10/12/2026
🏆✨ **25 YEARS OF BLACK LITERARY EXCELLENCE — THE LEGACY CONTINUES!** ✨🏆
🎉 **CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2026 ZORA/LEGACY AWARD WINNERS & MERIT AWARDEES!** 🎉
What an unforgettable celebration of **BLACK BRILLIANCE, LITERATURE, CULTURE & LEGACY!** 🖤💛
The **25th Annual Zora/Legacy Awards** celebrated the extraordinary writers, storytellers, and literary trailblazers whose words continue to inspire generations!
🏆 **MEET OUR 2026 ZORA/LEGACY AWARD WINNERS!**
📚 **Debut Fiction:** Justin Haynes — *Ibis*
📚 **Fiction:** Harmonia Rosales — *Chronicles of Ori*
📚 **Nonfiction:** Danielle Bainbridge — *Dandelion*
📚 **Poetry:** Doug Kearney — *I Imagine I Been Science Fiction Always*
📚 **Crossover:** Michael LeRoy Williamson — *Light in Word Form*
📚 **Prose College:** Wilhemina Lawerh-Lawerh — *My Husband*
📚 **Poetry College:** Alyssa Bardge — *Lady Pistol Whip*
🌟 **HONORING OUR 2026 MERIT AWARDEES!**
🏅 **Dr. Joanne V. Gabbin** — Madame CJ Walker Merit Award
🏅 **Dr. Martha S. Jones** — Ella Baker Merit Award
🏅 **Dr. Robin D.G. Kelley** — North Star Merit Award
👏🏾 **LET'S GIVE ALL OF OUR WINNERS AND HONOREES THEIR FLOWERS!** 💐
To our winners, honorees, supporters, and literary community — **THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THE LEGACY!**
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