Awards 1990-1999

1990

April 28 – Austin, Four Seasons Hotel

  • Barbara McCombs/Lon Tinkle Award for Lifetime Achievement ($1,000): John Edward Weems.
  • Jesse H. Jones Award for Best Book of Fiction ($6,000): Ghost Dancing (Doubleday, 1989), by James Magnuson.
  • Carr P. Collins Award for Best Book of Nonfiction ($5,000): Eats: A Folk History of Texas Foods (TCU Press, 1989), by Ernestine Sewell Linck and Joyce Gibson Roach.
  • Friends of the Dallas Public Library Award for Scholarly Book Making the Most Significant Contribution to Knowledge ($1,000): An Empire of Slavery: The Peculiar Institution in Texas (LSU Press, 1989), by Randolph Campbell.
  • Natalie Ornish/Soeurette Diehl Fraser Award for Best Book of Poetry($1,000): Splitting and Binding (Wesleyan, 1989), by Patiann Rogers.
  • Brazos Bookstore (Houston) Award for Best Short Story ($500): “The Scapegoat” (Blue Mesa Review) by James Hoggard.
  • O. Henry Award (Sue and Frank McBee of Austin) for Best Nonfiction Writing in a Periodical ($500): “San Pietro and the ‘Art’ of War” (Southwest Review), by Lance Bertelsen.
  • Stanley Walker Award for Best Writing in a Newspaper or Sunday Supplement ($500): NO AWARD GIVEN.
  • Book Publishers of Texas Award for Best Book for Young People ($250): Introducing Birds to Young Naturalists Texas &M University Press, 1989), by Ilo Hiller.
  • Stanley Marcus Award for Best Book Design ($350): Epitaphs for the Living: Words and Images in the Time of AIDS (SMU Press). Designed by George Lenox.

1991

April 13 – Bandera, Mayan Guest Ranch

  • Barbara McCombs/Lon Tinkle Award for Sustained Excellence in Texas Letters ($1,000): Marshall Terry, Dallas
  • Jesse H. Jones Award for Best Work of Fiction ($6,000): Hardscrub (Arte Publico Press, Houston, 1990), by Lionel Garcia.
  • Carr P. Collins Award for Best Work of Nonfiction ($5,000): If You Do Love Old Men (Eerdmans, 1990), by Virginia Stem Owens.
  • Friends of the Dallas Public Library Award for Scholarly Book Making the Most Significant Contribution to Knowledge ($1,000): A History of Hispanic Theatre in the United States (University of Texas Press, 1990), by Nicolas Kanellos.
  • Natalie Ornish Award for Best Book of Poetry ($1,000): Someone Going Home Late (Texas Tech University Press, 1990), by Daryl Jones.
  • Soeurette Diehl Fraser Award for Best Translation of a Book ($1,000): Behind the Curtains, by Carmen Martin Gaite (Columbia University Press, 1990) translated by Frances M. Lopez-Morillas.*
  • Brazos Bookstore (Houston) Award for Best Short Story ($500): “The Legend of Pig-Eye” (Paris Review), by Rick Bass.
  • O.Henry Award (Sue and Frank McBee of Austin) for Best Nonfiction Writing in a Periodical ($500): “A Family Nightmare” (Dallas Life Magazine, Dallas Morning News), by Bryan Woolley.
  • Stanley Walker Award for Best Writing in a Newspaper or Sunday Supplement ($500): “S&L’s On Main Street” (Associated Press), by Scott McCartney.
  • Book Publishers of Texas Award for Best Children’s Book ($250): The Last Innocent Summer (TCU Press, 1990), by Zinita Fowler.
  • Stanley Marcus Award for Best Book Design ($350): NOT GIVEN THIS YEAR.

*First year given.

1992

April 11 – Fort Worth, Worthington Hotel

  • Lon Tinkle Award for Lifetime Achievement in Texas Letters ($1,500): Margaret Cousins.
  • Carr P. Collins Award for Best Work of Nonfiction ($5,000): The Idea of Wilderness: From Prehistory to the Age of Ecology (Yale University Press, 1991), by Max Oelschlaeger.
  • Jesse H. Jones Award for Best Work of Fiction ($6,000): The Mommy Club (Doubleday,1991), by Sarah Bird.
  • Friends of the Dallas Public Library Award for Scholarly Book Making the Most Significant Contribution to Knowledge ($1,000):The French Thorn: Rival Explorers in the Spanish Sea, 1682-1762 (Texas A&M University Press, 1991), by Robert S. Weddle.
  • Natalie Ornish Award for Best Book of Poetry ($1,000):The Never-Ending (Houghton Mifflin, 1991), by Andrew Hudgins.
  • Brazos Bookstore (Houston) Award for Best Short Story ($500): “Major Six Pockets,” by Lee Merrill Byrd.
  • O.Henry Award (Sue and Frank McBee of Austin) for Best Nonfiction
  • Writing in a Periodical ($500): “The Sensual Christian” (The Rolling Stone, Nov. 14, 1991), by Lawrence Wright.
  • Stanley Walker Award for Best Writing in a Newspaper or Sunday Supplement ($500): “Profile of Pinkie Roden” (Associated Press), by Mike Cochran.
  • Stanley Marcus Award for Best Book Design ($350): Self-Portrait with Birds
  • (Chama Press, Dallas, 1991) by John Graves. Designed by W. Thomas Taylor.      
  • Book Publishers of Texas Award for Best Children’s Book ($250): The Trail North (Eakin Press, 1991), by Charlotte Baker Montgomery

1993

March 20 – Melrose Hotel, Dallas

  • Lon Tinkle Award for Lifetime Acheivement in Texas Letters ($1,000): Vassar Miller
  • Carr P. Collins Award for Best Work of Nonfiction ($5,000): The Spanish Frontier in North America (Yale University Press, 1992), by David Weber.
  • Jesse H. Jones Award for Best Work of Fiction ($6,000): All the Pretty Horses (Knopf, 1992), by Cormac McCarthy
  • Friends of the Dallas Public Library Award for Scholarly Book Making the Most Significant Contribution to Knowledge ($1,000): The See-Through Years: Creation and Destruction in Texas Architecture (Rice University Press, 1992), by Joel Barna.
  • Natalie Ornish Award for Best Book of Poetry ($1,000): Campo Santo (LSU Press, 1992), by Susan Wood.
  • Soeurette Diehl Fraser Award for Best Translation of a Book ($1,000): The
  • Andalusian Poems (David Godine, 1991), edited and translated by Christopher Middleton & Leticia Garza-Falcon.
  • Brazos Bookstore (Houston) Award for Best Short Story ($500): “The Atmosphere of Venus” (Literary Review, Spring 1992), by William J. Cobb.
  • Stanley Walker Award for Best Writing in a Newspaper or Sunday Supplement ($500): “The New Awakening – Breaking the Chain of Conquest in Latin America” (Houston Chronicle), by Dudley Althaus.
  • Stanley Marcus Award for Best Book Design ($350): Mojo: Photographs by Keith Carter (Rice University Press, 1992). Designed by dj Stout.
  • Book Publishers of Texas Award for Best Children’s Book ($250): Song of the Buffalo Boy (Harcourt, 1992), by Sherry Garland.

1994

April 16-Melrose Hotel, Dallas

  • Lon Tinkle Award for Lifetime Achievement ($1,500): Horton Foote
  • Jesse H. Jones Award (Houston Endowment) for Best Work of Fiction ($6,000): The Magic of Blood (University of New Mexico Press), by Dagoberto Gilb.
  • Carr P. Collins Award for Best Work of Nonfiction ($5,000): Deliberate Indifference (Viking/Penguin), by Howard Swindle
  • Friends of the Dallas Public Library Award for Scholarly Book Making the Most Significant Contribution to Knowledge ($1,000): Sam Chamberlain’s            Mexican War: The San Jacinto Museum Paintings (Texas State Historical Society), by William H Goetzmann.
  • Natalie Ornish Poetry Award in Memory of Wayne Gard ($1,000): Bhindsided (David Godine), by Jack Myers.
  • Steven Turner Award for Best First Work of Fiction ($1,000): My Sister Disappears: Short Stories (SMU Press) Lee Merrill Byrd.*
  • Brazos Bookstore (Houston) Award for Best Short Story ($500): “Nancy Flores” (Sonora Review), by Dagoberto Gilb.
  • O. Henry Award (Sue and Frank McBee of Austin) for Best Work of Journalism Appearing in a Magazine or Sunday Supplement ($500): “The Quest of a Projects Kid” (Cincinnati Magazine) by Elizabeth Franklin.
  • Stanley Walker Award (Sue and Frank McBee) for Best Work of Journalism Appearing in a Daiily Newspaper ($500): “The Lost Children,” 5-part series (Austin American-Statesman), by Denise Gamino.
  • Stanley Marcus Award for Best Book Design ($350): Audobon’s Great National Work: The Royal Octavo Edition of the Birds of America , designed by Thomas Taylor.
  • Book Publishers of Texas Award for Best Book for Children or Young Adults ($250): The Astonishing Armadillo (Carolrhoda Books), by Dee Stuart.

*       First Year Given

1995

April 8-San Antonio, St. Anthony Hotel

  • Lon Tinkle Lifetime Achievement Award ($1,500): Americo Paredes
  • Jesse Jones Award for Best Book of Fiction ($6,000): Sweetbitter (Broken Moon Press), by Reginald Gibbons.
  • Carr P. Collins Award for Best Book of Nonfiction ($5,000): Remembering Satan (Knopf), by Lawrence Wright.
  • Steven Turner Award for First Book of Fiction ($1,000): Can You Get There From Here? (SMU Press), by Donley Watt.
  • Friends of the Dallas Public Library Award for Book Making the Most Significant Contribution to Knowledge ($1,000): Prints of the West (Fulcrum), by Ron Tyler.
  • Natalie Ornish Poetry Award in Memory of Wayne Gard ($1,000): Firekeeper (Milkweed Editions), by Pattiann Rogers.
  • Soeurette Diehl Fraser Translation Award for the Best Translation of a Book into English ($1,000): Iphigenia (University of Texas Press), Bertie Acker.
  • Brazos Bookstore (Houston) Award for Best Short Story ($500): “White Circles” (American Short Fiction), by William J. Cobb.
  • O. Henry Award for Best Work of Journalism in a Magazine or Sunday Supplement ($500): “Promised Land” (Texas Monthly), by Mimi Swartz.
  • Stanley Walker Award Award for the Best Work of Journalism in a Daily Newspaper ($500): “The Other Woman” (Washington Post), by Florence George Graves.
  • Stanley Marcus Award for Best Book Design ($350): The War Between the United States and Mexico (Texas State Historical Association), W. Thomas Taylor.
  • Book Publishers of Texas Award for Best Book for Children or Young People ($250): Breathing Room (Royal Fireworks), by Barbara Elmore.

1996

April 13 – Houston, Houstonian Hotel

  • Lon Tinkle Lifetime Achievement Award ($1,500): William Humphrey
  • Jesse Jones (Houston Endowment) Award for Best Book of Fiction ($6,000): In an Arid Land (TCU Press, 1995), by Paul Scott Malone
  • Carr P. Collins Award for Best Book of Nonfiction ($5,000): The Liars’ Club (Viking, 1995), by Mary Karr.
  • Steven Turner Award for First Book of Fiction ($1,000): Beyond Telling: Stories (Ontario Review Press, 1995), by Jewell Morgan.
  • Friends of the Dallas Public Library Award for Book Making the Most Significant Contribution to Knowledge ($1,000): Wild River, Timeless Canyon: Balduin Mollhausen’s Watercolors of the Colorado (Amon Carter Museum, 1995), by Ben Huseman.
  • Natalie Ornish Poetry Award in Memory of Wayne Gard ($1,000): The Difficult Wheel (LSU Press, 1995), by Betty Adcock.
  • Soeurette Diehl Fraser Translation Award for the Best Translation of a Book Into English ($1,000): The Fourth World (University of Nebraska Press, 1995), by Diamela Eltit. Translated by Dick Gerdes.
  • Brazos Bookstore (Houston) Award for Best Short Story ($500): “Water,” by Paul Christensen.
  • O. Henry Award for Best Work of Journalism in a Magazine or Sunday Supplement ($500): “The Fires Next Time,” by Rick Bass.
  • Stanley Walker Award Award for the Best Work of Journalism in a Daily Newspaper ($500): “Race to the Future” (Houston Chronicle), by MikeTolson
  • Stanley Marcus Award for Best Book Design ($350): Codex Telleriano-Remensis (University of Texas Press). Designed by Ellen McKie.
  • Book Publishers of Texas Awsard for Best Book for Children or Young People ($250): Liza’s Blue Moon (Greenwillow Books, 1995), by Diane Stevens.

1997

April 5 – Dallas, Le Meridien Hotel

  • Lon Tinkle Award for Lifetime Achievement ($1,500) : Cormac McCarthy
  • Carr P. Collins Award for Nonfiction $5,000): The Last Cavalier: The Life and Times of John A. Lomax (University of Illinois Press, 1996), by Nolan Porterfield.
  • Jesse H. Jones Award for Fiction $6,000): A Chance to See Egypt (HarperCollins, 1996), by Sandra Scofield.
  • Stephen Turner Award for Best First Work of Fiction ($1,000): The Book of Mercy (Farrar Straus, 1996), by Kathleen Cambor.
  • Friends of the Dallas Public Library Award for Book Making the Most Significant Contribution to Knowledge ($1,000): The Book of Yaak (Houghton Mifflin, 1996), by Rick Bass.
  • Natalie Ornish Award for Best Book of Poetry ($1,000): The Dominion of Lights (Copper Beech Press, 1996), by Isabel Nathaniel.
  • *   Brazos Bookstore Short Story Award for Best Short Story ($750): “The Passion According to St. John by J.S. Bach,” by Daniel Stern.
  • ** O. Henry Award for Best Work of Journalism in a Magazine or Sunday Supplement ($1,000): “The Death of Jane Roe” (Village Voice) by Debbie Nathan.
  • **      Stanley Walker Award for Best Work of Journalism Appearing in a Daily Newspaper ($1,000): “When Hope Dies” (Houston Chronicle) by Mike Tolson.
  • Stanley Marcus Award for Best Book Design ($350): Heaven of Animals (Rice University Press), designed by dj Stout.
  • Fred Whitehead Award for Best Book Design of a Trade Book ($750): Trading in Santa Fe: John M. Kingsbury’s Correspondence with James Josiah Webb, 1853-1861 (SMU Press), edited by Jane Lenz Elder and David J. Weber. Designed by W. Thomas Taylor and Barbara Whitehead, both.
  • Book Publishers of Texas Award for Best Book Written for Children or Young People ($250): Uncle Comanche (TCU Press), by J. A. Benner.
  • Award increased from $500

**     Awards increased from $500

1998

April 4 – Houston, Houstonian Hotel

  • Lon Tinkle Lifetime Achievement Award ($1,500): Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, Austin.
  • Jesse Jones Award for Best Book of Fiction ($6,000): A Message to the Nurse of Dreams (Cinco Puntos Press), by Lisa Sandlin.
  • Carr P. Collins Award for Best Book of Nonfiction ($5,000): My Mother’s Keeper: A Daughter’s Memoir of Growing up in the Shadow of Schizophrenla (Morrow), by Tara Holley with Joe Holley).
  • Steven Turner Award for First Book of Fiction ($1,000): A Blessing on the Moon (Algonquin), by Joseph Skibell.
  • Friends of the Dallas Public Library Award for Book Making the Most Significant Contribution to Knowledge ($1,000): El Liano Estacado (Texas State Historical Association), by John Miller Morris.
  • Natalie Ornish Poetry Award in Memory of Wayne Gard and in Honor of A.C. Greene ($1,000): Radiography (BOA Editions), by Bruce Bond.
  • Soeurette Diehl Fraser Award for the Best Translation of a Book into English ($1,000): The Moon Will Forever Be a Distant Love (Cinco Puntos Press), tranlated from the Spanish of Luis Humberto Crosthwaite by Debbie Nathan and Willavaldo Delgadillo.
  • Brazos Bookstore (Houston) Award for Best Short Story Given in Memory of Bill Shearer ($750): “Misplacements” (Kenyon Review), by Clifford Hudder.
  • O. Henry Award for Best Work of Journalism in a Magazine or Sunday Supplement ($1,000): “The Curse of Romeo and Juliet” (Texas Monthly), by Skip Hollandsworth.
  • Stanley Walker Award for Best Work of Journalism in a Daily Newspaper ($1,000): Michael Leahy: “Oswald: A Brother’s Burden”
  • Stanley Marcus Award for Best Fine Printing Book Design ($750): Jerry Herring, for Charles Schorre (Herring Design and Houston Artists Fund).
  • Fred Whitehead Award for Best Book Design of a Trade Book ($750): This Wild and Vivid Land (Texas State Historical Association), designed by David Timmons.
  • Book Publishers of Texas Award for Best Book for Children or Young People ($250) Habibi (Simon & Schuster), by Naomi Shihab Nye.

1999

April 10 – Austin, Omni Austin Hotel-Downtown

  • Lon Tinkle Lifetime Achievement Award ($1,500): Robert Flynn.
  • Jesse Jones Award for Best Book of Fiction ($6,000): Understanding Women (TCU Press), by C.W. Smith.
  • Carr P. Collins Award for Best Book of Nonfiction ($5,000): Three Roads to the Alamo: The Lives and Fortunes of David Crockett, James Bowie and William Barrett Travis (HarperCollins), by William C. Davis.
  • Steven Turner Award for First Book of Fiction ($1,000): The Foreign Student (Harper Flamingo), by Susan Choi.
  • Friends of the Dallas Public Library Award for Book Making the Most Significant Contribution to Knowledge ($1,000): A Breed So Rare: The Life of J. R. Parten, Liberal Texas Oil Man (Texas State Historical Association), by Don Carleton.
  • Natalie Ornish Poetry Award in Memory of Wayne Gard and Evelyn Oppenheimer and in honor of A.C. Greene ($1,000): The Art of the Lathe (alicejamesbooks), by B. H. Fairchild.
  • Soeurette Diehl Fraser Translation Award for the Best Translation of a Book into English ($1,000): Co-winners — The Ladies from St. Petersburg: Three Novellas (New Directions Press), by Nina Berberova, translated by Marian Schwartz. Poems from Cuba: Alone Against the Sea (York Press) by Raul Mesa, translated by James Hoggard.
  • Brazos Bookstore (Houston) Award for Best Short Story in Memory of Bill Shearer ($750): “My Mother Had a Maid” (Soouthwest Review), by Jane Roberts Wood.
  • O. Henry Award for Best Work of Journalism in a Magazine or Sunday Supplement ($500): “Into the Fire” (Men’s Journal), by Rick Bass.
  • Stanley Walker Award Award for the Best Work of Journalism in a Daily Newspaper ($500): Co-winners —“A Legend Runs Through It” (The Dallas Morning News), by Bryan Woolley. “The Struggle for the Soul of Kreuz Market” (Austin America- Statesman), by Patrick Beach.
  • Book Publishers of Texas Award for Best Book for Children or Young People ($250): The Big Sky (Scholastic Press), by Pat Mora.

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