Military Writing & Fiction Awards
Memorial Day
Pritzker Military Museum & Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing
The Pritzker Military Museum & Library Literature Award serves to recognize a living author who has made a significant contribution to the understanding of military history including military affairs.1
The 2023 Award went to Dr. Craig L. Symonds, Professor Emeritus of History at the United States Naval Academy. His newest book is a wartime biography of Admiral Chester Nimitz entitled Nimitz at War, released in 2022.Â
The first Pritzker Award went to James Munro McPherson in 2007 who wrote, This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War.
W.Y. Boyd Award for Excellence in Military Fiction
The W. Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction is awarded annually by the American Library Association for "the best fiction set in a period when the United States was at war." The award intends to recognize "the service of American veterans and military personnel.
"The Award was funded by William Young Boyd II (1926-2015), author, and World War II veteran. Boyd was Chairman of the Board of the Boyd Steamship Corporation.2
The 2024 Award was to P.T. Dautermann for Iwo, 26 Charlie.
The first Boyd Award (1997) to Jeffrey Shaara, was made into the film, Gods and Generals, a prequel to his father’s novel (Michael Shaara)— 1974 Pulitzer Prize–winning work about the Battle of Gettysburg, The Killer Angels.
McPherson Lecture at The Constitution Center
James McPherson, American historian specializing in the American Civil War, is the George Henry Davis Professor Emeritus of United States History at Princeton University. He received the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era.
Didn't Patton say something about "No one won a war dying for his country, it's making the other poor bastard die for his."
Thank you. I learned a lot.