By Andrés Buenahora
2020 HORTON FOOTE AWARD CEREMONY
Jocelyn Bioh, who wrote for “The Acolyte” and “Tiny Beautiful Things” and will appear on Variety’s “2024 10 Screenwriters to Watch” list, has won the 2024 Horton Foote Prize for her play “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding.”
Executive Director Valerie Brea Ross and Awards Council Founder and Chair Mari Marchbanks announced the news Wednesday.
Bioh will receive the award from the play’s director, Whitney White, on October 7 at the Lotos Club in New York. The award includes a $50,000 prize and a limited edition of Keith Carter’s iconic photograph of Horton Foote, which is in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.
