About the Book Prizes
The Philosophical Society of Texas presents three literary prizes annually, each with a $2,500 prize: one for a work of fiction, one for a nonfiction book, and one for a volume of poetry. The winning authors are invited to attend the Annual Meeting to receive the awards and sign books. Judges may withhold the awards at their discretion.
2022 Book Prizes
The press release announcing the winners of the 2022 Book Prize can be read here.
Submissions are now being accepted for the Society's 2023 Book Prizes (for books published in 2022) and the deadline is August 1, 2023. The 2023 prize recipients will be announced during the Society's 2024 Annual Meeting to be held in Fort Worth, Texas on January 27th. Please contact Society This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with questions. The submission guidelines and form can be viewed and printed here or you can fill out the submission form online. A map of the Republic of Texas in 1836 can be seen here for the purposes of an author's connection to Texas.
James E. Crisp, Inside the Texas Revolution: The Enigmatic Memoir of Herman Ehrenberg, 2021
Neal Spelce with Thomas Zigal, With the Bark Off: A Journalist's Memories of LBJ and a Life in the News Media, 2021
Don Carleton, The Governor and the Colonel: A Dual Biography of William P. Hobby and Oveta Culp Hobby, 2020
Carl H. Moneyhon, George T. Ruby: Champion of Civil Rights in Reconstruction Texas, 2020
Gregg Cantrell, The People's Revolt: Texas Populists and the Roots of American Liberalism, 2020
Ron Tyler, The Art of Texas, 150 Years, 2019
Stephen Harrigan, Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas, 2019
Thomas Zigal, Outcry Witness, 2019
Leila Meachan, Dragonfly, 2019
Ron J. Jackson Jr. and Lee Spencer White, Joe: The Slave Who Became an Alamo Legend 2015
Raúl Coronado, A World Not to Come: A History of Latino Writing and Print Culture 2013
Jan Reid, Let the People In: The Life and Times of Ann Richards, University of Texas Press, 2012
Michael Berryhill, The Trials of Eroy Brown:The Murder Case that Shook the Texas Prison System, University of Texas Press, 2011
Dan K. Utley and Cynthia J. Beeman, History Ahead: Stories beyond the Texas Roadside Markers, Texas A&M University Press, 2010.
Emilio Zamora, Claiming Rights and Righting Wrongs in Texas: Mexican Workers and Job Politics During World War II, Texas A&M University Press, 2009
Richard B. McCaslin, At the Heart of Texas, 100 Years of the Texas State Historical Association, 1897-1997, Texas State Historical Association Press, 2006
Mavis P. Kelsey Sr. and Robin Brandt Hutchinon, Engraved Prints of Texas, 1554-1900. Texas A&M University Press, 2005
Randolph B. Campbell, Gone to Texas: A History of the Lone Star State, Oxford University Press, 2003
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