The H. Adams Carter Literary Awardees

The H. Adams Carter Literary Award—The Literary Award was established to recognize excellence in alpine literature by North American writers. Recipients of the award have contributed extensively and over many years to mountain literature. Recipients are not selected through a submission process.
 

Dougald MacDonald: 2023
Pat Ament: 2022
David Smart: 2021
Geof Childs: 2020
Kelly Cordes: 2019
Jeff Jackson: 2018
David Stevenson: 2017
Katie Ives: 2016
Jeff Lowe: 2015
Freddie Wilkinson: 2014
Duane Raleigh: 2013
Bernadette McDonald: 2012
Royal Robbins: 2011
Doug Robinson: 2010
Maria Coffey: 2009
John Harlin, III: 2008
Alison Osius: 2007
John Long: 2006
John Sherman: 2005
Mark Jenkins: 2004
Brad Washburn: 2003
Galen Rowell: 2003
Tami Knight: 2003
Rick Ridgeway: 2002
Audrey Salkeld: 1999
Michael Kennedy: 1998
Broughton Coburn: 1997
Jonathan Waterman: 1996
Steve Roper: 1995
Allen Steck: 1995
Elizabeth Hawley: 1994
Jeff Long: 1993
David S. Roberts: 1992
Ed Webster: 1990
H. Adams Carter: 1988
Greg Child: 1987
Jonathan Roblee Krakauer: 1986

The H. Adams Carter Literary Award winners are selected by committee: Chair - David Stevenson, Paula LaRochelle, and John Harlin, III

H. Adams “Ad” Carter (1914-1995) was Editor of the American Alpine Journal for 35 years. Read more about him in the American Alpine Journal linked here.