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Robert Fleming presented the keynote address to a host of authors, poets, publishing professionals, and literary dignitaries. The Black Writers Alliance established the Gold Pen Awards program in 2000 to recognize the best in literature of the African Diaspora. The Gold Pen Awards are the only literary awards that honor multi-genre Black literature. Was a Number Runner, Fragments of the Ark, and Shadowdancing, and the 2001 Vanguard Award to Manie Barron, a seasoned publishing professional who is currently a literary agent with the William Morris Agency. Nominations for the 2002 Gold Pen Awards will be accepted until March 2002 for books released between March 2001 and March 2002 and the nominees will be announced in April 2002.