FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [PDF Version] The Texas Institute of Letters expresses deep concern about a proposed high-voltage transmission line that could pass near or through Hard Scrabble, the former home and restored landscape of celebrated Texas writer John Graves, located north of Glen Rose along White Bluff Creek, which flows…
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…
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…
[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…
William Kip Stratton – friends call him by his middle name – is the Los Angeles Times bestselling author of The Wild Bunch: Sam Peckinpah, a Revolution in Hollywood, and the Making of a Legendary Film and eight other books. He is also the award winner of the Western Heritage Award for Last Red…
The lower Río Grande Valley was originally home to more than 50 bands of what are collectively referredto as the “Carrizo Cluster” of the regional Indigenous Coahuiltecan culture. These nearly 10,000 native American souls were joined by other groups displaced by colonial westward expansion, such as the Lipan Apache community…
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
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.
