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Join us in celebrating the vibrant Texas literary scene and these outstanding Texas authors. Authors, have an award you\u2019d like us to share? <\/span>Submit your award here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Center for the Study of Multicultural Children\u2019s Literature announced their Best Books of 2024<\/a>, which included these Texas authors:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n Kari Lavelle<\/strong>\u2013Ode to Grapefruit: How James Earl Jones Found His Voice<\/em> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Cynthia Leitich Smith<\/strong>\u2013On a Wing and a Tear<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Gustavo Ruffino<\/strong>\u2013\u00a1Celebramos el D\u00eda las Brujas y el D\u00eda de los Muertos! Let\u2019s Celebrate Halloween and the Day of the Dead!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n David Bowles <\/span><\/span><\/strong>and <\/span><\/span>Guadalupe Gar<\/span><\/span><\/strong>c\u00eda McCall<\/strong>—Hearts of Fire and Snow<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n BIPOC Arts Network & Fund Awardees<\/a><\/u><\/strong>:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Reyes Ramirez<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n ShaWanna Renee Rivon<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Stalina Emmanuelle Villarreal<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/p>\n Emmanuel Acho<\/strong> and Noa Tishby won the Education and Jewish Identity Award in Memory of Dorothy Kripke<\/a> from the National Jewish Book Awards for their work Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Marlene M. Bell<\/strong> received the Editor\u2019s Choice Award of Literary Excellence from Reader\u2019s House Magazine<\/a>, her first international award. Her book A Hush at Midnight<\/em> won a Gold Award from Literary Titan<\/a>. A Hush at Midnight <\/em>was also a Reader Ready Top Pick<\/a> and won a silver medal in the mystery division of the Global Book Awards<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ash Bowen<\/strong> received the 2025 Vallar Miller Prize in Poetry<\/a> for his work Other Edens<\/em>, which will be published in April of 2026.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sean Bridges<\/strong> was recently on the cover of The Relatable Voice Magazine<\/a> as part of a feature on his recent novel, Gunbarrel Highway<\/em>, and his production company, Audible Parade.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n KB Brookins <\/strong>won the Great Lakes Colleges Association 2025 New Writers Award in Creative Nonfiction <\/a>for their memoir Pretty<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Elizabeth Crook<\/strong> is the 2025 Texas Medal of Arts<\/a> winner in the Literary Arts category.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Preston Lewis<\/strong> received the Will Rogers Memorial Award\u2019s 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award<\/a> in recognition of his body of work. The award will be presented at the November 1, 2025 ceremony.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Preston Lewis <\/strong>and Harriet Kocher Lewis<\/strong> received the top prize in the cookbook category of the 2024 Literary Global Book Awards<\/a> competition for Recipes from a Tasteless Machine: A Culinary Journey through Artificial Intelligence<\/em>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Road Home<\/em> by Rex Ogle<\/strong> has been named a Printz Honor Book<\/a> & Stonewall Honor Book<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Rudy Ruiz<\/strong> earned a spot on Audible\u2019s Ten Best Spanish Language Listens of 2024<\/a> list with his novel The Border Between Us<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lori Scott <\/strong>won the Christy Award<\/a> for YA fiction for her book Offsides<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Marie Watts<\/strong> landed in the Top 25 Fiction Books of 2025<\/a> list by The Outstanding Creator Awards for her book Tough Trail Home<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Deep Vellum<\/a> and Eve Hill-Agnus were honored with the 2024 Albertine Translation Prize<\/a> for Ultramarine, which releases on March 4, 2025.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Author Award Finalists:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Joyce Carol Oates Prize Longlist<\/a> from New Literary Project<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Kimberly King Parsons<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Andrew Porter<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Rudy Ruiz<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/p>\n 2025 Edgar Allan Poe Award<\/a> from the Mystery Writers of America:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Robert Jackson Bennett<\/strong> \u2013 Best Novel, The Tainted Cup<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Amy Tintera<\/strong> \u2013 Best Novel, Listen for the Lie<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Seraphina Nova Glass<\/strong> \u2013 Best Paperback Original, The Vacancy in Room 10<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/p>\n The audiobook version of The Rom-Commers <\/em>by Katherine Center<\/strong> is a finalist in the 2025 Audie Awards<\/a> in the Romance category. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Steena Hernandez<\/strong> earned a spot on the longlist of The Pedro and Daniel Intersectionality Book Awards<\/a> for Lupita\u2019s Brown Ballet Slippers<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\nAuthor Awards and Accolades<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n
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