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
5 Books Honored by the Hurston/Wright Foundation in 2018
Winner - Debut Fiction
The Talented Ribkins
by Ladee Hubbard
Publication Date: Aug 08, 2018
List Price: $16.99
Format: Paperback, 304 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781612197289
Imprint: Melville House
Publisher: Melville House
Parent Company: Melville House
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Winner - Fiction
Black Moses: A Novel
by Alain Mabanckou
Publication Date: Jun 06, 2017
List Price: $23.95
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781620972939
Imprint: The New Press
Publisher: The New Press
Parent Company: The New Press
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Winner - Nonfiction
The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits
by Tiya Miles
Publication Date: Oct 03, 2017
List Price: $27.95
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781620972311
Imprint: The New Press
Publisher: The New Press
Parent Company: The New Press
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Winner - Poetry
Semiautomatic
by Evie Shockley
Publication Date: Jun 05, 2018
List Price: $15.95
Format: Paperback, 104 pages
Classification: Poetry
ISBN13: 9780819577443
Imprint: Wesleyan University Press
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Parent Company: Wesleyan University
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Finalist - Nonfiction
Cutting School: The Segrenomics of American Education
by Noliwe Rooks
Publication Date: Mar 03, 2020
List Price: $18.99
Format: Paperback, 288 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781620975985
Imprint: The New Press
Publisher: The New Press
Parent Company: The New Press