The Stephen Henderson Award recognizes authors for outstanding achievement in literature and poetry.
Recipients of the Stephen Henderson Award
1995: Sam Cornish
1996: Quincy Troupe
1997: E. Ethelbert Miller
1998: Sherley Anne Williams
2002: Clarence Major
2003: Askia Touré
2004: Charles Johnson
2006: Al Young
2007: Marilyn Nelson
2008: Nathaniel Mackey
2009: Elizabeth Alexander
2010: Cecil Giscombe
2011:Ed Roberson
2012: Harryette Mullen
2013: Michael S. Harper
2014: Marita Golden
2015: Evie Shockley
2016: Fred Moten
2017: Jamaica Kincaid
2018: Giovanni Singleton
2019: John Edgar Wideman
The Darwin T. Turner Award celebrates excellence in scholarship in African American culture and literature.
Recipients of the Darwin T. Turner Award
2000: Jerry W. Ward, Jr.
2005: Maryemma Graham
2009: Loretta Woodard
2014: Howard Dodson
2015: Aldon L. Nielsen
2016: Richard Yarborough
2017: Henry Louis Gates Jr.
2018: Michele Elam
2019: Keith Byerman
2020: Frances Smith Foster
The Octavia E. Butler Award in memory of Conseula Francis recognizes outstanding contributions to African American literary scholarship made by a woman of color.
Recipients of the Octavia E. Butler Award in memory of Conseula Francis
2017: Cheryl A. Wall
African American Literature and Culture Society 