WLA 1999 Award Winners

C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s to the W in n ers of the W estern Literature Association ’s 1999 Aw ards, Presen ted at the 34th An n ual W LA Con feren ce in Sacram en to, Californ ia W L A ’s D i s t i n g u i s h e d A c h i e v e m e n t A w a r d J a m e s D . H o u s t o n a n d G e r a l d H a s l a m H o n o r ar y life m e m b e r s in th e W e st e r n Lit e r at u r e A sso c ia t io n . D e l b e r t a n d E d i t h W y l d e r A w a r d A n n R o n a l d Fo r lo n gt im e d ist in gu ish e d se r v ice to w ester n stu d ies. T h o m a s J. L y o n B o o k A w a r d T o m P i l k i n g t o n Fo r St at e o f M in d : T e x as L it e rat u re an d C u lt u re , an o u t st an d in g b o o k in A m e r ic a n liter ary cr it icism p u b lish e d in 1998. 1 9 9 9 D o n D . W a l k e r P r i z e K r i s t a C o m e r Fo r “R e v isin g W e st e r n C r it ic ism t h r o u gh W an d a C o le m a n ,” W est ern A m e ric an L it e rat u re 3 3 .4 (W in t e r 1 9 9 9 ), t h e b e st essay p u b lish e d in w ester n A m e r ic a n st u d ies. J. G o l d e n T a y l o r A w a r d J e n n y E m e r y D a v i d s o n Fo r “M ap p in g M an ife st D e st in y : T h e E x p e d it io n s an d R e p o r t s o f Jo h n C . F r e m o n t ,” th e fir st - p lace essay su b m it t e d to th e W L A C o n fe r e n c e by a gr ad u at e st u d e n t . ...