James Baldwin Review, the preeminent peer-reviewed journal dedicated to Baldwin’s life and legacy, has won the award for Best Special Issue of 2025 from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals. The review was recognized for its double-sized 10th anniversary volume, which also marked the 100th anniversary of Baldwin’s birth. William J. Maxwell, the Fannie Hurst Professor of Creative Literature in Arts & Sciences, contributed a feature essay on Baldwin and Susan Sontag. “Expertly edited, this nearly 400-page issue comprises excellent scholarship relating to the continuing importance of Baldwin today as well as to his reception in his own time, which will prove generative for scholarship and creative work to come,” the judges wrote. James Baldwin Review is published online in an open-access partnership between WashU, Manchester University Press and the University of Manchester Library.