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Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence

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The Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence is a national literary award designed to recognize rising African-American fiction writers. It is underwritten by donors of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation in honor of the literary heritage provided by author Ernest J. Gaines.

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Past Winners

  • 2007 - Olympia Vernon, A Killing in This Town
  • 2008 - Ravi Howard, Like Trees, Walking
  • 2009 - Jeffrey R. Allen, Holding Pattern: Stories
  • 2010 - Victor LaValle, Big Machine
  • 2011 - Dinaw Mengestu, How to Read the Air
  • 2012 - Stephanie Powell Watts, We Are Taking Only What We Need
  • 2013 - Attica Locke, The Cutting Season
  • 2014 - Mitchell S. Jackson, The Residue Years

    • Panel of Judges

  • Thomas Beller
  • Anthony Grooms
  • Elizabeth Nunez
  • Francine Prose
  • Patricia Towers

    • References

    Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence Wikipedia
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