For Immediate Release [PDF Version] Author and screenwriter William “Bill” Broyles, Jr. has been named the recipient of the Texas Institute of Letters’ prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. This is the highest honor given by the TIL, which was established in 1936 to recognize distinctive literary achievement. The award will be…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [PDF Version] February 12, 2026 Members of the Texas Institute of Letters have overwhelmingly approved twenty-four new writers to the TIL, a distinguished honor society established in 1936 to celebrate Texas literature and recognize distinctive literary achievement. The TIL’s elected membership consists of the state’s most recognized…
[PDF version of guidelines] The latest slate of TIL literary contests is now open with prizes adding up to $25,750. In addition, the TIL will bestow a lifetime achievement award ($7,000) and the Jones Fellowship ($9,000), for a total of more than $41,000 in annual awards. The Texas Institute of…
Here are links to the land acknowledgments / calls to action from TIL conferences, beginning in 2025 when then-president David Bowles began the tradition. 2025 Land Acknowledgment for Brownsville
1980 March 29 – Austin, Driskill Hotel President: Shelby Hearon, AustinVice-President: William Broyles, Austin Secretary-Treasurer: Marshall Terry, Dallas Councilors: James Early, Dallas John Graves, Glen RoseA. C. Greene, Dallas Beverly Lowry, HoustonC. W. Smith, Dallas William D. Wittliff, Austin 1981 April 11-12 – Austin, Friday Mountain, former ranch of Walter…
1970 March 20-21 – Dallas, Baker Hotel Officers President: A.C. Greene, Dallas Vice President: UnknownSecretary-Treasurer: John Edward Weems, Waco Councilors: Laura Furman, Lockhart Elmer Kelton, San Angelo Beverly Lowry, San MarcosC.W. Smith, Dallas Marshall Terry, Dallas William D. Wittliff, Austin 1971 March 13 – Austin President: A. C. GreeneVice President:…
1960 25th Anniversary Year, March 4, Houston(This is the first time since 1941 that the TIL meets in a city other than Dallas.) Officers President: Frank WardlawVice President: Frank VandiverSecretary-Treasuer: Wiliam M. Hudson Councilors Unknown 1961 Feb. 25, Driskill Hotel, Austin Officers President: Frank VandiverVice President: Allen MaxwellSecretary: William H….
1950 November 18, Downtown Club, Dallas Officers President: Lon TinkleVice-President: Loula Grace ErdmanSecretary-Treasurer: William H. Vann Councilors Unknown. 1951 November 16. Downtown Club, Dallas Officers President: Lon Tinkle, DallasVice-President: Arthur Sampley, DentonSecretary-Treasurer: William H. Vann Councilor Unknown. 1952 November 14 – 15 Dallas. Cokesbury Book Store for the Afternoon Session;…
