Hurston/Wright Legacy Award

Given by Hurston/Wright Foundation

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The Hurston/Wright Legacy Award™ is the first national award presented to published writers of African descent by the national community of Black writers. This award consists of prizes for the mostra'n més highest quality writing in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry. mostra'n menys
Stages:
Tots, Winner (77), Finalist (17), Nominee (295)
Categories:
Years:
Tots, 2023 (25), 2022 (20), 2021 (9), 2020 (21), 2019 (17), 2018 (19), 2017 (21), 2016 (16), 2015 (19), 2014 (18), 2013 (14), 2012 (14), 2011 (15), 2010 (16), 2009 (15), 2008 (18), 2007 (17), 2006 (18), 2005 (18), 2004 (17), 2003 (17), 2002 (18)
Announced:
juny 28: NominatFicció2023 Recent

Winner 77

ObraCategoriaAny
A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times: Stories de Meron HaderoDebut Fiction2023
Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta de James HannahamGeneral Fiction2023
By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow's Legal Executioners de Margaret A. BurnhamHistorical Nonfiction2023
Inciting Joy: Essays de Ross GayMemoir Nonfiction2023
Concentrate: Poems de Courtney Faye TaylorPoetry2023
Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments de TL HuchuSpeculative Fiction2023
This Life: A Novel de Quntos KunQuestDebut Fiction2022
The Trees de Percival EverettFiction2022
Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War de Howard W. FrenchNonfiction2022
No Ruined Stone de Shara McCallumPoetry2022
Remembrance de Rita WoodsDebut Fiction2021
Telephone de Percival EverettHurston/Wright Legacy Award2021
Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America de Marcia ChatelainNonfiction2021
Seeing the Body: Poems de Rachel Eliza GriffithsPoetry2021
Africaville: A Novel de Jeffrey ColvinDebut Fiction2020
A Tall History of Sugar de Curdella ForbesFiction2020
Solitary de Albert WoodfoxNonfiction2020
Exiles of Eden de Ladan Ali OsmanPoetry2020
Heads of the Colored People: Stories de Nafissa Thompson-SpiresFiction2019
May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem de Imani PerryNonfiction2019
American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin de Terrance HayesPoetry2019
The Talented Ribkins de Ladee HubbardDebut Novel2018
Black Moses de Alain MabanckouFiction2018
The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits de Tiya MilesNonfiction2018
semiautomatic (Wesleyan Poetry Series) de Evie ShockleyPoetry2018
Damnificados: A Novel (Spectacular Fiction) de JJ Amaworo WilsonDebut Fiction2017
El ferrocarril subterrani de Colson WhiteheadFiction2017
Hannah Mary Tabbs and the Disembodied Torso: A Tale of Race, Sex, and Violence in America de Kali Nicole GrossNonfiction2017
Bestiary: Poems de Donika KellyPoetry2017
Mourner's Bench: A Novel de Sanderia FayeDebut Fiction2016
Delicious Foods de James Hannahamfiction2016
Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga de Pamela NewkirkNonfiction2016
Forest Primeval: Poems (Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award) de Vievee FrancisPoetry2016
The Moor's Account de Laila LalamiFiction2015
Not for Everyday Use: A Memoir de Elizabeth NunezNon-Fiction2015
Citizen: An American Lyric de Claudia RankinePoetry2015
Half Blood Blues de Esi EdugyanFiction2013
The Price of the Ticket: Barack Obama and Rise and Decline of Black Politics de Frederick HarrisNonfiction2013
The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010 (American Poets Continuum) de Lucille CliftonPoetry2013
Mr. Fox de Helen OyeyemiFiction2012
Courage to Dissent: Atlanta and the Long History of the Civil Rights Movement de Tomiko Brown-NaginNonfiction2012
The new black (Wesleyan Poetry Series) de Evie ShockleyPoetry2012
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self de Danielle EvansFiction2011
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration de Isabel WilkersonNon-Fiction winner2011
Crave Radiance: New and Selected Poems 1990-2010 de Elizabeth AlexanderPoetry2011
I Am Not Sidney Poitier de Percival EverettFiction winner2010
Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original de Robin D. G. KelleyNon-Fiction winner2010
Sonata Mulattica: Poems de Rita DovePoetry winner2010
Liberation Narratives: New and Collected Poems: 1966-2009 de Haki R. MadhubutiPoetry winner2010
Say You're One of Them de Uwem AkpanFiction2009
Incognegro: A Memoir of Exile and Apartheid de Frank B. Wilderson, IIINon-Fiction winner2009
The Headless Saints (New Issues Poetry & Prose) de Myronn HardyPoetry winner2009
She's Gone de Kwame DawesDebut Fiction2008
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao de Junot DíazFiction2008
Brother, I'm Dying de Edwidge DanticatNon-Fiction winner2008
Bouquet of Hungers: Poems de Kyle DarganPoetry winner2008
Ancestor Stones de Aminatta FornaDebut Fiction2007
All Aunt Hagar's Children de Edward P. JonesFiction2007
Unbowed: a Memoir de Wangari MaathaiNon-Fiction winner2007
Half of a Yellow Sun de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie2006
The Long Mile: The Shango Mysteries de Clyde W. FordContemporary Fiction2006
Freshwater Road de Denise NicholasDebut Fiction2006
My Jim de Nancy RawlesFiction2006
Mirror to America: The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin de John Hope FranklinNon-Fiction winner2006
A Woman's Worth: A Novel (Strivers Row) de Tracy Price-ThompsonContemporary Fiction2005
Graceland de Chris AbaniDebut Fiction2005
Who Slashed Celanire's Throat?: A Fantastical Tale de Maryse CondéFiction2005
Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde de Alexis De VeauxNon-Fiction winner2005
La flor púrpura de Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieDebut Fiction2004
Hunting in Harlem de Mat JohnsonFiction2004
In Black and White: the Life of Sammy Davis, Jr. de Wil HaygoodNon-Fiction winner2004
Leaving Atlanta de Tayari JonesDebut Fiction2003
The Heart of Redness de Zakes MdaFiction2003
Forgotten Readers: Recovering the Lost History of African American Literary Societies de Elizabeth McHenry2003
Gabriel's Story de David Anthony DurhamDebut Fiction2002
In the Shadow of a Saint: A Son's Journey to Understand His Father's Legacy de Ken WiwaNon-Fiction winner2002
Erasure de Percival Everett2002

Finalist 17

ObraCategoriaAny
Young Blood de Sifiso MzobeDebut Fiction2022
The Final Revival of Opal and Nev de Dawnie WaltonDebut Fiction2022
The Perishing de Natashia DeónFiction2022
The Rib King de Ladee HubbardFiction2022
Reconstruction: Stories de Alaya Dawn JohnsonFiction2022
Yellow Wife de Sadeqa JohnsonFiction2022
Nazaré (Spectacular Fiction) de JJ Amaworo WilsonFiction2022
Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound de Daphne A. BrooksNonfiction (Historical/Social/Political)2022
We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice de Mariame KabaNonfiction (Historical/Social/Political)2022
Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature de Farah Jasmine GriffinNonfiction (Memoir/Biography)2022
Bird Uncaged: An Abolitionist's Freedom Song de Marlon PetersonNonfiction (Memoir/Biography)2022
I Remember Death By Its Proximity to What I Love de Mahogany L. BrownePoetry2022
A more perfect Union de Teri Ellen Cross DavisPoetry2022
Tragic City de Clemonce HeardPoetry2022
Sho de Douglas KearneyPoetry2022
Everyday Mojo Songs of Earth: New and Selected Poems, 2001-2021 de Yusef KomunyakaaPoetry2022
Tacky's Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War de Vincent Brown2021

Nominee 295

ObraCategoriaAny
A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times: Stories de Meron HaderoDebut Fiction2023
Finding La Negrita de Natasha Gordon-ChipembereDebut Fiction2023
Nightcrawling de Leila MottleyDebut Fiction2023
Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta de James HannahamGeneral Fiction2023
People Person de Candice Carty-WilliamsGeneral Fiction2023
The Islands: Stories de Dionne IrvingGeneral Fiction2023
Take My Hand de Dolen Perkins-ValdezGeneral Fiction2023
Mother Country: A Novel de Jacinda TownsendGeneral Fiction2023
By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow's Legal Executioners de Margaret A. BurnhamHistorical Nonfiction2023
We Refuse to Forget: A True Story of Black Creeks, American Identity, and Power de Caleb GayleHistorical Nonfiction2023
Claude McKay: The Making of a Black Bolshevik de Winston JamesHistorical Nonfiction2023
Antagonistic Cooperation: Jazz, Collage, Fiction, and the Shaping of African American Culture (Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures) de Robert O'MeallyHistorical Nonfiction2023
Inciting Joy: Essays de Ross GayMemoir Nonfiction2023
This Boy We Made: A Memoir of Motherhood, Genetics, and Facing the Unknown de Taylor HarrisMemoir Nonfiction2023
Invisible Boy de Harrison MooneyMemoir Nonfiction2023
Black Boy Smile: A Memoir in Moments de D. WatkinsMemoir Nonfiction2023
Concentrate: Poems de Courtney Faye TaylorPoetry2023
We Are Not Wearing Helmets: Poems de Cheryl Boyce-TaylorPoetry2023
Plans for Sentences de Renee GladmanPoetry2023
Null landing de Isaiah A. HinesPoetry2023
To the Realization of Perfect Helplessness de Robin Coste LewisPoetry2023
Best Barbarian: Poems de Roger ReevesPoetry2023
Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments de TL HuchuSpeculative Fiction2023
Goliath de Tochi OnyebuchiSpeculative Fiction2023
The Last Dreamwalker de Rita WoodsSpeculative Fiction2023
Black Sunday de Tola Rotimi AbrahamDebut Fiction2021
The Coyotes of Carthage de Steven WrightDebut Fiction2021
Ring Shout de P. Djèlí ClarkFiction2021
The Freedom Artist de Ben OkriFiction2021
Avery Colt is a Snake, a Thief, a Liar (Nilsen Prize for a First Novel Winner) de Ron A. AustinDebut Fiction2020
As a River de Sion DaysonDebut Fiction2020
Speaking of Summer de Kalisha BuckhanonFiction2020
Patsy de Nicole Dennis-BennFiction2020
Gingerbread de Helen OyeyemiFiction2020
The World Doesn't Require You: Stories de Rion Amilcar ScottFiction2020
The Revisioners de Margaret Wilkerson SextonFiction2020
Open Season: The Systemic Legalization of Discrimination de Ben CrumpNonfiction2020
Think Black: A Memoir de Clyde W. FordNonfiction2020
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals de Saidiya HartmanNonfiction2020
We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood de Dani McClainNonfiction2020
What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays de Damon YoungNonfiction2020
Night Angler (American Poets Continuum) de Geffrey DavisPoetry2020
1919 de Eve L. EwingPoetry2020
& more black de t'ai freedom fordPoetry2020
Library of Small Catastrophes de Alison C. RollinsPoetry2020
Syncope de Asiya WadudPoetry2020
Friday Black de Nana Kwame Adjei-BrenyahFiction2019
A Lucky Man: Stories de Jamel BrinkleyFiction2019
Brother de David ChariandyFiction2019
Washington Black de Esi EdugyanFiction2019
She Would Be King de Wayétu MooreFiction2019
Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America's Most Powerful Mobster de Stephen L. CarterNonfiction2019
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower de Brittney C. CooperNonfiction2019
Tigerland: 1968-1969: A City Divided, a Nation Torn Apart, and a Magical Season of Healing de Wil HaygoodNonfiction2019
Heavy: An American Memoir de Kiese LaymonNonfiction2019
The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke de Jeffrey C. StewartNonfiction2019
Approaching the Fields: Poems de Chanda FeldmanPoetry2019
DiVida de Monica A. HandPoetry2019
Mend: Poems (Contemporary Poetry And Prose) de Kwoya Fagin MaplesPoetry2019
Crosslight for Youngbird de Asiya WadudPoetry2019
What We Lose de Zinzi ClemmonsDebut Fiction2018
An Unkindness of Ghosts de Rivers SolomonDebut Fiction2018
What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky de Lesley Nneka ArimahFiction2018
The Tragedy of Brady Sims de Ernest J. GainesFiction2018
Dance of the Jakaranda de Peter KimaniFiction2018
The Woman Next Door de Yewande OmotosoFiction2018
Canteu, esperits, canteu de Jesmyn WardFiction2018
Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A. de Danielle S. AllenNonfiction2018
Loving: Interracial Intimacy in America and the Threat to White Supremacy de Sheryll CashinNonfiction2018
Guidebook to Relative Strangers: Journeys into Race, Motherhood, and History de Camille T. DungyNonfiction2018
City of Bones: A Testament (Triquarterly Books) de Kwame DawesPoetry2018
Trophic Cascade de Camille T. DungyPoetry2018
In the Language of My Captor de Shane McCraePoetry2018
Ordinary Beast: Poems de Nicole SealeyPoetry2018
Incendiary Art: Poems de Patricia SmithPoetry2018
Blackass de A. Igoni BarrettDebut Fiction2017
Born On a Tuesday de Elnathan JohnDebut Fiction2017
The Mother de Yvvette EdwardsFiction2017
The Loss of All Lost Things de Amina GautierFiction2017
The Book of Harlan de Bernice L. McFaddenFiction2017
Swing Time de Zadie SmithFiction2017
Another Brooklyn de Jacqueline WoodsonFiction2017
The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice de Patricia Bell-ScottNonfiction2017
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America de Ibram X. KendiNonfiction2017
The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome de Alondra NelsonNonfiction2017
In the Wake: On Blackness and Being de Christina SharpeNonfiction2017
Another Day in the Death of America de Gary YoungeNonfiction2017
The Crown Ain't Worth Much de Hanif AbdurraqibPoetry2017
play dead de francine j harrisPoetry2017
Third Voice: Poems de Ruth Ellen KocherPoetry2017
Rapture: Poems de Sjohnna McCrayPoetry2017
Thief in the Interior de Phillip B. WilliamsPoetry2017
The Star Side of Bird Hill de Naomi JacksonDebut Fiction2016
The Fishermen de Chigozie ObiomaDebut Fiction2016
The Sellout de Paul BeattyFiction2016
The Turner House de Angela FlournoyFiction2016
Welcome to Braggsville de T. Geronimo JohnsonFiction2016
Under the Udala Trees de Chinelo OkparantaFiction2016
The Lost Child de Caryl PhillipsFiction2016
The Light of the World: A Memoir de Elizabeth AlexanderNonfiction2016
Confronting Black Jacobins: The U.S., the Haitian Revolution, and the Origins of the Dominican Republic de Gerald HorneNonfiction2016
Where Everybody Looks Like Me: At the Crossroads of America's Black Colleges and Culture de Ron StodghillNonfiction2016
Infectious Madness: The Surprising Science of How We "Catch" Mental Illness de Harriet A. WashingtonNonfiction2016
The Beast Side: Living (and Dying) While Black in America de D. WatkinsNonfiction2016
The Secret History of Las Vegas de Chris AbaniFiction2015
Radiance of Tomorrow de Ishmael BeahFiction2015
An Untamed State de Roxane GayFiction2015
Land of love and drowning : a novel de Tiphanie YaniqueFiction2015
Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality de Danielle S. AllenNon-Fiction2015
Malcolm X at Oxford Union: Racial Politics in a Global Era (Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities) de Saladin AmbarNon-Fiction2015
Fire Shut Up in My Bones de Charles M. BlowNon-Fiction2015
Losing Our Way: An Intimate Portrait of a Troubled America de Bob HerbertNon-Fiction2015
This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible de Charles E. Cobb Jr.Non-Fiction2015
Revising the Storm (A. Poulin, Jr. New Poets of America) de Geffrey DavisPoetry2015
We Didn't Know Any Gangsters de Brian GilmorePoetry2015
Digest (Stahlecker Selections) de Gregory PardloPoetry2015
The Essential Hits of Shorty Bon Bon (Poets, Penguin) de Willie PerdomoPoetry2015
King Me de Roger ReevesPoetry2015
The Moor's Account de Laila Lalami2015
The Orchard of Lost Souls de Nadifa Mohamed2015
Every Boy Should Have a Man de Preston L. AllenFiction2014
We Need New Names de NoViolet BulawayoFiction2014
The Residue Years de Mitchell S. JacksonFiction2014
See Now Then de Jamaica KincaidFiction2014
The Good Lord Bird de James McBrideFiction2014
The gospel according to Cane de Courttia NewlandFiction2014
Nine Years Under: Coming of Age in an Inner-City Funeral Home de Sheri BookerNonfiction2014
Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker de Stanley CrouchNonfiction2014
The March on Washington: Jobs, Freedom, and the Forgotten History of Civil Rights de William P. JonesNonfiction2014
Searching for Zion: The Quest for Home in the African Diaspora de Emily RaboteauNonfiction2014
Men We Reaped de Jesmyn WardNonfiction2014
Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America's Universities de Craig Steven WilderNonfiction2014
What We Ask Of Flesh de Remica L. BinghamPoetry2014
Hemming the Water (Stahlecker Selections) de Yona HarveyPoetry2014
Darktown Follies: Poems de Amaud Jamaul JohnsonPoetry2014
The Cineaste: Poems de A. Van JordanPoetry2014
The Big Smoke (Penguin Poets) de Adrian MatejkaPoetry2014
Silverchest: Poems de Carl PhillipsPoetry2014
Elsewhere, California: A Novel de Dana JohnsonFiction2013
The Cutting Season: A Novel de Attica LockeFiction2013
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie de Ayana MathisFiction2013
Gathering of Waters de Bernice L. McFaddenFiction2013
There Was A Country: A Personal History of Biafra de Chinua AchebeNonfiction2013
Go-Go Live: The Musical Life and Death of a Chocolate City de Natalie HopkinsonNonfiction2013
Exit: The Endings That Set Us Free de Sara Lawrence-LightfootNonfiction2013
The End of American Lynching de Ashraf H. A. RushdyNonfiction2013
Help Me to Find My People: The African American Search for Family Lost in Slavery de Heather Andrea WilliamsNonfiction2013
But a Storm is Blowing From Paradise de Lillian-Yvonne BertramPoetry2013
me and Nina de Monica HandPoetry2013
Crossbones de Nuruddin FarahFiction2012
Silver Sparrow de Tayari JonesFiction2012
You Are Free: Stories de Danzy SennaFiction2012
Salvage the Bones de Jesmyn WardFiction2012
Zone One de Colson WhiteheadFiction2012
Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America de Melissa V. Harris-PerryNonfiction2012
Harlem is Nowhere: A Journey to the Mecca of Black America de Sharifa Rhodes-PittsNonfiction2012
One Day I Will Write About This Place: A Memoir de Binyavanga WainainaNonfiction2012
My Long Trip Home: A Family Memoir de Mark WhitakerNonfiction2012
Kingdom Animalia de Aracelis GirmayPoetry2012
Life on Mars: Poems de Tracy K. SmithPoetry2012
Glorious de Bernice L. McFaddenFiction2011
How to Read the Air de Dinaw MengestuFiction2011
Wench de Dolen Perkins-ValdezFiction2011
Wading Home: A Novel of New Orleans de Rosalyn StoryFiction2011
How to escape from a leper colony : a novella and stories de Tiphanie YaniqueFiction2011
John Oliver Killens: A Life of Black Literary Activism de Keith GilyardNonfiction2011
The Indignant Generation: A Narrative History of African American Writers and Critics, 1934-1960 de Lawrence P. JacksonNonfiction2011
Root and Branch: Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, and the Struggle to End Segregation de Rawn James Jr.Nonfiction2011
Brainwashed: How Universities Indoctrinate America's Youth de Ben ShapiroNonfiction2011
Losing My Cool: How a Father's Love and 15,000 Books Beat Hip-hop Culture de Thomas Chatterton WilliamsNonfiction2011
Skin, Inc.: Identity Repair Poems de Thomas Sayers EllisPoetry2011
Lighthead de Terrance HayesPoetry2011
Blonde Roots de Bernardine EvaristoFiction2010
The Trial of Robert Mugabe de Chielo Zona EzeFiction2010
Big Machine: A Novel de Victor LaValleFiction2010
Black Water Rising de Attica LockeFiction2010
Sag Harbor de Colson WhiteheadFiction2010
Freedom by Any Means: Con Games, Voodoo Schemes, True Love and Lawsuits on the Underground Railroad de Betty DeRamusNonfiction2010
Sweet Thunder: the Life and Times of Sugar Ray Robinson de Wil HaygoodNonfiction2010
The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama de Gwen IfillNonfiction2010
Remembering Scottsboro: The Legacy of an Infamous Trial de James A. MillerNonfiction2010
More than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City de William Julius WilsonNonfiction2010
Gospel de Samiya BashirPoetry2010
Cooling Board: A Long-Playing Poem de Mitchell L.H. DouglasPoetry2010
Holding Pattern: Stories de Jeffery Renard AllenFiction2009
Stand the Storm: A Novel de Breena ClarkeFiction2009
Blood Colony de Tananarive DueFiction2009
Song Yet Sung de James McBrideFiction2009
Where the Line Bleeds de Jesmyn WardFiction2009
The Agitator's Daughter: A Memoir of Four Generations of One Extraordinary African-American Family de Sheryll CashinNonfiction2009
The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood de Ta-Nehisi CoatesNonfiction2009
Mr. and Mrs. Prince: How an Extraordinary Eighteenth-Century Family Moved Out of Slavery and Into Legend de Gretchen Holbrook GerzinaNonfiction2009
Ida: A Sword Among Lions de Paula J. GiddingsNonfiction2009
Somebody Scream!: Rap Music's Rise to Prominence in the Aftershock of Black Power de Marcus ReevesNonfiction2009
Please (New Issues Poetry & Prose) de Jericho BrownPoetry2009
Warhorses: Poems de Yusef KomunyakaaPoetry2009
Like Trees, Walking: A Novel de Ravi HowardDebut Fiction2008
Them de Nathan McCallDebut Fiction2008
The Guyanese Wanderer: Stories (The Linda Bruckheimer Series in Kentucky Literature) de Jan CarewFiction2008
The Story of the Cannibal Woman: A Novel de Maryse CondéFiction2008
Measuring Time de Helon HabilaFiction2008
The Book of Negroes de Lawrence HillFiction2008
The Opposite House de Helen OyeyemiFiction2008
The N Word: Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn't, and Why de Jabari AsimNonfiction2008
Dreams of Africa in Alabama: The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Story of the Last Africans Brought to America, de Sylviane A. DioufNonfiction2008
Infidel de Ayaan Hirsi AliNonfiction2008
The Deepest South: The United States, Brazil, and the African Slave Trade de Gerald HorneNonfiction2008
On the Courthouse Lawn: Confronting the Legacy of Lynching in the Twenty-first Century de Sherrilyn A. IfillNonfiction2008
Conversion de Remica L. BinghamPoetry2008
Quantum Lyrics: Poems de A. Van JordanPoetry2008
Unburnable de Marie-Elena JohnDebut Fiction2007
Get Down: Stories de Asali SolomonDebut Fiction2007
Half of a Yellow Sun de Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieFiction2007
Dominion: A Novel de Calvin BakerFiction2007
Nowhere Is a Place de Bernice L. McFaddenFiction2007
Jump at the Sun de Kim McLarinFiction2007
Wizard of the Crow de Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oFiction2007
The Last 'Darky': Bert Williams, Black-on-Black Minstrelsy, and the African Diaspora (A John Hope Franklin Center Book) de Louis Chude-SokeiNonfiction2007
Before the Legend: The Rise of Bob Marley de Christopher John FarleyNonfiction2007
BookMarks: Reading in Black and White: A Memoir de Karla F. C. HollowayNonfiction2007
The Skin Between Us: A Memoir of Race, Beauty, and Belonging de Kym RagusaNonfiction2007
The River Flows on: Black Resistance, Culture, And Identity Formation in Early America de Walter C. RuckerNonfiction2007
Wind in a Box (Poets, Penguin) de Terrance HayesPoetry2007
The Architecture of Language de Quincy TroupePoetry2007
Who Does She Think She Is? de Benilde LittleContemporary Fiction2006
Love on the Dotted Line: A Novel de David E. TalbertContemporary Fiction2006
Tropical Fish: Tales from Entebbe de Doreen BainganaDebut Fiction2006
Upstate de Kalisha BuckhanonDebut Fiction2006
Joplin's Ghost de Tananarive DueFiction2006
Pride of Carthage: A Novel of Hannibal de David Anthony DurhamFiction2006
The Untelling de Tayari JonesFiction2006
Dancing in the Dark de Caryl PhillipsFiction2006
Third Girl from the Left de Martha SouthgateFiction2006
My Face Is Black Is True: Callie House and the Struggle for Ex-Slave Reparations de Mary Frances BerryNonfiction2006
Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood de Donald BogleNonfiction2006
Creating Their Own Image: The History of African-American Women Artists de Lisa E. FarringtonNonfiction2006
Why I Hate Abercrombie & Fitch: Essays On Race and Sexuality (Sexual Cultures Series) de Dwight A. McBrideNonfiction2006
Worrying the Line: Black Women Writers, Lineage, and Literary Tradition de Cheryl A. WallNonfiction2006
Shifting Through Neutral de Bridgett M. DavisContemporary Fiction2005
Bling: A Novel de Erica KennedyContemporary Fiction2005
The Second Life of Samuel Tyne de Esi EdugyanDebut Fiction2005
The Darkest Child de Delores PhillipsDebut Fiction2005
The Dew Breaker de Edwidge DanticatFiction2005
American Desert de Percival EverettFiction2005
Links de Nuruddin FarahFiction2005
The Madonna of Excelsior de Zakes MdaFiction2005
The Man in My Basement de Walter MosleyFiction2005
The Black Interior de Elizabeth AlexanderNonfiction2005
The Failures Of Integration: How Race and Class Are Undermining the American Dream de Sheryll CashinNonfiction2005
Bone to Pick: Of Forgiveness, Reconciliation, Reparation, and Revenge de Ellis CoseNonfiction2005
The End of Blackness de Debra J. DickersonNonfiction2005
A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa de Howard W. FrenchNonfiction2005
A Place Between Stations: Stories de Stephanie AllenDebut Fiction2004
Daughter de Asha BandeleDebut Fiction2004
Getting Mother's Body de Suzan-Lori ParksDebut Fiction2004
Knee-Deep in Wonder: A Novel de April ReynoldsDebut Fiction2004
Hottentot Venus de Barbara Chase-RiboudFiction2004
The Polished Hoe de Austin ClarkeFiction2004
The Salt Roads de Nalo HopkinsonFiction2004
The Known World de Edward P. JonesFiction2004
A Distant Shore de Caryl PhillipsFiction2004
Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston de Valerie BoydNonfiction2004
Mandela, Mobutu, and Me: A Newswoman's African Journey de Lynne DukeNonfiction2004
Always Wear Joy: My Mother Bold and Beautiful de Susan Fales-HillNonfiction2004
Appropriating Blackness: Performance and the Politics of Authenticity de E. Patrick JohnsonNonfiction2004
Somebody's Someone: A Memoir de Regina LouiseNonfiction2004
A Little Piece of Sky de Nicole Bailey-WilliamsDebut Fiction2003
River Woman de Donna HemansDebut Fiction2003
Fifth Born de Zelda LockhartDebut Fiction2003
Gigantic de Marc NesbittDebut Fiction2003
Song of the Water Saints de Nelly RosarioDebut Fiction2003
The Ecstatic de Victor LaValleFiction2003
Discretion de Elizabeth NunezFiction2003
Douglass' Women : A Novel de Jewell Parker RhodesFiction2003
Without a Name and Under the Tongue de Yvonne VeraFiction2003
Water Street de Crystal WilkinsonFiction2003
Passed On: African American Mourning Stories: A Memorial de Karla F. C. HollowayNonfiction2003
Ralph Ellison: Emergence of Genius de Lawrence JacksonNonfiction2003
The Herndons: An Atlanta Family de Carole MerrittNonfiction2003
American Skin: Pop Culture, Big Business, and the End of White America de Leon E. WynterNonfiction2003
Breathing Room de Patricia ElamDebut Fiction2002
The Red Moon de Kuwana HaulseyDebut Fiction2002
Break Any Woman Down de Dana JohnsonDebut Fiction2002
Greenwichtown: A Novel de Joyce PalmerDebut Fiction2002
The Dying Ground de Nichelle D. TrambleDebut Fiction2002
October Suite de Maxine ClairFiction2002
Bombingham de Anthony GroomsFiction2002
The Warmest December de Bernice L. McFaddenFiction2002
He Sleeps: A Novel de Reginald McKnightFiction2002
Fearless Jones de Walter MosleyFiction2002
On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker de A'Lelia BundlesNonfiction2002
Raising Fences: A Black Man's Love Story de Michael DatcherNonfiction2002
Salvation: Black People and Love de bell hooksNonfiction2002
Impossible witnesses : truth, abolitionism, and slave testimony de Dwight A. McBrideNonfiction2002
The Undiscovered Paul Robeson: An Artist's Journey, 1898-1939 de Paul RobesonNonfiction2002

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The Hurston/Wright Legacy Award™ is the first national award presented to published writers of African descent by the national community of Black writers. This award consists of prizes for the highest quality writing in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry. (English, Escrit per membres)
The Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards annually honor published works of fiction, nonfiction and poetry by Black writers published in the previous year. Recognized as a singular award from the Black writing community to its peers, the Legacy Awards each year recognizes members of the national and international Black writing community. (English, Escrit per membres)

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