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2007 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Nominees

 

Annual Fundraiser
Hurston/Wright 3-Day Writers’ Workshop
  • If you want to work with a master teacher who has been where you are and knows first hand the challenges you face, this workshop is for you!
  • Submissions must be received by May 11, 2009.
Hurston/Wright Creative Writing Workshop for Teens
  • A two week writing workshop that will enable 8th through 12th grade students to become effective communicators.
  • Submissions must be received by June 22, 2009
 
Hurston/Wright Award for College Writers
  • This award honors excellence in fiction writing by students of African descent enrolled full time as undergraduate or graduate students in any college or university in the United States
  • Submissions must be received between November 3, 2009 and post marked no later then January 15, 2010.
 
  • The nations only multi-genre summer writers' workshop for published and unpublished writers of African descent, with a component for high school students.
 
  • Tuition free summer workshop with classes that introduce the basic elements of creative writing to High School Students.
 
  • The first national award presented to published writers of African descent by the national community of Black writers.
  • Submissions must be received between September 1, 2009 and November 17, 2009.
 
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