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OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTION 1994-2002 |
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OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTION 1994-2002 |
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PEARL CLEAGUE
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Founded by Dr. Alex Boyd, the Director of the Newark, New Jersey Public Library, the BCALA Awards honor outstanding work by African American authors. Winners receive the BCALA Medallion and an honorarium of $500. Winners are announced during the American Library Association's Midwinter Meeting and the Awards are presented at the Annual Conference. The winners of the Literary Award for Fiction are as follows.
| 2002 | Pearl Cleage | I Wish I Had a Red Dress |
| 2001 | Paule Marshall | The Fisher King |
| 2000 | Valerie Wilson Wesley | Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do |
| 1999 | Gayl Jones | The Healing |
| 1998 | Sandra Jackson-Opoku | The River Where Blood is Born |
| 1997 | Florence Ladd | Sarah's Palm |
| 1996 | Walter Mosley | RL's Dream |
| 1995 | Maxine Clair | Rattlebone |
| 1994 | Ernest J. Gaines | A Lesson Before Dying |
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