Honorary Members

SAMLA proudly extends honorary membership to individuals for their contributions to the organization and to their respective fields of study.

Additional information, including instructions for nominating an Honorary Member, can be found on the Honorary Member Award page.

Previous Recipients

Allen Josephs	Judith Ortiz Cofer +
Natasha Trethewey	Wendell Berry
Weldon Thornton	Germaine Brée +
H. R. "Stoney" Stoneback	Elizabeth Spencer
Joseph Flora	James Dickey +
Virginia Spencer Carr +	William Bennett
Enrique Ruiz-Fornells	Julien Green +
W. Ronald Schuchard	A.R. Ammons +
Harper Lee +	Charlotte Young
Sena Jeter Naslund	Walker Percy +
Lieselotte Kurth	William Styron +
George Mills Harper +	Shelby Foote +
Lee Smith	J. William Fulbright +
Nathan Scott +	Andrew Lytle +
Louis D. Rubin, Jr. +	Q. O. McAllister
John Dowling +	John G. Kunstmann +
Carlos Rojas	Cleanth Brooks+
Richard J. Finneran +	Erskine Caldwell +
Doris W. Betts +	Katherine Anne Porter +
Maryse Condé	Allen Tate +
James Still +	Frank Duffey
Cormac McCarthy	Francis Fergusson +
George Garrett +	Maxwell A. Smith +
Reynolds Price +	C. Waller Barrett +
Maya Angelou +	Jesse Stuart +
Richard Marius +	Robert Penn Warren +
Annie Dillard	Eudora Welty +
Sergius Yakobson +	Helen Yakobson +

+ = Deceased