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Since publishing its first book in 1929, the University of Oklahoma Press and its authors have received more than 320 honors. Of these more than 240 have been received in the last ten years:

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2011

2011 New Mexico Book Awards - Fiction, Adventure/Drama (winner)
RANDY LOPEZ GOES HOME: A Novel
By Rudolfo Anaya

2011 New Mexico Book Awards - Biography (tie)
OPEN RANGE: The Life of Agnes Morley Cleaveland
By Darlis A. Miller

2011 New Mexico Book Awards - Biography (tie)
KIT CARSON: The Life of an American Border Man
By David Remley

2011 New Mexico Book Awards - Multi-cultural Subject (winner)
CHIEF LOCO: Apache Peacemaker
By Bud Shapard

2011 New Mexico Book Awards - Joe Sando Western History Award (winner)
N. SCOTT MOMADAY: Remembering Ancestors, Earth, and Traditions An Annotated Bio-bibliography
By Phyllis S. Morgan

2011 New Mexico Book Awards - Multi-cultural Subject (finalist)
FROM COCHISE TO GERONIMO: The Chiricahua Apache, 1874-1886
By Edwin R. Sweeney

2011 New Mexico Book Awards - History, New Mexico Subject (finalist)
THE BRONCO BILL GANG
By Karen Holliday Tanner and John D. Tanner

U.S. Army War College Staff and Faculty Published Writing Competition 2011 (winner)
GANGS, PSEUDO-MILITARIES, AND OTHER MODERN MERCENARIES: New Dynamics in Uncomfortable Wars

By Max G. Manwaring

Western History Association Joan Patterson Kerr Award—Best Illustrated Book on the History of the West (winner)
CHARLES DEAS AND 1840s AMERICA
By Carol Clark, Joan Carpenter Triccoli, Frederick E. Hoxie, and Guy Jordan

Western History Association Hal K. Rothman Award—Best First Book on the History of the West (winner)
INDIAN BLUES: American Indians and the Politics of Music, 1879-1934
By John W. Troutman

2011 Nebraska Book Awards (runner-up)
THE NORTH AMERICAN JOURNALS OF PRINCE MAXIMILIAN OF WIED, VOL. 2
Edited by Marsha Gallagher and Steve Witte

Wyoming State Historical Society Book AwardsNon-fiction (winner)
DUDE RANCHING IN YELLOWSTONE COUNTRY: Larry Larom and Valley Ranch, 1915-1969
by W. Hudson Kensel

Wyoming State Historical Society Book AwardsBiography (winner)
HORACE PLUNKETT IN AMERICA: An Irish Aristocrat on the Wyoming Range
by Lawrence M. Woods

Wyoming State Historical Society Book AwardsReference (winner)
RED CLOUD'S WAR: The Bozeman Trail 1866-1868
by John McDermott

Wyoming State Historical Society Book AwardsNon-fiction (winner)
WYOMING RANGE WAR: The Infamous Invasion of Johnson County
by John Davis

John Whitmer Historical Association Smith-Pettit Best Book Award in Latter Day Saint History (winner)
THE MORMON REBELLION: America's First Civil War, 1857-1858
by David L. Bigler and Will Bagley

Westerner's International Co-Founders Best Book Award (second place)
Outstanding Book on Wild West History—Wild West History Association (winner)
International Latino Book Awards—Best Biography (winner)
Best Nonfiction Writer—True West Magazine—Best of the West 2011
Spur Awards—Western Writers of America—Best Western Nonfiction Biography  (finalist)
BANDIDO: The Life and Times of Tiburcio Vasquez
by John Boessenecker 

ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year—Autobiography/Memoir (honorable mention)
WHEN I CAME WEST
by Laurie Wagner Buyer 

Donnelly Prize for Books on History and Social Sciences—American Conference for Irish Studies (winner)
BEYOND THE AMERICAN PALE
by David Emmons 

Southwest Book Design & Production Awards for Excellent—Outstanding Art & Photography Book (winner)
Outstanding Photography BookWestern Heritage Awards—National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum (winner)
LIFE AT THE KIOWA, COMANCHE, AND WICHITA AGENCY
by Kristina L. Southwell and John R. Lovett 

Willa Literary Award CreativeNon-fiction (finalist)
High Plains Book Award—Best First Book
Montana Book Award—Friends of the Missoula Public Library (winner)
BOUND LIKE GRASS
by Ruth McLaughlin

High Plains Book Award—Art and Photography
Montana Book Award—Friends of the Missoula Public Library (honor book)
VISIONS OF THE BIG SKY
by Dan Flores (finalist)

Western History Association Robert M. Utley Award—Best Book on Military History (winner)
Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize (winner)
HANCOCK'S WAR
by William Y. Chalfant 

Benjamin Franklin Award—Coffee Table Book—Independent Book Publisher Association (finalist)
IPPY Award—Coffee Table Book–Independent Publishers (silver medal)
Oklahoma Book AwardNon-fictionOklahoma Center for the Book (finalist)
Oklahoma Book AwardDesign/IllustrationOklahoma Center for the Book (finalist - Tony Roberts and Julie Rushing, designers)
ARENA LEGACY
by Richard C. Rattenbury 

East Texas Historical Association
IPPY Award—Reference Book–Independent Publishers (bronze medal)
Texas Reference Source Award—Texas Library Association
TEXAS: A HISTORICAL ATLAS
by A. Ray Stephens 

Spur Awards—Western Writers of America—Best Western Nonfiction Historical  (finalist)
Outstanding Nonfiction BookWestern Heritage Awards—National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum (winner)
SO RUGGED AND MOUNTAINOUS
by Will Bagley 

Spur Awards—Western Writers of America—Best Western Nonfiction Historical  (finalist)
BEYOND BEAR'S PAW
by Jerome A. Greene

Outstanding Oklahoma Book Award—Oklahoma Historical Society (winner)
Oklahoma Book AwardNon-fictionOklahoma Center for the Book (finalist)
RACE AND THE UNIVERSITY
by George Henderson

2010 International Napoleonic Society Literary Award (first place)
Templer Book Prize—Society for Army Historical Research (runner up)
ALL FOR THE KING'S SHILLING
by Edward J. Coss

Distinguished Writing Award—The Army Historical Foundation (finalist)
A PERFECT GIBRALTAR
by Christopher D. Dishman

Oklahoma Book AwardNon-fictionOklahoma Center for the Book (finalist)
LUIS ORTEGA'S RAWHIDE ARTISTRY
by Don Reeves and Chuck Stormes 

 

2010

Southwest Books of the Year (2010)—Pima County Public Library
FROM COCHISE TO GERONIMO: THE CHIRICAHUA APACHES, 1874-1886
by Edwin R. Sweeney
THE PEYOTE ROAD: RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND THE NATIVE AMERICAN CHURCH
by Thomas C. Maroukis

V.O. Key Award—Southern Political Association
THE TRIUMPH OF VOTING RIGHTS IN THE SOUTH
by Charles S. Bullock III and Ronald Keith Gaddie

Presidio La Bahia AwardThe Sons of the Republic of Texas
TEXAS: A HISTORICAL ATLAS
by A. Ray Stephens  

Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Titles 2010
SO RUGGED AND MOUNTAINOUS: BLAZING THE TRAILS TO OREGON AND CALIFORNIA, 1812-1848
by Will Bagley
AMERICAN INDIANS AND THE FIGHT FOR EQUAL VOTING RIGHTS
by Laughlin McDonald

Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Awards
MILITARY REGISTER OF CUSTER'S LAST COMMAND (finalist)
by Roger L. Williams

2010 Western History Association Dwight L. Smith Award
THE NORTH AMERICAN JOURNALS OF PRINCE MAXIMILIAN OF WIED, Vol. 1
Edited by Stephen S. Witte and Marsha V. Gallagher

High Plains Book AwardBest NonfictionParmly Billings Library
LANTERNS ON THE PRAIRIE: THE BLACKFEET PHOTOGRAPHS OF WALTER MCCLINTOCK
by Steven L. Grafe 
FACES OF THE FRONTIER: PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS FROM THE AMERICAN WEST, 1845-1924 (finalist)
By Frank H. Goodyear III

Cox Book PrizeThe Society of the Cincinnati
WITH ZEAL AND WITH BAYONETS ONLY
by Matthew Spring

Louise Barry Writing Award—Santa Fe Trail Association
HANCOCK’S WAR: CONFLICT ON THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
by William Y. Chalfant

Idaho Book Award
THE GOOD TIMES ARE ALL GONE NOW: LIFE, DEATH, AND REBIRTH IN AN IDAHO MINING TOWN (Honorable Mention)
by Julie Whitesel Weston

Best Book Award—Wild West History Association
DODGE CITY: THE EARLY YEARS, 1872-1886
by William B. Shillingberg

Best Anthology—New Mexico Book Awards
THE ESSAYS (winner)
by Rudolfo Anaya 

Best Biography—New Mexico Book Awards
J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER, THE COLD WAR, AND THE ATOMIC WEST (finalist)
by Jon Hunner

Best History Book (New Mexico Subject)—New Mexico Book Awards
CONFLICT ON THE RIO GRANDE: WATER AND THE LAW, 1879–1939 (finalist)
by Douglas R. Littlefield

Best Multi-cultural Subject-New Mexico Book Awards
INDIAN ALLIANCES AND THE SPANISH IN THE SOUTHWEST, 750–1750 (finalist)
by William B. Carter

International Napoleonic Society Literary Prize
THE WAR OF 1812 IN THE AGE OF NAPOLEON
by Jeremy Black (2nd Prize)

Mormon History Association TurnerBergera Best Biography Award
MORMON CONVERT, MORMON DEFECTOR
Polly Aird

International Latino Book Awards Nonfiction Best HistoryPolitical Book
HERO STREET, U.S.A
by Marc Wilson

International Latino Book Awards Nonfiction Best Biography
THE ESSAYS
by Rudolfo Anaya (2nd place)

Oklahoma Historical SocietyOutstanding Book on Oklahoma History
CHOCTAW CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, 1884-1907
by Devon Abbott Mihesua

Oklahoma Writer's Federation, Inc.Trophy Award for the Best Nonfiction Book
CHOCTAW CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, 1884-1907 by Devon Abbott Mihesuah

Douglas Southall Freeman History Award
CIVIL WAR ARKANSAS, 1863
by Mark Christ

Western Heritage Awards—Outstanding Art Book—National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
THE MASTERWORKS OF CHARLES M. RUSSELL
by Joan Carpenter Troccoli

Western Writers of America SPUR AwardsBest Nonfiction Historical
FORT LARAMIE (AHC)
by Douglas McChristian WINNER
DODGE CITY (AHC)
by William B. Shillingberg (finalist)

Western Writers of America SPUR AwardsBest Nonfiction Biography
MORMON CONVERT, MORMON DEFECTOR (AHC)
by Polly Aird (finalist)

Colorado Book Awards
GOING GREEN
by Laura Pritchett FINALIST

Leonard Bloomfield Book AwardLinguistic Society of America
LET'S SPEAK CHICKASAW
by Pamela Munro

Southwest Book AwardBorder Regional Library Association
BIG SYCAMORE STANDS ALONE
by Ian Record

John Carroll AwardLittle Bighorn Associates Literary Awards
MILITARY REGISTER OF CUSTER'S LAST COMMAND
by Roger L. Williams

Oklahoma Book AwardNonfictionOklahoma Center for the Book
DIVIDED HEARTS
by Michael Cassity and Danney Goble (finalist)

Oklahoma Book AwardNonfictionOklahoma Center for the Book
INDIAN TRIBES OF OKLAHOMA (finalist)
by Blue Clark

Oklahoma Book AwardNonfictionOklahoma Center for the Book
COACH TOMMY THOMPSON AND THE BOYS (finalist)
by Patti Dickinson

Oklahoma Book AwardNonfictionOklahoma Center for the Book
CHOCTAW CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, 1884-1907 (finalist)
by Devon Abbott Mihesuah

Oklahoma Book AwardPoetryOklahoma Center for the Book
TOO LONG A SOLITUDE (finalist)
by James Ragan

Oklahoma Book AwardDesign/IllustrationOklahoma Center for the Book
LANTERNS ON THE PRAIRIE (finalist)
Eric H. Anderson and Karen Hayes-Thumann designers

 

2009

2009 WILLA Literary Award Best Scholarly Nonfiction—Women Writing the West
FULL-COURT QUEST
by Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith

Montana Book AwardMontana Library Association
FULL-COURT QUEST
by Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith

Spur AwardBest Western Nonfiction ContemporaryWestern Writers of America
FULL-COURT QUEST
by Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith

Western Heritage AwardsWestern NovelNational Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
THE NORTH AMERICAN JOURNALS OF PRINCE MAXIMILIAN OF WIED, VOL 1
by Marsha V. Gallagher

Western Heritage AwardsArt BookNational Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
IN CONTEMPORARY RHYTHM : THE ART OF ERNEST L. BLUMENSCHEIN
by Peter H. Hassrick

The State Historical Society of Missouri—Eagleton-Waters Book Award (Missouri Political History)
WILLIAM CLARK: INDIAN DIPLOMAT
by Jay H. Buckley

The State Historical Society of Missouri—Best Book Award (History of Missouri and Missourians)
WILLIAM CLARK: INDIAN DIPLOMAT
by Jay H. Buckley

Oklahoma Book AwardDesign/IllustrationOklahoma Center for the Book
PLACING MEMORY WINNER
by Todd Stewart

Oklahoma Book Award – Nonfiction – Oklahoma Center for the Book
OKLAHOMA: A HISTORY (finalist) Mbr/>by W. David Baird and Danney Goble

Oklahoma Book Award – Nonfiction – Oklahoma Center for the Book
A LETTER TO AMERICA (finalist)
by David Boren

Oklahoma Book Award – Nonfiction – Oklahoma Center for the Book
GRAPPLING WITH DEMON RUM (finalist)
by James E. Klein

Oklahoma Book AwardNon-FictionOklahoma Center for the Book
FULL-COURT QUEST
by Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith

Oklahoma Book AwardNonfictionOklahoma Center for the Book
THE NEZ PERCES IN THE INDIAN TERRITORY (finalist)
by J. Diane Pearson

 

2008

Violet Crown—Writer's League of Texas
HARPSONG (WINNER)
By Rilla Askew

Wyoming State Historical Society Biography Prize—Wyoming State Historical Society
WILLIAM F. CODY'S WYOMING EMPIRE: THE BUFALLO BILL NOBODY KNOWS
By Robert E. Bonner

Collier Prize for Still Photography—Utah Society for Visual Anthropology
A DANISH PHOTOGRAPHER OF IDAHO INDIANS: BENEDICTE WRENSTED
By Joanna Cohan Scherer

Best Documentary Book Award—Utah State Historical Society
AT SWORD'S POINT: A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE UTAH WAR TO 1858
By William P. MacKinnon

Book of the Year (Historical Fiction)—Foreword Magazine
HARPSONG (finalist)
By Rilla Askew

Book of the Year (Short Stories)—Foreword Magazine
SOME OF TIM'S STORIES(finalist)
By S.E. Hinton

Caughey Western History Association Prize —Western History Association
CHARLES M. RUSSELL: A CATALOG RAISONNE
By B. Byron Price

Distinguished Writing Award—Biography—Army Historical Foundation
GEORGE THOMAS: VIRGINIAN FOR THE UNION
By Christopher J. Einolf

Distinguished Writing Award—Journals, Memoirs, and Letters—Army Historical Foundation
MARCHING WITH THE FIRST NEBRASKA ( (finalist)
By August Scherneckau

Distinguished Writing Award—Reference—Army Historical Foundation
UNIFORMS, ARMS, AND EQUIPMENT: THE U.S. ARMY OF THE WESTERN FRONTIER, 1880-1892, VOLUME I & II
By Douglas McChristian

Gaspar Perez de Villagra Award—Historical Society of New Mexico
VICTORIO: APACHE WARIOR AND CHIEF (co-winner)
By Kathleen Chamberlain

Oklahoma Book Award—Fiction—Oklahoma Center for the Book
HARPSONG
By Rilla Askew

Oklahoma Book Award—Design/Illustration—Oklahoma Center for the Book
OKLAHOMA: A PORTRAIT OF AMERICA
By Libby Bender, Carl Brune, and Scott Raffe

Oklahoma Book Award—Nonfiction—Oklahoma Center for the Book
ALTERNATIVE OKLAHOMA (finalist)
By Davis Joyce

Oklahoma Book Award—Nonfiction—Oklahoma Center for the Book
THE SEMINOLE FREEDMEN (finalist)
By Kevin Mulroy

Oklahoma Book Award—Nonfiction—Oklahoma Center for the Book
VOICES FROM THE HEARTLAND (finalist)
Edited by Carolyn Anne Taylor, Emily Dial-Driver, Carole Burrage, and Sally Emmons-Featherston

Oklahoma Book Award—Nonfiction—Oklahoma Center for the Book
BOOKS ON TRIAL (finalist)
By Shirley A. Wiegand and Wayne A. Wiegand

Robert M. Utley Prize —Western History Association
GALL: LAKOTA WAR CHIEF
By Robert Larson

Spur Award—Best Western Nonfiction Biography—Western Writers of America
GALL: LAKOTA WAR CHIEF
By Robert Larson

Spur Award—Best Western Nonfiction Historical—Western Writers of America
WILLIAM F. CODY'S WYOMING EMPIRE (finalist)
By Robert Bonner

Western Heritage Awards—Art Book—National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
CHARLES M. RUSSELL: A CATALOG RAISONNE
By B. Byron Price

Western Heritage Awards—Western Novel—National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
HARPSONG
By Rilla Askew

WILLA Historical Fiction Award—Women Writing the West
HARPSONG
By Rilla Askew

 

2007

Southwest Book of the Year—Regional Library Association
THE CIVIL WAR IN ARIZONA
By Andrew E. Masich

Outstanding Academic Title—Choice Magazine
CRAZY HORSE: A LAKOTA LIFE
By Kingsley M. Bray

2007 Publication Award—San Antonio Conservation Society
CONQUEST OF TEXAS
By Gary Clayton Anderson

Co-Founder Best Book Award—Westerners International
JOHN SUTTER
By Albert L. Hurtado

New Mexico Book Award—Best Southwest History Book
RIDING FOR THE BRAND
By Michael Pettit

New Mexico Book Award—Best Novel, Adventure or Drama
THE MARRIAGE OF SAINTS (finalist)
By Dawn Karima Pettigrew

Caughey Western History Association Prize—Western History Association
JOHN SUTTER
By Albert L. Hurtado

Joan Paterson Kerr Award—Western History Association
A NORTHERN CHEYENNE ALBUM
Edited by Margot Liberty

2006 Book Award—Idaho Library Association
A DANISH PHOTOGRAPHER OF IDAHO INDIANS
By Joanna C. Scherer

High Plains Best New Book Award—Parmly Billings Library
JAY COOKE'S GAMBLE
By M. John Lubetkin

High Plains Book of the Year Award—Parmly Billings Library
INDIANS AND EMIGRANTS
By Michael L. Tate

Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award—Oklahoma Center for the Book
David Dary

Co-Founders Best Book of 2006—Westerners International
JOHN SUTTER
By Albert L. Hurtado

John M. Carroll Award (Book of the Year)—Little Bighorn Associates
JAY COOKE'S GAMBLE
By M. John Lubetkin

Best Book Award—Northern Pacific Railway Historical Association
JAY COOKE'S GAMBLE
By M. John Lubetkin

Best Book of 2006—Custer Battlefield Historical and Museum Association
CRAZY HORSE: A LAKOTA LIFE
By Kingsley M. Bray

Independent Publisher Book Award—Biography—Independent Publisher Magazine
CRAZY HORSE: A LAKOTA LIFE (bronze medal)
By Kingsley M. Bray

Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize—Center for Great Plains Studies
INDIANS AND EMIGRANTS
By Michael L. Tate

Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize—Center for Great Plains Studies
CRAZY HORSE: A LAKOTA LIFE(finalist)
By Kingsley M. Bray

Spur Award—Best Western Biography—Western Writers of America
CRAZY HORSE: A LAKOTA LIFE
By Kingsley M. Bray

Spur Award—Best Historical Non-Fiction—Western Writers of America
JAY COOKE'S GAMBLE (finalist)
By M. John Lubetkin

Spur Award—Best Western Biography—Western Writers of America
JOHN SUTTER (finalist)
By Albert L. Hurtado

Book of the Year (Short Stories)—Foreword Magazine
THE MAN WHO COULD FLY (finalist)
By Rudolfo Anaya

Oklahoma Book AwardFiction—Oklahoma Center for the Book
DREAMS TO DUST
By Sheldon Russell

Oklahoma Book AwardNonfiction—Oklahoma Center for the Book
HISTORICAL ATLAS OF OKLAHOMA FOURTH EDITION
By Charles Robert Goins and Danney Goble

Oklahoma Book AwardFiction—Oklahoma Center for the Book
BLACK SILK HANDKERCHIEF (finalist)
By D.L. Birchfield

Oklahoma Book AwardNonfction—Oklahoma Center for the Book
MR. AMBASSADOR: WARRIOR FOR PEACE (finalist)
By Ambassador Edward J. Perkins with Connie Cronley

Oklahoma Book AwardNonfiction—Oklahoma Center for the Book
MR. AMBASSADOR: WARRIOR FOR PEACE (finalist)
By Ambassador Edward J. Perkins with Connie Cronley

 

2006

Distinguished Writing AwardArmy Historical Foundation
THE UNCIVIL WAR: IRREGULAR WARFARE IN THE UPPER SOUTH, 1861 - 1865 (finalist)
by Robert R. Mackey

ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year AwardLiterary Fiction
WHOSE NAMES ARE UNKNOWN: A NOVEL (finalist)
by Sanora Babb

Fray Francisco Atanasio Dominguez AwardHistorical Society of New Mexico
INVENTING LOS ALAMOS: THE GROWTH OF AN ATOMIC COMMUNITY
by Jon Hunner

Oklahoma Book AwardFictionOklahoma Center for the Book
FOLLOWING THE HARVEST: A NOVEL(finalist)
by Fred Harris

Oklahoma Book AwardNonfictionOklahoma Center for the Book
OKLAHOMA BREEDING BIRD ATLAS (finalist)
by Dan L Reinking

Oklahoma Book AwardNonfictionOklahoma Center for the Book
WASHITA: THE U.S. ARMY AND THE SOUTHERN CHEYENNE, 1867 - 1869 (finalist)
by Jerome Greene

Spur AwardBest First NovelWestern Writers of America
FIELD OF HONOR: A NOVEL
by D.L. Birchfield

Spur AwardBest Western NovelWestern Writers of America
WHOSE NAMES ARE UNKNOWN: A NOVEL (finalist)
by Sanora Babb

Spur AwardBest Western NonfictionWestern Writers of America
DREAMS TO DUST
by Sheldon Russell

2006 Langum Prize in American Historical FictionLangum Project for Historical Literature
DREAMS TO DUST
by Sheldon Russell

Outstanding Academic TitleChoice Magazine
PARTY WARS (finalist)
by Barbara Sinclair

Westerners Co-Founders Best Book AwardWesterners International
WASHITA: THE U.S. ARMY AND THE SOUTHERN CHEYENNE, 1867 - 1869 (finalist)
by Jerome Greene

Best PublicationOklahoma Museums Association
PEOPLES OF THE PLATEAU

by Steven L. Grafe

John M. Carroll AwardBook of the YearLittle Big Horn Associates
WHERE CUSTER FELL
by James S. Brust, Brian C. Pohanka, and Sandy Barnard

G. Joseph Sills Award (Best Book of the Year)Custer Battlefield Historical and Museum Association
WHERE CUSTER FELL
by James S. Brust, Brian C. Pohanka, and Sandy Barnard

Best Western LawmanOutlaw Book of the YearNational Outlaw-Lawmen Association (NOLA)
A DECENT, ORDERLY LYNCHING
by Frederick Allen

Caroline Bancroft PrizeDenver Public Library
CONQUEST OF TEXAS (finalist)
by Gary Clayton Anderson

Outstanding Book in Non-Profit and Voluntary Action ResearchAssociation for Research on Non-Profit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)
DIMINISHED DEMOCRACY (finalist)
by Theda Skocpol

Latino Book AwardsBest BiographyLatino Literacy Now
CONFESSIONS OF A BERLITZ-TAPE CHICANA

by Demetria Martinez

Spur AwardBest Novel of the WestWestern Writers of America
HIGH COUNTRY
by Willard Wyman

Spur Award – Best First Novel – Western Writers of America
HIGH COUNTRY
by Willard Wyman

Oklahoma Book AwardNonfictionOklahoma Center for the Book
THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA: A HISTORY VOLUME 1 1890-1917 (finalist)
by David. W. Levy

Oklahoma Book AwardNonfictionOklahoma Center for the Book
THE CHUCKWAGON COOKBOOK (finalist)
by B. Byron Price

Oklahoma Book AwardDesign/IllustrationOklahoma Center for the Book
A WESTERN LEGACY: THE NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM (finalist)
Designed by John Hubbard, Photography by Ed Muno

Oklahoma Book AwardDesign/IllustrationOklahoma Center for the Book
THE FRED JONES JR. MUSEUM OF ART AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA: SELECTED WORKS (finalist)
Designed by John Hubbard

FictionLiteraryForeWord Magazine
CONFESSIONS OF A BERLITZ-TAPE CHICANA
by Demetria Martinez

NYMAS Civil War Book Award—New York Military Affairs Symposium
THE CIVIL WAR IN ARIZONA
By Andrew E. Masich

Southwest Book of the Year—Pima County Public Library
THE CIVIL WAR IN ARIZONA
By Andrew E. Masich

Southwest Book Award — Border Regional Library Association
THE CIVIL WAR IN ARIZONA
By Andrew E. Masich

 

2005

Distinguished Writing AwardArmy Historical Foundation
THE UNCIVIL WAR: IRREGULAR WARFARE IN THE UPPER SOUTH, 1861 - 1865 (finalist)
by Robert R. Mackey

ForeWord MagazineBook of the Year AwardLiterary Fiction
WHOSE NAMES ARE UNKNOWN: A NOVEL (finalist)
by Sanora Babb

Fray Francisco Atanasio Dominguez AwardHistorical Society of New Mexico
INVENTING LOS ALAMOS: THE GROWTH OF AN ATOMIC COMMUNITY
by Jon Hunner

Oklahoma Book AwardFictionOklahoma Center for the Book
FOLLOWING THE HARVEST: A NOVEL
by Fred Harris (finalist)

Oklahoma Book AwardNonfictionOklahoma Center for the Book
OKLAHOMA BREEDING BIRD ATLAS (finalist)
by Dan L Reinking

Oklahoma Book AwardNonfictionOklahoma Center for the Book
WASHITA: THE U.S. ARMY AND THE SOUTHERN CHEYENNE, 1867 - 1869 (finalist)
by Jerome Greene

Spur AwardBest First NovelWestern Writers of America
by D.L. Birchfield

Spur AwardBest Western NovelWestern Writers of America
WHOSE NAMES ARE UNKNOWN: A NOVEL (finalist)
by Sanora Babb

Spur AwardBest Western NonfictionWestern Writers of America
WASHITA: THE U.S. ARMY AND THE SOUTHERN CHEYENNE, 1867 - 1869 (finalist)
by Jerome Greene

2005 Distinguished Writing AwardArmy Historical Foundation
BLOOD IN THE ARGONNE: THE "LOST" BATTALION OF WORLD WAR I (finalist)
by Alan J. Gaff

Choice Outstanding Academic Titles
NATIVE AMERICAN PLACENAMES OF THE UNITED STATES
by William Bright

Choice Outstanding Academic Titles
THE DEMOCRATIC CENTURY
by Seymour Martin Lipset and Jason M. Lakin

 

2004

Best Book AwardUtah State Historical Society
UTAH HISTORIANS AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF WESTERN HISTORY
by Gary Topping

Best Publisher of Western NonfictionTrue West magazine
University of Oklahoma Press

Dwight L. Smith (ABC-CLIO)Western History Association
INDIAN REORGANIZATION ACT: CONGRESSES AND BILLS
by Vine Deloria Jr.

Robert M. Utley AwardWestern History Association
MORNING STAR DAWN: THE POWDER RIVER EXPEDITION AND THE NORTHERN CHEYENNES, 1876
by Jerome A. Greene

Eliza Atkins Gleason AwardLibrary History Round TableAmerican Library Association
THE DISMISSAL OF MISS RUTH BROWN: CIVIL RIGHTS, CENSORSHIP, AND THE AMERICAN LIBRARY
by Louis S. Robbins

2003 Book of the YearEditor's Choice Prize for FictionForeWord Magazine
CROSSING VINES: A NOVEL
by Rigoberto Gonzalez

Writer of the YearWordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers
FIELD OF HONOR: A NOVEL
by D.L. Birchfield

El Premio Nacional "Aquileo J. Echeverria en HistoriaCosta Rica Ministry of Culture, 2003
HISTORICAL ATLAS OF CENTRAL AMERICA
by Carolyn Hall and Hector Perez Brignoli

2003 Distinguished Book AwardArmy Historical Foundation
SOLDIER, SURGEON, SCHOLAR: The Memoirs of William Henry Corbusier
edited by Robert Wooster (finalist)

2003 Distinguished Book AwardArmy Historical Foundation
MORNING STAR DAWN: THE POWDER RIVER EXPEDITION AND THE NORTHERN CHEYENNES, 1876
by Jerome A. Greene (finalist)

2003 Nathan Bedford Forrest History AwardForrest Cavalry Corps
SAM HOUSTON
by James L. Haley

Oklahoma Book AwardDirectors' AwardOklahoma Center for the Book
DAYS WE DANCED: THE STORY OF MY THEATRICAL FAMILY FROM FLORENZ ZIEGFELD TO ARTHUR MURRAY AND BEYOND
by Doris Eaton Travis

Oklahoma Book AwardBest Nonfiction BookOklahoma Center for the Book
DAYS WE DANCED: THE STORY OF MY THEATRICAL FAMILY FROM FLORENZ ZIEGFELD TO ARTHUR MURRAY AND BEYOND
by Doris Eaton Travis

Oklahoma Book AwardBest Nonfiction BookOklahoma Center for the Book
OKLAHOMA TOUGH: MY FATHER, KING OF THE TULSA BOOTLEGGERS (finalist)
by Ron Padgett

Oklahoma Book AwardBest Nonfiction BookOklahoma Center for the Book
ONE WOMAN'S POLITICAL JOURNEY: KATE BARNARD AND SOCIAL REFORM, 1875 – 1930 (finalist)
by Lynn Musslewhite and Suzanne Jones Crawford

Oklahoma Book AwardBest Nonfiction BookOklahoma Center for the Book
TAKING INDIAN LANDS: THE CHEROKEE (JEROME) COMMISSION, 1889 – 1893 (finalist)
by William T. Hagan

Spur AwardBest Western Nonfiction BiographyWestern Writers of America
ON A SILVER DESERT: THE LIFE OF ERNEST HAYCOX
by Ernest Haycox Jr.

Spur AwardBest Western Nonfiction BiographyWestern Writers of America
WILLIAM S. HART: PROJECTING THE AMERICAN WEST (finalist)
by Ronald L. Davis

Spur AwardBest Western Nonfiction HistoricalWestern Writers of America
MORNING STAR DAWN: THE POWDER RIVER EXPEDITION AND THE NORTHERN CHEYENNES, 1876 (finalist)
by Jerome A. Greene

Voice of InclusionAmerican College Personnel Association
WHITE AWARENESS: HANDBOOK FOR ANTI-RACISM TRAINING, Second Edition
by Judith H. Katz

 

2003


Francis Makemie Award
Presbyterian Historical Society
CREATING CHRISTIAN INDIANS: NATIVE CLERGY IN THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
by Bonnie Sue Lewis

Caroline Bancroft History PrizeDevner Public Library
BLOOD OF THE PROPHETS: BRIGHAM YOUNG AND THE MASSACRE AT MOUNTAIN MEADOWS
by Will Bagley

Caughey PrizeWestern History Association
BLOOD OF THE PROPHETS: BRIGHAM YOUNG AND THE MASSACRE AT MOUNTAIN MEADOWS
by Will Bagley

Award of MeritPhilosophical Society of Texas
SAM HOUSTON
by James Haley

Robert M. Utley PrizeWestern History Association
THE BLACK REGULARS
by William Dobak and Thomas Phillips

Outstanding Academic TitleChoice Magazine
BOUND FOR SANTA FE: THE ROAD TO NEW MEXICO AND THE AMERICAN CONQUEST, 1806-1848
by Stephen Hyslop
CHIEF DANIEL BREAD AND THE ONEIDA NATION OF INDIANS OF WISCONSIN
by Laurence M. Hauptman and Gordon McLester

Smith-Petit Best Book AwardJohn Whitmer Historical Association
BLOOD OF THE PROPHETS: BRIGHAM YOUNG AND THE MASSACRE AT MOUNTAIN MEADOWS
by Will Bagley

Best Book AwardWesterners International
BLOOD OF THE PROPHETS: BRIGHAM YOUNG AND THE MASSACRE AT MOUNTAIN MEADOWS
by Will Bagley

WILLA Literary AwardNonfictionWomen Writing the West
MARY HALLOCK FOOTE: AUTHOR-ILLUSTRATOR OF THE AMERICAN WEST (finalist)
by Darlis A. Miller

Clio Award (Prairies Region)Canadian Historical Association
COMMON AND CONTESTED GROUND: A HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF THE NORTHWESTERN PLAINS
by Theodore Binnema

Literary AwardInternational Napoleonic Society
NAPOLEON AND BERLIN: THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR IN NORTHERN GERMANY, 1813
by Michael V. Leggiere

Oklahoma Book AwardBest Fiction BookOklahoma Center for the Book
MASK MAKER: A NOVEL
by Diane Glancy

Oklahoma Book AwardBest Nonfiction BookOklahoma Center for the Book
TE ATA: CHICKASAW STORYTELLER, AMERICAN TREASURE (finalist)
by Richard Green

T.R. Fehrenbach Book AwardTexas Historical Commission
SAM HOUSTON
by James L. Haley

Deolece Parmelee AwardTexas Historical Foundation
SAM HOUSTON
by James L. Haley

Coral Horton Tullis Memorial PrizeTexas State Historical Association
SAM HOUSTON
by James L. Haley

Citation AwardSan Antonio Conservation Society
SAM HOUSTON
by James L. Haley

Spur AwardBest Western Nonfiction BiographyWestern Writers of America
SAM HOUSTON
by James L. Haley

Spur AwardBest Western Nonfiction (Historical)—Western Writers of America
BLOOD OF THE PROPHETS: BRIGHAM YOUNG AND THE MASSACRE AT MOUNTAIN MEADOWS
by Will Bagley
BOUND FOR SANTA FE: THE ROAD TO NEW MEXICO AND THE AMERICAN CONQUEST, 1806-1848 (finalist)
by Stephen G. Hyslop

Texas Old Missions and Restoration Association Book AwardTexas Catholic Historical Society
SPAIN IN THE SOUTHWEST: A NARRATIVE HISTORY OF COLONIAL NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA, TEXAS, AND CALIFORNIA
by John L. Kessell

 

2002

Presidio La Bahia AwardSons of the Republic of Texas
SPAIN IN THE SOUTHWEST: A NARRATIVE HISTORY OF COLONIAL NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA, TEXAS, AND CALIFORNIA (second place)
by John L. Kessell

Caroline Bancroft Western History PrizeDenver Public Library
NATURAL WEST: ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY IN THE GREAT PLAINS AND ROCKY MOUNTAINS (honor book)
by Dan L. Flores
FORT UNION AND THE UPPER MISSOURI FUR TRADE
by Barton H. Barbour (Honor Book)
GENERAL CROOK AND THE WESTERN FRONTIER (finalist)
by Charles M. Robinson, III

Outstanding Academic TitleChoice Magazine
TO BE INDIAN: THE LIFE OF IROQUOIS-SENECA ARTHUR CASWELL PARKER
by Joy Porter
ORIGINS: THE EVOLUTION OF CONTINENTS, OCEANS AND LIFE
by Ron Redfern
UNEVEN GROUND: AMERICAN INDIAN SOVEREIGNTY AND FEDERAL LAW
by David E. Wilkins and K. Tsianina Lomawaima

Journalism AwardAmerican Association of Petroleum Geologists
ORIGINS: THE EVOLUTION OF CONTINENTS, OCEANS AND LIFE
by Ron Redfern

Connecticut Book AwardsNonfictionConnecticut Center for the Book
STICKS, STONES AND SHADOWS: BUILDING THE EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS (finalist)
by Martin Isler

Oklahoma Book AwardBest Nonfiction BookOklahoma Center for the Book
GIFTS OF PRIDE AND LOVE: KIOWA AND COMANCHE CRADLES (finalist)
edited by Barbara Hail
LETTERS FROM THE DUST BOWL (finalist)
by Caroline Henderson, edited by Alvin O. Turner

Oklahoma Book AwardBest Illustrated BookOklahoma Center for the Book
GIFTS OF PRIDE AND LOVE: KIOWA AND COMANCHE CRADLES (finalist)
edited by Barbara Hail
TRAVELING ROUTE 66 (finalist)
by Nick Freeth

 

2001

Best Book on Oklahoma HistoryOklahoma Historical Society
ANGIE DEBO: PIONEERING HISTORIAN
by Shirley A. Leckie

Oklahoma Book AwardBest Nonfiction BookOklahoma Center for the Book
CONTRARY NEIGHBORS: SOUTHERN PLAINS AND REMOVED INDIANS IN INDIAN TERRITORY
by David La Vere
ANGIE DEBO: PIONEERING HISTORIAN (finalist)
by Shirley A. Leckie
THE DISMISSAL OF MISS RUTH BROWN: CIVIL RIGHTS, CENSORSHIP, AND THE AMERICAN LIBRARY (finalist)
by Louise S. Robbins
INDIAN GAMING: TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY AND AMERICAN POLITICS (finalist)
by W. Dale Mason
WALTZING WITH THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD: POVERTY, MYTH, AND LOW-WAGE LABOR IN OKLAHOMA
by Robert Lee Maril (finalist)

Jay D. Smith Literary AwardLittle Big Horn Associates
CUSTER IN '76: WALTER CAMP'S NOTES ON THE CUSTER FIGHT
edited by Kenneth Hammer

Outstanding Academic BookChoice Magazine
DOCUMENTS OF AMERICAN INDIAN DIPLOMACY: TREATIES, AGREEMENTS AND CONVENTIONS, 1775 – 1979
edited by Vine Deloria, Jr., and Raymond J. DeMallie

Peace and Friendship AwardWashington State Historical Society
A LITTLE BIT OF WISDOM: CONVERSATIONS WITH A NEZ PERCE ELDER
by Horace Axtell and Margo Aragon

T. R. Fehrenbach Book AwardTexas Historical Commission
THE TEXAS SHERIFF: LORD OF THE COUNTY LINE
by Thad Sitton

Thomas J. Lyon Book AwardWestern Literature Association
BRET HARTE: OPENING THE AMERICAN LITERARY WEST
by Gary Scharnhorst

Willa Literary Award for NonfictionWomen Writing the West
THE DISMISSAL OF MISS RUTH BROWN: CIVIL RIGHTS, CENSORSHIP, AND THE AMERICAN LIBRARY
by Louise S. Robbins
ANGIE DEBO: PIONEERING HISTORIAN (finalist)
by Shirley A. Leckie

 

2000

Best Book on Oklahoma HistoryOklahoma Historical Society
AGRARIAN SOCIALISM IN AMERICA: MARX, JEFFERSON, AND JESUS IN THE OKLAHOMA COUNTRYSIDE 1904 – 192
by Jim Bissett0

Best Nonfiction BookNebraska Center for the Book
THE FRONTIER ARMY IN THE SETTLEMENT OF THE WEST
by Michael L. Tate

Spur AwardJohn C. Ewers AwardWestern History Association
THE GREAT LAW AND THE LONGHOUSE: A POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE IROQUOIS CONFEDERACY
by William N. Fenton

Oklahoma Book AwardBest Fiction BookOklahoma Center For the Book
THE VOICE THAT WAS IN TRAVEL (finalist)
by Diane Glancy

Oklahoma Book AwardBest Nonfiction BookOklahoma Center for the Book
AGRARIAN SOCIALISM IN AMERICA: MARX, JEFFERSON, AND JESUS IN THE OKLAHOMA COUNTRYSIDE 1904 – 1920 (finalist)
by Jim Bissett
GEORGE WASHINGTON GRAYSON AND THE CREEK NATION, 1843 – 1920 (finalist)
by Mary Jane Warde

Race, Ethnicity, and Politics AwardAmerican Political Science Association
VOICES FROM EXILE: VIOLENCE AND SURVIVAL IN MODERN MAYA HISTORY
by Victor Montejo

Spur AwardBest Novel of the WestWestern Writers of America
DARK RIVER: A NOVEL (finalist)
by Louis Owens