Kate Long (storyteller)

Kate Long is an American songwriter and storyteller who writes songs that have been recorded by dozens of artists and won national awards, including the International Bluegrass Music Association Song of the Year. She is the writing coach for The Charleston Gazette and produces for West Virginia Public Broadcasting. She hosted and produced the national award-winning In Their Own Country public radio series. She regularly performs at storytelling festivals around the country.

She is currently co-director and founder of Try This West Virginia.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Awards

Gerald Loeb Award for Small Newspapers (1974–1983, 1985–2008)
(1974–1979)	1974: Livingston Taylor 1975: Tom Miller 1976: David R. Francis 1977 (tie): Sally Jones, Rosemary Shinohara 1977 (tie): Larry Kramer 1978: Harold Chucker 1979: Philip Moeller
(1980–1989)	1980: Joe R. Cordero, Tim W. Ferguson 1981: Gary M. Hector 1982: Phil Norman 1982 (HM) Staff of the Sentinel Star 1982 (HM): Scott Abrahams, Alex Beasley, Sharon Carrasco, Jim Clark, Keay Davidson, John C. Van Gieson, Anne Groer, Noel Holston, Charlie Jean, Dean Johnson, Robert Johnson, Larry Lipman, Susan Taylor Martin, Jim Nesbitt, Jim Runnels, Thomas Sabulis, Wendy Spirduso 1983: Phillip L. Zweig 1984: no award 1985: Beth McLeo, Lawrence Spohn, Stan Swofford, Greta Tilley 1986: Mark L. Zusman 1986 (HM): Jan Brogan 1987: Brent Walth 1988: Paul Farhi 1988 (HM): Julie Bird 1989: Howard Gold
(1990–1999)	1990: Gary Belsky, Phyllis Furman 1991: Phyllis Furman, Linda Moss 1992: M. Rex Smith, Emory Thomas Jr. 1993: Michael Hinkelman, Emory Thomas Jr. 1994: Lance Williams 1995: Jim Lynch, Karen Dorn Steele 1996: Kim Fararo 1997: Lynda V. Mapes 1998: Amy Baldwin, Amy Hetzner 1999: Bill Heisel Jr., Jennifer Hieger
(2000–2008)	2000: Harris Meyer 2001: Bruce Rushton 2002: Janet Patton 2003: Eric Eyre, Scott Finn 2004: Kate Long 2005: Craig Troianello 2006: Christina Gostomski 2007: Michelle Breidenbach, Mike McAndrew 2008: Tony Bartelme

Gerald Loeb Award for Medium Newspapers (1987–2008)
(1987–1989)	1987: Edward O. Welles 1988: David Sylvester 1989: S. Lynne Walker
(1990–1999)	1990: Andy Hall, Jerry Kammer 1991: Bill Dalton, Mike Hendricks, Chris Lester 1992: John Fauber, Jack Norman 1993: Pete Carey, Lewis M. Simons 1994: Larry Keller, Fred Schulte 1995: Susan Finch, Mike Hughlett, Peter Nicholas, James O'Byrne, Mark Schleifstein 1996: Bruce Locklin, Michael Moore, Debra Lynn Vial 1997: Liz Pulliam, Elliot Blair Smith, Cathy Taylor 1998: Larry Arnold, William Conroy, Rick Linsk, Nancy Shields, Terri Somers, John T. Ward 1999: Jenni Bergal, Fred Schulte
(2000–2008)	2000: Janet L. Fix, Jeffrey Taylor, Alison Young 2001: Ramsey Campbell, Sean Holton, Jim Leusner, Robert Sargent 2002: Pamela Coyle, Ronette King, Jeffrey Meitrodt, Mark Schleifstein 2003: Jeff Harrington, Deborah O'Neil 2004: Fred Schulte 2005: Jeff Plungis, Bill Vlasic 2006: Joshua Boak, Jim Drew, Steve Eder, Christopher Kirkpatrick, Mike Wilkinson 2006 (HM): David Heath, Luke Timmerman 2007: Gady A. Epstein, Stephanie Desmon, Chiaki Kawajiri 2008: Binyamin Appelbaum, Liz Chandler, Ted Mellnik, Lisa Hammersly Munn, Peter St. Onge

Gerald Loeb Award for Medium & Small Newspapers (2009–2012)
(2009)	2009: Rob Barry, Jack Dolan, Matthew Haggman 2009 (HM): Ames Alexander, Kerry Hall, Ted Mellnik, Peter St. Onge, Franco Ordoñez
(2010–2012)	2010: Rob Barry, Lucy Komisar, Michael Sallah 2011 (tie): Glenn Howatt, Chris Serres 2011 (tie): Michael J. Berens 2012: Rick Barrett, John Diedrich, Scott Kraus, Ben Poston, Raquel Rutledge, Mike de Sisti, Spencer Soper

Small & Medium Newspapers (2013–2014)
(2013–2014)	2013 (tie): Ames Alexander, Karen Garloch, Joseph Neff, David Raynor 2013 (tie): Mandy Locke, David Raynor 2014: John Fauber, Ellen Gabler, Mark Johnson, Allan James Vestal, Kristyna Wentz-Graff

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