Inductees/Honorees by Year
2024
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2023
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2022
Fiction: John McManus |
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Journalism: Edgar Miller |
Nonfiction: Paul Ashdown |
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Nonfiction: Ed Caudill |
Poetry: DeAnna Stephens |
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Songwriting: Dean Dillon |
Young Adult Literature: Alan Gratz |
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Lifetime Achievement: Marvin West |
Emerging Writer Award: Summer Awad |
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Nonfiction: Harvey Broome (Posthumous) |
Journalism: Bob Burch (Posthumous) |
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Journalism: Adolph Ochs (Posthumous) |
Journalism:
William B. Scott
(Posthumous)
2021
Poetry: Christina Seymour |
Fiction: Shannon Burke |
Journalism: Scott Barker, Compass Knox |
Journalism: Jesse Mayshark, Compass Knox |
Lifetime Achievement: James Glen Stovall |
Nonfiction: Chris Wohlwend |
Songwriting: Sarah Pirkle |
Emerging Writer Award: Darius Stewart |
2019
Fiction:
Elizabeth Genovise |
Nonfiction:
Kim Trevathan |
Poetry:
Rhea Carmon |
Screenwriting:
Paul Harrill |
Young Adult Literature:
Rick Yancey |
Songwriting:
Karen E. Reynolds |
Social Media:
Alan Sherrod |
Journalism:
Jamie Satterfield |
Lifetime Achievement:
Michael Lofaro |
Award for Outstanding Contribution to East Tennessee Culture and Literacy:
Dolly Parton |
Journalism:
Rikki Hall (Posthumous) |
Nonfiction:
Sarah Booth Conroy (Posthumous) |
Nonfiction:
Bert Vincent (Posthumous) |
Songwriting:
Kim Williams (Posthumous) |
Fiction:
Anne Wetzell Armstrong (Posthumous) |
Lifetime Achievement"
George Washington Harris (Posthumous) |
2018
Children's Literature:
Doris Gove |
Fiction:
Charles Dodd White |
Nonfiction:
Wayne Bledsoe |
Playwriting:
Linda Parris-Bailey |
Poetry:
Brian Griffin 
Lifetime Achievement:
Cormac McCarthy 
Fiction:
Frances Hodgson Burnett (Posthumous) 
Nonfiction:
Joseph Wood Krutch (Posthumous) 
Songwriting:
Arthur Q. Smith (Posthumous) 
Songwriting:
Harry McClintock (Posthumous) |
Songwriting:
Scott Miller 
Award for Outstanding Contribution to East Tennessee Culture and Literacy:
John Rice Irwin 
Nonfiction:
Don Whitehead (Posthumous) 
Nonfiction:
Paul Y. Anderson (Posthumous) |
2017
Lifetime Achievement:
Jack Neely |
Fiction:
Julia Watts |
Nonfiction:
Sherri Gardner Howell 
Social Media:
Jamie Fromberger |
Poetry:
Erin Elizabeth Smith |
2016
Lifetime Achievement:
Leslie Garrett (Posthumous) 
Nonfiction:
Margaret Lazarus Dean 
Social Media:
Randall Brown |
Fiction:
Pamela Schoenewaldt 
Poetry:
Earl S. Braggs |
2015
Lifetime Achievement:
Georgiana Vines 
Nonfiction:
Vince Staten 
Social Media:
Alan Sims |
Fiction:
Amy Greene 
Poetry:
Jesse Graves |
2014
Lifetime Achievement:
Vince Vawter 
Nonfiction:
David Lauver 
Social Media:
Frank Murphy |
Fiction:
Bob Leggett 
Poetry:
Charles Wright |
2013
Lifetime Achievement:
Quentin Tarantino 
Nonfiction:
John Adams 
Social Media:
Mark Schaefer |
Fiction:
Karl Edward Wagner (Posthumous) 
Poetry:
Arthur Stewart |
2012
Lifetime Achievement:
Lisa Alther 
Nonfiction:
David Brill 
Social Media:
Dr. Glenn Reynolds |
Fiction:
Inman Majors 
Poetry:
Richard Jackson |
2011
Lifetime Achievement:
Jim Dykes 
Nonfiction:
Don Williams 
Social Media:
Katie Allison |
Fiction:
Michael Knight 
Poetry:
Linda Parsons |
2010
Lifetime Achievement:
Alex Haley (Posthumous) 
Nonfiction:
Bruce Wheeler 
Social Media:
Cynthia Moxley |
Fiction:
Lolita Clause 
Poetry:
Edward Francisco |
2009
Lifetime Achievement:
Richard Curry Marius 
Nonfiction:
Sam Venable |
Fiction:
David Madden 
Poetry:
R. B. Morris |
2008
Lifetime Achievement:
Connie Jordan Green 
Nonfiction:
Fred Brown |
Fiction:
David Hunter 
Poetry:
George Scarborough |
2007
Lifetime Achievement:
Jon Manchip White 
Nonfiction:
Robert Booker |
Fiction:
Jeanne McDonald 
Poetry:
Dr. Arthur Smith |
2006
Lifetime Achievement:
Ina Hughs 
Nonfiction:
Jon Jefferson |
Fiction:
Allen Wier 
Poetry:
Jeff Daniel Marion |
2005
Lifetime Achievement:
James Agee (Posthumous) 
Nonfiction:
Jack Neely |
Fiction:
Mary Bozeman Hodges 
Poetry:
Marilyn Kallet |
2004
Lifetime Achievement:
Carson Brewer (Posthumous) 
Nonfiction:
Wilma Dykeman |
Fiction:
Cormac McCarthy 
Poetry:
Nikki Giovanni |