2009 Texas A&M University Press Awards Summary

Liz Carpenter Award

Bruce Glasrud and Merline Pitre 
Black Women in Texas History. 
Awarded by the Texas State Historical Association.
James Deetz Book Award

Jim Bruseth and Toni Turner 
From a Watery Grave. 
Awarded by the Society for Historical Archaeology.
East Tennessee Historical Society Award of Distinction

Alexander Mendoza 
Confederate Struggle for Command. 
Awarded by the East Tennessee Historical Society.
T. R. Fehrenbach Award

Kyle G. Wilkison 
Yeomen, Sharecroppers, and Socialists. 
Awarded by the Texas Historical Commission.
Kemper Williams Prize for Best Book in Louisiana History

H. Sophie Burton and F. Todd Smith 
Colonial Natchitoches. 
Awarded by the Louisiana Historical Association.
Jim Parish Award for Documentation and Publication
 of Local and Regional History

John A. Adams Jr. 
Conflict and Commerce on the Rio Grande. 
Awarded by the Webb County Heritage Foundation.
Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society Publication
 Award for Outstanding Book

Fred S. Guthery 
A Primer on Natural Resource Science. 
Awarded by the Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society.
Texas Reference Source Award

Doug Welsh 
Doug Welsh's Texas Garden Almanac. 
Awarded by the Texas Library Association-Reference Round Table.
Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Prize

Jim Smallwood 
The Feud That Wasn't. 
Awarded by the Texas State Historical Association.
Ron Tyler Award

Patsy Light 
Capturing Nature. 
Awarded by the Texas State Historical Association.

2008 Texas A&M University Press Awards Summary


AAPG Geosciences in the Media Award

Tyler Priest 
The Offshore Imperative. 
Awarded by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
Award for Excellence in the Promotion of Architecture through 
 the Media in Honor of John G. Flowers Honorary AIA 

Patsy Pittman Light 
Capturing Nature. 
Awarded by the Texas Society of Architects.
Caroline Bancroft Award for Best Book on Colorado or 
 Western American History

Sterling Evans 
Bound in Twine. 
Awarded by the Western History/Genealogy Department of the 
Denver Public Library.
Donovan Stewart Correll Memorial Award

Jackie M. Poole, William R. Carr, Dana M. Price, and
Jason R. Singhurst 
Rare Plants of Texas. 
Awarded by the Native Plant Society of Texas.
Emme Award for Astronautical Literature

J. D. Hunley 
The Development of Propulsion Technology for U.S. Space-Launch
Vehicles, 1926–1991. (Finalist) 
Awarded by the American Astronautical Society (AAS).
T. R. Fehrenbach Award

Gregg Cantrell and Elizabeth Hayes Turner, eds. 
Lone Star Pasts. 
Awarded by the Texas Historical Commission.
Debra A. Reid 
Reaping a Greater Harvest. 
Awarded by the Texas Historical Commission.
Garden Writers Association Awards of Achievement

Doug Welsh, author; Mary Ann Jacob, graphic design; and Shannon
Davies, senior editor 
Doug Welsh's Texas Garden Almanac. 
Gold Award for graphic design and Two Silver Awards for best overall
product and best graphic design in book category awarded by the
Garden Writers Association.
Gradiva Award – Clinical Book

Luiji Zoja 
Ethics and Analysis. 
Awarded by the National Association for the Advancement of 
Psychoanalysis.
Gulf Guardian Award – Bi-National

John Tunnell Jr., Ernesto Chavez, and Kim Withers 
Coral Reefs of the Southern Gulf of Mexico. 
Awarded by the Gulf of Mexico Program Partnership.
Ottis Lock Award for Superior Publication in
 East Texas History

Jim Smallwood 
The Feud That Wasn't. 
Awarded by the East Texas Historical Association.
North American Society for Sport History Book
 Award for Anthology of the Year

Jorge Iber and Samuel O. Regalado, eds. 
Mexican Americans and Sports. 
Awarded by the North American Society for Sport History.
Jim Parish Award for Documentation and Publication
 of Local and Regional History

Jane Clements Monday and Frances Brannen Vick 
Petra's Legacy. 
Awarded by the Webb County Heritage Foundation.
A. M. Pate, Jr. Award

Stephen Dupree 
Planting the Union Flag in Texas. 
Awarded by the Fort Worth Civil War Round Table.
Philosophical Society of Texas Award of Merit for the
 Best Book Published on Texas, Fiction or Non-Fiction

Stephen Fox 
The Country Houses of John F. Staub. 
Awarded by the Philosophical Society of Texas.
San Antonio Conservation Society Publication Award

Stephen Fox 
The Country Houses of John F. Staub. 
Awarded by the San Antonio Conservation Society.
Jane Clements Monday and Frances Brannen Vick 
Petra's Legacy. 
Awarded by the San Antonio Conservation Society.
Southwest Book Award

Paul Cool 
Salt Warriors. 
Awarded by the Border Regional Library Association.
Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society Publication
 Award for Outstanding Authored Book

Elizabeth Cary Mungall 
Exotic Animal Field Guide. 
Awarded by the Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society.
Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society Publication
 Award for Outstanding Edited Book

Leonard A. Brennan 
Texas Quails. 
Awarded by the Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society.
Texas Institute of Letters Award for the Most
 Significant Scholarly Book

Jerry Thompson 
Cortina. 
Awarded by the Texas Institute of Letters.
Texas Section of the Society for Range Management

J. Alfonso Ortega-Santos (Outstanding Achievement Award)
Ecología y Manejo de Venado Cola Blanca. 
Awarded by the Texas Section of the Society for Range Management.

Timothy Edward Fulbright and J. Alfonso Ortega-Santos 
White-Tailed Deer Habitat. (Publication Award: Special Category)
Awarded by the Texas Section of the Society for Range Management.

Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Prize

Jane Clements Monday and Frances Brannen Vick 
Petra's Legacy. 
Awarded by the Texas State Historical Association.
Ron Tyler Award

Stephen Fox 
The Country Houses of John F. Staub. 
Awarded by the Texas State Historical Association.
The Wildlife Society Publication
 Award for Outstanding Edited Book

Leonard A. Brennan 
Texas Quails. 
Awarded by the The Wildlife Society (National).

2008 Southern Methodist University Press
 Awards Summary


PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

T. M. McNally 
The Gateway. (Finalist)
Awarded by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation.