Judy Gaines Young Book Award

The Judy Gaines Young Book Award is given annually by Transylvania University to honor the author of a book of distinction written in the Appalachian region in the previous two or three years. ^[1] The award was endowed in 2015 by Dr. Byron Young, a Lexington-area professor and neurologist, in honor of his late wife. ^[2]

The program is currently coordinated by Transylvania Professor of English Martha Billips and Poet-in-Residence Maurice Manning.

Winners

• 2015 – Holly Goddard Jones for The Next Time You See Me
• 2016 – Amy Greene for Long Man ^[3]
• 2017 – Crystal Wilkinson for The Birds of Opulence ^[4]
• 2018 – Kathleen Driskell for Next Door to the Dead ^[5]
• 2019 – Silas House for Southernmost ^[6]
• 2020 – Frank X Walker for Last Will, Last Testament ^[7]
• 2021 – Robert Gipe for the Canard County trilogy (Trampoline, Weedeater, and Pop) ^[8]
• 2022 – Jeff Worley

Past Nominees

2015

• Ron Houchin for The Man Who Saws Us in Half ^[9]
• George Ella Lyon for Many-Storied House
• Jeff Daniel Marion for Letters to the Dead
• Allison Seay for To See the Queen
• Lee Smith for Guests on Earth

2016

• Robert Gipe for Trampoline (first nomination) ^[3]
• T. J. Jarrett for Zion
• Jeremy B. Jones for Bearwallow
• Denton Loving for Crimes Against Birds
• George Ella Lyon for What Forest Knows

2017

• Lee Smith for Dimestore ^[10]

2018

• Darnell Arnoult for Galaxie Wagon ^[11]
• Robert Gipe for Trampoline (second nomination)
• Mark Powell for Small Treasons
• Mary Ann Taylor-Hall for Out of Nowhere

References

1. Brown, Susan. "Transy Library: Transylvania University Judy Gaines Young Book Award: 2019". libguides.transy.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
2. "Spalding MFA in Writing director wins Transylvania book award". Spalding University. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
3. Brown, Susan. "Transy Library: Transylvania University Judy Gaines Young Book Award: Awarded in 2016". libguides.transy.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
4. "Crystal Wilkinson receives two more awards for "Birds of Opulence"". kentucky. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
5. "UPK Title Wins Judy Gaines Young Book Award". UKNow. 2018-03-09. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
6. "Silas House wins Transylvania's Judy Gaines Young Book Award". The Sentinel-Echo. February 2019. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
7. "Acclaimed poet Frank X Walker receives Transylvania's 2020 Judy Gaines Young Book Award | Transylvania University". 1780. 2020-02-06. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
8. "Acclaimed Kentucky author wins 2021 Transylvania Judy Gaines Young Book Award". ABC 36 News. 2021-05-17. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
9. Brown, Susan. "Transy Library: Transylvania University Judy Gaines Young Book Award: Awarded in 2014". libguides.transy.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
10. Brown, Susan. "Transy Library: Transylvania University Judy Gaines Young Book Award: Awarded in 2017". libguides.transy.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
11. Brown, Susan. "Transy Library: Transylvania University Judy Gaines Young Book Award: Awarded in 2018". libguides.transy.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-03.

External links

• Official website