Hackney Literary Awards
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The Hackney Literary Awards are awarded annually for new novels, short stories and poetry from Alabama and the entire United States. The program was created in 1969 by the family of Cecil Hackney. The organization's offices are located at 1305 2nd Avenue North.
Winners of the annual competition are announced during the Writing Today conference at Birmingham-Southern College.
Recent winners
2006
- Novel: Leslie Walker Williams
- National Story: Elinathan Ohiomoba
- State Story: Denise Wadsworth Trimm
- National Poetry: Adam Vines
- State Poettry: John Pursley III
2007
- Novel: Lauren Wolk
- National Story: Elinathan Ohiomoba
- State Story: Wayne Greenhaw
- National Poetry: Vivian Shipley
- State Poettry: Gail Gehiken
2008
- Novel: Sandra Kolankiewicz
- National Story: Jason Wiener
- State Story: Claire Burgess
- National Poetry: Gladys Poppy Perez-Bashier
- State Poettry: James Mersmann
2009
- Novel: Cary Groner
- National Story: Barbara Crane
- State Story: Erin K. Sullivan
- National Poetry: Ed Frankel
- State Poettry: Sue Scalf
2010
- Novel: Ed Davis
- National Story: Scott Kauffman
- State Story: Wayne Greenhaw
- National Poetry: W. F. Lantry
- State Poettry: Laura Davenport
2011
- Novel: John Mort
- National Story: Danny Thomas
- State Story: Adrienne Yvonne Norton
- National Poetry: Sierra Nelson
- State Poetry: Emily Grimes-Henderson
2012
- Novel: Kurt Kamm
- National Story: Thomas McConnell
- State Story: Lee Smith
- National Poetry: Karen Bowden
- State Poetry: Tyler Dennis
2013
- Novel: Glenn Skwerer
- National Story: Zachariah Barry
- State Story: Steve Coleman
- National Poetry: Joan Kantor
- State Poetry: James Mersmann
2014
- Novel: Russell Working, Red Corner
- National Story: Celine Keating,Home
- State Story: Van Newell, The Saturday Night Live Suicides
- National Poetry: Vivian Shipley, Foxfire
- State Poetry: John Saad, Southbound
2015
- Novel: J. A. Bernstein, Gleanings
- National Story: Emily Franklin, Qualities of a Modern Farmer
- State Story: Beth Hamer Miles, Crowd Control
- National Poetry: Ravi Shankar, Zen in Hollywood
- State Poetry: George Sawaya, Apology to the Bluebird
2016
- Novel: Annabel Thomas, Theona of the Bees
- National Story: Laine Cunningham, Eating Words
- State Story: Mary Palmer, The Concrete Block Wall
- National Poetry: Bracha K. Sharp, Tender
- State Poetry: Tina Mozelle Braziel, Known By Salt
2017
- Novel: Cary Groner, River of Forgetting
- National Story: Thomas Donovan, Fitz
- State Story: Stephen Edmonson, Climbing Jacobs Ladder
- National Poetry: Natalie Bryant Rizzieri, Studies of the Dark
- State Poetry: Melissa Morphew, The Melodramatic Scene
2018
- Novel: Rae Meadows, No Man's Land
- National Story: Brenda Liebling-Goldberg, Edelweiss
- National Poetry: Dannye Powell, The Secret
2019
- Novel: Miriam Ruth Black, Shayna
- National Story: Margaret McGinty, Gentrify This
- National Poetry: Jane Craven, De Rerum Natura
External links
- Hackney Literary Awards website