2025 NC Literary and Historical Association Awards Ceremony

Friday, Dec. 5, 1 p.m.
DNCR Auditorium, 109 E. Jones St., Raleigh

North Carolina’s strong literary tradition is celebrated by the 2025 North Carolina Book Awards, which will be presented Dec. 5 during the annual meeting of the N.C. Literary and Historical Association at 109 E. Jones St., Raleigh, NC, in the ground floor auditorium. The awards ceremony begins at 1 p.m. and is free and open to the public. The annual awards recognize significant works by North Carolina writers.

Kathleen DuVal, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning history "Native Nations: A Millennium in North America” (UNC Press, 2024), will give the W. Keats and Elizabeth Sparrow Keynote Address at the ceremony.

This year’s event will recognize and celebrate the winners of the annual Lit and Hist book awards — the Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction, the Ragan Old North State Award for Nonfiction, the Roanoke-Chowan Award for Poetry, and the NC AAUW Young People’s Literature Award — as well as achievement awards presented to individuals or entities recognized for their excellence in the fields of North Carolina history and the arts — the Christopher Crittenden Memorial Award, the Hardee Rives Award for the Dramatic Arts, and the George Moses Horton Memorial Award for Significant Contributions to North Carolina Literature.

View the announcement of the 2025 award winners. 

The awards ceremony is open to the public and free of charge. If you do plan to attend, please RSVP to Lit and Hist’s Assistant Secretary, Parker Backstrom, by no later than end of business on Tuesday, Dec. 2. He can be reached at parker.backstrom@dncr.nc.gov or 919-814-6640.