Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Nominees and Winning Books
The Hurston/Wright Legacy Award™ honors the best in Black literature. Introduced in 2001, the Legacy Award was the first national award presented to Black writers by a national organization of Black writers. Fiction, debut fiction, nonfiction, and poetry honorees are selected in a juried competition. Each October, the award winners are celebrated during the Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards that draws hundreds of literary stars, readers, representatives of the publishing industry, the arts, media, politics, and academia. Learn more at the Hurston/Wright Foundation’s website
3 Books Honored by the Hurston/Wright Foundation in 2003
Winner - Debut Fiction
Leaving Atlanta
by Tayari Jones
Publication Date: Aug 01, 2003
List Price: $14.99
Format: Paperback, 272 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780446690898
Imprint: Grand Central Publishing
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Parent Company: Lagardère Group
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Winner - Fiction
The Heart of Redness: A Novel
by Zakes Mda
Publication Date: Aug 01, 2003
List Price: $17.00
Format: Paperback, 288 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780312421748
Imprint: Picador
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
Parent Company: Holtzbrinck Publishing Group
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Winner - Nonfiction
Forgotten Readers: Recovering the Lost History of African American Literary Societies
by Elizabeth McHenry
Publication Date: Oct 31, 2002
List Price: $30.95
Format: Paperback, 440 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780822329954
Imprint: Duke University Press Books
Publisher: Duke University Press Books
Parent Company: Duke University