(Harper Collins). Nominee. Ayana Mathis. The Twelve Tribes of. Hattie. (Alfred A.
Knopf). Nominee. Bernice L. McFadden. Gathering of Waters. (Akashic Books) ...
THE HURSTON/WRIGHT FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES THE NOMINEES OF THE TWELFTH ANNUAL HURSTON/WRIGHT LEGACY AWARD The Hurston/Wright Legacy Award provides annual recognition of published Black writers and those who contribute to the development of Black literature and to the support of the Hurston/Wright Foundation's mission. By honoring these authors, we're recognizing the profound significance, necessity, and genius of Black writers and the stories they tell. A panel of acclaimed authors in each genre reviewed submissions and selected nominees from categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry. The Hurston/Wright Legacy Award 2013 Nominees are:
Fiction Nominee
Nominee
Nominee
Esi Edugyan Half Blood Blues
Yvvette Edwards A Cupboard Full of Coats
Dana Johnson Elsewhere, California
(Picador)
(Harper Collins)
(Counterpoint Press)
Nominee
Nominee
Nominee
Attica Locke The Cutting Season
Ayana Mathis The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
Bernice L. McFadden Gathering of Waters
(Harper Collins)
(Alfred A. Knopf)
(Akashic Books)
Poetry Nominee
Nominee
Nominee
Lillian-Yvonne Bertram But A Storm is Blowing From Paradise
Lucille Clifton The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton
Monica A. Hand Me and Nina
(Red Hen Press)
(BOA Editions, LTD)
(Alice James Books)
Nonfiction Nominee
Nominee
Nominee
Chinua Achebe There Was A Country
Fredrick C. Harris The Price of the Ticket
Natalie Hopkinson Go-Go Live
(Penguin)
(Oxford University Press)
(Duke University Press)
Nominee
Nominee
Nominee
Sara LawrenceLightfoot Exit
Ashraf H.A. Rushdy American Lynching
Heather Andrea Williams Help Me to Find My People
(Farrar, Straus, and Giroux)
(Yale university Press)
(Univ. of North Carolina Press)
The Hurston/Wright President’s Choice Awards will Honor:
Natasha Trethewey, United States Poet Laureate, Professor and author of four collections of poetry, Domestic Work (2000); Bellocq’s Ophelia (2002); Native Guard (2006)—for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize—and, most recently, Thrall, (2012). At Emory University she is Robert W. Woodruff Professor of English and Creative Writing. Isabel Wilkerson, Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and author of Warmth of Other Suns. Recipient of the Ella Baker Award for works that epitomize citizenship and community service.
Wil Haygood authored the Washington Post story, "A Butler Well Served by this Election," about long serving White House butler Eugene Allen. Haygood’s prize winning story was adapted into the acclaimed movie, "Lee Daniels' The Butler," In a journalism and book writing career spanning three decades, Haygood has reaped awards and critical acclaim for his output. A Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow, Haygood has also been described as a cultural historian.
ABOUT HURSTON/WRIGHT The Hurston/Wright Foundation was co-founded in October 1990 by novelist Marita Golden and bibliophile Clyde McElvene. The organization is named for two literary geniuses, Zora Neale Hurston and Richard Wright. Working on behalf of writers and readers, the mission of the Foundation is to discover, educate, mentor, and develop African American writers at pivotal stages of their careers.
We wish to give special thanks to our many supporters who include Amtrak, Black Classic Press, The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, HarperCollins Publishers, National Association of Broadcasters, Penguin Group USA, Prince George's County Council Member Andrea Harrison, Random House, Sankofa Books, Simon & Schuster, The Zora Neale Hurston Trust, and a host of individual donors for their generous support. For more information about Hurston/Wright visit our website at www.hurstonwright.org.
