Awards 2020-2029

2020 (The meeting was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.) 2021 April 17. The event was live on Zoom, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. 2022 April 23, Ardovino’s Desert Crossing and Hilton Doubletree, El Paso 2023 April 28-29 in Corpus Christi 2024 May 3-4, The Woodlands 2025 April 25-26, Brownsville

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Awards 2010-2019

2010 April 30 – May 1 Radisson Hotel Downtown, Austin There were no winners of the following awards for 2010: 2011 April 29-30, Radisson Central, Dallas *        This award is funded for five years by Wanda Baker Bush of Sherman in honor of her late husband, Robert (Bob) Bush, a…

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Awards 2000-2009

2000 April 15 – San Antonio, Menger Hotel *First year awarded 2001 March 31 – Dallas, Doubletree Hotel *Award increased from $250 2002 March 23 – Austin, Radisson Hotel *New award; previous award for poetry is now for Best First Book of Poetry **New awards for best book for children…

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Awards 1980-1989

1980 March 29 – Austin, Driskill Hotel * Prize increased to $1,000 this year. Blank award amounts unknown. 1981 April 11-12 – Austin Friday Mountain, former ranch of Walter Prescott Webb, near Austin 1982 April 3-4 – near Austin Friday Mountain, former ranch of Walter Prescott Webb, V * Award…

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Awards 1990-1999

1990 April 28 – Austin, Four Seasons Hotel 1991 April 13 – Bandera, Mayan Guest Ranch *First year given. 1992 April 11 – Fort Worth, Worthington Hotel 1993 March 20 – Melrose Hotel, Dallas 1994 April 16-Melrose Hotel, Dallas *       First Year Given 1995 April 8-San Antonio, St. Anthony Hotel…

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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…

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