Ron Tyler Award for Best Illustrated Book on Texas History and Culture
Award Amount: $2,500
Ron Tyler Award for Best Illustrated Book on Texas History and Culture
The Ron Tyler Award, funded by the Summerlee Foundation, is given annually for a book dealing with Texas history and using special visual applications such as photography and reproduction of historic paintings. The book should be published in the calendar year for which the award is given and make a contribution to Texas history and culture with the significant use of illustrations. A panel of judges will determine if the full amount should be awarded to either the publisher or the author, or if the amount should be shared between the two. The winning author must be present at the TSHA Annual Meeting to receive the award. A certificate and $2,500 will be presented at the Association's Annual Meeting. Judges may withhold the award at their discretion.
Publishers should submit an entry form and four (4) copies of each entry published and copyrighted in 2024 or 2025 to the TSHA office by November 15, 2025. Books published after October 1, but copyrighted during the calendar year will be accepted until December 1.
All book award submissions must include an individual nomination form in the container transmitting the book in question; TSHA is not responsible for books that arrive without nomination forms or after the submission deadline.
Tyler Book Award Committee
Texas State Historical Association
PO Box 5428
Austin, TX 78763
This award was established in 2006 in tribute to Ron Tyler, who throughout his career as a scholar, publisher, and teacher, has studied the connections between art and history, and who, as director of the TSHA from 1986 to 2004, was a leader in publishing high quality illustrated books devoted to Texas history.
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Mail-in application form:
Book-Award-Submission-Form-v2025-03-20.pdf
