Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award - Debut Fiction

Awards List

2008

She's Gone
(Winner)
Kwame Dawes

2007

Unburnable
(Nominee)
Marie-Elena John

Get Down
(Nominee)
Asali Solomon

2006

Freshwater Road
(Winner)
Denise Nicholas

Upstate
(Nominee)
Kalisha Buckhanon

Tropical Fish
(Nominee)
Doreen Baingana

2005

GraceLand
(Winner)
Chris Abani

The Darkest Child
(Nominee)
Delores Phillips

2004

Purple Hibiscus
(Winner)
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

A Place Between Stations: Stories
(Finalist)
Stephanie Allen

2003

Leaving Atlanta
(Winner)
Tayari Jones

A Little Piece of Sky
(Finalist)
Nicole Bailey-Williams

2002

Gabriel's Story
(Winner)
David Anthony Durham

Breathing Room
(Nominee)
Patricia Elam

Break Any Woman Down
(Nominee)
Dana Johnson

Award Categories

Contemporary Fiction

Debut Fiction

Fiction

Award Years

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

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2003

2002