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Photo (L to R) Top Row: Goodman, Trujillo, Garza, J., Ramirez, Pumphrey & Pumphrey; Row 2: Garza, K., Mendez, Tafolla; Row 3: Hargrave, Gonzalez, Pyke, Winnette; Row 4: Jones, Bowles, Daily, Tyler, Garcia. <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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This is your semi-regular roundup of new and recent awards won by Texas books and authors since our last roundup<\/a><\/u>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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AWARDS<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/u><\/p>\n

THE PRINCE AND THE COYOTE written by\u202fDavid Bowles<\/strong> and illustrated by Amanda Mijangos was named a Belpr\u00e9 Young Adult Author Honor Book<\/a><\/u> by the American Library Association. The book, along with his ANCIENT NIGHT and its Spanish version NOCHE ANTIGUA, also Gold Standard Selection Award<\/a><\/u> from the Junior Library Guild. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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E.E. Charlton-Trujillo<\/strong> was one of the contributors to THE COLLECTORS: STORIES, which won the American Library Association\u2019s prestigious Michael L. Printz Award<\/a><\/u>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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REMEMBERING, illustrated by\u202fAdriana M. Garcia<\/strong> and written by\u202fXelena Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong>, was named a  Belpr\u00e9 Youth Illustration Honor Book<\/a><\/u> by the American Library Association. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Jasminne Mendez<\/strong> garnered a Belpr\u00e9 Children\u2019s Author Honor Book<\/a><\/u> award for ANIANA DEL MAR JUMPS IN. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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THERE WAS A PARTY FOR LANGSTON, written by Jason Reynolds,\u202fand illustrated by Jerome Pumphrey<\/strong> and Jarrett Pumphrey<\/strong>, was named a Caldecott Honor Book and a\u202fKing Illustrator Honor Book<\/a><\/u>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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David Pyke’s<\/strong>\u202fRESCUING CROCKETT\u202fwon a gold medal, American and\/or Western, in\u202fthe 2023 HFC Book of the Year<\/a><\/u> contest. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Yasmine Ramirez<\/strong> received a 2023 Southwest Book Award<\/a><\/u> from the Border Regional Library Association for \u00a1\u00c1NDALE, PRIETA! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Carmen Tafolla<\/strong> received the prestigious Texas Institute of Letters Lifetime Achievement Award<\/a><\/u>, the highest honor given by TIL. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ron Tyler<\/strong> garnered the Kate Broocks Bates Award for Historical Research<\/a><\/u> and the Ron Tyler Award for Best Illustrated Book on Texas History and Culture<\/a><\/u> from the Texas State Historical Association for his book TEXAS LITHOGRAPHIS: A CENTURY OF HISTORY IN IMAGES. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Jonny Garza Villa\u2019s<\/strong> ANDER & SANTI WERE HERE was named one of four Stonewall Book Awards \u2013 Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Young Adult Literature Award<\/a><\/u> Honor Books by the American Library Association. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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OTHER ACCOLADES <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n

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Kimberly Garza<\/strong> was named a NEA Creative Writing Fellow<\/a><\/u> for 2024 by the National Endowment for the Arts. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Colin Winnette\u2019s<\/strong> USERS earned a spot on the PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction<\/a><\/u> longlist for 2024. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Texas authors Myra Hargrave McIlvain<\/strong> (THE KNOTTED RING), K.S. Jones<\/strong> (TASTEFULLY TEXAS & CHANGE OF FORTUNE), Thomas Goodman<\/strong> (THE LAST MAN: A NOVEL OF THE 1927 SANTA CLAUS BANK ROBBERY), and Julia Brewer Daily<\/strong> (THE FIFTH DAUGHTER OF THORN RANCH) have titles named to the 2023 Laramie Book Awards<\/a><\/u> Short List. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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