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Dr. Zelda Lockhart and K.M. Soehnlein Win 2024 Jim Duggins, PhD Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Prize
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Liv Little Wins 2024 Randall Kenan Prize for Black LGBTQ Fiction
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Stephanie Davies Wins 2024 Jeanne Córdova Prize for Lesbian/Queer Nonfiction
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