Langum Prizes

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The David J. Langum Sr. Prizes are American literary awards for historical fiction, biography and legal history. They have been awarded annually since 2001 by the Langum Charitable Trust.

The Langum Prize for American Historical Fiction (or David J. Langum, Sr. Prize in American Historical Fiction) is awarded for historical fiction and given since 2003.[1] The prize is for $1,000 and is awarded annually at Wheeler Theater, Port Townsend, Washington, in conjunction with Centrum Foundation’s annual Writers Conference.[1] The trust asks publishers to submit titles over the course of the year.[1] Titles submitted are pre-selected by the trust based on what the trust believes would be appropriate for the prize.[1]

The David J. Langum, Sr. Prize in American Legal History or Biography (or Langum Prize for Legal History or Biography) is awarded for legal history or biography and given since 2001.[2] The prize is for $1,000 and is awarded annually at the Birmingham Public Library, Birmingham, Alabama.[2] The ceremony is sponsored by the Friends of the Birmingham Public Library and the Birmingham Public Library.[2]

Honorees

Past winners and honorees of the David J. Langum Sr. Prizes.

  • 2012 (Historical Fiction Prize): Ron Rash, The Cove
    • (Historical Fiction Honorable Mention): Steve Wiegenstein, Slant of Light: A Novel of Utopian Dreams and Civil War
  • 2012 (Legal History/Biography): Samuel Walker, Presidents and Civil Liberties from Wilson to Obama: A Story of Poor Custodians
    • (Legal History/Biography Honorable Mention): R. Kent Newmyer, The Treason Trial of Aaron Burr: Law, Politics, and the Character Wars of the New Nation
  • 2011 (Historical Fiction Prize): Julie Otsuka, The Buddha in the Attic
    • (Historical Fiction Honorable Mention): Geraldine Brooks, Caleb's Crossing
    • (Historical Fiction Director’s Mention): John M. Archer, After the Rain: A Novel of War and Coming Home
    • (Historical Fiction Director’s Mention): James Hoggard, The Mayor’s Daughter
    • (Historical Fiction Director’s Mention): Hugh Nissenson, The Pilgrim: A Novel
    • (Historical Fiction Director’s Mention): Sheila Ortiz-Taylor, Homestead
    • (Historical Fiction Director’s Mention): Shirley Reva Vernick, The Blood Lie
  • 2011 (Legal History): Stuart Banner, American Property: A History of How, Why, and What We Own
  • 2011 (Legal History): Joanna L. Grossman and Lawrence M. Friedman, Inside the Castle: Law and the Family in 20th Century America
  • 2010 (Historical Fiction Prize): Ann Weisgarber, The Personal History of Rachel DuPree (Viking)
    • (Historical Fiction Honorable Mention): Robin Oliveira, My Name is Mary Sutter (Viking)
    • (Historical Fiction Director’s Mention): Kelli Carmean, Creekside: An Archeological Novel (University of Alabama Press)
    • (Historical Fiction Director’s Mention): Jackson Taylor, The Blue Orchard (Simon & Schuster)
  • 2010 (Legal History): Stephen C. Neff, Justice in Blue and Gray: A Legal History of the Civil War
  • 2008 (Historical Fiction Prize): Kathleen Kent, The Heretic’s Daughter (Little, Brown)
    • (Historical Fiction Honorable Mention): Elisabeth Payne Rosen, Hallam’s War (Unbridled Books)
    • (Historical Fiction Director’s Mention): Jack Fuller, Abbeville (Unbridled Books)
  • 2008 (Legal History): Ernest Freeberg, Democracy’s Prisoner: Eugene V. Debs, the Great War, and the Right to Dissent (Harvard University Press)
    • (Legal History Honorable Mention): Peter Charles Hoffer, The Treason Trials of Aaron Burr (University Press of Kansas)
  • 2007 (Historical Fiction Prize): Kurt Andersen, Heyday (Random House) [4]
  • 2007 (Legal History): Bruce J. Dierenfield, The Battle over School Prayer: How Engel v. Vitale Changed America (University Press of Kansas)
  • 2006 (Historical Fiction Prize): Sheldon Russell, Dreams to Dust: A Tale of the Oklahoma Land Rush (University of Oklahoma Press)
  • 2006 (Legal History): Saul Cornell, A Well-Regulated Militia: The Founding Fathers and the Origins of Gun Control in America (Oxford University Press)
    • (Legal History Honorable Mention): Carolyn N. Long, Mapp v. Ohio: Guarding against Unreasonable Searches and Seizures (University Press of Kansas)
  • 2005 (Historical Fiction Prize): Peter Donahue, Madison House: A Novel (Hawthorne Books) [5]
  • 2005 (Legal History): Richard J. Ellis, To the Flag: The Unlikely History of the Pledge of Allegiance (University Press of Kansas)
    • (Legal History Honorable Mention): John W. Johnson, Griswold v. Connecticut: Birth Control and the Constitutional Right of Privacy (Kansas University Press
  • 2004 (Historical Fiction Prize): Linda Busby Parker, Seven Laurels: A Novel (Southeast Missouri State University Press)
    • (Historical Fiction Honorable Mention): Sanora Babb, Whose Names Are Unknown: A Novel (University of Oklahoma Press)
  • 2004 (Legal History): John M. Ferren, Salt of the Earth, Conscience of the Court: The Story of Justice Wiley Rutledge (University of North Carolina Press)
  • 2003 (Historical Fiction Prize): Robert J. Begiebing, Rebecca Wentworth’s Distraction: A Novel (University Press of New England)
  • 2003 (Legal History): Robert J. Cottrol, Raymond T. Diamond, and Leland B. Ware, Brown v. Board of Education: Caste, Culture, and the Constitution (University Press of Kansas) [6]
  • 2002 (Historical Fiction Prize): No Award
  • 2002 (Legal History): Stuart Banner, The Death Penalty: An American History (Harvard University Press)
  • 2002 (Legal History): Lawrence M. Friedman, American Law in the 20th Century (Yale University Press)
  • 2001 (Historical Fiction Prize): No Award
  • 2001 (Legal History): Elizabeth Urban Alexander, Notorious Woman: The Celebrated Case of Myra Clark Gaines (Louisiana State University Press)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 David J. Langum, Sr. Prize in American Historical Fiction, official website
  2. ↑ Poets & Writers Magazine. 38.4 (July-August 2010): p83. From Literature Resource Center. Last accessed Oct. 8, 2012.
  3. ↑ Van Gelder, L. (2008, April 10). Footnotes. New York Times. p. 2. Last accessed Oct. 8, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Indie press book nabs Langum Prize." Publishers Weekly 6 Feb. 2006: 12. Literature Resource Center. Gale Document Number: GALE|A141994144. Accessed: 8 Oct. 2012.
  5. ↑ "Honors." (2004, Mar 21). Advocate [Baton Rouge, La]. Last accessed Oct. 8, 2012

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