{"id":365,"date":"2016-11-23T20:26:38","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T20:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/?page_id=365"},"modified":"2020-02-27T08:09:42","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T14:09:42","slug":"hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/hall-of-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-370 center-block\" src=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/files\/2016\/11\/Alabama-Writers-Logo-Final.jpg\" alt=\"Alabama Writers Hall of Fame\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/files\/2016\/11\/Alabama-Writers-Logo-Final.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/files\/2016\/11\/Alabama-Writers-Logo-Final-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/files\/2016\/11\/Alabama-Writers-Logo-Final-768x300.jpg 768w, https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/cftb\/files\/2016\/11\/Alabama-Writers-Logo-Final-1024x400.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>The Alabama Writers Hall of Fame was founded in 2014 through a partnership between the Alabama Center for the Book, housed in the University Libraries at The University of Alabama, and the Alabama Writers\u2019 Forum, a statewide literary service nonprofit.&nbsp; The&nbsp; hall of fame honors the rich legacy of native Alabamians who earned their reputations in the literary arts.<\/p>\n<p>The 2020 Alabama Writers Hall of Fame will be held March 9, 2020 at the Bryant Conference Center in Tuscaloosa.&nbsp; For ticket information, contact Emily Burnett, <a href=\"mailto:emburnett@ua.edu\">emburnett@ua.edu <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 2020 class is represented by <a href=\"https:\/\/markchildress.com\/about-me\">Mark Childress<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.fayegibbons.com\/?page_id=5\">Faye Gibbons,<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carolynhaines.com\/about\/\">Carolyn Haines,<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/honoreejeffers.com\/blog\/\">&nbsp;Honor\u00e9e Fanonne Jeffers<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/michaelknightfiction.com\/\">Michael Knight<\/a>.&nbsp; Authors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biography.com\/writer\/ralph-ellison\">Ralph Ellison<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biography.com\/personality\/zelda-fitzgerald\">Zelda Fitzgerald<\/a>&nbsp;will be inducted posthumously.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Alabama Writers Hall of Fame 2018 Inductees<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Joseph Glover Baldwin<\/li>\n<li>William Bradford Huie<\/li>\n<li>Shirley Ann Grau<\/li>\n<li>Gay Talese<\/li>\n<li>Wayne Greenhaw<\/li>\n<li>Charles Gaines<\/li>\n<li>James Haskins<\/li>\n<li>Winston Groom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Alabama Writers Hall of Fame 2016 Inductees<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>E. O. Wilson<\/li>\n<li>Fannie Flagg<\/li>\n<li>Rodney Jones<\/li>\n<li>Rebecca Gilman<\/li>\n<li>Truman Capote<\/li>\n<li>T.S. 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