Photograph of Joyce Bankston gesturing towards a photograph at the Bankston, Shugart and Stryker: Horse Country Photographers exhibit reception. The exhibit was featured at the UNT on the Square gallery from June 16-July 19, 2014. Photographs are displayed on wall.

Photograph of two unknown men in Western attire at the Bankston, Shugart and Stryker: Horse Country Photographers exhibit reception. The exhibit was featured at the UNT on the Square gallery from June 16-July 19, 2014. Two horse photographs can be seen in the background.

Photograph of John Vance (left) of Dallas, Texas and Robert "Bob" Mong (right), the University of North Texas at Dallas President. Trophy reads, "Ten Spurs John Vance First Place - 2014 Personal Essay The Mayborn, UNT". Photographed at the 2014 Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. Narratives on the Cutting Edge, July 18 - 20, 2014 in Grapevine, TX. John Vance won first place for "Three Questions," in the personal essay category.

Photograph of Anne-Marie Corley of Dallas, Texas. Trophy reads, "Ten Spurs Anne-Marie Corley Second Place - 2014 Personal Essay The Mayborn, UNT". Photographed at the 2014 Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. Narratives on the Cutting Edge, July 18 - 20, 2014 in Grapevine, TX. Anne-Marie Corley won second place for "Letter to a Commanding Officer," in the personal essay category.

Photograph of Don Shugart (right) and Ray Bankston (left) sitting on a bench and conversing at the Bankston, Shugart and Stryker: Horse Country Photographers exhibit reception. The exhibit was featured at the UNT on the Square gallery from June 16-July 19, 2014. In the background photographs by Ray Bankston are visible.

Photograph of Dr. Martin Halbert, former Dean of the University of North Texas Libraries, addressing an audience at the Bankston, Shugart and Stryker: Horse Country Photographers exhibit reception. The exhibit was featured at the UNT on the Square gallery from June 16-July 19, 2014. Ray Bankston is visible sitting in the foreground of the photo.

Photograph of Don Shugart (left) with wife Jan Shugart (right) at Bankston, Shugart and Stryker: Horse Country Photographers exhibit reception. The exhibit was featured at the UNT on the Square gallery from June 16-July 19, 2014. In the background, photographs taken by Shugart are visible.

Photograph of Dorothy Bland (left), Mayborn Dean and Graduate Institute Director, George Getschow (center), co-founder and writer-in-residence for the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, Roy Busby (right), a Regents professor in the Mayborn School of Journalism, standing with two unidentified man (far left) and (far right). Attending the 2014 Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. Narratives on the Cutting Edge, in Grapevine, TX.

Photograph of Kevin Hawkins (left), Julie Judkins, Cathy Hartman and unknown fourth (right), conversing at the Bankston, Shugart and Stryker: Horse Country Photographers exhibit reception. The exhibit was featured at the UNT on the Square gallery from June 16-July 19, 2014. In the background, other exhibit attendees are partially visible.

Photograph of an unknown woman in pink attire examining a photo at the Bankston, Shugart and Stryker: Horse Country Photographers exhibit reception. The exhibit was featured at the UNT on the Square gallery from June 16-July 19, 2014. Photographs are visible on walls.

Photograph of an unknown man speaking at a podium at the Bankston, Shugart and Stryker: Horse Country Photographers exhibit reception. The exhibit was featured at the UNT on the Square gallery from June 16-July 19, 2014. In the background, two photographs are visible. A plaque on the podium reads, "Institute for the Advancement of the Arts."

Photograph of Don Shugart (left) and Ray Bankston (right) smiling at camera and sitting on a bench at the Bankston, Shugart and Stryker: Horse Country Photographers exhibit reception. The exhibit was featured at the UNT on the Square gallery from June 16-July 19, 2014. Photographs are visible in background.

Photograph of an unknown man in purple shirt looking at a photograph displayed at the Bankston, Shugart and Stryker: Horse Country Photographers exhibit reception. The exhibit was featured at the UNT on the Square gallery from June 16-July 19, 2014. Other photographs displayed along wall.

Photograph of Ray Bankston (center) with wife Joyce Bankston (right) and an unknown woman (left) at the Bankston, Shugart and Stryker: Horse Country Photographers exhibit reception. The exhibit was featured at the UNT on the Square gallery from June 16-July 19, 2014. In the background exhibit photographs are visible.

Photograph of photographer Don Shugart (left) and his wife Jan (right) at the Bankston, Shugart and Stryker: Horse Country Photographers exhibit reception. The exhibit was featured at the UNT on the Square gallery from June 16-July 19, 2014. Don Shugart appears to be speaking at a podium that reads, "Institute for the Advancement of the Arts, UNT on the Square." In the background, exhibit photos are visible.

Photograph of Don Shugart (right) with an unknown man (left) at the Bankston, Shugart and Stryker: Horse Country Photographers exhibit reception. The exhibit was featured at the UNT on the Square gallery from June 16-July 19, 2014. Shugart's photographs are visible in the background.

Photograph of Jonathan Aupring (left) of Fort Worth, Texas and Dorothy Bland (right), Mayborn Dean and Graduate Institute Director. Trophy reads, "Ten Spurs Jonathan Aupring Runner Up - 2014 The Mayborn, UNT". Photographed at the 2014 Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. Narratives on the Cutting Edge, July 18 - 20, 2014 in Grapevine, TX. Jonathan Aupring won Runner Up for "Food Truck Park," runner up entries to be published in "Ten Spurs".

Photograph of Joyce Bankston (left) and husband, photographer Ray Bankston (right) at the Bankston, Shugart and Stryker: Horse Country Photographers exhibit reception. The exhibit was featured at the UNT on the Square gallery from June 16-July 19, 2014. Photographs of the exhibit are visible in the background.

Photograph of exhibition attendees at Bankston, Shugart and Stryker: Horse Country Photographers exhibit reception. The exhibit was featured at the UNT on the Square gallery from June 16-July 19, 2014. Exhibit photographs are visible hanging in the background.

Photograph of J. Don Vann and his wife Dolores Vann, observing photos at the Bankston, Shugart and Stryker: Horse Country Photographers exhibit reception. The exhibit was featured at the UNT on the Square gallery from June 16-July 19, 2014.

Photograph of Lindsey Bacon Bertrand (left) of Fredericksburg, Texas, and Robert "Bob" Mong, the University of North Texas at Dallas President. Trophy reads, "Ten Spurs Lindsay Bacon Bertrand First Place - 2014 Reported Narrative The Mayborn, UNT". Photographed at the 2014 Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. Narratives on the Cutting Edge, July 18 - 20, 2014 in Grapevine, TX. Lindsey Bacon Bertrand won first place for "What Remains," in the reported narrative category.

Portrait of Adela Pace, the Mayborn School of Journalism's advertising sales manager.

Photograph of Ray Bankston (left) and former University of North Texas (UNT) Dean of Libraries, Martin Halbert (right), at the Bankston, Shugart and Stryker: Horse Country Photographers exhibit reception. The exhibit was featured at the UNT on the Square gallery from June 16-July 19, 2014.

Photograph of Sue Mayborn (left), a philanthropist and one of the namesakes of the UNT's Mayborn School of Journalism, and George Getschow (center), co-founder and writer-in-residence for the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. Attending the 2014 Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. Narratives on the Cutting Edge, in Grapevine, TX.