Authors Thulani Davis, Kerri K. Greenidge, and Claude Johnson will receive a combined $70,000 in prizes during the October 19th award ceremony at the African Meeting House on MAAH’s Beacon Hill Campus.

Our jury has narrowed the list down to these 14 books. Congratulations to the authors of these excellent works of scholarship!

Congratulations to the 16 authors of these fine works of scholarship!

Leon Wilson, CEO and President of the Museum of African American History, and prize-winning author Jelani M. Favors talk about new writing on the African American experience

We’ve received 94 books this year for the 2021 MAAH Stone Book Award (that’s 40 than last year)!

If it’s march, we must be open to submissions. Publishers and literary agents, submit eligible works by April 15, 2021.

Registration is open! The first 99 people to register will get a copy of one of the winning books. And the first 250 will receive a special gift box. RSVP today

Jelani M. Favors’ Shelter in a Time of Storm has been chosen as the winner of the 2020 MAAH Stone Book Award!

We’re less than two months away from our 2020 MAAH Stone Book Award Event. We’ll be following up with details, but it’s going to be epic.

We’re thrilled to announce our jury’s selections for this year’s Short List.

The full list of this year’s 54 submitted works. Thanks to the publishers and 54 brilliant authors for a stellar cohort of submissions this year.

Watch this space and follow us on social media for more information about how to register for our Virtual Award Event on October 15, 2020 @ 6:30pm.