Nevada Writers Hall of Fame
Writers Hall of Fame 2011
2011 Writers Hall of Fame
About the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame
Nevada Writers Hall of Fame was conceived by former Friends' of the University Library President Marilyn Melton in 1988. She envisioned two purposes: an annual event honoring Nevada's finest writers, and a stimulus to encourage excellence among emerging writers in the Silver State.
The first selection committee met at Marilyn's home and chose Robert Laxalt and Walter Van Tilburg Clark to be the recipients. Since that time the Hall of Fame has become an annual event. Including the 2010 inductees, there are now 46 members of the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame.
The names of all of the authors who have been inducted into the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame are now prominently displayed on a wall of honor in the Tower Entrance and Reception Gallery of the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center.
The 2011 Nevada Writers Hall of Fame Award was presented to cowboy poet Waddie Mitchell on November 17, 2011. During the annual ceremony which, awards were also given out to Silver Pen recipients David Philip Mullins and Matthew O’Brien. Check out our photo gallery of the event.
For more information on the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame, please contact:
Millie Mitchell, Director of Development
University Libraries
Phone: (775) 682-5682
E-mail:
Nevada Writers Hall of Fame Members
2011 - Waddie Mitchell
2010 - Darrell Spencer
2009 - H. Lee Barnes, The Sagebrush School
2008 - Sally Denton
2007 - Emma Sepulveda, Douglas Unger
2006 - Ann Ronald
2005 - Phyllis Barber, Richard Wiley
2004 - William
L. Fox, Hal Rothman
2003 - Dave
Hickey, John
Irsfeld
2002 - Tom Meschery
2001 - Morris Brownell, Robert Gorrell, Rollan Melton
2000 - Bernard Schopen, Sally Zanjani
1999 - Adrian Louis, Joanne Meschery
1998 - Frank Bergon, Russell Elliott, Mark Twain
1997 - James Hulse, Idah Meacham Strobridge
1996 - Barbara Land, Myrick Land, Nell Murbarger
1995 - Ann Herbert Scott, Alfred Doten
1994 - Kirk Robertson, Dan De Quille
1993 - Stephen S.N. Liu, Sarah Winnemucca
1992 - A. Wilber Stevens, Lucius Beebe
1991 - Wilbur Shepperson, Will James
1990 - Hart Wegner, Virginia Coffman, Charlton Laird
1989 - Sessions Wheeler, Joanne de Longchamps
1988 - Walter Van Tilburg Clark, Robert Laxalt
Silver Pen Award
The Silver Pen Award was established as part of the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame in 1996 to recognize writers who are in mid-career, but have already shown substantial achievement. It is seen as a way of both honoring this talent and also encouraging other writers, both emerging and in mid-career. As Nevada writers, it is hoped that through outstanding work they would one day be inducted into the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame.
Silver Pen Award Recipients
2011 - David Philip Mullins, Matthew O'Brien
2010 - Terri Farley, John L. Smith
2009 - Charles Bock, Robert Leonard Reid
2008 - Don Waters
2007 - Richard Moreno, Willy Vlautin
2006 - Ellen Hopkins, Susan Palwick
2005 - Donald Revell, David Winkler
2004 - Aliki Barnstone, Clay Straus Jenkinson
2003 - Sally Denton
2002 - Carolyn Dufurrena, Gregory Martin
2001 - Claudia Keelan, Steven Nightingale
2000 - nila northSun, Emma Sepulveda
1999 - Linda Hussa, Gailmarie Pahmeier
1998 - Shaun Griffin
1997 - William Fox, Gary Short
1996 - Teresa Jordan, Douglas Unger
