Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence

Stephanie Powell Watts is the Ernest J. Gaines Book Award Winner for 2012. Ms. Watts, who won for her story collection "We Are Taking Only What We Need," was honored at the Manship Theater on Jan. 18, 2013.

The award, initiated by donors of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation to honor Mr. Gaines, is designed to inspire and recognize rising African-American writers of excellence as they work to achieve the literary heights for which Ernest J. Gaines is known.

“My wife, Dianne, and I are very happy to be a part of this exciting project established by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation to recognize the best newly published African American writers from across the country.”
– Ernest J. Gaines



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