Ragan Old North State Award for Nonfiction -- Nominees
2022-2023 Nominees
| Barnes, | Jay. | Fifteen Hurricanes That Changed the Carolinas |
| Butler, | Lindley. | A History of North Carolina in the Proprietary Era 1629-1729 |
| Casada, | Jim. | Fishing for Chickens: A Smokies Food Memoir |
| Eubanks, | Georgann. | Saving the Wild South |
| Ferris, Ed., | Marcie Cohen. | Edible North Carolina: A Journey Across A State of Flavor |
| Goldman, | Judy. | Child: A Memoir |
| Graff, | Michael & Nick Ochsner. | The Vote Collectors |
| Gregory, | Kay Huffman. | Isma: Memoir of a Catawba Valley Family |
| Kapur, | Geeta. | To Drink From the Well |
| Kelly, | Donna. | "Raisin' Young'uns" with Love, Laughter, and Music: The story of the Cary and Eva Powell Family. |
| Link, | William A. | Frank Porter Graham. Southern Liberal, Citizen of the World. |
| Milteer, | Warren. | Beyond Slavery's Shadow: Free People of Color in the South. |
| Ross, | John. | Through the Mountains |
| Simpson, | Bland. | North Carolina. Land of Water, Land of Sky |
| Slawter, | Bill. | Sit-ins, Drive-ins and Uncle Sam |
| Tribble, | Mary. | Pious Ambitions |
| Zerwick, | Phoebe. | Beyond Innocence |