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
4 Books Honored by the Hurston/Wright Foundation in 2017
Winner - Fiction
The Underground Railroad: A Novel
by Colson Whitehead
- A Top 10 Book in the “Fiction Books of the 21st Century” Category
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Hurston/Wright Honored Book (2017)
- Kirkus Prize Finalist/Winner 2016
- A 2016 Oprah Book Club Selection
- 2017 BCALA Literary Award
- A New York Times Notable Book for 2016
Publication Date: Aug 02, 2016
List Price: $26.95
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780385542364
Imprint: Doubleday
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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Winner - Nonfiction
Hannah Mary Tabbs and the Disembodied Torso: A Tale of Race, Sex, and Violence in America
by Kali Nicole Gross
Publication Date: Jan 28, 2016
List Price: $24.95
Format: Hardcover, 232 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780190241216
Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Parent Company: University of Oxford
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Winner - Poetry
Bestiary: Poems
by Donika Kelly
Publication Date: Oct 11, 2016
List Price: $16.00
Format: Paperback, 80 pages
Classification: Poetry
ISBN13: 9781555977580
Imprint: Graywolf Press
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Parent Company: Graywolf Press
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Nominee - Debut Fiction
Damnificados
by JJ Amaworo Wilson
Publication Date: Jan 01, 2016
List Price: $15.95
Format: Paperback, 272 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781629631172
Imprint: PM Press
Publisher: PM Press
Parent Company: PM Press