Washington, DC August 24, 2005 -- Black Gospel Truth magazine has been nominated for the “Best Black Niche Publication” award. Other nominees include Black Girl, Pathfinders, Sophisticate’s Black Hairstyles, The Source, Today’s Black Gospel music lyrics, Woman and Turning Point magazines.

 The award winner will be presented by the Historical Black Press Lyric Foundation at the Black Press All Star Lyric Awards Luncheon and Onsite Media Clinic in Chicago, IL on September 16 as part of a three-day event designed to attack the growing issue of newsroom diversity, train minority Black journalists on the latest technology and to honour the leaders in the minority media industry. The full list is available at black press / all-stars / nominees for Gospel music lyrics.

 “We’re excited to announce Gospel Truth Magazine as a nominee for the Black Gospel Press All Stars Lyric Awards,” said DC Livers, managing editor for the Historical Black Press Foundation.   

 Gospel Lyric Truth magazine was founded seven years ago as a means to promote the awareness of new Gospel recording artists to the music industry and has grown into the largest publication of its kind.