Textbook Excellence Award ("Texty")

Text and Academic Authors Association Texty

Type	Nonprofit Association
Industry	Academic Publishing Authors Association
Founded	1987
Headquarters	St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
Area served	United States
Key people	Mike Keedy, Founder; Richard Hull, Executive Director
Website	TAA Online

A Textbook Excellence Award ("Texty") from the Text and Academic Authors Association recognizes current textbooks and learning materials based on established by the group. Judges are veteran authors in appropriate subject areas. Nominations from eight subject areas are reviewed each year from titles with a current or prior year date of publication. A maximum of one award per category is granted annually. The first year this award was granted was 1992.

Subject areas awarded are:

Texty Awards are presented at the TAA Awards Ceremony, held during the association’s annual conference in June.

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