2008 AWARDS

American Silk, 1830-1930: Entrepreneurs and Artifacts – 2008 Millia Davenport Publication Award (Costume Society of America)

Brujerías: Stories of Witchcraft and the Supernatural in the American Southwest and Beyond – 2008 Southwest Book Award “Top Picks” – Border Regional Library Association

Getting Away with Murder on the Texas Frontier: Notorious Killings and Celebrated Trials – 2008 West Texas Historical Association Rupert Norval Richardson Award (The Best Book on West Texas history)

Jane Gilmore Rushing – 2008 West Texas Historical Association Rupert Norval Richardson Award Finalist (The Best Book on West Texas history)

Journey to San Jacinto: Book Two, Mr. Barrington’s Mysterious Trunk – 2008 Western Heritage Award for Outstanding Juvenile Book

Pedrito’s World – 2008 Western Writers of America Spur Award Finalist (Western Juvenile Fiction category)

Trail of the Red Butterfly – 2008 Independent Publishers Book Award – Silver (tie) (Historical/Military Fiction)

Trail of the Red Butterfly – 2008 PubWest Book Design Awards Silver Award (Adult Trade –Non-Illustrated)

2007 AWARDS

After the Massacre: The Violent Legacy of the San Sabá Mission – 2007 Outstanding Book on Oklahoma History – Oklahoma Historical Society

Burning Wyclif – 2007 American Library Association Notable Book of the Year (Poetry)

Burning Wyclif – 2007 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Poetry Finalist

Burning Wyclif – 2007 PubWest Awards – First Place (Trade Book, Nonillustrated category)

Cacti of the Trans-Pecos and Adjacent Areas – 2007 Donovan Stewart Correll Memorial Award – Native Plant Society of Texas

Children of the Dust: An Okie Family Story – 2007 Oklahoma Book Award Finalist (Nonfiction)

The Death at Awahi – 2007 New Mexico Book Award “Best Book” Winner

Getting Away with Murder on the Texas Frontier: Notorious Killings and Celebrated Trials – 2007 Western Writers of America Spur Award Finalist (Best Western Nonfiction – Historical)

Getting Away with Murder on the Texas Frontier: Notorious Killings and Celebrated Trials – 2007 National Association of Outlaw and Lawmen Book of the Year Award

Getting Away with Murder on the Texas Frontier: Notorious Killings and Celebrated Trials – 2007 Violet Crown Award (Nonfiction) – Writer’s League of Texas

Harvey Girl – 2007 Missouri Affiliate of National Federation of Press Women – First Place Award (Communications Contest, Category Books/Fiction/Young Adult )

Harvey Girl – 2007 New Mexico Press Women First Place Award(National Federation of Press Women)

Harvey Girl – 2007 Missouri Writers Guild Contest 2007 “BEST BOOK ABOUT MISSOURI” Honorable Mention (Best Fiction Book category)  

Harvey Girl – 2007 WILLA Women Writing the West Winner (Children’s/Young Adult Fiction and Nonfiction)

Harvey Girl – 2007 National Federation of Press Women’s Communication Contest – First Place Award (Young Adult Books – Fiction)

Harvey Girl – 2007 New Mexico Book Award Finalist (Young Adult)

Hers, His, and Theirs: Community Property Law in Spain and Early Texas – 2007 Texas Old Missions and Forts Restoration Book Award

Journey to the Alamo: Book One, Mr. Barrington’s Mysterious Trunk – 2007 Teddy Children’s Book Award Finalist (Long Works) – Writer’s League of Texas.

Our House on Hueco – 2007 New Mexico Book Award Finalist (Young Adult)

Pedrito’s World – 2007 Friends of the Austin Public Library Award for Best Children’s Book – Texas Institute of Letters

Quarry – 2007 WILLA Women Writing the West Finalist (Contemporary Fiction)

Quarry – 2007 New Mexico Book Award Winner (Mystery)

Ruling Pine Ridge: Oglala Lakota Politics from the IRA to Wounded Knee – 2007 Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize

Slag – 2007 National Endowment for the Arts

Tascosa: Its Life and Gaudy Times – 2007 ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Award Finalist (History)

Teresa’s Journey – 2007 Western Writers of America Spur Award Finalist (Best Western Juvenile Fiction)

Texas Dance Halls: A Two-Step Circuit – 2007 ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Award Finalist (Popular Culture)

Trail of the Red Butterfly – 2007 ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Award Finalist (Historical Fiction).

2006 AWARDS

Buck Ramsey’s Grass - 2006 Will Rogers Medallion Award Winner – Academy of Western Artists (Cowboy Poetry Book)

Child of Many Rivers: Journeys to and from the Rio Grande – 2006 WILLA Women Writing the West Award (memoir/essay)

Child of Many Rivers: Journeys to and from the Rio Grande – 2006 Violet Crown Award Finalist for Nonfiction – Writer’s League of Texas

Hers, His, and Theirs: Community Property Law in Spain and Early Texas – 2006 The Sons of the Republic of Texas Presidio La Bahia Award

Our House on Hueco – 2006 ForeWord Book of the Year Award Silver Winner (Juvenile Fiction)

Quarry – 2006 ForeWord Book of the Year Award Gold Winner (Mystery)

Twilight Innings: A West Texan on Grace and Survival – 2006 ForeWord Book of the Year Award Silver Winner (Essays)

2005 AWARDS

Blood Kin – 2005 TCU Texas Book Award Finalist

Blood Kin – 2005 Western Writers of America Spur Award Finalist (Best Novel of the West)

Cacti of the Trans-Pecos and Adjacent Areas – 2005 Southwest Book Award – Border Regional Library Association

Child of Many Rivers: Journeys to and from the Rio Grande – 2005 Southwest Book Award – Border Regional Library Association

Ferns and Fern Allies of Trans-Pecos Texas and Adjacent Areas - 2005 Donovan Stewart Correll Memorial Award – Native Plant Society of Texas

Hers, His, and Theirs: Community Property Law in Spain and Early Texas – 2005 Liz Carpenter Award for Research in the History of Women Finalist – Texas State Historical Association

Icons of Loss and Grace: Moments from the Natural World – 2005 PubWest Western Regional Book Design and Production Winner (Trade Book/Non-illustrated)

Keeping My Name –  2005 Independent Publisher Book Award Semi-Finalist (Poetry)

Old Las Vegas: Hispanic Memories from the New Mexico Meadowlands – 2005 Southwest Book Award – Border Regional Library Association

Slag – 2005 ForeWord Book of the Year Award Finalist (Poetry)

Texas Ghost Stories: Fifty Favorites for the Telling – 2005 Storytelling World Resource Award (Storytelling Collections)

A Thousand Miles of Stars – 2005 Western Writers of America Spur Award Winner (Poetry)

Writing on the Wind: An Anthology of West Texas Women Writers – 2005 ForeWord Book of the Year Award Finalist (Anthologies)

2004 AWARDS

6666: Portrait of a Texas Ranch – 2004 ForeWord Book of the Year Award Finalist (Photography)

Blood Kin – 2004 ForeWord Book of the Years Award Finalist (Historical Fiction)

Born to this Land – 2004 Will Rogers Medallion Award Winner – Academy of Western Artists (Cowboy Poetry Book)

Detachment Fault – 2004 Mountains & Plains Booksellers Award Finalist (Adult Fiction)

Detachment Fault – 2004 ForeWord Book of the Year Award – Honorable Mention (Mystery)

The Great Storm: The Hurricane Diary of J. T. King, Galveston, Texas, 1900 –   2004-2005 Lamplighter Award Nominee

Icons of Loss and Grace: Moments from the Natural World – 2004 ForeWord Book of the Year Award Finalist

Keeping My Name – 2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist (Poetry)

Keeping My Name – 2004-2005 Poet’s Prize

The Long Way West – 2004 Western Heritage Award (Outstanding Juvenile Book)

The Long Way West – 2004 Western Writers of America Spur Award Finalist (Juvenile Fiction)

Patrolling Chaos: The U.S. Border Patrol in Deep South Texas – 2004 ForeWord Book of the Years Award Finalist (Political Science)

A Separate Sphere: Dressmakers in Cincinnati’s Golden Age, 1877-1922 – 2004 Ruth Emery Book Award – The Victorian Society in America

A Separate Sphere: Dressmakers in Cincinnati’s Golden Age, 1877-1922 – 2004 Millia Davenport Publication Award Finalist – Costume Society of America

Seeing the Elephant: Voices from the Oregon Trail – 2004 Western Writers of America Spur Award Finalist (Juvenile Nonfiction)

Texas Natural History: A Century of Change – 2004 Correll Award of the Texas Native Plant Society

A Thousand Miles of Stars – 2004 ForeWord Book of the Year Award Finalist (Poetry)

Vietnam Chronicles: The Abrams Tapes, 1968-1972 – 2004 Army Historical Foundation LTG Richard G. Trefry Award

Whispers in Dust and Bone – “Second Coming” – 2004 Western Writers of America 2004 Spur Award (Best Western Short Fiction)

Windmill Tales – 2004 Mountains & Plains Booksellers Award Finalist (The Arts)

2003 AWARDS

The Callings – 2003 Western Writers of America Spur Award Finalist

Get Along Lil’ Dogies: The Chisholm Trail Diary of Hallie Lou Wells – 2003-2004 Lamplighter Award Nominee

Great Lonely Places of the Texas Plains – 2003 ForeWord Book of the Year Finalist (Poetry)

The Great Storm: The Hurricane Diary of J. T. King, Galveston, Texas, 1900 – 2003 Western Heritage Award (Outstanding Juvenile Book)

Seeing the Elephant: Voices from the Oregon Trail – 2003 ForeWord Book of the Year (Juvenile Nonfiction)

Texas Natural History: A Century of Change – 2003 San Antonio Conservation Society Citation

Vietnam and Beyond: A Diplomat’s Cold War Education – 2003 American Academy of Diplomacy Special Citation

Whispers in Dust and Bone – 2003 ForeWord Book of the Year Silver Award (Short Fiction)

Whispers in Dust and Bone – 2003 ForeWord Book of the Year Finalist (Fiction – Short Stories)

Whispers in Dust and Bone – 2003 The Binghamton University John Gardner Fiction Book Award