VIDEO : Dolly Parton, Kelsea Ballerini & More To Be Honored By Academy Of Country Music

During a television special, George Strait, Dolly Parton, Kelsea Ballerini, Eric Church, Reba McEntire, Toby Keith, Willie Nelson and Shel Silverstein will be honored by the Academy of Country Music. On Tuesday the ACM announced its award honorees for the ACM Honors show, which will be held in Nashville on Aug. 23 and broadcast at a later date on CBS. Parton will receive the Gary Haber Lifting Lives Award. Keith, Nelson and Silverstein will get the Poet's Award.