{"id":23,"date":"2016-02-02T16:52:51","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T16:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.berea.edu\/appalachian-center\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2018-09-25T11:08:51","modified_gmt":"2018-09-25T15:08:51","slug":"weatherford-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/appalachian-center\/awards\/weatherford-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Weatherford Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/appalachian-center\/weatherford-award\/\">Weatherford Award Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/appalachian-center\/nominations\/\">Nominations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/appalachian-center\/current-winners\/\">Current Winners<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/appalachian-center\/weatherford-award\/past-weatherford-award-winners\/\">Previous Winners<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Weatherford Awards are\u00a0given by Berea College and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/appalachianstudies.org\/awards\/#weatherford\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/appalachianstudies.org\/awards\/#weatherford\">Appalachian Studies Association<\/a>\u00a0annually.\u00a0Weatherford Awards\u00a0honor books that \u201cbest illuminate the challenges, personalities, and unique qualities of the Appalachian South.\u201d The three categories recognized are\u00a0fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.\u00a0The conferring of this annual $500 award in each of the three categories has come to be recognized as a major Appalachian event.<\/p>\n<p>The awards commemorate the life and achievements of W.D. Weatherford, Sr. Weatherford was a pioneer and leading figure for many years in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Appalachian development<\/li>\n<li>youth work<\/li>\n<li>race relations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The award was\u00a0established in 1970 and supported for 19 years by the late Alfred Perrin, retired publications director of Proctor and Gamble in Cincinnati.<\/p>\n<p>Up through 2002, the award was given only to a single book. From 2003 to 2009, the award was given for both a work of nonfiction and a work of fiction or poetry. 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