Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Nominees and Winning Books

Hurston/Wright Legacy Award 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 2013

Winner - Fiction

Half Blood Blues
by Esi Edugyan

Publication Date: Feb 02, 2012
List Price: $17.25
Format: Paperback
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781846687761
Imprint: Serpent’s Tail
Publisher: Serpent’s Tail
Parent Company: Serpent’s Tail

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Winner - Nonfiction

The Price Of The Ticket: Barack Obama And The Rise And Decline Of Black Politics (Transgressing Boundaries: Studies In Black Politics And Black Communities)
by Fredrick Harris

Publication Date: Jun 15, 2012
List Price: $24.95
Format: Hardcover, 232 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780199739677
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Parent Company: University of Oxford

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Winner - Poetry

The Collected Poems Of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010
by Lucille Clifton

Publication Date: Aug 28, 2012
List Price: $35.00
Format: Hardcover, 720 pages
Classification: Poetry
ISBN13: 9781934414903
Imprint: BOA Editions
Publisher: BOA Editions
Parent Company: BOA Editions Ltd.

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