2025 NC Book Awards (All Titles)
All of the winners, runners up, finalists, and short lists chosen by the committees for the 2025 NC Book Awards from the NC Literary & Historical Association.
News
NCLR Reviews 69 Books in 2025
Our final 2025 issue completes our NC LGBTQ+ literature feature with a reprint of a beloved Randall Kenan story, as well as accomplishing 69 books reviewed this year.
NCLR Receives Prestigious Honor for Statewide Legacy
NCLR gratefully receives the NC Writers Conference honor for supporting NC literature for over thirty years.
“My Stillborn Son, the Moon” Wins 2025 Applewhite Poetry Prize
Karen Sherk Chio takes the top prize, and all poets who placed and were selected as finalists included in our latest news.
Flagship Issue #34 for NCLR
Our 34th issue celebrates our award winners, artists, and our feature.
New NC Poet Wins 2025 Green Performance Poetry Contest
Established poet new to NC takes the 2025 Jaki Shelton Green Performance Poetry Prize
Ehle and Kenan Prizes Winners in NCLR 2025
This year’s Ehle Prize goes to Katherine Henninger and the Kenan Prize belongs to Anna Creadick.
Susan Wilson of Clemmons Wins the ’25 Albright Creative Nonfiction Prize
Congratulations to Susan Wilson, our Alex Albright Creative Nonfiction Prize Winner for 2025, and the runners up and other finalists!
NCLR’s 2025 Spring Issue with New Fiction by Jim Grimsley
Our Spring issue, due out for release later this month, contains a new short story by Jim Grimsley, poetry from the ’24 Applewhite contest, 21 book reviews, and more!
2025 Poetry Contest Judges: Bowens & Bathanti
The 2025 Poetry Contest judges are…