Member Awards and Achievements Tayari Jones Wins Aspen Words Literary Prize April 15, 2019 Share on Twitter (opens in a new tab) on Facebook (opens in a new tab) on Linkedin (opens in a new tab) via email Tayari Jones has won the Aspen Words Literary Prize for An American Marriage. The prize was established in 2017 “to honor a work of fiction that illuminates a vital contemporary issue and demonstrates the transformative power of literature on thought and culture.”