The Langum Prize for American Historical Fiction (or David J. Langum, Sr. Prize in American Historical Fiction) is awarded for
historical fiction and given since 2003.[1] The prize is for $1,000 and is awarded annually at
Wheeler Theater,
Port Townsend, Washington, in conjunction with
Centrum Foundation’s annual Writers Conference.[1] The trust asks publishers to submit titles over the year.[1] Titles submitted are pre-selected by the trust based on what the trust believes would be appropriate for the prize.[1]
The David J. Langum, Sr. Prize in American Legal History or Biography (or Langum Prize for Legal History or Biography) is awarded for legal history or biography and given since 2001.[2] The prize is $1,000 and is awarded annually at the
Birmingham Public Library,
Birmingham, Alabama.[2] The ceremony is sponsored by the Friends of the Birmingham Public Library and the Birmingham Public Library.[2]
Honorees
Past winners and honorees of the David J. Langum Sr. Prizes.
2001 (Historical Fiction Prize): No Award
2001 (Legal History):
Elizabeth Urban Alexander, Notorious Woman: The Celebrated Case of Myra Clark Gaines (Louisiana State University Press)
2002 (Historical Fiction Prize): No Award
2002 (Legal History):
Stuart Banner, The Death Penalty: An American History (Harvard University Press)
2002 (Legal History):
Lawrence M. Friedman, American Law in the 20th Century (Yale University Press)
(Historical Fiction Honorable Mention):
Sanora Babb, Whose Names Are Unknown: A Novel (University of Oklahoma Press)
2004 (Legal History):
John M. Ferren, Salt of the Earth, Conscience of the Court: The Story of Justice Wiley Rutledge (University of North Carolina Press)
2005 (Legal History):
Richard J. Ellis, To the Flag: The Unlikely History of the Pledge of Allegiance (University Press of Kansas)
(Legal History Honorable Mention):
John W. Johnson, Griswold v. Connecticut: Birth Control and the Constitutional Right of Privacy (Kansas University Press
2013 (Legal History/Biography):
Whitney Strub, Obscenity Rules: Roth v. United States and the Long Struggle over Sexual Expression
(Legal History/Biography Honorable Mention):
Alexander Wohl, Father, Son, and Constitution: How Justice Tom Clark and Attorney General Ramsey Clark Shaped American Democracy
2014 (Historical Fiction Prize):
Kimberly Elkins, What is Visible
(Historical Fiction Honorable Mention):
Catherine Bell, Rush of Shadows