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Author record · 2018 to 2019

Nafissa Thompson-Spires: Awards and Best-of Lists

Nafissa Thompson-Spires has won 3 awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes (2018) for Heads of the Colored People: Stories, with 2 shortlist or finalist places, 2 longlist or nominee places, and 5 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2019Heads of the Colored PeopleHurston/Wright Legacy Award source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Fiction
2019Heads of the Colored PeoplePEN America Literary Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · PEN Open Book Award
2019Heads of the Colored PeopleAspen Words Literary Prize source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · Fiction
2018Heads of the Colored People: StoriesLos Angeles Times Book Prizes source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction
2018Heads of the Colored PeopleKirkus Prize source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Fiction
2018Heads of the Colored PeopleJames Tait Black Prizes source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · Fiction
2018Heads of the Colored PeopleNational Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · Fiction
2018Heads of the Colored PeopleThe Atlantic Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books
2018Heads of the Colored PeopleChicago Tribune Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books
2018Heads of the Colored People: StoriesChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books
2018Heads Of The Colored People: StoriesNPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books We Love
2018Heads of the Colored PeopleKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction

Books

  1. Heads of the Colored People12 sources · 2018 to 2019