The North Carolina Folklore Society’s
Call for Nominations

 The North Carolina Folklore Awards program supports the work of individuals and groups that contribute to the transmission and appreciation of cultural traditions in our state. The program also encourages the study and presentation of state folklife.

The Society’s Brown-Hudson Folklore Awards recognize persons who have contributed in a special way to the appreciation of North Carolina folklife. The Brown-Hudson Folklore Award was established in 1970 to honor two distinguished folklorists and officers of the North Carolina Folklore Society, Frank C. Brown of Duke University and Arthur Palmer Hudson of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Both had served as the Society’s Secretary-Treasurer, Dr. Brown from 1913 to 1944 and Dr. Hudson from 1945 to 1966. Dr. Hudson was also the founder and editor until 1966 of North Carolina Folklore.

The North Carolina Folklore Society presents the Brown-Hudson Folklore Awards to persons who have in special ways contributed to the appreciation, continuation, or study of North Carolina folk traditions. Past recipients include playwright Paul Green, African-American quilters Lillie Lee and Jennie Burnett, folk potters Nell Cole Graves and Burlon Craig, teachers Cratis Williams and Charles G. Zug, musicians Doc and Merle Watson, Etta Baker, and Tommy Jarrell, writers Richard Walser and John Parris, and folklife advocates Millie Blankenship and George Holt.

Our Community Traditions Award recognizes the contributions of a group or organization to the continuation and appreciation of state folklife.

The Brown-Hudson Folklore Awards and the Community Traditions Award are presented each year at the annual conference of the North Carolina Folklore Society. The next conference will take place on March 27, 2010 in Ashville, NC.

To nominate persons or organizations for these awards, send a completed nomination form and supporting materials to our Society Third Vice-President, Kathy Roberts, 20 East Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27510. Completed nominations must be received by 5:00 PM, Feb. 1, 2010. For additional nomination forms, contact Kathy Roberts at the address above or request a form by email.

PDF version of Nomination form

Word version of Nomination form

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