TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION) — Students and faculty gathered in the Trojan Center Ballrooms Friday morning to hear from award-winning authors Tom Franklin and Beth Ann Fennelly, the 2026 Hall-Waters Prize recipients.
The Hall-Waters Prize honors distinguished writers whose work contributes to southern literature. Franklin and Fennelly are the first duo to receive the award.
The…
TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION) — Troy University’s has named the recipient of the 2024 Hall-Waters Prize for Excellence in Southern Writing.
Patricia Foster is an author who is now part of Troy University’s Hall-Waters Prize legacy. The Hall-Waters Prize is meant to be awarded to a person who has made “significant contributions to southern heritage and…
TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION) — Troy University is preparing to welcome this year’s Hall-Waters Prize recipient: author Patricia Foster.
Foster is professor emerita at the University of Iowa’s MFA Program, where she has taught for more than 25 years.
Foster’s works include “Written in the Sky,” “Girl from Soldier Creek,” the essay collection “Just Beneath My…
Alabama native and best-selling author Michelle Richmond was awarded the Hall-Waters prize for contributions to southern literature from Troy University‘s English department.
“To me it’s such a welcome home,” says Richmond. “It’s such a wonderful homecoming and it feels so much to me to get to be a part of this in my home…