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Texas authors shine in this roundup of awards and accolades from across the literary world. We\u2019re shouting praise from the rooftops for the vibrant Texas literary community.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2024 Will Rogers Medallion Award Winners:<\/span><\/a><\/b><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Teresa H. Janssen<\/b> \u2013 Gold, Western Modern Fiction, The Ways of Water<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n K.S. Jones <\/b>\u2013 Gold, Western Romance, Tastefully Texas<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Preston Lewis <\/b>\u2013 Bronze, Western Humor, Call of the Wilde<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Reavis Z. Wortham \u2013<\/b> Bronze, Western Mystery, Hard Country<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Sequoyah Branham <\/b>\u2013 <\/b>Bronze, Western Inspirational, In the Company of Cows<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Thomas Goodman <\/b>\u2013 Gold, Western Maverick, The Last Man: A Novel of the 1927 Santa Claus Bank Robbery<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Richard Selcer<\/b> \u2013 Bronze, Western Young Reader\/Nonfiction, Fort Worth, Texas: That\u2019s My Town!<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Chris Mullen <\/b>\u2013 Silver, Western Young Reader\/Fiction, Rowdy: Rescue<\/em> and Rowdy: Return<\/em> (tie)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n S.J. Dahlstrom <\/b>\u2013 Bronze, Western Young Reader\/Fiction, Heartwood Mountain<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/p>\n Mary Alford<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n First place, Short Romantic Mystery\/Suspense category, 2024 Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery\/Suspense<\/a> for Don\u2019t Close Your Eyes<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Katherine Center<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Named to Barnes & Noble\u2019s Best Books of 2024<\/a> list for The Rom-Commers<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Finalist in Amazon Editors\u2019 Best Books of 2024<\/a> in the Romance category for The Rom-Commers<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/p>\n Vanetta Chapman<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n First place, Mainstream Mystery\/Suspense category, 2024 Daphne du Maurier Award<\/a> for Against All Enemies<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Elizabeth Crook<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Winner of the 2024 Texas Medal of Arts in Literary Arts<\/a>, presented by the Texas Cultural Trust.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n James Dennis<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Silver medal, Contemporary Poetry category, 21st Annual Best Book Awards<\/a> by American Book Fest, and finalist in the Religious Poetry category for Songs of Seven Days<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ra\u00fal Herrera<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Silver medal, Creative Nonfiction category, 2024 Military Writers Society of America<\/a> awards for Capturing Skunk Alpha<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Nicol\u00e1s Kanellos<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Recipient of the 2023 National Humanities Medal<\/a>, awarded by President Biden, for his work in founding Arte P\u00fablico Press<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Abigail Owen<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Featured on Indigo\u2019s Top 100 Best Books of 2024<\/a> list for The Games Gods Play<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Naomi Shihab Nye<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Marie W. Watts<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n First place, Women\u2019s Fiction category, 2024 Pencraft Awards<\/a>, for Tough Trail Home<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2024 Presidio La Bahia Award<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n James Aalan Bernsen,<\/span><\/span><\/strong> first place for The Lost War of Texas<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Art Martinez de Vara,<\/span><\/span><\/strong> third place for Beneath Sacred Ground<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/p>\n Suzanne Gene Courtney<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Finalist, Biography: Historical category, National Indie Excellence Awards<\/a>, for Child of Many<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Thomas Ray Garcia<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Finalist, Best Collection of Short Stories\u2013English category, International Latino Book Awards<\/a>, for The River Runs<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ian Griffin<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Finalist, Romance category, 13th Annual Kindle Book Awards<\/a>, for Trash Can Terry<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fady Joudah<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nAuthor Awards and Accolades<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n
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