Announcement of 2020 Texas Institute of Letters Literary Awards winners<\/p>\n

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The Texas Institute of Letters has announced thirteen recipients of their annual TIL Literary Awards. More than $24,000 in award monies will be given to these writers at the annual TIL Awards Banquet, which is scheduled to take place March 28, 2020, at the Georgetown Sheraton.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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TIL President Carmen Tafolla is especially proud of the \u201cquality and the diversity of this year\u2019s award-winners, which range from teachers to journalists to an astronaut, reflecting some of the exciting variety in authors\u2019 experiences, styles, themes, and genres.\u201d  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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TIL AWARD WINNERS: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Oscar C\u00e1sares<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>: Winner of the Jesse H. Jones Award for Best Work of Fiction, for <\/span><\/span>Where We Come From<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/a> <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Finalists: <\/span><\/span>Norma Elia Cant\u00fa<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>, for <\/span><\/span>Caba\u00f1uelas<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/a>; Bryan Allen Carr, for Opioid, Indiana<\/em> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Holly George-Warren: Winner of the Carr P. Collins Award for Best Book of Non-Fiction, for <\/span><\/span>Janis<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Finalists: Jason DeParle, for A Good Provider is One Who Leaves<\/em>; <\/span><\/span>Steve Davis<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>, for <\/span><\/span>The Essential J. Frank Dobie<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/a> <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ron Tyler: Winner of the Ramirez Family Award for Most Significant Scholarly Work, for <\/span><\/span>The Art of Texas<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/a> <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Finalists: Alan Governar, for The Blues Come to Texas<\/em>; Kathryn O\u2019Rourke, for O\u2019Neil Ford on Architecture <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Bryan Washington<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>: Winner of The Sergio Troncoso Award for Best Work of First Fiction, for <\/span><\/span>Lot<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Finalists: <\/span><\/span>Kimberly King Parsons<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>, for Black Light<\/em>; Heather Harper Ellett, for <\/span><\/span>Ain\u2019t Nobody Nobody<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/a> <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Naomi Shihab Nye<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>: Winner of The Helen C. Smith Memorial Award for Best Book of Poetry, for <\/span><\/span>The Tiny Journalist<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Finalists: Chelsea Wagenaar, for The Spinning Class<\/em>; ire\u2019ne lara silva, for Cuicacalli<\/em>  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Lupe Mendez<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>: Winner of The John A. Robertson Award for Best First Book of Poetry, for Why I Am Like Tequila <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Finalists: Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton, for Newsworthy<\/em>; Jennifer Sperry Steinorth, for A Wake with Nine Shades <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Jos\u00e9 M. Hern\u00e1ndez:  Winner of The Texas Institute of Letters Best Children\u2019s Picture Book, for The Boy Who Touched the Stars<\/em> \/ El ni\u00f1o que alcanz\u00f3 las estrellas <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Finalists: Maria Illich, for The Legend of the Ladybug<\/em>; Mar\u00eda Alma Gonz\u00e1lez P\u00e9rez, for \u00a1Todos a Celebrar! A Hispanic Customs & Traditions Alphabet Book  <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Rebecca Balc\u00e1rcel: Winner of the Jean Flynn Award for Best Middle Grade Book, for <\/span><\/span>The Other Half of Happy<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/a> <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Finalists: Meredith Davis and Rebeka Uwitonze, for Her Own Two Feet: A Rwandan Girl\u2019s Brave Fight to Walk<\/em>; Mobi Warren, for The Bee Maker<\/em> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Rub\u00e9n Degollado: Winner of Texas Institute of Letters Best Young Adult Book, for Throw<\/em> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Finalists: Kathi Appelt, for <\/span><\/span>Angel Thieves<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/a>; Vanessa Caraveo, for Valiance<\/em> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Skip Hollandsworth<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>: Winner of The Edwin \u201cBud\u201d Shrake Award for Best Short Nonfiction, for \u201cKabika\u2019s Story\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Finalists: Rod Davis, for \u201cMother Courage\u201d; Michael Hall, for \u201cCrowd-sourcing Justice\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Sergio Troncoso<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>: Winner of The Kay Cattarulla Award for Best Short Story, for \u201cRosary at the Border\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Finalists: William Cobb, for \u201cThe Wall\u201d; Rudy Ruiz, for \u201cLimes\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Cyrus Cassells: Winner of The Soeurette Diehl Fraser Award for Best Translation of a Book, for Still Life with Children: Selected Poems of Francesc Parcerisas<\/em> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Finalists: Julia Leverone, for Fuel and Fire: Selected Poems of Francisco Urondo, 1956-1976<\/em>; Robert Cantrick, for The Pope\u2019s Left Hand<\/em> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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John Rechy: Winner of the 2020 Lon Tinkle Life Achievement Award, Rechy is the author of fourteen novels, three plays, a memoir, numerous essays and literary reviews, and books which have become mainstays in the core curriculum of Chicano Literature, American Studies, and Gay Fiction. Called by Gore Vidal \u201cOne of the few original American writers of the last century,\u201d the first novelist to receive PEN-USA-West’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and  winner of the 2018 Lambda Literary Award, Rechy published his first novel, City of Night<\/em>, in 1963. It became a national bestseller, a groundbreaking departure in American literature. Larry McMurtry said of it, \u201cProbably no novel published in this decade is so complete, so well held together, and so important as City of Night<\/em>.\u201d The Washington Post<\/em> called it \u201cone of the major books to be published since World War II.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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For more information on the TIL or on attending this spring\u2019s awards banquet, contact president@texasinstituteofletters.org<\/strong><\/a> or see the TIL website at www.texasinstituteofletters.org<\/strong><\/a>. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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