JAMES STILL AWARD FOR WRITING ABOUT THE APPALACHIAN SOUTH

Terry Roberts, 2017 Recipient

Terry Roberts’ direct ancestors have lived in the mountains of Western North Carolina since the time of the Revolutionary War. His family has farmed in the Big Pine section of Madison County for generations and is also prominent in the Madison County town of Hot Springs, the setting for both A Short Time to Stay Here and That Bright Land. His debut novel, A Short Time to Stay Here, won the Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction; and That Bright Land won the Thomas Wolfe Literary Award. His new novel, set during the Prohibition years of the 1920s, is due out from Turner Publishing in August 2018. Born and raised near Weaverville, North Carolina, Roberts is the Director of the National Paideia Center and lives in Asheville, North Carolina.

PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS:

Jesse Graves, 2015

Wayne Caldwell, 2013

Jeff Daniel Marion, 2011

Michael McFee, 2009

Pamela Duncan, 2007
Ron Rash, 2005

Silas House, 2003

George Scarborough, 2001

Charles Frazier, 1999

James Still, 1997