Alabama Writers Hall of Fame

The Alabama Writers Hall of Fame is a recognition for writers with significant ties to the state of Alabama. The program, which was created in 2014 with a new class inducted every two years, is administered by the Alabama Center for the Book and the Alabama Writer's Forum.

Class of 2015

• Helen Norris Bell
• Rick Bragg
• Andrew Glaze
• Johnson Jones Hooper
• Zora Neale Hurston
• Helen Keller
• Harper Lee
• William March
• Albert Murray
• Sena Jeter Naslund
• Sonia Sanchez
• Augusta Jane Evans Wilson

Class of 2016

• Edward O. Wilson
• Fannie Flagg
• Rodney Jones
• Rebecca Gilman
• Truman Capote
• T. S. Stribling
• Margaret Walker
• Mary Ward Brown
• Sequoyah

Class of 2018

• Joseph Glover Baldwin
• James Haskins
• Charles Gaines
• Shirley Ann Grau
• Wayne Greenhaw
• Winston Groom
• William Bradford Huie
• Gay Talese

Class of 2020

• Mark Childress
• Faye Gibbons
• Carolyn Haines
• Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
• Michael Knight
• Ralph Ellison
• Zelda Fitzgerald

References

• Smith, Jamon (September 19, 2016) "Alabama Writers Hall of Fame Announces Class of 2016." University of Alabama News Center
• Cobb, Mark Hughes (May 24, 2018) "Diverse class enters state writers’ hall of fame." The Tuscaloosa News
• Smith, Jamon (October 21, 2019) "Alabama Writers Hall of Fame to Induct 7 in 2020." University of Alabama News Center

External links

• Alabama Writers Hall of Fame website