CRWROPPS Post: Legacy Awards Submissions



 

Submissions for the 2022 Legacy Awards are OPEN

Submit Book-Length Work by Black Writers by December 17, 2021

November 9, 2021 – The Zora Neale Hurston / Richard Wright Foundation invites agents and publishers to submit book-length work by Black writers to the 2022 Legacy Awards. The Submittable form must be completed and books post-marked by December 17, 2021.

Our award categories are poetry, debut fiction, fiction, and nonfiction, and our judges consider English translations (the translator need not be a Black author) and collections of short stories or essays by a single author.  All works, including U.S. editions of foreign books, must have been released in the United States within the 2021 calendar year.

Full guidelines for the 2022 Legacy Awards may be found here. For questions, please contact programs@hurstonwright.org.

2022 Legacy Awards Guidelines
Submit to the Legacy Awards
 

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 supports 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. Learn more at www.hurstonwright.org.

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