Major Book Awards Won by 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

Ezra Jack Keats Award Seal

Ezra Jack Keats Award

Caldecott Medal

Caldecott Medal

National Book Awards Medals

National Book Awards

American Book Award

The Kirkus Prize

Bocas Prize Seal

Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature

Children’s Africana Book Awards

Phillis Wheatley Book Award Seal

Phillis Wheatley Book Award

Ernest J. Gaines Award

NAACP Image Awards Trophy

NAACP Image Award

Hurston/Wright Legacy Award

Indies Choice Book Awards

African American Literary Awards Show

IBPA Book Awards

Additional Awards

Audie Award Winning Audiobooks

Essence Literary Award

Note: Sometimes we include authors who are not Black, if their book covers a subject of importance to Black people.

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