Past Louisiana Writer Award Recipients

John Biguenet
October 2012

James Wilcox
October 2011

Valerie Martin
October 2010

Tim Gautreaux
October 2009

William Joyce
October 2008

Yusef Komunyakaa
October 2007

Elmore Leonard
October 2006

Lewis P. Simpson
October 2005

Shirley Ann Grau
November 2004

Carl Brasseaux
November 2003

James Lee Burke
November 2002

William J. Smith
April 2001

Ernest J. Gaines
October 2000