[PDF version of press release] TEXAS INSTITUTE OF LETTERS ANNOUNCES RECIPIENT OF JONES FELLOWSHIP The Texas Institute of Letters announces the recipient of the 2026 Jones Fellowship: ire’ene lara silva. The Jesse H. Jones Fellowship from the Texas Institute of Letters is aimed at working writers who are at any stage…
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…
The Texas Institute of Letters is pleased to announce that the governing council, at the suggestion and with the funding of member Bryan Burrough, has voted unanimously to create of the Beverly Lowry Award for Best First Book of Nonfiction. Submissions for the inaugural $1,000 prize will be accepted starting September…
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 Letters has named its…
The Texas Institute of Letters is happy to announce the recipient of the 2025 Jesse H. Jones Fellowship: Rubén Degollado. The full press release can be found below.
Below you’ll find the official press release announcing the twelve award-winners and twenty-six honor-winners for this year’s literary award categories.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | PDF VERSION Author Elizabeth Crook has been named the winner 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 presented to Crook…
The Texas Institute of Letters is proud to announce the inauguration of our non-residency Jesse H. Jones Fellowship, in conjunction with the Houston Endowment. We are confident that this newly revamped TIL initiative will reach a wide spectrum of deserving Texas writers. The Jesse H. Jones Fellowship is aimed at…
The Texas Institute of Letters has announced the winners of the twelve Annual TIL Literary Awards. This year, TIL will award more than $27,000 in prizes to these writers at the TIL Awards Ceremony and Presentation in The Woodlands, Texas on May 4, 2024. The winners of the 2024 TIL…
