2025 Publication Awards

2025 Publication Awards

Accepting Nominations for 2025

Our 2023 award winners – what stories will top the list for 2025?

The Society’s Publication Awards, which take place every other year, publicly recognize the authors of the best recently published books on Texas history.

Starting March 18th, we will be accepting nominations for books published in 2022, 2023, and 2024.

Anyone may nominate a book that meets our criteria by completing a printable nomination form and submitting it, along with two copies of the book, to:

Attn: Publication Awards
San Antonio Conservation Society
1146 S. Alamo Street
San Antonio, Texas 78210

PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW ADDRESS

Your nominated publications must be received at the Society headquarters on or before 4:00 PM, Friday, May 17, 2024.

If you have any questions, or would like to volunteer to be a reader, please contact Librarian Beth Standifird at 210-224-6163 or bstandifird@saconservation.org.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL 2023 PUBLICATION AWARD RECIPIENTS!

Book cover for Artisans of Trabajo Rustico

Artisans of Trabajo Rustico: The Legacy of Dionicio Rodriguez

By: Patsy Pittman Light

Published by: Texas A&M University Press, 2021

Book cover for A Field Guide to the Vernacular Buildings of San Antonio

A Field Guide to the Vernacular Buildings of the San Antonio Area

Edited by: Brent Fortenberry

Published by: Texas A&M University Press, 2021

Book cover for In the Loop

In the Loop: A Political and Economic History of San Antonio

By: David R. Johnson

Published by: Trinity University Press, 2020

Book cover for Los Adaes: The First Capital of Spanish Texas

Los Adaes: The First Capital of Spanish Texas

By: Francis X. Galan

Published by: Texas A&M University Press, 2020

Book cover for Property Research and Definitive Guides to the City Directories

Property Research and Definitive Guides to the City Directories and Sanborn Maps of San Antonio, Texas

By: Michael Patrick Carroll

Published by: Chupacabra Publishing, 2022

Book cover for Texas Ranger Captain William L. Wright

Texas Ranger Captain William L. Wright

By: Richard B. McCaslin

Published by: University of North Texas Press, 2021

Thank you to the 2023 Publication Awards Sponsors/ Donors

Hollerbach & Associates, Inc

Cynthia Leal Massey

Rebecca Smith

State House Press

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