And the Crows Took Their Eyes is one of five finalists for the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Prize, the winner to be announced in December! This is a Big Deal to me because it's a validation for the many years of research and writing that went into this book of my heart.
Below is information from the email I received. Crows is such good company--it's an honor to be included!
The WNC
Historical Association presented the first Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award
to Wilma Dykeman in 1955 for The French Broad. Last year the winner was
Dr. Sandra Muse Isaacs for her nonfiction work, Eastern Cherokee Stories: A
Living Oral Tradition And Its Cultural Continuance. Others who have
received the award include Wiley Cash, John Ehle, Charles Frazier, Gail Godwin,
Michael McFee, Robert Morgan, Ron Rash, Fiona Ritchie, and Lee Smith.
This year’s five
finalists were chosen from a wide range of original nominations. Listed
alphabetically by author last name, they are:
Mary Othella Burnette
Lige of the
Black Walnut Tree: Growing Up Black in Southern Appalachia
Wayne Caldwell
Woodsmoke
Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle
Even As We Breathe: A Novel
Vicki Lane
And
the Crows Took Their Eyes
Matthew Wimberley
All the Great Territories
The award
ceremony will take place via Zoom this year on Thursday, December 9
from 6:30pm – 8:00pm via Zoom. .
5 comments:
Yay to you and your hard work! I do hope you win this prize.
This is fabulous and so well deserved! Congratulations!
Wow! It was such a moving book. I hope you win. I keep it on my bookshelf to read again. Fingers crossed for you!
Wow!!! That is utterly fantastic, Vicki! Congratulations, and so very much deserved!
I can scarcely imagine one of the other books being favoured over yours. Much of it stays with me, which is quite a compliment.
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