Event Details

End: March 15, 2023
Contact: jlbryan@lamar.edu
More Info: https://www.lamar.edu/arts-sciences/research-centers/center-for-history-and-culture/center-for-history-and-culture-annual-book-prize.html

Deadline: March 15, 2023. The Center for History and Culture of Southeast Texas and the Upper Gulf Coast at Lamar University requests submissions for its annual Summerlee Book Prize. The Center awards two $1000 prizes in nonfiction and creative categories for the best book-length publications that significantly contribute to our understanding of Southeast Texas and the greater Gulf region. The Center encourages submissions that focus on its core region or position it within broader national, hemispheric, or global contexts. The committee will consider books published and copyrighted between 2021 to 2023 not previously submitted to the Summerlee Book Prize. Self-published or unpublished manuscripts are not eligible. Publishers and authors may nominate their work by sending three copies by March 15, 2023, to:

Jimmy L. Bryan Jr., Director

The Center for History and Culture

Lamar University

Box 10048

Beaumont, Tx 77710

Please designate to which category the Center should assign the submission. The nonfiction category may include but is not limited to history, environmental, literature and art, material culture, social science. The creative category may include but is not limited to novels, poetry, short story collections, graphic novels. For more information and past winners, contact Jimmy Bryan (jlbryan@lamar.edu) or visit our webpage.