Sam Ragan Awards

The Sam Ragan Awards are an annual fine arts award presented by St. Andrews University in Laurinburg, North Carolina. The award honors Sam Ragan who was a North Carolina Poet Laureate ^[1] and North Carolina's first Secretary of Cultural Resources. It is presented annually for "outstanding contributions to the Fine Arts of North Carolina over an extended period--including, but above and beyond--the recipient's own primary commitment." ^[2]

Sam Ragan Fine Arts Award Winners

Listed below are the recipients of The Sam Ragan Fine Arts Award. ^[2]

1981

• Sara Hodgkins, Southern Pines, NC

1982

• Harriet Doar, Charlotte, NC
• John Fries Blair, Winston-Salem, NC

1983

• Nicholas Bragg, Winston-Salem, NC
• Roy Parker, Fayetteville, NC

1984

• Mae Woods Bell, Rocky Mount, NC
• Frank Borden Hanes, Winston-Salem, NC

1985

• Charleen Swansea, Chapel Hill, NC
• Ella Fountain Pratt, Durham, NC

1986

• Sallie Nixon, Lincolnton, NC
• James L. Morgan, Laurel Hill, NC

1987

• Robert Mason, Southern Pines, NC
• A. P. Perkinson, Pinehurst, NC

1988

• Paul Jeffery, Durham, NC

1989

• Shelby Stephenson, Southern Pines, NC
• Stephen Smith, Southern Pines, NC

1990

• William Little, Chapel Hill, NC
• Kate Blackburn, Washington, DC

1991

• Gerald Barrax, Raleigh, NC
• Marsha Warren, Chapel Hill, NC

1992

• Clyde Edgerton, Durham, NC
• Marvin Swartzman, Chapel Hill, NC

1993

• Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, Durham, NC
• Marty Silverthorne, Greenville, NC
• Sally Buckner, Raleigh, NC

1994

• Marie Gilbert, Greensboro, NC
• Kathry B. Gurkin, Clinton, NC
• Thomas F. Henley, New York & Laurinburg, NC

1995

• Joseph Bathanti, Statesville, NC
• Nancy Bradberry, Southern Pines, NC
• Glen Rounds, Southern Pines, NC

1996

• Anthony S. Abbott, Davidson, NC
• Ruth Moose, Albemarle, NC
• Talmadge Moose, Albemarle, NC

1997

• Jerry Bledsoe, Asheboro, NC
• David Brinkley, Washington, DC
• Ellen Johnson-Hale, Chapel Hill, NC
• Susan Rose, Durham, NC

1998

• Betty Adcock, Raleigh, NC
• Irwin Kremen, Durham, NC
• Tom Wicker, Rochester, VT

1999

• Georgann Eubanks, Chapel Hill, NC
• Jacques Maloubier, Southern Pines, NC
• Loonis McGlohon, Charlotte, NC

2000

• Scott Ainslie, Durham, NC
• Daniel Nie, Washington, DC
• Louis Rubin, Chapel Hill, NC

2001

• Daniel Infantino, Southern Pines, NC
• Dannye Romine Powell, Charlotte, NC
• H. A. Sieber, Greensboro, NC

2002

• Fred Chappell, Greensboro, NC
• Jack Pinkerton, Fayetteville, NC
• James L. Morgan, Jr., Laurinburg, NC

2003

• Edward R. Gomez, New York City, NY

2004

• John Shelby Spong, Morris Plains, NJ

2005

• Chuck Sullivan, Charlotte, NC

2006

• Jan Hensley, Greensboro, NC
• Lenard Moore, Mt. Olive, NC
• Margaret Vardell Sandresky, Winston-Salem, NC

2007

• Robert Gant, Charleston, SC
• Jaki Shelton Green, Mebane, NC
• Sondra Martin, Fayetteville, NC

2008

• Charles Blackburn, Jr., Raleigh, NC
• Barbara Geer, Winston-Salem, NC
• Thomas Sayre, Raleigh, NC

2009

• Thomas Heffernan
• Lois Holt
• Martha Blue Hooks
• Sally Ann Morris, Winston-Salem, NC

2010

• Mary Louise Bringle, Brevard, NC
• Arthur McDonald
• David Rigsbee

2011

• John Holloway

References

1. "Past North Carolina Poets Laureate". North Carolina Arts Council. Archived from the original on October 27, 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
2. "The Sam Ragan Fine Arts Awards". St. Andrews University. Archived from the original on March 23, 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2012.