The winners of the 1st annual Richard and Minnie Windler Award are Martha Caroline Easley and Walter S. Judd of the University of Florida, for their paper entitled “Vascular flora of the southern upland property of Paynes Prairie State Preserve, Alachua County, Florida” (Castanea 55(3): 142-186). The paper was derived from a master’s thesis completed by Ms. Easley under the direction of Dr. Judd.