{{Short description|Annual fine arts award}} {{primary|date=January 2015}} 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<ref>{{cite web|title=Past North Carolina Poets Laureate|url=http://www.ncarts.org/freeform_scrn_template.cfm?ffscrn_id=177&|publisher=North Carolina Arts Council|accessdate=May 8, 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027233637/http://www.ncarts.org/freeform_scrn_template.cfm?ffscrn_id=177&|archivedate=October 27, 2012}}</ref> 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."<ref name="SAPC">{{cite web|title=The Sam Ragan Fine Arts Awards|url=http://www.sapc.edu/academics/cw/raganawards.php|publisher=St. Andrews University|accessdate=May 8, 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323112338/http://www.sapc.edu/academics/cw/raganawards.php|archivedate=March 23, 2012}}</ref>
==Sam Ragan Fine Arts Award Winners== Listed below are the recipients of The Sam Ragan Fine Arts Award.<ref name="SAPC" /> {{columns-list|colwidth=22em| '''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 *[http://www.giamusic.com/bios/sally-ann-morris Sally Ann Morris], Winston-Salem, NC
'''2010''' *Mary Louise Bringle, Brevard, NC *Arthur McDonald *David Rigsbee
'''2011''' *John Holloway }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:Arts awards in the United States Category:Culture of North Carolina