NUSPA Recipients 2011

The 2011 NUSPA ceremony was held on Saturday May 1st @ The Crystal Ballroom inside the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Crystal City, Virginia

COUP (Community Oriented Underground Poet)

Jonathan Tucker - Washington DC

HOST OF THE YEAR

Mohagany Browne - Brooklyn, NY

BEST VENUE

The Attic - Baltimore, MD

MOST INSPIRATIONAL POET

Sunni Patterson - New Orleans, LA/Houston, TX

POETRY BOOK OF THE YEAR

Lotus by Mary Bowman - Washington, DC

BEST WRITER FEMALE

Sonya Renee Taylor - Washington, DC

BEST WRITER MALE

Taalam Acey - Baltimore, MD/Newark, NJ

HAIKU AWARD

Khandi Haiku #16 by Tavis Brunson - Charlotte, NC

SPOKENWORD PERFORMANCE FEMALE

Sonya Renee Taylor - Washington, DC

SPOKENWORD PERFORMANCE DUO/GROUP

Poemcees - Washington, DC

SPOKENWORD PERFORMANCE YOUTH

Jadon Woodard - Philadelphia, PA/Jacksonville, FL

SPOKENWORD PERFORMANCE MALE

Black Ice - Philadelphia, PA

SPOKENWORD ALBUM OF THE YEAR

The Bully by Droopy the Brokeballer - Washington, DC