Ausgezeichnete Western-Literatur – Teil 4: Die Will Rogers Medallion Awards

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Photographic Essays (Fotobücher)

(2007)2008
• Lisa Norman: Haythorn Land & Cattle Co.: A Horseman’s Heritage
• Bill Wittliff: A Book of Photographs from Lonesome Dove

(2008)2009 und (2009)2010 (nicht vergeben)

(2010)2011
• Andy Westfall: Humboldt Heartland: Ranching on California’s Remote North Coast
• Vaughn Wilson: Tell Me About That Horse
• Sue Cunningham & Jean Cates: It’s All About The Buckle: Cooking With The C-C

(2011)2012 und (2012)2013 (nicht vergeben)

(2013)2014 Andy Wilkinson: A Family of the Land: The Texas Photography of Guy Gillette

(2014)2015 Larry Len Peterson: Charles M. Russell: Photographing the Legend
Platz 2: Ben Masters: Unbranded: Four Men and Sixteen Mustangs. Three Thousand Miles across the American West

(2015)2016 James P. Owens: Cowboy Ethics: What It Takes To Win At Life
Platz 2: John Lopez: John Lopez Sculpture “Grand River Series”

(2016)2017 C.J. Hadley (Hg.): Cowboys and Critters

(2017)2018 C.J. Hadley: The Good, The Bad & The Bovine

(2018)2019 (geteilt) Chris Enns: Cowboys, Creatures & Classics
& C.J. Hadley: Magnificent American West

(2019)2020 C.J. Hadley: Tales from Out There

(2020)2021 Victoria Wilcox: The World of Doc Holliday


Western Nonfiction (Sachbücher)

(2007)2008
• Gail Highbanks Woener: Rope to Win
• Anne Nicholson Drake: Clear Fork Kinship

(2008)2009
• Joseph B. Fussell (Hg.: E.R. Fussell): Unbridled Cowboy

(2009)2010
• Pat Jacobs: Outlaws, Outcasts and Second Chance Horses
• Pat Reagan & Jean G. Schnitz: Some Were Cowboys
• John O. Baxter: Cowboy Park: Steer-Roping Contests on the Border

(2010)2011
• Frank Maynard & Jim Hoy: Cowboy’s Lament
• David Fillingim: Georgia Cowboy Poets

(2011)2012
• Janet McBride & Mary Neal Schutz: Still Lovin’ the Ride: The Janet McBride Story
• Richard D. White: Will Rogers: A Political Life

(2012)2013 Kenneth R. Stevens: The Texas Legation Papers
Platz 2: Peter R. Rose: The Reckoning
Platz 3: Sam Dalmont: Once Upon a Texas Cattle Ranch

(2013)2014 Linda Kirkpatrick: Tales of the Frio Canyon: Stories of the Texas Hill Country

(2014)2015 Alvin R. Lynn: Kit Carson and the First Battle of Adobe Walls
Platz 2: Cynthia Leal Massey: Death of a Texas Ranger
Platz 3: Joe Johnston: Necessary Evil
Platz 4: Howard Kazanjian & Chris Enss: The Death Row All Stars: A Story of Baseball, Corruption, and Murder
Platz 5: Paul N. Spellman: Old 300: Gone to Texas

(2015)2016 Joe Johnston: Missouri’s Last Vigilante
Platz 2: Howard Kazanjian & Chris Enss: Mochi’s War: The Tragedy of Sand Creek
Platz 3: Sylvia Gann Mahoney: Finding the Great Northern Trail

(2016)2017 John J. Dwyer: The Oklahomans: The Story of Oklahoma and Its People, Vol. 1: Ancient-Statehood
Platz 2: Glen Sample Ely: The Texas Frontier and The Butterfield Overland Mail, 1858-1861
Platz 3: Charles E. Wright: Law at Little Big Horn

(2017)2018 Larry Len Peterson: American Trinity: Jefferson, Custer, and the Spirit of the West
Platz 2: Chris Enss: The Pinks
Platz 3: Sherry Monahan & Jane Perkins: The Golden Elixir of the West: Whiskey and the Shaping of America

(2018)2019 John F. Ross: The Promise of the Grand Canyon
Platz 2: Michael Collins: A Crooked River: Rustlers, Rangers & Regulars
Platz 3: Doug Hocking: The Black Legend: George Benson, Cochise & the Start of the Apache Wars
Platz 4: Monty McCord: Calling the Brandts
Platz 5: Bill Markley & Kellen Cutsforth: Old West Showdowns: Two Authors Wrangle

(2019)2020 Doug Hocking: Terror on the Santa Fe Trail: Kit Carson and the Jicarilla Apache
Platz 2: Candy Moulton: The Mormon Handcart Migration
Platz 3: W. Michael Farmer: Geronimo, Prisoner of Lies: Twentry-Three Years as a Prisoner of War (1886-1909)
Platz 4: Bill Markley: Wyatt Earp & Bat Masterson: Lawmen of the Legendary West sowie Billy the Kid & Jesse James: Outlaws of the Legendary West

(2020)2021 Linda Wommack: Ranching Women of Colorado: 17 Legendary Ladies
Platz 2: Chris Enss: No Place for a Woman
Platz 3: Paul W. Papa & R.J. „Gill“ Gillilan: Desert Dust
Platz 4: Carolyn Grattan Eichin: From San Francisco Eastward: Victorian Theater in the American West
Platz 5: Doug J. Swanson: Cult of Glory


Western Nonfiction – Juvenile (Sachbücher für Jugendliche)

(2011)2012
• Mike Kearby: Texas Tales Illustrated: The Revolution

(2012)2013 Nancy Plain: Light On The Prairie: Solomon D. Butcher, Photographer Of Nebraska’s Pioneer Days


Western Nonfiction – Young Readers (Sachbücher für Jugendliche)

(2013)2014 Laurie Cockerell: Magnificent Sam: The Amazing Adventures of Sam Houston
Platz 2: Cheewa James: The Modoc War

(2014)2015 bis (2017)2018 (nicht vergeben)

(2018)2019 W. Michael Farmer: Apacheria: True Stories of Apache Culture, 1860 - 1920
Platz 2: Howard Kazanjian & Chris Enss: The Trials of Annie Oakley

(2019)2020 (nicht vergeben)

(2020)2021 (nicht vergeben)


Western Nonfiction – Younger Readers, Illustrated (Bebilderte Sachbücher für Kinder)

(2017)2018 Laurie Cockerell & Yvonne Cumberland: The Spirit of Texas: Daily Reading Book

(2018)2019 (nicht vergeben)

(2019)2020 Vaunda Micheaux Nelson (Ill:: Gordon C. James): Let ’Er Buck! George Fletcher, the People’s Champion

(2020)2021 (nicht vergeben)


Western Biographies & Memoirs (Biografien und Erinnerungen)

(2013)2014 (geteilt) Dean Smith & Mike Cox: Cowboy Stuntman: From Olympic Gold to the Silver Screen
& Michael Goldman: John Wayne: The Genuine Article
Platz 3: Jane Lambert: Charlie Russell: The Cowboy Years 2nd Edition
Platz 4: Laurie Wagner Buyer: Rough Breaks: A Wyoming High Country Memoir
Platz 5: Darcy Lipp-Acord: Circling Back Home: A Plainswoman’s Journey

(2014)2015 Harry Webb & C.J. Hadley: The M Bar
Platz 2: H. Alan Day: The Horse Lover
Platz 3: Gail Woerner: Western Women Who Dared to Be Different

(2015)2016 Lecile Harris & Rex Allan Jones: Lecile: This Ain’t My First Rodeo
Platz 2: Paul Spellman: Until I Come Home
Platz 3: Roni McFadden: The Longest Ride

(2016)2017 Jane Kirkpatrick: This Road We Traveled
Platz 2: Erich Hicks: Mary Fields aka Stagecoach Mary

(2017)2018 Cheryl Rogers-Barnett: Cowboy Princess Rides Again
Platz 2: Amy Hale Auker: Ordinary Skin
Platz 3: Nancy Quinn: Go West, Young Woman
Platz 4: Jeremy Sparks: Go West: 10 Principles that Guided My Cowboy Journey
Platz 5: Jane Lambert: Makin' Tracks With My Horses and Mules

(2018)2019 Michael F. Blake: The Cowboy President: The American West and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt
Platz 2: Brenda Clem Black: Black and Kiddo
Platz 3: Linda Wommack: Ann Bassett: Colorado’s Cattle Queen
Platz 4: Elaine Thomas: World War II Veterans’ Voices and Home Front Memories
Platz 5: Elaine Fields Smith: Ridin’, Ropin’ & Jumpin’ Over Cars: The Biography of Virginia Reger

(2019)2020 Chris Enss: According to Kate: The Legendary Life of Big Nose Kate, Love of Doc Holliday
Platz 2: Sherry Monahan: California Madams
Platz 3: David G. Thomas: Killing Pat Garrett, The Wild West’s Most Famous Lawman - Murder or Self-Defense?
Platz 4: Julie McDonald Zander: Washington Territory’s Grand Lady: The Story of Matilda (Glover) Koontz Jackson

(2020)2021 Michael L. Collins (Hg.): A Texan’s Story: The Autobiography of Walter Prescott Webb
Platz 2: Julia Bricklin: The Notorious Life of Ned Buntline
Platz 3: Bill Betenson: Butch Cassidy: The Wyoming Years
Platz 4: Linda Wommack: Growing Up with the Wild Bunch: The Story of Pioneer Legend Josie Bassett
Platz 5: Jefferson Glass: Empire: The Pioneer Legacy of an American Ranch Family


Western Cookbook (Kochbücher)

(2007)2008
• Sue Cunningham & Jean Cates: Chuckwagon Recipes & Others, V 1, 2 & 3
• Robb Walsh: Texas Cowboy Cookbook

(2008)2009 und (2009)2010 (nicht vergeben)

(2010)2011
• Kathy McCraine: Cow Country Cooking: Recipes and Tales from Northern Arizona’s Historic Ranches

(2011)2012
• Tom Elliot: Bar E Ranch Chuckwagon Cookbook

(2012)2013 (nicht vergeben)

(2013)2014 David E. McDowell: Cow Camp Cookery

(2014)2015 Dawn Nelson: Family Tree Recipes

(2015)2016 Sherry Monahan: The Cowboy’s Cookbook: Recipes and Tales from Campfires, Cookouts and Chuck Wagons
Platz 2: Judy Alter: Texas Is Chilli Country

(2016)2017 Dawn Nelson: Family Tree Recipes

(2017)2018 (geteilt) Geoff „Poppa Mac“ Mackay: Biscuits, Beans & Cowboy Coffee
& Sherry Monahan: Tinsel, Tumbleweeds & Star-Spangled Celebrations

(2018)2019 Dawn Nelson: Family Tree Recipes: Cooking With Cowgirl - Uncorked

(2019)2020 (nicht vergeben)

(2020)2021 Deanna Dickinson McCall & Gay Gardella: Cowboy Cuisine


Western Humor (Humoristisches)

(2010)2011
• Kenny Phipps: Just A Cowboy
• Bobby Weaver: Hotter ‘n Pecos

(2011)2012 (nicht vergeben)

(2012)2013 Dave P. Fisher: The Auction Horse
Platz 2: Buck Helton: Tales From The B-O Ranch

(2013)2014 und (2014)2015 (nicht vergeben)

Western Humor – Written (Humoristische Texte)

(2015)2016 Margaret Mooney: Redneck Opera
Platz 2: Denny Bertrand: Petey and Cecil

(2016)2017 Jacquie Rogers: Hot Work in Fry Pan Gulch sowie Sidetracked in Silver City
Platz 2: Denny Bertrand: On a Ranch
Platz 3: Nancy Oswald: Trouble Returns

(2017)2018 Preston Lewis: Bluster's Last Stand
Platz 2: Denny Bertrand: In the Middle of Nowhere sowie Somewhere Outwest Trilogy
Platz 3: Julie van Lamnen Bell: The Lucky Hat Mine

(2018)2019 B.L. Perryman: Katydids and Trains: Fading Souds of the Cherokee Fringe

(2019)2020 Denny Bertrand: Petey and Cecil Ride Again

(2020)2021 Preston Lewis: First Herd to Abilene
Platz 2: Preston Lewis: North to Alaska


Western Humor – Graphics and Illustrations (Humoristische Bilder)

(2015)2016 M.C. Tin Star (= Wally Badgett): Cowboyin’ With Earl

(2016)2017 Nate Jensen & Tristan Jensen (Text: Conrad J. Storad): The Bat Book


Western Illustrations, Graphics & Iconic Images (Illustrationen)

(2017)2018 Stephanie Ford (Text: Laura B. Edge): Tad Lucas: Trick Riding Rodeo Cowgirl

(2018)2019 Denny Bertrand: Mis-Adventures of Petey and Cecil

(2019)2020 (nicht vergeben)

(2020)2021 Ron Nordyke: EagleHorse


Graphic Novels (Comicromane)

(2013)2014 Beau L’Amour & Katherine Nolan (Ill.: Thomas Yeates): Louis L’Amour: Law of the Desert Born


Graphic Novels & Iconic Images (Comicromane)
(2019)2020 Nathan Hale: Alamo All-Stars


Western Media – Film (Film)

(2008)2009
• „On The Trail of Jack Thorp: Preserving the Songs of the American Cowboy“ (Regie: Susan Gervasi)

Western Film – Documentary (Dokumentarfilm)

(2018)2019 Patrick Curtis: „Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch“