The Texas Historical Commission T. R. Fehrenbach Award, 1994
Western Writers Spur Awards, Honorable Mention, 1994
Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist, 2018
Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction, 2017
Winner of the Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry, 1996
Outstanding Academic Book List for Book-of-the-Month Club Dividend Selection, 1994
History/Military Book Club Selection, 2008
Military Book Club selection, 1996
Amelia Bloomer Project Selection, 2004
Winner of the Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry, 2002
Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference Book Manuscript Competition
Winner of the Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry, 2004
San Antonio Conservation Society Award, 1989
Winner of the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction, 2006
Ohioana Book Award finalist in fiction, Ohioana Library, 2007
Great Lakes Colleges Association book award finalist, fiction, 2007
Winner of the Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry 2015
Book Award for Poetry, Maine Literary Awards, 2017
Winner of the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction, 2010
Best Book Award from the Wild West History Association, 2012
Co-Founders Best Book Award from Westerners International, 2012
Winner of the Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry, 2010
William Henry Seward Award for Excellence in Civil War Biography, Civil War Forum of Metropolitan New York, 2014
Winner of the Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry 2012
Distinguished Writing Award in Institutional/Functional History, from the Army Historical Foundation, 2011
Selected by General Raymond Odierno for the U.S. Army Chief of Staff's Professional Reading List, March 2012
Winner of the Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award, 2012
Selected by Lieutenant General David Morrison, Chief of Army (Australia), for the Chief of Army's Reading List, 2012
Selected by General James F. Amos, Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, as required reading for all senior enlisted men and all Majors and Lieutenant-Colonels, 2013
Selected by Major General H.R. McMaster at the Maneuver Center of Excellence, Fort Benning, for the Leader Development Study Program, 2013
Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, Educator's Award, Honorable Mention, 1997
Military Book Club Selection, 1995
Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry
Austin Writers' League Special Citation, 1996
Claremont Graduate School Kate Tufts Award, 1996
Poetry Society of America Norma Farber First Book Award, 1995
Winner of the Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry, 1994
Certificate of Merit for Best Research in Recorded Classical Music, an ARSC Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research from the Association for Recorded Sound Collections, 2012
Choice Outstanding Academic Book, 2003
Selected by Major General Pat Sargent, Chief of the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps, for the Corps Chief’s Reading List, May 2016
Branson Stars and Flags Award, 2012
San Antonio Conservation Society Award, 1994
Sons of the Republic of Texas Presidio La Bahia Award, 2nd place, 1994
Violet Crown Book Award for best nonfiction, from the Writers' League of Texas, 2005
Winner of the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction 2016
Main Selection of the History/Military Book Club, 2011
Selected for “Best of the Best” from University Presses, ALA Annual Conference, 2012
Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference Book Manuscript Competition
New York Public Library Book to Remember, 1994
American Library Association Notable Books List, 1993
Clotilde P. Garcia Tejano Book Prize Award, Tejano Genealogy Society of Austin, 2018
East Texas Historical Association Ottis Lock Award for Best Book on East Texas History, 1995
Austin Writers' League Violet Crown Nonfiction Award, 1994
San Antonio Conservation Society Award, 1994
Honorable Mention, PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris, 2007
1st place, Entertainment & Culture, Green Dot Awards, 2008
San Antonio Conservation Society Award, 1991
Winner of the Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry, 2017
History/Military Book Club Selection, 2012
Branson Stars and Flags Book Award, 2012
San Antonio Conservation Society Award, 1992
Winner of the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction, 2003
First runner-up for a Zia Award from New Mexico Press Women, 2015
Winner of the New Mexico-Arizona Book Award in History
Fray Francisco Atanasio Dominguez Award, Historical Society of New Mexico, 2014
Military Book Club Selection, 2006
Winner of the Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry, 2013
Winner of the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction 2013
Wyoming State Historical Society's Publications Award for Biography, 2004
Winner of the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction, 2009
The Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College, 2010
Winner of the Best Book of 2009, Jazz Division, sponsored by AllAboutJazz-New York, 2009
Selected for “Best of the Best” from University Presses, ALA Annual Conference, 2010
Winner of the 2010 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research in Jazz, 2010
The San Antonio Conservation Society Award, 1996
Winner of the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction, 2008
“The Fifth Week” story selected by Foreword Magazine for its online book club, 2009
Winner of the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction 2015
The Anne Powers Book-length Fiction Award sponsored by the Council for Wisconsin Writers, 2005
Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Program Selection, Winter 2005
Outstanding Achievement recognition by the Wisconsin Library Association's Literary Awards Committee, 2005
Finalist for the Paterson Fiction Prize from the Poetry Center, 2005
Bronze Award Winner for the Book of the Year, Short Stories, from Foreword Magazine, 2004
Winner of the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction, 2004
San Antonio Conservation Society Award, 1991
Featured in The Vietnam War PBS series by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick
History/Military Book Club Selection, 2010
The Webb County Heritage Foundation Jim Parish Award, 2004
San Antonio Conservation Society Award, 2004
Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference Book Manuscript Competition
Winner of the Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry, 2003
Winner of the Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry, 2007
Winner of the Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry, 1998
Best Book of the Year, Wild West Historical Association, 2008
Special Violet Crown Award Citation, 1996
Sarah Byrn Rickman, author, awarded the Seventh Annual Combs Gates Award by the National Aviation Hall of Fame for her outstanding work on the women pilots of World War II, 2010
Winner of the Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry, 2006
Co-Founders Best Book Award from Westerners International, September 2016
Winner of the Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry, 2008
Named “Best Jazz Publication of 2006” by All About Jazz-New York, 2007
Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry in Poetry 2016
North Carolina Poetry Society's Brockman-Campbell Book Award Honorable Mention
Winner of the Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry 2014
Winner of the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction
History/Military Book Club Selection, 2013
Distinguished Writing Award in Operational/Battle History, from the Army Historical Foundation, 2014
Selected by General Raymond Odierno, 38th Army Chief of Staff, for the U.S. Army Chief of Staff's Professional Reading List, February 2014
Crader Family Book Prize in American Values
Winner of the Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry, 1993
International Association of Culinary Professionals, Jane Grigson Award, 2001
Finalist, George Freedley Memorial Award, The Theatre Library Association, 2006
Golden Pen Award, United States Institute for Theatre Technology, 2007
Winner of the Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry, 2000
East Texas Advertising Federation Bronze Award for Book Cover, 1996
The Texas Historical Commission T. R. Fehrenbach Award, 1996
New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age, 1994
Poetry Society of America William Carlos Williams Book Award, runner-up, 2001
Winner of the Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry, 1999
Texas State Historical Association Liz Carpenter Award, runner up, 2003
National Cowboy Hall of Fame Western Heritage Award for Poetry, 1989
Military Book Club selection, 2004
Gold Cover Award and Distinguished Book Award from the Military Writers Society of America/American Authors Association, 2004
Best Book Award from the Wild West History Association, 2012
Winner of the Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry, 2005
Texas Institute of Letters Carr P. Collins Award, runner-up, 2004
Selected for Best of the Best from University Presses, ALA Annual Conference, 2008
Association of College and Research Libraries, Choice Outstanding Academic Book, 1997
Publication Award from the Center for the Advancement and Study of Early Texas Art (CASETA), 2017
Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference Book Manuscript Competition
Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference Book Manuscript Competition
Winner of the Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry, 2001
The A. M. Pate, Jr. Award in Civil War History, 2009
Foreword Reviews 2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award Winner in Performing Arts & Music
Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference Book Manuscript Competition
2017 Book of the Year, Alamo Society
Winner of the Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry, 1997
Doubleday Equestrian Edge Book Club, 2006
East Texas Historical Association Ottis Lock Award for the Best Book Published on East Texas History, 1994
East Texas Addy Federation Silver Award for Cover Design, 1992
Selected for Marine Commandant's Professional Reading List for all senior enlisted men and all Majors and Lieutenant-Colonels, 2017
History/Military Book Club Selection, 2015
Winner of the Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry, 2009
A “Must Read” Award from the Massachusetts Center for the Book, 2011
Winner of the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction, 1996
Winner of the Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry, 1995
