AAUW NC has partnered with the NC Literary and Historical Association to present this award to a North Carolina author since 1953. President Jane Terwillegar will be making this presentation at the Annual Meeting of the NC Literary and Historical Association on Thursday, November 7 at the Doubletree Hotel in Raleigh. The nominees are:

  1. The Roots of Rap: 16 bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop, by Carole Boston Weatherford and Frank Morrison. New York, NY: Little bee books, 2019
  2. The Bond, by Robin Kirk. Chapel Hill, NC: Goldenjay Books, 2018
  3. One Week of You by Lisa Williams Kline. Chapel Hill, NC: Goldenjay Books, 2019
  4. Going Down Home with Daddy by Kelly Starling Lyons and Daniel Minter. Atlanta, GA:
    Peachtree Publishing company, 2019
  5. About Habitats: Rivers and Streams by Cathryn and John Sill. Atlanta, Georgia: Peachtree
    Publishing Company, 2019

More information about the award