Congratulations to Rebecca Henderson-Smotherman, Linda Whitaker, Aimee Whitaker, Donna Thomas, Sally Keeling, Deborah Taylor, Cynthia Wildridge, Jean Cook, Donna Bartee, Valerie Bergstrom. The final touches for the cook-off are being put together by Rebecca Allen, TCU Press. The new West Hampton Bistro will host the event in January. More news to follow by Rebecca.
The San Antonio Conservation Society Congratulates All The Winners Of The 2015 Publication Awards
Buildings Of Texas: Central, South And Gulf Coast
Edited by Gerald Moorhead, FAIA
Published by The University of Virginia Press, 2013
Chili Queens, Hay Wagons And Fandangos; The Spanish Plazas In Frontier San Antonio
By Lewis F. Fisher
Published by Maverick Publishing Company, 2014
Death Of A Texas Ranger, A True Story Of Murder & Vengeance On The Texas Frontier
By Cynthia Leal Massey
Published by TwoDot, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press, 2014
Fair Park Deco
By Jim Parsons and David Bush
Published by TCU Press, 2012
The Harness Maker’s Dream: Nathan Kallison And The Rise Of South Texas
By Nick Kotz
Published by TCU Press, 2013
John H. Kampmann, Master Builder: San Antonio’s German Influence In The 19th Century
By Maggie Valentine
Published by Beaufort Books, Inc., 2014
Laredito: The Forgotten Neighborhood West Of San Pedro Creek
By Rueben M. Perez
Published by the author, 2013
Painters In Prehistory: Archaeology & Art Of The Lower Pecos Canyon Lands
By Harry J. Shafer
Published by Trinity University Press, 2013
The Texas Legation Papers, 1836 -1845
Edited by Ken Stevens
Published by TCU Press, 2012
Texas State Parks And The CCC: The Legacy Of The Civilian Conservation Corps
By Cynthia Brandimarte and Angela Reed
Published by Texas A&M University Press, 2013.
Children’s Book Category
Chili Texano? Ay Dios!/Texas Chili? Oh My!
By Patricia Vermillion
Published by TCU Press
The Texas Book Festival in Austin was bursting with fabulous authors, such as Keith Graves, fellow Mississippi author living in Texas. Brian Floca, Caldecott award winner for 2014 Locomotive, visiting his former studio mate and friend John Rocco, Caldecott Honor for Blackout . I was in the A&M tent signing Texas Chili? Oh My! and playing with armadillo puppets created by Erin Riche. So much fun!
Think you have the best cornbread recipe around?
Submit it to our Cornbread Cook-off Challenge for a chance to be featured in Patricia Vermillion’s newest children’s book, Hound Dawg, a Southern retelling of “The Little Red Hen”!
Mail a copy of your recipe (along with your name, phone number, email address, and mailing address) to:
Rebecca Allen
TCU Press
TCU Box 298300
Fort Worth, TX 76129
The top ten recipes will be chosen to participate in a cook-off at the new Hampton West Bistro in Fort Worth in January 2015. The winning recipe will be featured in Hound Dawg!
What are you waiting for? Submit today!
Have questions? Email Rebecca at rebecca.a.allen@tcu.edu.
Improving your Submission Success Rate was one focus of the conference. One resource suggested at the conference was the website WRITERS RECOMMEND. Author Rebecca Makkai”s suggestions for WRITERS BLOCK…
…Take a walk WITHOUT your notebook…Vitamin B…extrahours ofSleep…Exercise or Yoga.
Another recommendation was New Pages, “information and guides to independent bookstores, independent publishers, literary magazines, alternative periodicals, independent record labels, alternative newsweeklies and more.” Valuable information!
Shereen, owner of SOUTHERN BOUND BOOKS located in Biloxi, supported this conference.Thank you!
