Mission
To discover, develop, and honor Black writers in order to preserve the legacy, and ensure the future of Black writers and the literature they produce.

OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Awarded more than $64,000 in cash prizes to 35 winners of the Hurston/Wright Award for College Writers.

• Since 1996, hosted more than 800 writers at the annual Hurston/Wright Writers' Week Workshop.

• Granted more than $85,000 in financial aid and scholarships to writers to attend the Hurston/Wright Writers' Week Workshops.

• Granted more than $45,000 in scholarships to writers to attend our tuition-free Hurston/Wright Writers' Week for High School Students.

• Since 2002, awarded $240,000 in cash prizes to 35 recipients of the annual Hurston/Wright Legacy Award.

• Inspired the creation of writers' workshops and support groups formed by workshop participants in their home communities.

• Been recognized as a major institutional predictor of future success for emerging Black writers.

• Built an institution that ensures African American literature will continue to maintain its rightful place in the American literary canon.

• Serves as a vehicle for the continued development of the story of people of African descent.

• By example, encouraged MFA programs and traditional writer's workshops to become racially diverse and inclusive.

Accomplishments of Alumni & Award Winners

Eight winners of the Hurston/Wright Award for College Writers and six alumni of the Hurston/Wright Writers' Week have had books published by major publishers such as Warner Books, Houghton Mifflin, and Random House.