The William E. Colby Award was established in 1999 by the William E. Colby Military Writers' Symposium at Norwich University

Norwich University

Norwich University is a private university located in Northfield, Vermont . The university was founded in 1819 at Norwich, Vermont, as the American Literary, Scientific and Military Academy. It is the oldest of six Senior Military Colleges, and is recognized by the United States Department of...

 in Vermont

Vermont

Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...

 in order to recognize "a first work of fiction or non-fiction that has made a major contribution to the understanding of intelligence operations, military history, or international affairs." The Colby Circle was co-founded by writers Carlo D'Este

Carlo D'Este

Carlo D'Este is an American military historian and biographer, author of several books, especially on World War II. He is a retired U.S...

 and W.E.B. Griffin. The award is currently administered by the Tawani Foundation in Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

, and presented at the annual Liberty Gala of the Pritzker Military Library

Pritzker Military Library

The Pritzker Military Library is a research library for the study of military history in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded in 2003 by COL James N. Pritzker, IL ARNG to be a non-partisan institution for the study of "the citizen soldier as an essential element for the preservation of...

.

Recipients

• 2011 Karl Marlantes
  Karl Marlantes
  Karl Marlantes is the author of Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War, a New York Times Top 10 Bestseller published in 2010. The New York Times declared Matterhorn "one of the most profound and devastating novels ever to come out of Vietnam"...
  
  , Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War
  Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War
  Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War is a novel by American author and decorated Marine Karl Marlantes. It was first published by El Leon Literary Arts in 2009 and re-issued as a major publication of Atlantic Monthly Press on March 23, 2010.Marlantes is a graduate of Yale University and a...
  
  
• 2010 Jack H. Jacobs
  Jack H. Jacobs
  Jack Howard Jacobs is a retired colonel in the United States Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions during the Vietnam War. He currently serves as a military analyst for MSNBC and previously worked as an investment manager....
  
  , If Not Now, When?
• 2009 Dexter Filkins
  Dexter Filkins
  Dexter Price Filkins is an American journalist known primarily for his coverage of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for The New York Times. He was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2002 for his dispatches from Afghanistan, and he won a Pulitzer Prize in 2009 as part of a team of New York Times...
  
  , The Forever War
  The Forever War (book)
  The Forever War is a non-fiction book by American journalist Dexter Filkins about his observations on assignment in Afghanistan and Iraq during the US invasion of Afghanistan and the Iraq War...
  
  , and Marcus Luttrell
  Marcus Luttrell
  Marcus Luttrell is a former Petty Officer First Class and United States Navy SEAL. He received the Navy Cross for his actions in 2005 facing Taliban fighters during Operation Red Wing.-Early life:...
  
  , Lone Survivor
• 2008 R. Alan King
  R. Alan King
  R. Alan King is an American soldier, award winning author and technical advisor. He is a retired colonel, US Army Reserve. He was awarded two Bronze Star Medals with Valor device during "Operation Iraqi Freedom."-Early life:...
  
  , Twice Armed: An American Soldier's Battle for the Hearts and Minds in Iraq
• 2007 John Glusman, Conduct Under Fire, and Ian Toll, Six Frigates
• 2006 Nathaniel Fick
  Nathaniel Fick
  Nathaniel C. "Nate" Fick is a veteran United States Marine Corps officer and CEO of the Center for a New American Security, a national security think tank based in Washington, D.C. He came to public notice for his writing on military life and the current conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq...
  
   One Bullet Away, and Kevin Weddle, Lincoln's Tragic Admiral
• 2005 Sidney Shachnow
  Sidney Shachnow
  Sidney Shachnow is a Holocaust survivor who attained the rank of Major General in United States Army. He retired in 1994, after 40 years of active service.-Surviving the concentration camp:...
  
   and Jann Robbins Hope and Honor, and 2005 Jon Meacham
  Jon Meacham
  Jon Meacham is executive editor and executive vice president at Random House. A former editor of Newsweek and a Pulitzer Prize winning bestselling author and a commentator on politics, history, and religious faith in America, he is a contributing editor to Time magazine and editor-at-large of WNET...
  
   Franklin and Winston
• 2004 Bing West
  Bing West
  Francis J. "Bing" West is an author and former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs during the Reagan Administration. His 2004 book The March Up: Taking Baghdad with the First Marine Division, written with United States Marine Corps General Ray L...
  
   and Major General Ray L. Smith
  Ray L. Smith
  Ray L. Smith is a retired United States Marine Corps major general. Smith is a highly decorated Marine who has commanded infantry units at all levels. His awards received for service in combat during the Vietnam War include the Navy Cross, two Silver Stars, the Bronze Star, and three Purple...
  
   The March Up, and Robert L. Bateman No Gun Ri
• 2003 Bryan Mark Rigg
  Bryan Mark Rigg
  Bryan Mark Rigg born 1971, is an American author and speaker who received his PhD from Cambridge University. He is based at Southern Methodist University in Dallas....
  
   Hitler's Jewish Soldiers
• 2002 Patrick K. O'Donnell Beyond Valor, and Ralph Wetterhahn The Last Battle
• 2001 James Bradley
  James Bradley
  James Bradley FRS was an English astronomer and served as Astronomer Royal from 1742, succeeding Edmund Halley. He is best known for two fundamental discoveries in astronomy, the aberration of light , and the nutation of the Earth's axis...
  
   with Ron Powers
  Ron Powers
  Ron Powers is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, novelist, and non-fiction writer. His face include White Town Drowsing: Journeys to Hannibal, Dangerous Water: A Biography of the Boy Who Became Mark Twain, and Mark Twain: A Life...
  
   Flags of Our Fathers
• 2000 B.G. Burkett and Glenna Whitley Stolen Valor
• 1999 Fred Chiaventone A Road We Do Not Know, and Bill Harlow Circle William

External links

• William E. Colby Award, official website.