East Texas Histoical Awards

The East Texas Historical Association presents a variety of awards http://www.easttexashistorical.org/ Self-described as C. K. Chamberlain Award honors the article judged (by a panel of peers) the best to appear in the East Texas Historical Journal within a year Ralph W. Steen Award honors those who have served the Association through activities primarily other than writing Lucille Terry Historical Preservation Award, also sponsored by the Texas Forestry Museum, honors outstanding works of historical preservation of landmarks in East Texas Ottis Lock Endowment Awards honors outstanding teaching, the best book on East Texas each year and research grants for those who study East Texas historical topics; A number of research grant awards are made annually, usually in amounts of $500 to $1000. Best of East Texas Award is awarded for one-of-a-kind and best-there-is promotion of East Texas and its historic importance. The Best of East Texas Award is endowed by Bob and Doris Bowman of Lufkin, owners of Best of East Texas Publishers and Bob Bowman & Associates, Inc.