Courtesy a news release, here’s info on the Novello Literary Awards that were announced Tuesday at Carolina Writers Night:

Kate Betterton of Chapel Hill won the 2008 Novello Literary Award. Her manuscript, Where the Lake Becomes the River, was chosen from 84 submissions. She’ll receive a $1,000 advance and Novello Festival Press will publish her book in fall 2008.

Five Novello Literary Award finalists will receive a $100 prize: Steve Beck of Whiteville; Lew Holton of Murrells Inlet, S.C.; Ruth Moose of Pittsboro; Rachel Mork of Huntersville; and S. Craig Renfroe, Jr., of Charlotte.

The press also announced that the Cold Mountain Foundation, established by acclaimed author Charles Frazier and his wife, Katherine, will underwrite the Novello Literary Award for the next four years.

The call for submissions for the 2009 Novello Literary Award will open in November. Guidelines will be available on the Web site: www.novellopress.org.