Randall Kenan Prize

{{short description|Literary award for Black LGBT authors}}

The Randall Kenan Prize for Black LGBTQ Fiction is an annual literary award presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, established in 2021 in honor of Randall Kenan.{{Cite web|date=2021-06-02|title=Literary prize honoring Randall Kenan awarded|url=https://college.unc.edu/inthemedia/literary-prize-honoring-randall-kenan-awarded/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-19|website=College of Arts & Sciences|publisher=University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119205309/https://college.unc.edu/inthemedia/literary-prize-honoring-randall-kenan-awarded/}}{{Cite web|last=Edwards|first=Dale|date=2021-06-02|title=Literary prize honoring Randall Kenan awarded|url=https://www.newsoforange.com/arts_and_entertainment/article_4cf50a78-c394-11eb-bfe3-6b61e7f8fe56.html|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-19|website=The News of Orange County|language=en|archive-date=2021-12-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228123349/https://www.newsoforange.com/arts_and_entertainment/article_4cf50a78-c394-11eb-bfe3-6b61e7f8fe56.html}} The award is presented "to a Black LGBTQ writer whose fiction explores themes of Black LGBTQ life, culture, and/or history."{{Cite web|title=Special Awards|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/special-awards/|access-date=2022-01-19|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119140254/https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/special-awards/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=2021 Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=3282|access-date=2022-01-19|website=PublishersWeekly.com|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119205308/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=3282|url-status=live}} Nominees "must have published at least one book and show promise in continuing to produce groundbreaking work." Winners receive a $3,000 cash prize.