The Sam Ragan Awards are an annual fine arts award presented by St. Andrews University in Laurinburg, North Carolina. The award honors Sam Ragan who was a North Carolina Poet Laureate and North Carolina's first Secretary of Cultural Resources. It is presented annually for "outstanding contributions to the Fine Arts of North Carolina over an extended period--including, but above and beyond--the recipient's own primary commitment."

Sam Ragan Fine Arts Award Winners

Listed below are the recipients of The Sam Ragan Fine Arts Award. • 1981 • Sara Hodgkins, Southern Pines, NC • 1982 • Harriet Doar, Charlotte, NC • John Fries Blair, Winston-Salem, NC • 1983 • Nicholas Bragg, Winston-Salem, NC • Roy Parker, Fayetteville, NC • 1984 • Mae Woods Bell, Rocky Mount, NC • Frank Borden Hanes, Winston-Salem, NC • 1985 • Charleen Swansea, Chapel Hill, NC • Ella Fountain Pratt, Durham, NC • 1986 • Sallie Nixon, Lincolnton, NC • James L. Morgan, Laurel Hill, NC • 1987 • Robert Mason, Southern Pines, NC • A. P. Perkinson, Pinehurst, NC • 1988 • Paul Jeffery, Durham, NC • 1989 • Shelby Stephenson, Southern Pines, NC • Stephen Smith, Southern Pines, NC • 1990 • William Little, Chapel Hill, NC • Kate Blackburn, Washington, DC • 1991 • Gerald Barrax, Raleigh, NC • Marsha Warren, Chapel Hill, NC • 1992 • Clyde Edgerton, Durham, NC • Marvin Swartzman, Chapel Hill, NC • 1993 • Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, Durham, NC • Marty Silverthorne, Greenville, NC • Sally Buckner, Raleigh, NC • 1994 • Marie Gilbert, Greensboro, NC • Kathry B. Gurkin, Clinton, NC • Thomas F. Henley, New York & Laurinburg, NC • 1995 • Joseph Bathanti, Statesville, NC • Nancy Bradberry, Southern Pines, NC • Glen Rounds, Southern Pines, NC • 1996 • Anthony S. Abbott, Davidson, NC • Ruth Moose, Albemarle, NC • Talmadge Moose, Albemarle, NC • 1997 • Jerry Bledsoe, Asheboro, NC • David Brinkley, Washington, DC • Ellen Johnson-Hale, Chapel Hill, NC • Susan Rose, Durham, NC • 1998 • Betty Adcock, Raleigh, NC • Irwin Kremen, Durham, NC • Tom Wicker, Rochester, VT • 1999 • Georgann Eubanks, Chapel Hill, NC • Jacques Maloubier, Southern Pines, NC • Loonis McGlohon, Charlotte, NC • 2000 • Scott Ainslie, Durham, NC • Daniel Nie, Washington, DC • Louis Rubin, Chapel Hill, NC • 2001 • Daniel Infantino, Southern Pines, NC • Dannye Romine Powell, Charlotte, NC • H. A. Sieber, Greensboro, NC • 2002 • Fred Chappell, Greensboro, NC • Jack Pinkerton, Fayetteville, NC • James L. Morgan, Jr., Laurinburg, NC • 2003 • Edward R. Gomez, New York City, NY • 2004 • John Shelby Spong, Morris Plains, NJ • 2005 • Chuck Sullivan, Charlotte, NC • 2006 • Jan Hensley, Greensboro, NC • Lenard Moore, Mt. Olive, NC • Margaret Vardell Sandresky, Winston-Salem, NC • 2007 • Robert Gant, Charleston, SC • Jaki Shelton Green, Mebane, NC • Sondra Martin, Fayetteville, NC • 2008 • Charles Blackburn, Jr., Raleigh, NC • Barbara Geer, Winston-Salem, NC • Thomas Sayre, Raleigh, NC • 2009 • Thomas Heffernan • Lois Holt • Martha Blue Hooks • Sally Ann Morris, Winston-Salem, NC • 2010 • Mary Louise Bringle, Brevard, NC • Arthur McDonald • David Rigsbee • 2011 • John Holloway