14th Annual Ernest J. Gaines Award Ceremony

Join Baton Rouge's literati in celebrating Chicago author Gabriel Bump, who has been selected as the winner of the 2020 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence for his debut book, Everywhere You Don't Belong. 

The Ernest J. Gaines Award is given each year to rising African-American fiction writers. The award will be presented to Bump at 6:30 pm during a live virtual presentation. A link and invitation will be available at ernestjgainesaward.org.

[Read Lauren Heffker's interview with Gabriel Bump about receiving the Gaines Award here.]