CRWROPPS Post: Hurston/Wright Foundation College Writers Award


 

2021 Award for College Writers

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.

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2021 Crossover Award

The Hurston/Wright Crossover Award, sponsored by ESPN's The Undefeated, honors probing, provocative, and original new voices in literary nonfiction. First-place winners receive a $2,000 cash prize, free tuition to a Hurston/Wright writing workshop, and a complimentary seat at the Legacy Awards Ceremony.

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This program was supported by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

This program is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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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.

Hurston/Wright Foundation
10 G Street NE, Suite 600
Washington, District of Columbia 20002
(202) 248-5051
info@hurstonwright.org

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