Wallace Stegner Fellow (1957) Subject of a 2023 USPS Forever stamp from the Black Heritage series Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence A book award established by donors of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation in 2007 to honor Gaines' legacy and encourage rising African-American fiction writers. The winner is selected by a panel of five judges who are well known in the literary world. The winner receives a US$10,000 award and a commemorative sculpture created by Louisiana artist Robert Moreland. See also Membership discrimination in California social clubs References Sources The African American Registry External links The Ernest J. Gaines Center at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Teaching Materials for Works by Ernest J. Gaines Samples of Gaines' writing Interview with Gaines Article about Gaines: "Going Home" Interview with Gaines: "Going Home: the transcript" Ernest J. Gaines Award Kelly, Evelyn E., Ph.D., "'Pray if You Want To:' A Reevaluation of Religion in the Fiction of Ernest J. Gaines" (2010) Quotes source Interview with Ernest Gaines for OxMag Interview with Ernest J. Gaines, at Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, February 18, 2011 Christ Walked Down Market Street JSTOR archive of autumn 2004 Calloo Magazine V28, Johns Hopkins University 1933 births 2019 deaths 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists African-American novelists American male novelists Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres MacArthur Fellows Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters People from Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana Military personnel from Louisiana San Francisco State University alumni Stanford University alumni University of Louisiana at Lafayette faculty Academic staff of Rennes 2 University Novelists from Louisiana National Humanities Medal recipients Postmodern writers United States National Medal of Arts recipients African-American short story writers American male short story writers 20th-century American short story writers 21st-century American short story writers Writers of American Southern literature 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers Writers from Vallejo, California Stegner Fellows 20th-century African-American writers 21st-century African-American writers African-American male writers