East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame

Friends of Literacy will honor five of East Tennessee's best writers at the 12th Annual East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame. This 2015 inductees are: Georgiana Vines, a journalist with more than 40 years of experience, Lifetime Achievement; Amy Greene, recipient of the Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction, in the fiction category; Vince Staten, author of 13 books, nonfiction; Jesse Graves, award-winning Appalachian poet, poetry; and Alan Sims, known as the Knoxville Urban Guy, social media.