Congratulations, John Hallwas. The Society Of Midland Authors has named Dime Novel Desperadoes: The Notorious Maxwell Brothers winner of its 2009 prize in the Biography category. […]
Category: awards
Cheryl Keyes wins NAACP Image Award
On February 12th, Cheryl L. Keyes won an NAACP Image Award in the category of “Outstanding World Music Album” for her debut CD, Let Me Take You There (Keycan Records […]
Mark Doty wins National Book Award
Last night Mark Doty won the National Book Award for his Fire to Fire: New and Collected Poems. Doty has a long history with the University of Illinois Press. In […]
Please do not mail any books for consideration
An announcement received today from the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association reads: “The Herbert Hoover Book Award has been discontinued due to a restructuring of priorities. Please do not mail any […]
Recent awards
Two University of Illinois Press authors have recently been honored for their work. Dr. Norman R. Shapiro’s translation of The Complete Fables of Jean de la Fontaine has been awarded the […]
Palmer’s “James P. Cannon” wins the Wallace K. Ferguson Prize
Bryan D. Palmer’s book, James P. Cannon and the Origins of the American Revolutionary Left, 1890-1928, has recently been awarded the Wallace K. Ferguson Prize given by the Canadian Historical […]
“Making Space on the Western Frontier” wins a Mormon History award
Mormon-Chronicles reports that W. Paul Reeve’s Making Space on the Western Frontier: Mormons, Minors, and Southern Paiutes won a Best First Book award from the Mormon History Association. […]
The Stonemans & the Country Music Hall of Fame
CMT.com has a wrap up of the induction ceremony for Pop Stoneman’s entry into the Country Music Hall of Fame. “The Stoneman daughters, backed by Cowboy Jack Clement on vocals […]
Congrats to Roy Schonfeld, PW rep of the year
Roy Schonfeld, one of our reps from Abraham Associates, was named Publishers Weekly‘s sales rep of the year. Congratulations! And, let us know if you need any additional information on our forthcoming book Life along […]
“O Street” a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award
Corrina Wycoff’s 2007 collection of short stories, O Street (OV Books, distributed by the University of Illinois Press), is a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award in the Lesbian Debut Fiction category. […]
UIP poet Michael S. Harper awarded the Frost Medal
This morning’s Providence Journal reports that University of Illinois Press poet Michael S. Harper has been awarded the Frost Medal. Harper’s many books include, Dear John, Dear Coltrane, Songlines in Michaeltree: […]
Roni Stoneman’s pop inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
On February 12th, Ernest “Pop” Stoneman, father of University of Illinois Press author Roni Stoneman, was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. CMT.com reports, “Stoneman blazed the trail for […]