Kayleb Rae Candrilli, Tyree Daye, Hernan Diaz, Michael R. Jackson, Terese Marie Hailhot, Nadia Owusu, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, Merritt Tierce, Vanessa Angélica Villarreal, and Lauren Yee are recipients of 2019 Whiting Awards for their evocative, courageous, and incisive work in drama, nonfiction, poetry, and fiction!