Nominees for the 7th Annual Peacemaker Awards for Westerns Published in 2016

 Western Fictioneers (WF) is pleased to announce the Nominees for the seventh annual Peacemaker Awards for Western fiction published in 2016.

The Lifetime Achievement Peacemaker will be presented to Robert Vardeman.

** Nominees are in alphabetical order.

7TH ANNUAL PEACEMAKER NOMINEES

BEST FIRST NOVEL:

Echoes of Massacre Canyon by Ben Goheen aka Ben Tyler (Five Star Publishing)

Silence Rides Alone by Ian Charles Millsted (Sundown Press)

The River of Cattle by Alice V. Brock (Pen-L Publishing)

The Silver Baron’s Wife by Danna Baier Stein (Serving House Books)

The Wanted Lawman by A.C. Smith (Gray Ghost Publishing)

BEST NOVEL:

Dead Man’s Boot by Patrick Dearen (Five Star Publishing)

Far West: The Diary of Eleanor Higgins by Linell Jeppsen (Wolfpack Publishing)

Gun Devils of the Rio Grande by James Reasoner (Rough Edges Press)

Killing Blood by Robert D. McKee (Five Star Publishing)

BEST WESTERN YA/CHILDREN FICTION:

Calamity Jane: How the West Began by Bryan Ney (Dragon Tree Books)

Good Water by John Nesbitt (Five Star Publishing)

Grandpa and the Kid by Cliff Hudgins (Wolfpack Publishing)

Lone Star Ranger 7: A Ranger Redeemed by James J. Griffin (Painted Pony Books)

The River of Cattle by Alice V. Brock (Pen-L Publishing)

BEST SHORT FICTION:

Jake Silvershorn's Revenge - Vol. 10 Final Showdown by Big Jim Williams (High Noon Press)

Museum Piece by Brian Koukol (The Missing Slate)

Odell's Bones by Troy Smith (Cane Hollow Press)

Widelooping a Christmas Cowboy by Livia J. Washburn (A Cowboy under the Mistletoe, Prairie Rose Publications)

Winners will be announced June 15, 2017 on the WF website (www.westernfictioneers.com) and on this blog.

Western Fictioneers (WF) was formed in 2010 by professional Western writers, to preserve, honor, and promote traditional Western writing in the 21st century. Entries were accepted in both print and electronic forms.

The Peacemaker Awards are given annually. Submissions for the Peacemaker Awards for books published in 2017 will be open in July, 2017. Submission guidelines will be posted on the WF web site. For more information about Western Fictioneers (WF) please visit: http://www.westernfictioneers.com

Western Fictioneers would like to thank Kathleen Rice Adams for being Awards Chair and for the excellent job she has done.