The mission of the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame is to celebrate and support North Carolina’s rich and varied literary heritage by commemorating its literary leaders and by encouraging the continued flourishing of excellent literature in this state.
For the purposes of induction into the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame, a North Carolina writer is defined as one who is:
- significantly shaped by his or her time in the state, and/or
- identified in the public’s mind as a North Carolinian and/or
- self-identified as a North Carolinian.
Writers selected for induction into the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame meet the following criteria:
- the writer is acclaimed nationally or internationally;
- the quality of the work is exemplary;
- the writer has influenced the development and appreciation of literature in North Carolina; and
- the writer has achieved a formative and significant place in the annals of North Carolina literature.