The Appalachian Studies Association was formed in 1977 by a group of scholars, teachers, and regional activists who believed that shared community has been and will continue to be important to those writing, researching, and teaching about Appalachia.
The 35th ASA Annual Conferece in 2012
March 23-25, 2012
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Conference Award Winners
Weatherford Award
FICTION |
| 2011- Bloodroot by Amy Greene |
| 2010- All the Living by C.E. Morgan |
| 2008- Strange As the Weather Has Been by Anne Pancake |
2007- Refuge by Dot Jackson |
2006- What Travels With Us: Poems by Darnell Arnoult |
| 2005- No award information available |
2004- Saints at the River by Ron Rash |
2003- The Midwife’s Tale by Gretchen Moran Laskas |
2002- No award given |
| 2001- At Home in the Heart of Appalachia by John O’ Brien |
1997- Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier |
| 1992- The Unquiet Earth by Denise Giardina |
| 1988- Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee Smith |
| 1987- Storming Heaven by Denise Giardina |
1984- Last One Home by Jon Ehle Poetry (instituted as a separate category from Fiction Award in 2011) |
| 2011- This Gone Place by Lisa Parker |
Special Weatherford Award Winners |
| 1999- Sidney Saylor Farr and Jerry W. Williamson |
| 1996- Loyal Jones |
| 1988- Alfred Perrin |
| 1985- Albert Stewart, Certificate of Achievement |
| 1979- Cratis Williams |
| 1978- Harriette Simpson Arnow |
| 1977- James Still |
| 1976- Harry Caudill |
| 1975- Jesse Stuart |
| 1973- Wilma Dykeman |
| 1972- Robert Coles, M.D. |
Wilma Dykeman “Faces of Appalachia” Post-doctoral Research Fellowship
The Wilma Dykeman “Faces of Appalachia” Post-doctoral Research Fellowship was instituted in 2009.
| 2009-2010: Emily Satterwhite |
| 2008-2009: Janet L. Justice-Crickmer |