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Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award Celebration

  • December 9, 2025 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

  • Ferguson Building Auditorium, A-B Tech Campus

    19 Tech Drive
    Asheville, North Carolina 28801
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Description

Join the Asheville Museum of History as we return to our celebration of the Annual Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award! Since 1955, when the award was created by the Louis Lipinsky family and first awarded to Wilma Dykeman for her book, The French Broad, the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award recognizes excellence in literature from authors across Western North Carolina writing about their region. 

 

 2024-2025 FINALISTS 

 

This year’s finalists were chosen from an original group of more than 30 nominations. The finalists, listed below in alphabetical order, encompass a broad range of genres and forms.

Finalists

  • Rob Amberg, Little Worlds
  • Wayne Caldwell, Shadow Family
  • Leigh Ann Henion, Night Magic: Adventures Among Glowworms, Moon Gardens, and Other Marvels of the Dark
  • Ron Rash, The Caretaker
  • Terry Roberts, The Devil Hath a Pleasing Shape

Honorable Mentions

  • Shannon Hitchcock, Of Words & Water: The Story of Wilma Dykeman -- Writer, Historian, Environmentalist
  • Janet McCue & Paul Bonesteel, George Masa: A Life Reimagined

 

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The celebration will begin at the Ferguson Auditorium on A-B Tech campus at 19 Tech Drive, Asheville, NC 28801 at 6:00 p.m. with select passage readings from the finalists and award presentation. 

 

A 7:00 p.m. reception will follow at the Asheville Museum of History (a three-minute walk or drive from the Auditorium) at 283 Victoria Road, Asheville, NC 28801 with refreshments and book signings. 

 

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Tickets and registration are FREE to all attendees and museum members. Registration is required to attend. Catherine Frank, director of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville, will chair the award panel this year.

 

For questions, email Steven Nickollof: education@ashevillehistory.org. For more information and previous winners, visit www.ashevillehistory.org/literaryaward

 

Date & Time

Tue, Dec 9, 2025 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Venue Details

Ferguson Building Auditorium, A-B Tech Campus

19 Tech Drive
Asheville, North Carolina 28801 Ferguson Building Auditorium, A-B Tech Campus
Asheville Museum of History