Wake Forest Writers Hall of Fame

MEMBERSHIP AS OF FEBRUARY 2026

Stephen Amidon (BA 1981)

Archie Ammons (BS 1949)

Maya Angelou (LHD 1977)

Helen Beckwith (BA 1946)

Elizabeth Jones Brantley (BA 1944)

Russell Brantley (BA 1945)

Linda Brinson  (BA 1969)

Will Campbell (BA 1948)

W J Cash (BA 1922)

Steve Duin (BA 1976, MA 1979)

Laura M Elliott (BA 1979)

Edgar E Folk (BA 1921)

Harold T P Hayes (BA 1948)

Maria Henson (BA 1982)

Al Hunt (BA 1965)

Gerald Johnson (BA 1911)

Clint McCown (BA 1974, MA 1978)

Bill McIlwain (BA 1949)

John Charles McNeill (BA 1898)

Neil Morgan (BA 1943)

Penny Niven (MA 1962)

Mike Riley (BA 1981)

Bynum Shaw (BA 1948)

Laurence Stallings (BA 1916)

Betsy Teter (BA 1980)

Jo DeYoung Thomas (BA 1965)

Doug Waller (BA 1971)

Edwin G Wilson (BA 1943)

Emily Herring Wilson (MA 1962)

(PHOTOS OF CLASSES OF 2021 and 2026 COMING SOON!)

Hall of Fame Class of 2018

Hall of Fame Class of 2016

Hall of Fame Class of 2012