Literary award · United States · since 1935
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
US literary award. Established 1935 in United States.
About Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
The Anisfield-Wolf Book Award is an American literary award dedicated to honoring written works that make important contributions to the understanding of racism and the appreciation of the rich diversity of human culture. Established in 1935 by Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf and originally administered by the Saturday Review, the awards have been administered by the Cleveland Foundation since 1963. The foundation confers awards in several categories, such as fiction, poetry, nonfiction, memoir/autobiography, and lifetime achievement, each September in a ceremony free and open to the public and attended by the honorees. Winners previously include Zora Neale Hurston (1943), Langston Hughes (1954), Martin Luther King Jr.
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Recent winners
| Year | Winner | Winning work |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Tessa Hulls | — |
| 2025 | Feeding Ghosts | — |
| 2022 | Tiya Miles | — |
| 2019 | There There | — |
| 2019 | Sonia Sanchez | — |
| 2018 | Sing, Unburied, Sing | — |
| 2018 | Tracy K. Smith | — |
| 2017 | Tyehimba Jess | — |
| 2017 | Margot Lee Shetterly | — |
| 2017 | Karan Mahajan | — |
| 2017 | Peter Ho Davies | — |
| 2017 | Isabel Allende | — |
| 2016 | Rowan Ricardo Phillips | — |
| 2016 | Lillian Faderman | — |
| 2016 | Mary Morris | — |
From Wikidata; the list may be incomplete for some years.
Eligibility and entering
Check the official rules of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards for the current eligibility window, accepted formats, residency or language requirements and any entry fee. For most established prizes the publisher submits on the author's behalf, often with a limit on entries per imprint.
If you are self-published, look for an explicit statement that independently published books are accepted, and budget for entry fees and copies for judges.
Sources & data
- Structured data from Wikidata Q4765305 (CC0).
- Summary text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).