Shara McCallum wins the 2022 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Poetry

Shara McCallum has won the 2022 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Poetry for No Ruined Stone. The winners were announced in a virtual ceremony last night.

The 2022 winners are:

Fiction

Judges: Preston Allen, NoViolet Bulawayo, and Amina Gautier

• The Trees, Percival Everett

Debut Fiction

Judges:  Ron A. Austin, Breena Clarke, and Zinzi Clemmons

• This Life, Quntos KunQuest (Agate Bolden)

Poetry 

Judges: Remica Bingham-Risher, Brian Gilmore, and Yona Harvey

• No Ruined Stone, Shara McCallum

Nonfiction

Judges: Gerald Home, Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, and Noliwe Rooks

(Historical/Social/Political)

• Born in Blackness, Howard French

(Memoir/Biography)

• Half in Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Nellie Y. McKay, Shanna Greene Benjamin

Hurston/Wright Award for College Writers 2022

• Lauren Arnold and Sabrina Ticer-Wurr

Crossover Award 2022

• Valerie Twyman White

Watch the ceremony in full here:

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Don't forget to check out Shara's UK tour.