The Society’s Publication Awards, which take place every other year, publicly recognize the authors of the best recently published works on Texas history. The winners will be honored at a luncheon and award presentation ceremony held on Friday, March 25, 2011 at the German English School, located at the Marriott Plaza San Antonio Hotel, 555 South Alamo Street.

Schedule and Registration

Please plan to join the Society in congratulating the authors of the following award winning books for 2011:

Beyond the Alamo: Forging Mexican Ethnicity in San Antonio, 1821-1861 by Raúl A. Ramos. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.

Capturing Nature: The Cement Sculpture of Dionicio Rodriguez by Patsy Pittman Light.  College Station: Texas A&M University Press.

Colors on Clay: The San Jose Tile Workshops of San Antonio by Susan Toomey Frost. San Antonio: Trinity University Press.

History Ahead: Stories beyond the Texas Roadside Markers by Cynthia J. Beeman and Dan Utley.  College Station: Texas A&M University Press.

Houston Lost and Unbuilt by Steven R. Strom. Austin: University of Texas Press.

Houston's Silent Garden: Glenwood Cemetery, 1871-2009 by Suzanne Turner and Joanne Wilson. College Station: Texas A&M University Press.

The Master Showmen of King Ranch: The Story of Beto and Librado Maldonado by Betty Bailey Colley and Jane Clements Monday, with Beto Maldonado. Austin: University of Texas Press.

The Paper Republic: The Struggle for Money, Credit and Independence in the Republic of Texas by Jim Bevill.  Houston:  Bright Sky Press.

Plants of Central Texas Wetlands by Scott B. Fleenor and Stephen Welton Taber.  Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press.

Spanish Water, Anglo Water: Early Development in San Antonio by Charles R. Porter, Jr.  College Station: Texas A&M University Press.

Please wait for the 2013 Awards deadline to be announced before submitting new nominations.

Criteria for nomination

Printable nomination form

*NOTE: the printable nomination form is in a PDF Format, you must have acrobat reader in order to view. 
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Please note that this form cannot be submitted online at this time.