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Awards Lannan Foundation: 2005 Cultural Freedom Fellowship awarded to both Bobby Byrd and Lee Merrill Byrd
"Lee Merrill Byrd and Bobby Byrd are the founders of Cinco Puntos Press, a publisher of non-fiction, fiction, poetry and children’s literature that brings the multicultural literatures of the American Southwest, the U.S./Mexico border region, and Mexico to a national audience. The Byrds started the press in 1985, naming it after their neighborhood in El Paso, Texas. Cinco Puntos, or “Five Points” in Spanish, received the American Book Award for excellence in publishing and was inducted into the Latino Literary Hall of Fame.
They have received five publishing grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, and three similar grants from the Texas Commission for the Arts. The Border Regional Library Association, in addition to awarding Southwest Book Awards for three of their books over the last decade, presented Cinco Puntos with a special Southwest Book Award in 1993 for outstanding achievement in bringing national recognition to their regional literature.
They have also received two grants from the Fideicomiso para la Cultura de México y Estados Unidos (funded jointly by the Belles Artes and the Rockefeller Foundation). In addition to their work in publishing, the Byrds are authors. Lee Merrill Byrd has written short stories and children’s books, and Bobby Byrd is a poet and essayist."
The American Book Award, 1999
In May 1999 the Before Columbus Foundation presented Cinco Puntos with its prestigious American Book Award for Excellence in Publishing. In their award announcement, the Before Columbus Foundation said, "We always hear about passion in this business, but rarely devotion. What Bobby and Lee Byrd have created is what begins as a dream and ideal for most people. But after the hard work and constant battles take their toll, most get jaded and things get reduced to a simple business proposition. Unlike the NAFTA-mindedness of corporate publishing culture, Bobby and Lee Byrd and all of Cinco Puntos have the integrity to continue to live their dream, not just on the border, but across borders. This is one family, one publisher, which deserves our attention and respect."
Awards for Cincos Puntos Press
- The American Book Award, 1999
Excellence in publishing
Before Columbus Foundation
- Sunshine Community Service Award, 1999
Excellence in publishing
Given by the Border Book Festival
- Dwight A. Myers Award, 1997
Excellence in regional publishing
Given by the Rocky Mountain Publishing Association
- Southwest Book Award, 1993
Excellence in publishing
Given by the Border Regional Library Association
Awards for Cinco Puntos Press books
- Sammy & Juliana in Hollywood by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
• Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults, 2005, Young Adult Library Services Association
• The New York Public Library List-Books for the Teen Age
- Cecilia's Year by Susan and Denise Gonzales Abraham
• The New York Public Library List-Books for the Teen Age
- Selavi by Youme Landowne
• Notable Book, American Library Association
• Texas Bluebonnet Master Award List, 2005
- Walking the Choctaw Road by Tim Tingle
• Notable Books for a Global Society
• Texas Bluebonnet Master Award List, 2005
- Walking the Choctaw Road CD by Tim Tingle
• YALSA Audio List for Young Adults
- The Treasure on Gold Street by Lee Merrill Byrd
• Southwest Book Award
• Skipping Stones Honor Book
• Paterson Poetry Center Children's Book Award
• Texas Institute of Letters, finalist for Children's Book Award
• Teddy Award, Texas Writers' League
- ¡Sí, Se Puede! Yes We Can! by Diana Cohn
• Skipping Stones Honor Book, 2002
• Vermont Center for the Book Top Ten Diversity Book, 2002
• Honor Book-Jane Addams Peace Award, 2002
- Six Kinds of Sky by Luis Alberto Urrea
• Foreword Magazine Editor's Choice: Fiction Book of the Year, 2002
- Pájaro Verde / The Green Bird by Joe Hayes
• Independent Publishers' IPPY Award, Best Children's Book, 2002
- Cada Niño / Every Child by Tish Hinojosa
• Southwest Book Award, 2002
- Efraín of the Sonoran Desert by Amalia Astorga and Gary Paul Nabhan
• Skipping Stones Honor Book, 2001
- ¡El Cucuy! by Joe Hayes
• Independent Publishers' IPPY Award, Best Children's Book, 2001
- Elegy on the Death of César Chávez by Rudolfo Anaya
• Skipping Stones Honor Book, 2000
• Latino Literary Hall of Fame, 2000
• Texas TAYSHAS High School Reading List
- Vatos photographs by José Galvez, poem by Luis Alberto Urrea
• Latino Literary Hall of Fame, 2000
• YALSA Young Adult Reluctant Reader's Quick Pick, 2002
• Texas TAYSHAS High School Reading List
- The Story of Colors / La Historia de los Colores by Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos
• Special Recognition, Firecracker Alternative Book Award, 1999
• Children's Book Award, Firecracker Alternative Book Award, 2000
- Grandma Fina and Her Wonderful Umbrellas / La Abuelita Fina y sus sombrillas Maravillosas by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
• Best Children's Book 2000, Texas Institute of Letters
- Farley's Jewel by Jon Ferguson
• Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Series, 1998
- Message to the Nurse of Dreams by Lisa Sandlin
• Best Fiction 1997, Texas Institute of Letters
- Keepers of the Earth by Laverne Harrell Clark
• Best First Novel 1997, Medicine Pipe Bearers Award, Western Writers of America
- The Moon Will Forever be a Distant Love by Luis Humberto Crosthwaite Translated by Debbie Nathan & Willivaldo Delgadillo
• Best Translation 1997, Texas Institute of Letters
- Dark and Perfect Angels by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
• Southwest Book Award, 1996
- Watch Out for Clever Women! ¡Cuidado con las Mujeres Astutas! by Joe Hayes
• Texas Bluebonnet Master Award List, 1997
• Southwest Book Award, 1997 |
