LIFE ACHIEVEMENT PEACEMAKER:James Reasoner
James has been a professional writer for nearly forty years. In that time, he has authored several hundred novels and short stories in numerous genres. Writing under his own name and various pseudonyms, his novels have garnered praise from Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and the Los Angeles Times, as well as appearing on the New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists. He lives in a small town in Texas with his wife, fellow author Livia J. Washburn.
CATTLE DRIVE – Big Jim Williams (High Noon Press)
Finalists:
PRODIGAL GUN - Kathleen Rice Adams (Prairie Rose Publications)
COMANCHE TRAIL – Carlton Stowers (Signet)
THE PIANO PLAYER – Carolyn Niethammer (Oak Tree Press)
THE CALLING – James P. Hanley (5 Prince Publishing)
2015 BEST INDIE WESTERN:HANGMAN’S KNOT - James Reasoner (Rough Edges Press)
Finalists:
OUTLAW RANGER – James Reasoner (Rough Edges Press)
LEFT HAND KELLY – Elizabeth Foley (Second Sentence Press)
FUGITIVE TRAIL – Wayne Dundee (Bil-Em-Ri Media)
TRAIL REVENGE – Wayne Dundee (Westward Tide Productions)
2015 BEST NOVEL:THE BIG DRIFT - Patrick Dearen (TCU Press)
Finalists:
BUST OUT – W. M. Shockley (Western Trail Blazer)
MORGAN – Frank Roderus (Wolf Pack Publishing)
THE PIANO PLAYER – Carolyn Niethammer (Oak Tree Press)
DESPERATE STRAIGHTS – Janet Squires (Whiskey Creek Press)
2015 BEST SHORT FICTION:
THE 2ND BEST RANGER IN TEXAS – Kathleen Rice Adams (Hearts & Spurs Prairie Rose Publications)
Finalists:
LAW DOG – Wayne Dundee (Fathers: 12 Tales of the American West Published by Western Trail Blazer)
THE RESURRECTION – McKendree (Mike) Long (Broken Promises Published by La Frontera Publishing)
THE BUFFALO RUNNER – D.B. Jackson (Broken Promises Published by La Frontera Publishing)
GUNFIGHTER’S GIFT – Vonn McKee (Published by Western Trail Blazer)
Western Fictioneers would like to thank C. Courtney Joyner, the Peacemaker Awards Chair and all of the judges for their hard work this year.
Good stuff, if all are like the First Novel entries I read.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to all the 'winners' and 'finalists'. We readers are the true winners. Thank you for giving us the gifts of your talent. Doris McCraw/Angela Raines.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to all who are awarded the 2015 Peacemaker Award! I can say I see a few familiar names...
ReplyDeleteI'm blessed to stand among such deserving winners and finalists. Thank you, Western Fictioneers, for this outstanding honor. And my thanks to all the judges and to the awards chairman for giving so freely of their time.
ReplyDeleteWell deserved, Patrick.
DeleteThanks, Frank. Hope to see you in Lubbock and St. Louis.
DeleteWhat a huge group of very talented wordsmiths we have! For people who have never undertaken writing a novel or short story--it's hard to understand the feeling of achievement and accomplishment that comes once the story is finished. And to be lauded by others who have done that same thing is a feeling that is indescribable. Congratulations to all the finalists and the winners, and thanks so much to Court and all the judges for the time, effort and hard decisions that went into this competition.
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Congratulations to all the winners and finalists. And James, you simply amaze me.
ReplyDeleteWell done, people!!
ReplyDeleteWell done, everyone! I especially congratulate those I know--Kathleen Rice Adams and James Reasoner (because of wife Livia. What great awards!
ReplyDeleteCONGRATS to all!
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