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