Western Fictioneers Announces the Peacemaker Award Winners

Western Fictioneers is proud to announce the winners of the 12 Annual Peacemaker Awards, presented for the finest in Western fiction published in 2021. Congratulations to all the winners and finalists, and special thanks to the judges who make the Peacemaker Awards possible.

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT PEACEMAKER

David Whitehead

BEST FIRST NOVEL

Winner: THE MRS. TABOR, Kimberly Burns (Thomas Bard Publishing)

Finalists

CLAYTON SHARP: MESSENGER OF WARNING, Eugene J. DiCesaris (Five Star Publishing)

THE DEVIL'S HAND, M.J. Hayes (M.J. Hayes)

THE SHERIFF, Robert Dwyer and Austin Wright (TwoDot/Rowman & Littlefield)

THE WOLF HUNT, Will Brandon (Barbara Brannon) (Five Star Publishing)

BEST WESTERN NOVEL

Winner: OLD DOGS, Ron Schwab (Uplands Press)

Finalists

BLOOD AND GOLD, Jeffrey J. Mariotte and Peter Murrieta (Sundown Press)

DOWNRIVER SOUTH, Greg Hunt (Five Star Publishing)

LOST MOUNTAIN PASS, Larry D. Sweazy (Pinnacle Books)

THE UNREDEEMED, D. Laszlo Conhaim (Broken Arrow Press)

BEST SHORT FICTION

Winner: "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary", Kathleen Morris, SADDLEBAG DISPATCHES, Summer 2021 (Oghma Creative Media)

Finalists

"Double Deceit", John D. Nesbitt, PERILOUS FRONTIER (Five Star Publishing)

"The Cowboy, the Librarian, and the Broomsman", Mark Warren, LIBRARIANS OF THE WEST: A QUARTET (Five Star Publishing)

"The Running Day", Richard Prosch, SADDLEBAG DISPATCHES, Summer 2021 (Oghma Creative Media)

"When It Rains", Dennis Doty, SADDLEBAG DISPATCHES, Winter 2021 (Oghma Creative Media)

12th Annual Peacemaker Awards Finalists and Lifetime Achievement Peacemaker

 

THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT PEACEMAKER

David Whitehead/Ben Bridges

12th Annual Peacemaker Awards Finalists

For Western Novels Published in 2021

BEST NOVEL

 

BLOOD AND GOLD, Jeffrey J. Mariotte & Peter Murrieta, (Sundown Press)

DOWNRIVER SOUTH, Greg Hunt,  (Five Star Publishing)

LOST MOUNTAIN PASS, Larry D. Sweazy, (Pinnacle Books)

OLD DOGS, Ron Schwab, (Uplands Press)

THE UNREDEEMED, D. László Conhaim, (Broken Arrow Press)

 

BEST FIRST WESTERN NOVEL

 

CLAYTON SHARP: MESSENGER OF WARNING, Eugene J. DiCesaris, (Five Star Publishing)

THE DEVIL’S HAND, M.J. Hayes, (M.J. Hayes)

THE MRS. TABOR, Kimberly Burns, (Thomas Bard Publishing)

THE SHERIFF, Robert Dwyer and Austin Wright, (TwoDot/Rowman & Littlefield)

THE WOLF HUNT, Will Brandon (Barbara Brannon), (Five Star Publishing)

 

 

BEST WESTERN SHORT FICTION

 

“Double Deceit”, PERILOUS FRONTIER, John D. Nesbitt, (Five Star Publishing)

“Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary”, SADDLEBAG DISPATCHES, Summer 2021, Kathleen Morris, (Oghma Creative Media)

“The Cowboy, the Librarian, and the Broomsman”, LIBRARIANS OF THE WEST: A QUARTET, Mark Warren, (Five Star Publishing)

“The Running Day”, SADDLEBAG DISPATCHES, Summer 2021, Richard Prosch, (Oghma Creative Media)

“When It Rains”, SADDLEBAG DISPATCHES, Winter 2021, Dennis Doty, (Oghma Creative Media)

Winners will be announced June 15, 2022 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 2022 will be open in July, 2022. 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 the judges and James Reasoner for being Awards Chair and for the excellent job they have done.