On Thursday, 21 June, the first day of summer (I think), Andy Reed from Pisgah Press got in touch to tell me know that Gabriel’s Songbook has been nominated for the 2018 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award! I haven’t often fared well in situations like this (competition contexts, I mean), but as we’ve all heard it said, “It’s an honor to be nominated!”

From the Western North Carolina Historical Association’s website:

Originated by the Louis Lipinsky family and now also supported by Michael Sartisky, PhD, and the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Advisory Board, the Award has been presented annually for printed works that focus special attention on Western North Carolina since 1955 when the WNC Historical Association and the Lipinsky family of Asheville presented the first Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award to Wilma Dykeman for The French Broad.