ISSUE 27: The 2024 Literary Gem Awards
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By Untamed
The Literary GEM Awards were founded by Karen Renee, owner of K. Renee Presents Publishing Company. This award event was created to honor Black creatives within the literary community.
This year’s 2024 celebration was a three-day event that honored Black authors across various literary genres. The Literary GEM Awards took place from May 31st through June 2nd at the Le Méridien Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana. The event kicked off with an author-reader meet and greet on Friday, followed by an urban book expo on Saturday morning. On Sunday, the event concluded with a reader brunch.
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MORE ABOUT THE LITERARY GEM AWARDS
In 2022, K. Renee, author, founder, and CEO of K. Renee Publications, hosted the K. Renee Experience in several states across the country. The outpouring of love and support in each city is what led K. Renee to continue her passion in finding ways to highlight the Black independent literary scene. Her dream of bringing authors, readers, and other supporters together blossomed with every new idea.
K. Renee’s passion to celebrate the Black independent literary scene, is what led her to creating The Literary Gem Awards. The first annual award ceremony was held on June 3, 2023, in New Orleans, LA. The awards are to recognize and honor the resilient individuals in the industry. There is a level of devotion an independent Black author must maintain to be successful in the literary industry. The nominated authors have all shown an outstanding level of consistency, grit, and toughness. They constantly apply pressure and excel in their craft. K. Renee, and the other team members governing The Literary Gem Awards, are dedicated to acknowledging the strength and creativity of each Author, Designer, Editor, Publisher, Blogger, and Book Club nominated. In years to come, K. Renee hopes The Literary Gem awards continues to grow and continue to be a platform for Black creatives. K. Renee truly believes that this is only the beginning of the amazing things to highlight the Black independent literary scene.
