Winners of the 2023 Literary Awards
See the press release below for all the details on the awards as well as this year’s winners and finalists.
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Winter-Spring 2023 Newsletter
Twenty-six New Members Elected to TIL
Newsletter Summer/Fall 2022
Pre-Banquet Events 2022
The annual TIL weekend has so much content that it couldn’t possibly fit in a single evening. As a result, for several years, we have divvied up award presentations and new member readings—along with other lovely outings and tours—over the course of two days. Friday and Saturday in El Paso…
The TIL in the Community 2022
Leading up to to our annual meeting and banquet, members of the Texas Institute of Letters presented at several branches of the the El Paso Public Library. Wednesday, April 20 4:30-5:30 PM, Shelley Armitage and Steven L. Davis, Dorris Van Doren Branch Library 4:30-5:30 PM, Alessandra Narváez Varela and Sylvia…
TIL Banquet 2022
On Saturday, April 23, TILers headed from El Paso to nearby Las Cruces for our annual reception, dinner, and ceremony. Here are some highlights. 6:00-7:00 PM: Reception at Ardovino’s Desert Crossing, Sunset Hall. David Romo and Los Liminalsentertained us with jazz before dinner. 7:15-8:00 PM: Dinner 8:00-10 PM: Annual Banquet…
TIL Council 1990-1999
1990-1991 President: Robert Flynn, San AntonioVice President: Bryan Woolley, DallasSecretary-Treasurer: James Hoggard, Wichita Falls Councilors:Don Carleton, AustinElizabeth Warnock Fernea, AustinLeon Hale, HoustonPrudence Mackintosh, DallasWalter McDonald, LubbockLawrence Wright, Austin 1991-1992 President: Bryan Woolley, DallasVice-President: Lawrence Wright, AustinSecretary-Treasurer: James Hoggard, Wichita Falls Councilors:Judy Alter, Fort WorthDon Carleton, AustinElizabeth Warnock Fernea, AustinLeon Hale,…
TIL Council 2000-2009
2000-2001 President: Carolyn Osborn, Austin** Vice-President: Mark Busby, WimberleySecretary: Paula Marks, BudaTreasurer: James Hoggard, Wichita FallsRecording Secretary: Robert Compton, Garland Councilors:Elizabeth Crook, AustinTerry DalrympleR.S. Gwynn*** Olive HersheyJoe Holley, San AntonioTom Pilkington, Stephenville**** Mary Willis Walker, Austin ** Tom Zigal resigned as vice-president in January, 2001, and Mark Busby was appointed…
Awards 1960-1969
1960 Carr P. Collins Award for Best Book of Nonfiction ($1,000): Aristotle and the American Indian (Henry Regnery, 1959) by Lewis Hanke. Jesse H. Jones Award (Houston Endowment) for Best Book of Fiction ($1,000): The Poison Tree (Houghton Mifflin, 1959), by Walter Clemons. McMurray Bookshop Award for Best Texas First…
