2025 Publication Awards

2025 Publication Awards

The Conservation Society of San Antonio
Publication Awards Luncheon & Presentation
Honoring the 2025 Award Recipients

March 28, 2025 – 10:30am

The Conservation Society’s Publication Awards luncheon, which occurs every other year, publicly recognizes the authors of the best recently published books on Texas history.

From the thirty-three nominations received this summer, our volunteer readers determined the top ten, and chose one winning children’s book.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL 2025 PUBLICATION AWARD RECIPIENTS!

Arte Del Pueblo: The Outdoor Public Art of San Antonio

By: Dr. Frederick Preston and Dr. Carmen Tafolla

https://fprestonphotography.com/Published by: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2022

Front cover of Battleground Bexar book

Battleground Bexar: The 1835 Siege of San Antonio

By: Richard L. Curilla

Published by: State House Press, 2022

Author Lewis F. Fisher, San Antonio Conservations seal and book cover for Brackenridge

Brackenridge: San Antonio’s Acclaimed Urban Park

By: Lewis F. Fisher

Published by: Trinity University Press, 2022

Front cover A History of the Waco Mammoth Site book

A History of the Waco Mammoth Site: In Pursuit of a National Monument

By: Calvin Smith and David O. Lintz

Published by: Baylor University Press, 2023

Authors Sheri Phillabaum and Roy Ellzey and book cover for The Legend of the Fire Stag

The Legend of the Fire Stag – Children’s Award

By: Sheri Phillabaum and Roy Ellzey, illustrated by Liz Painter

Author Anne Elise Urrutia, San Antonio Conservation Society Foundation seal, book cover for Miraflores

Miraflores: San Antonio’s Mexican Garden of Memory

By: Anne Elise Urrutia

Published by: Trinity University Press, 2022

Front cover of Preston Morgan Bolton, Texas Architect and Civic Leader book

Preston Morgan Bolton, Texas Architect and Civic Leader

By: Lillian C. Woo

Published by: Texas A&M University Press, 2022

Author Jo Scott-Coe, San Antonio Conservation Society Foundation seal, book cover for Unheard Witness

Unheard Witness: The Life and Death of Kathy Leissner Whitman

By: Jo Scott-Coe

Published by: The University of Texas Press, 2023

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