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Awarded for "to highlight the rich literary heritage of the New York State and to recognize the legacy of individual New York State writers." Location Albany, New York, New York Presented by Empire State Center for the Book and the Empire State Book Festival First awarded 2010 (7 years ago) (2010) | ||
The New York State Writers Hall of Fame or NYS Writers Hall of Fame is a project established in 2010 by the Empire State Center for the Book and the Empire State Book Festival and headquartered at the New York State Library in Albany, New York. The Hall of Fame was established "to highlight the rich literary heritage of the New York State and to recognize the legacy of individual New York State writers."
New writers, both living and deceased, have been inducted annually since 2010. The eight members of the Class of 2017, which includes four living and four deceased writers, will be inducted at a dinner in Manhattan on June 5, 2017.
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