Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Winners

The Hurston-Wright Legacy Award is a literary award given by the National Community of Black Writers.

The Hurston/Wright Legacy Award is the first nati ...more

Winners

	Seeing the Body: Poems by Rachel Eliza Griffiths 4.31 avg rating — 139 ratings Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Poetry (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America by Marcia Chatelain (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 1,290 ratings Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Nonfiction (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Telephone by Percival Everett 3.97 avg rating — 2,583 ratings Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Remembrance by Rita Woods 3.72 avg rating — 1,756 ratings Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Debut Fiction (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Solitary: Unbroken by Four Decades in Solitary Confinement by Albert Woodfox 4.41 avg rating — 3,301 ratings Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Nonfiction (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Exiles of Eden by Ladan Osman 3.99 avg rating — 84 ratings Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Poetry (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Tall History of Sugar by Curdella Forbes 3.24 avg rating — 389 ratings Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Africaville by Jeffrey Colvin (Goodreads Author) 3.20 avg rating — 1,162 ratings Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Debut Fiction (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin by Terrance Hayes 4.28 avg rating — 3,499 ratings Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Poetry (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem (The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture) by Imani Perry 4.16 avg rating — 55 ratings Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Nonfiction (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heads of the Colored People by Nafissa Thompson-Spires 4.12 avg rating — 7,247 ratings Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Semiautomatic by Evie Shockley 4.34 avg rating — 162 ratings Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Poetry (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits by Tiya Miles (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 353 ratings Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Nonfiction (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Moses by Alain Mabanckou 3.45 avg rating — 1,830 ratings Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Talented Ribkins by Ladee Hubbard 3.74 avg rating — 1,550 ratings Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Debut Novel (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bestiary: Poems by Donika Kelly 4.18 avg rating — 1,526 ratings Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Poetry (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hannah Mary Tabbs and the Disembodied Torso: A Tale of Race, Sex, and Violence in America by Kali Nicole Gross (Goodreads Author) 3.59 avg rating — 380 ratings Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Nonfiction (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 375,877 ratings Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Damnificados by J.J. Amaworo Wilson (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 378 ratings Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Debut Fiction (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forest Primeval by Vievee Francis 4.30 avg rating — 359 ratings Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Poetry (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga by Pamela Newkirk (Goodreads Author) 3.61 avg rating — 849 ratings Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Nonfiction (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Delicious Foods by James Hannaham (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 5,933 ratings Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mourner's Bench by Sanderia Faye 4.01 avg rating — 114 ratings Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Debut Fiction (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010 by Lucille Clifton (Foreword) 4.66 avg rating — 585 ratings Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Poetry (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Price of the Ticket: Barack Obama and the Rise and Decline of Black Politics by Fredrick C. Harris 3.86 avg rating — 72 ratings Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Nonfiction (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan 3.69 avg rating — 16,606 ratings Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Courage to Dissent: Atlanta and the Long History of the Civil Rights Movement by Tomiko Brown-Nagin 3.98 avg rating — 53 ratings Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Nonfiction (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The New Black by Evie Shockley 4.22 avg rating — 243 ratings Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Poetry (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mr. Fox by Helen Oyeyemi (Goodreads Author) 3.58 avg rating — 10,417 ratings Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Warmth of Other Suns: the Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson (Goodreads Author) 4.45 avg rating — 92,935 ratings Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Nonfiction (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars