About the Award
The MLA Literary Award recognizes a Missouri writer or an individual who has written an outstanding book on some aspect of Missouri life. The Award may be given for a body of work or for an outstanding book written during a specific year.
Nominations
| Year | Recipient | Title(s) or Body of Work |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Phillip Howerton | The Literature of the Ozarks |
| 2018 | Not Awarded | |
| 2013 | not awarded | |
| 2012 | Kate Klise | |
| 2009-2011 | not awarded | |
| 2008 | Daniel Woodrell | Winter's Bone |
| 2007 | David L. Harrison | [body of work] |
| 2006 | Whitney Terrell | The Huntsman; The King of Kings County |
| 2005 | Ron Powers | [body of work] |
| 2004 | not awarded | |
| 2003 | Paulette Giles | Enemy Women |
| 2001, 2002 | not awarded | |
| 2000 | John Mort | Soldier in Paradise |
| 1999 | C.W. Gusewelle | [Kansas City Star] |
| 1998 | Dr. Robert Hamblin, Southeast Missouri State University | [body of work] |
| 1997 | Rebecca Schroeder | [University of Missouri Press] |
| 1996 | not awarded | |
| 1995 | Dorothy Heckman Shrader | Steamboat Legacy |
| 1995 | Dr. Douglas Wixson | Worker-Writer in America |
| 1992-1994 | not awarded | |
| 1991 | Paul C. Nagel | |
| 1990 | John Mort | The Walnut King |