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Houston writer Bryan Washington to receive Gaines award

He will receive the award and its $15,000 prize at a ceremony Thursday in Baton Rouge for his debut short story collection “Lot.”

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This photo provided by David Gracia shows author Bryan Washington. Houston writer Bryan Washington has been named the 2019 recipient of the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence, for his debut short story collection “Lot.” The award is presented by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, in Louisiana. It goes to promising African-American fiction writers. (David Gracia via AP)

NEW ORLEANS — Houston writer Bryan Washington has been named the 2019 recipient of the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence.

He will receive the award and its $15,000 prize at a ceremony Thursday in Baton Rouge for his debut short story collection “Lot.”

The award is presented by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation. It goes to promising African American fiction writers.

Previous winners of the Gaines award include Jamel Brinkley, Ladee Hubbard, Crystal Wilkinson and T. Geronimo Johnson.

A Louisiana native, Gaines wrote the critically acclaimed novel, “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman." He died Nov. 5 at age 86.

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