Okay, for some of you this may sound familiar. But here’s the *official* announcement: The Untelling has been awarded the Lillian C. Smith Award for New Voices. I’m pretty excited about it. Lillian Smith was a writer with a conscience, which, I think, is the most important attribute of a writer. Past winners include Alice Walker, Maddison Smartt Bell, Ernest Gaines. The awards ceremony is October 15th in Athens, GA.
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18 responses to “The Untelling wins a prize!”
Tayari,
Mucho congrats! You’ve joined the ranks of some very esteemed writers.
Jackie
You Go Girl!
Congratulations Tayari!
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You are magnificent! Are the festivities open to the public or do I need an invite? Am I still gonna see you for my birthday?
Congratulations and good for you. I’m not surprised… Shoot, I may go read The Untelling one more time!!!
Congratulations!!!!!
Congratulations. That is a wonderful achievement.
Congratulations! Last time I wanted to say it, but the post was gone 🙂
Congratulations! You must be so excited ; ).
Kudos, T! You’re in excellent company, as always. ~Q
And as for book suggestions . . . I posted my next few reads on my blog a few posts back. Take a look. You may have read them all because only a couple of them are new releases, but maybe not. If you’ve already read them feel free to post a comment sharing your thoughts.
In sisterhood,
~anq
Hey Tayari–Much congratulations to you. It’s a great book and you deserve all honors and blessings that flow from it. Hope you’re doing well.
Best to you,
SPB
Congratulations! And thanks for your comment on “So what can I do”!
Tayari
Wonderful news – congratulations! One of the co-authors, Ray Gavins, of the books from the most recent award year – was on leave in Washington at the Wilson Center when I was there. As someone has already said, you join quite an incredible list of winners.
Congratulations T. I’m so proud of you. Keep it up.
Congradulations Tayari!
I’m really happy for you. You’ve earned a great prize. I hope that you win more of your mind and your writings. 🙂
Rock on and Shine on!
Christopher Donshale Sims a.k.a. UniverSouLove
Congratulations! The Universe is responding.
Excellence is simply a habit for you, T. Congratulations and keep on keepin’ on!!
We here at Urban-Reviews would like to congratulate you on receiving this wonderful award (since its 2:15am, it’s pretty safe to say that you were probably handed this award a few hours ago). This goes to a most deserving person for a book that is equally deserving. Congrats to an author who was our first feature interview for our website! ~smiles~ Keep up the good work, T!