Addie Clawson: Appalachian Mail Carrier (2003)
- Willie Parker Peace History Book Award, 2004 (NC Society of Historians)
- Arts Council Central Piedmont Regional Artist Hub Grant, 2002
- Used in educational programs at the Smithsonian Nation Postal Museum
- Resultant article on Addie Clawson in Our State, March 2007
Dresses, Dreams and Beadwood Leaves (2009)
- Poetry Book of the Year Award, 2009
- Paul Green Multi-Media Award, 2009 (NC Society of Historians)
- Semi-finalist for the Linda Flowers Price, NC Humanities Council
- Review on NC Poet Laureate website and blog for December 9, 2008 http://ncpoetlaureate.blogspot.com/2008_12_01_archive.html
- Review in Carolina Mountain Life, Winter/Holidays 2008
- Featured book for Caldwell County Little Read, 2016 and 2017
Jack Tales and Mountain Yarns, as Told by Orville Hicks (2009)
- Aesop Accolade, 2009, American Folklore Society, http://www.afsnet.org/sections/children/
- Clark Cox Historical fiction Award, 2009 (NC Society of Historians)
- Review in Our State, August 2009
- Review in Appalachian Heritage
- Review in Asheville Citizen-Times, April 2009
- Review in Carolina Mountain Life, Spring 2009
- Review essay in North Carolina Folklore Journal, Spring-Summer 2009, http://paws.wcu.edu/ncfj/ncfj561.pdf
- Review essay in Journal of Folklore Research: An International Journal of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, November 10, 2009, http://www.indiana.edu/~jofr/review.php?id=942
Mama’s Wreaths (2011)
- Paul Green Multi-Media Award, 2011 (NC Society of Historians)
Orville Hicks: Mountain Stories, Mountain Roots (2005)
- Willie Parker Peace History Book Award, 2006 (NC Society of Historians)
- Review in Our State, April 2006
- Review Appalachian Heritage, Winter 2006
- Review essay North Carolina Folklore Journal, Spring-Summer 2009, http://paws.wcu.edu/ncfj/ncfj561.pdf
The Picture Man (2009)
- Clark Cox Historical Fiction Award, 2009 (NC Society of Historians)
- Review in Our State, December 2009
- Review in Asheville Citizen-Times, April 2009;
- Review in Carolina Mountain Life, Spring 2009
Walking Ribbon (2005)
- Clark Cox Historical Fiction Award (NC Society of Historians)
- Paul Green, Multi-Media Award (NC Society of Historians)
Julia Taylor Ebel
- Barringer Award of Excellence, 2009, for preservation of North Carolina history, North Carolina Society of Historians
- Featured author for the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games, 2010-2014
- Final judge for Guilford County High School Poet Laureate Program, 2010
- Featured author for Caldwell County Little Read, using Dresses, Dreams and Beadwood Leaves, 2016 and 2017