Major Book Awards that Celebrate Writers of African Descent

Carter G. Woodson Award Seal
Carter G. Woodson Award
Coretta Scott King Award Seal
Coretta Scott King Award
BCALA Literary Award Seal
BCALA Literary Award
The Newbery Medal
Newbery Medal
Ezra Jack Keats Award Seal
Ezra Jack Keats Award
Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal
National Book Awards Medals
National Book Awards
American Book Award Logo
American Book Award
Pulitzer Prize Logo
Pulitzer Prize
The Kirkus Prize Logo
The Kirkus Prize
Bocas Prize Seal
Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature
Children's Africana Book Awards Logo
Children’s Africana Book Awards
Phillis Wheatley Book Award Seal
Phillis Wheatley Book Award
Ernest J. Gaines Award Logo
Ernest J. Gaines Award
NAACP Image Awards Trophy
NAACP Image Award
Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Logo
Hurston/Wright Legacy Award

Additional Awards

African American Literary Awards Show

Essence Literary Award