White Blood: A Lyric of Virginia has been nominated for a Legacy Award in Poetry from the Hurston/Wright Foundation! It’s an honor to be included among these incredible poets. This year’s (virtual) ceremony is October 15.

From the Foundation:
”The Hurston/Wright Legacy Award TM honors the best in Black literature in the United States and around the globe. Introduced in 2001, the Legacy Award was the first national award presented to Black writers by a national organization of Black writers. Fiction, nonfiction and poetry honorees are selected in a juried competition.”

Hurston/Wright Legacy Nominees in Poetry