Fullness
- Murphey, Cecil - The Relentless God
Poetry
- Judge: Dr. Lee Passarella
Winner:Woloch, Cecilia - Late
- Corey, Stephen - There Is No Finished World
- Giannetti, Robert - Drawn by the Creek
- Kelley, Collin - Better to travel: Selected Poems
- Rochelle, Tania - Karaoke Funeral
- Wilson, Dianna S. - Reflections From the Heart
- Woloch, Cecilia - Late
Fiction
- Judge: David Fulmer
- Winner: Kay, Terry - The Valley of Light
- Andrews, Mary Kay - Little Bitty Lies
- Cleage, Pearl - Some Things I Never Thought I'd Do
- Ellis, Virginia - The Photograph
- Gerdes, Eckhard - Cistern Tawdry
- Kay, Terry - The Valley of Light
- Keyes, Greg - The Briar King
- Lanier, Virginia - A Bloodhound to Die For
- Magers, Rick - Blue Water Adventure
- Propst, Milam McGraw - Ociee: On Her Own
- Ray, Janisse - Wild Card Quilt
- Singer, Randy - Irreparable Harm
- Skibell, Joseph - The English Disease
- Slaughter, Karen - A Faint Cold Fear
- Smith, Haywood - The Red Hat Club
- Vail, Emily Blake - Dark Night on Mimosa Trail
Anthologies/Short Stories
- Judge: Beau Cutts
- Winner: Ruppersburg, Dr. Hugh (Ed.) - After O'Connor
- Bishop, Michael - Brighten to Incandescence
- Denmark, Herbert W. - Second Finger ... Left Hand
- Denmark, Herbert, (Ed.) - The Night the Animals Screamed
- Hendricks, Randy J. - The Twelfth Year and Other Times
- Ruppersburg, Dr. Hugh (Ed.) - After O'Connor
First Novel
- Judge: John Williams
- Winner: Riggs, Jack - When the Finch Rises
- Berry, Steve - The Amber Room
- Best, Steven M. - When Philosophers Were Kings
- Carter, Jimmy - The Hornet's Nest
- Clear, Irvon E. - The Game: Part 1
- duPont, M. Kay - Loving Mr. Lincoln
- Graham, Mitchell - The Fifth Ring
- Hyde, Nancy M. - The Hollow
- Khoury, Hannah - So Pretty an African
- Lazenby, H.F. - A Death in Heaven
- McNaughton, June - Alligator Creek
- Riggs, Jack - When the Finch Rises
- Robbins, Carolyn - Caribbean Green
- Stewart, Fran - Orange as Marmalade
- Sun, Adam - The Mountain Man
- Uhler, Margaret B. Anderson - The Floridians
Children's and Young Adult Literature
- Judge: Sara Harrell Banks
- Winner: Bryant, David & Davidson, George - Georgia's Amazing Coast
- Bryant, David & Davidson, George - Georgia's Amazing Coast
- Dell, Marshall - The Enchanted Okefenokee
- Heyman, Carly - My eXtra Special Brother
- Jones, Melanie D. - Pigs Rock!
- Shore, Diane Z. - Bus-A-Saurus Bop
- Tiller, Steven - Rudolf the Red Nose
The Barry L. and Robert S. Taran Memorial Award
- Heyman, Carly - My eXtra Special Brother