Member Awards and Achievements 2019 Aspen Words Literary Prize Longlist Announced November 19, 2018 Share on Twitter (opens in a new tab) on Facebook (opens in a new tab) on Linkedin (opens in a new tab) via email The 2019 Aspen Words Literary Prize longlist was announced earlier today. Tayari Jones’s An American Marriage and R.O. Kwon’s The Incendiaries were longlisted. The prize is given to “an influential work of fiction that illuminates a vital contemporary issue and demonstrates the transformative power of literature on thought and culture.” The winner will be announced on April 11.