29th Annual Virginia Literary Awards Celebration

Celebrate with the Library of Virginia as we award the Commonwealth’s highest prizes for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, children’s literature and art in literature. Join us for an awards ceremony, dinner and a silent auction hosted by award-winning author Adriana Trigiani to raise support for the Library’s preservation, education and research initiatives.

The Virginia Literary Awards honor writers and celebrate their contributions to the literary landscape of our state and nation. Awards are given to Virginia authors in the categories of poetry, children’s literature, fiction and nonfiction — and to nonfiction authors for works about a Virginia subject as well. Also presented are Art in Literature: The Mary Lynn Kotz Award and the Honorary Patron of Letters Degree, which is awarded by the Library Board to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution in the realm of arts, history, humanities, or information, library or archival science.

Presented by Dominion Energy, this annual gala celebration has become the Library’s signature event and an eagerly anticipated cultural tradition in Richmond, attracting those who enjoy the written word and support literature.

To purchase tickets, visit lvafoundation.org/tickets. Interested in sponsoring a table? Call 804.692.3592.

Learn more about the event at lvafoundation.org/home/literaryawards.