Judy Gaines Young Book Award
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The Judy Gaines Young Book Award is given annually by Transylvania University to honor the author of a book of distinction written in the Appalachian region in the previous two or three years.[1] The award was endowed in 2015 by Dr. Byron Young, a Lexington-area professor and neurologist, in honor of his late wife.[2]
The program is currently coordinated by Transylvania Professor of English Martha Billips and Poet-in-Residence Maurice Manning.
Winners
[edit]- 2015 – Holly Goddard Jones for The Next Time You See Me
- 2016 – Amy Greene for Long Man[3]
- 2017 – Crystal Wilkinson for The Birds of Opulence[4]
- 2018 – Kathleen Driskell for Next Door to the Dead[5]
- 2019 – Silas House for Southernmost[6]
- 2020 – Frank X Walker for Last Will, Last Testament[7]
- 2021 – Robert Gipe for the Canard County trilogy (Trampoline, Weedeater, and Pop)[8]
- 2022 – Jeff Worley
Past Nominees
[edit]2015
[edit]- Ron Houchin for The Man Who Saws Us in Half[9]
- George Ella Lyon for Many-Storied House
- Jeff Daniel Marion for Letters to the Dead
- Allison Seay for To See the Queen
- Lee Smith for Guests on Earth
2016
[edit]- Robert Gipe for Trampoline (first nomination)[3]
- T. J. Jarrett for Zion
- Jeremy B. Jones for Bearwallow
- Denton Loving for Crimes Against Birds
- George Ella Lyon for What Forest Knows
2017
[edit]2018
[edit]- Darnell Arnoult for Galaxie Wagon[11]
- Robert Gipe for Trampoline (second nomination)
- Mark Powell for Small Treasons
- Mary Ann Taylor-Hall for Out of Nowhere
References
[edit]- ^ Brown, Susan. "Transy Library: Transylvania University Judy Gaines Young Book Award: 2019". libguides.transy.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
- ^ "Spalding MFA in Writing director wins Transylvania book award". Spalding University. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
- ^ a b Brown, Susan. "Transy Library: Transylvania University Judy Gaines Young Book Award: Awarded in 2016". libguides.transy.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
- ^ "Crystal Wilkinson receives two more awards for "Birds of Opulence"". kentucky. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
- ^ "UPK Title Wins Judy Gaines Young Book Award". UKNow. 2018-03-09. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
- ^ "Silas House wins Transylvania's Judy Gaines Young Book Award". The Sentinel-Echo. February 2019. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
- ^ "Acclaimed poet Frank X Walker receives Transylvania's 2020 Judy Gaines Young Book Award | Transylvania University". 1780. 2020-02-06. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
- ^ "Acclaimed Kentucky author wins 2021 Transylvania Judy Gaines Young Book Award". ABC 36 News. 2021-05-17. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
- ^ Brown, Susan. "Transy Library: Transylvania University Judy Gaines Young Book Award: Awarded in 2014". libguides.transy.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
- ^ Brown, Susan. "Transy Library: Transylvania University Judy Gaines Young Book Award: Awarded in 2017". libguides.transy.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
- ^ Brown, Susan. "Transy Library: Transylvania University Judy Gaines Young Book Award: Awarded in 2018". libguides.transy.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-03.