Congratulations to this year’s winners of the Richard Wright Literary Awards!
ADULT FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION
Katie Silverwings – Warmth & Darkness
ADULT FICTION
Avery Cunningham – Mayor of Maxwell Street
ADULT NONFICTION
Wiley Henry – Daddy: A.C. Williams and His Teen Town Singers
ADULT POETRY
Tara M. Stringfellow – Magic Enuff
CHILDREN FICTION
T’Arrah Marjé – Prideful Penny
CHILDREN NONFICTION
Ashley Davis – Shelby County A to Z
CHILDREN POETRY
T’Arrah Marjé – Love Is Spelled T.I.M.E
GRAPHIC NOVEL
Martheus Wade – Jetta Tales of the Toshigawa – Defiance
ILLUSTRATED BOOK
Laila Muhammad – The Crossover: The Fashioner & the Moon
ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN
Martheus Wade – Park Pals & the Grand Opening of Starry Nights
SINGLE WORK IN AN ANTHOLOGY
Not My Day from Memphis Mosaic – Barbara Ragsdale
YOUNG ADULT FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION
Beth Alvarez – The Witch & the Wyrm
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Daniel Reece – Knight & Daye: Box of Darkness Book 2
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION
Jasper Joyner – Pansy: A Black American Memoir
YOUNG ADULT POETRY
J. M. Paden – Premonition