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The J. Golden Taylor Award

Named for the first editor of Western American Literature, one of the Western Literature Association’s founders and presidents, this award was established in 1984 and is presented to the graduate student who submitted the best paper to the annual conference. [The recipient of this award has to be enrolled as a graduate student at the time of the WLA Conference.] The paper should be conference-length, not exceeding 15 pages. Since 2000, the award can only be received once.

2007 Award Recipient: Patrick Gleason

2006 Award Recipient: Angela Waldie

2005 Award Recipient: John Gamber

2004 Award Recipient: Ianina Arnold

2003 Award Recipient: Matt Burkhart

2002 Award Recipient: Laurie Clements Lambeth

2001 Award Recipient: Virginia Kennedy

2000 Award Recipient: Jenny Emery Davidson

1999 Award Recipient: Jenny Emery Davidson

1998 Award Recipient: Anne L. Kaufman

1997 Award Recipient: Jonathan Pitts

1996 Award Recipient: Wes Mantooth

1995 Award Recipient: Phil Coleman-Hull

1994 Award Recipient: David Mazel

1993 Award Recipient: Evelyn I. Funda

1989 Award Recipient: Nat Lewis

1988 Award Recipient: Nancy Cook

1987 Award Recipient: Cheryll Burgess Glotfelty

1986 Award Recipient: Linda A. Hughson-Ross

1984 Award Recipient: Anne K. Phillips