The Mary Lawton Hodges Book Prize
The Institute for Southern Studies at the University of South Carolina is pleased to announce the Mary Lawton Hodges Prize in Southern Studies for 2008. The $5,000 prize is awarded annually to the most original work that furthers understanding of the American South. The prize is open to original works in any discipline.
The Hodges Prize is the result of generous donations by the family of the late Mary Lawton Hodges. Mrs. Hodges came from an old Southern family of artists, business executives, clergy, lawyers, and teachers. Her literary roots run deep among her ancestors and she inspired many others during her lifetime. Noted Southern writer, the late James P. Kilgo, was a nephew and spent many long hours in her kitchen drawing on her experiences, wisdom, and life lessons. She loved words and she loved to read. Up until her unexpected death in August 2004, she was able to engage in her life-long love affair with books and reading.
Rod Andrew Jr.’s Wade Hampton: Confederate Warrior to Southern Redeemer won the 2008 prize. The first prize was awarded November 8, 2006, to James C. Cobb, author of Away Down South, and the 2007 prize was awarded to William Freehling's The Road to Disunion, Volume II: Secessionists Triumphant, 1854 - 1861.
To submit entries for the 2009 Hodges Prize, please send four copies of your book(s) to Bob Ellis, Institute for Southern Studies, Gambrell Hall 107, USC-Columbia, Columbia SC 29208 no later than 30 March 2010. Please note that entries should have a 2009 copyright.
Questions concerning the Prize should be addressed to Robert L. Ellis, Jr., at the Institute for Southern Studies. 803.777.2340 or ellisrl AT mailbox DOT sc DOT edu.