Previous Linda Flowers Award winners include:
- 2001 — Karen Gilchrist, "The Cure"
- 2002 — Joseph Bathanti, "Land of Amnesia"
- 2003 — Heather Ross Miller, "Miss Jessie Dukes and Kid Heavy"
- 2004 — Barbara Presnell, "Sherry's Prayer: NC Textiles 1967-2004"
- 2005 — Kermit Turner, "Tongue-Tied"
- 2006 — Kathy Watts, "Goin' Fishin'"
- 2007 — Susan Vogel, "The Pick-up Line"
- 2008 — Kirsten Hemmy, "Carolina Landscapes: Poems"
- 2009 — Katey Shultz, "Amplitude"
- 2010 — Traci Lazenby Elliott, "Legacy"
- 2011 — Nancy Dew Taylor, "Mill Creek Suite"
- 2012 — Angela Kelly, "Semper Fi Appalachia"
- 2013 — Steve Lautermilch, "Where Waters Meet"
- 2014 — John Thomas York, "O Beautiful Bug"
- 2017 — Aaron Ballance, for a collection of poetry including "Sugarfoot,” “Old Trouble,” “The Peaks,” “One-Eyed Jenny,” “The Brink,” “Leading Flash to the Barn – January,” and “Rust.”
