CRWROPPS Post: Deadline Saturday! Apply for the College & Crossover Awards

Subject: Deadline Saturday! Apply for the College & Crossover Awards

 

FOUR days left to submit your work to be considered for the Hurston/Wright CROSSOVER AWARD or COLLEGE AWARD! The Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation is proud to host the Hurston/Wright Awards for College Writers, which is the only award of its kind that recognizes Black college writers. The award is open to Black poets and fiction writers who are full-time students in undergraduate and graduate programs. First-place winners receive a $1,000 cash prize, free tuition to a Hurston/Wright writing workshop, and a complimentary seat at the Legacy Awards Ceremony. Amistad, a division of HarperCollins Publishers, sponsors the award. APPLY FOR THE COLLEGE AWARD The Hurston/Wright Crossover Award, sponsored by ESPN's The Undefeated, honors probing, provocative, and original new voices in literary nonfiction. Named after the most common dribbling move in basketball, the Crossover Award, aims to highlight an unconventional winner who writes across genres and can effectively crossover between writing styles and techniques. The name also speaks to the potential of the award winner to transition from obscurity to the spotlight.  This award will celebrate one writer who contributes a unique perspective to the literary nonfiction landscape and whose writing exemplifies The Undefeated's "Not Conventional, Never Boring" mantra.  APPLY FOR THE CROSSOVER AWARD The award submission period opened December 1, 2019 and closes Saturday, February 29, 2020.  The winner of the award, which includes a cash prize, will be announced in May 2020 and honored at the 19th Annual Legacy Awards Ceremony in October 2020. This program was supported by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts. About the Hurston/Wright Foundation: The Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation was founded in 1990 in Washington, D.C., and is dedicated to discovering, mentoring and honoring Black writers. Through workshops, master classes and readings, the organization preserves the voices of Black writers in the world literary canon, serves as a community for writers, and continues a tradition of literary excellence in storytelling established by its namesakes. The Hurston/Wright Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.