Hurston/Wright Legacy Award2023

Given by Hurston/Wright Foundation

25 Works 3,135 Books 131 Reviews ½ 3.9
The Hurston/Wright Legacy Award™ is the first national award presented to published writers of African descent by the national community of Black writers. This award consists of prizes for the show more highest quality writing in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry. show less
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All, Winner (77), Finalist (17), Nominee (295)
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Years:
All, 2023 (25), 2022 (20), 2021 (9), 2020 (21), 2019 (17), 2018 (19), 2017 (21), 2016 (16), 2015 (19), 2014 (18), 2013 (14), 2012 (14), 2011 (15), 2010 (16), 2009 (15), 2008 (18), 2007 (17), 2006 (18), 2005 (18), 2004 (17), 2003 (17), 2002 (18)

Winner 6

WorkCategoryYear
A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times: Stories by Meron HaderoDebut Fiction2023
Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta by James HannahamGeneral Fiction2023
By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow's Legal Executioners by Margaret A. BurnhamHistorical Nonfiction2023
Inciting Joy: Essays by Ross GayMemoir Nonfiction2023
Concentrate: Poems by Courtney Faye TaylorPoetry2023
Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments by TL HuchuSpeculative Fiction2023

Nominee 25

WorkCategoryYear
A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times: Stories by Meron HaderoDebut Fiction2023
Finding La Negrita by Natasha Gordon-ChipembereDebut Fiction2023
Nightcrawling by Leila MottleyDebut Fiction2023
Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta by James HannahamGeneral Fiction2023
People Person by Candice Carty-WilliamsGeneral Fiction2023
The Islands: Stories by Dionne IrvingGeneral Fiction2023
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-ValdezGeneral Fiction2023
Mother Country: A Novel by Jacinda TownsendGeneral Fiction2023
By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow's Legal Executioners by Margaret A. BurnhamHistorical Nonfiction2023
We Refuse to Forget: A True Story of Black Creeks, American Identity, and Power by Caleb GayleHistorical Nonfiction2023
Claude McKay: The Making of a Black Bolshevik by Winston JamesHistorical Nonfiction2023
Antagonistic Cooperation: Jazz, Collage, Fiction, and the Shaping of African American Culture (Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures) by Robert O'MeallyHistorical Nonfiction2023
Inciting Joy: Essays by Ross GayMemoir Nonfiction2023
This Boy We Made: A Memoir of Motherhood, Genetics, and Facing the Unknown by Taylor HarrisMemoir Nonfiction2023
Invisible Boy by Harrison MooneyMemoir Nonfiction2023
Black Boy Smile: A Memoir in Moments by D. WatkinsMemoir Nonfiction2023
Concentrate: Poems by Courtney Faye TaylorPoetry2023
We Are Not Wearing Helmets: Poems by Cheryl Boyce-TaylorPoetry2023
Plans for Sentences by Renee GladmanPoetry2023
Null landing by Isaiah A. HinesPoetry2023
To the Realization of Perfect Helplessness by Robin Coste LewisPoetry2023
Best Barbarian: Poems by Roger ReevesPoetry2023
Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments by TL HuchuSpeculative Fiction2023
Goliath by Tochi OnyebuchiSpeculative Fiction2023
The Last Dreamwalker by Rita WoodsSpeculative Fiction2023

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The Hurston/Wright Legacy Award™ is the first national award presented to published writers of African descent by the national community of Black writers. This award consists of prizes for the highest quality writing in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry. (English, Member-written)
The Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards annually honor published works of fiction, nonfiction and poetry by Black writers published in the previous year. Recognized as a singular award from the Black writing community to its peers, the Legacy Awards each year recognizes members of the national and international Black writing community. (English, Member-written)

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