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Award Winners
Each year, the Appalachian Studies Association presents the following awards at the Appalachian Studies Conference. Past award winners are listed by year and award. For quick lookups, type a year, name, or title of work into the search bar.
Appalachian Foodways Practitioner Fellowships
Cratis D. Williams/James S. Brown Service Award
Helen M. Lewis Community Service Award
Jack Spadaro Documentary Award
Stephen L. Fisher Award for Excellence in Teaching
Carl A. Ross Appalachian Student Paper Award
Wilma Dykeman "Faces of Appalachia" Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship
Cratis D. Williams/James S. Brown Service Award
2024 Winner(s): Dr. Art Van Zee; Sue Ella Kobak; Sister Beth Davies
Years not listed indicate no award(s) given.
CRATIS
Weatherford Awards
2023 Winner(s): "Daughters of Muscadine" by Monic Ductan (Fiction); "Appalachia on the Table" by
Erica Abrams Locklear (Nonfiction); "Blood Root" by Bill King (Poetry); "River, Amen" by Michael Garrigan (Poetry)
Years not listed indicate no award(s) given.
WEATHERFORD
Helen M. Lewis Community Service Award
2023 Winner: Russell Chisholm
Years not listed indicate no award(s) given.
HELEN
Jack Spadaro Documentary Award
2023 Winner(s): "Reclaiming," Directed by Clara Haizlett and Talcon Quinn (Best Short Film); "O Pioneer," Directed by Clara Lehmann and Jonathan Lacocque (Best Feature Length Film)
Years not listed indicate no award(s) given.
JACK
Carl A. Ross Student Paper Competition
2023 Winner(s): Jed DeBruin (Graduate Student Category); Emilyn Slemmons (Undergraduate Student Category); Molly Mazarky (High School Category)
Years not listed indicate no award(s) given.
CARL
e-Appalachia Award
2023 Winner: Read Appalachia - Kendra Winchester
Years not listed indicate no award(s) given.
E-APPALACHIA
Wilma S. Dykeman "Faces of Appalachia" Post-doctoral Research Fellowship
2024 Winner: Jillean McCommons
Years not listed indicate no award(s) given.
WILMA
Stephen L. Fisher Award for Excellence in Teaching
2023 Winner(s): Emily Satterwhite (Post Secondary); Leia Davis (K-12); Travis Stimeling (Special Memorial Award)
Years not listed indicate no award(s) given.
STEPHEN
Special Jury Award
2020 Winner: Cara Hagan "Sound and Sole"
Years not listed indicate no award(s) given.
SPECIAL JURY
ASA SPECIAL
ASA Special Distinguished Service Award
2020 Winner: Nick Arnold
Years not listed indicate no award(s) given.
FOODWAYS
Appalachian Foodways Practitioner Fellowships
2023 Winner(s): Bea Sias; Jim Embry; Mehmet Öztan
Years not listed indicate no award(s) given.
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