Mary Ruffin Poole Award for First Work of Fiction
Sponsored by The Poole Foundation and the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association, this annual award honors the best first work of fiction by a North Carolina author.

2002

The Solace of Leaving Early, by Haven Kimmel



 
2001

Body of a Girl, by Leah Stewart



 
2000

The Slow Way Back, by Judy Goldman



 
1999

Missing Women and Others, by June Spence


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