Western Fictioneers is proud to announce the winners of the 15th Annual Peacemaker Awards, presented for the finest in Western fiction published in 2024. Congratulations to all the winners and finalists, and special thanks to the judges who make the Peacemaker Awards possible.
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT PEACEMAKER
Douglas Hirt
BEST WESTERN NOVEL
Winner: THE MEDICINE LINE, John Hansen (Summit Creek Press)
Finalists
PALO DURO MUSTANGS, Alice V. Brock (Pen-L Publishing)
THE BIG DRY, Patrick Dearen (TCU
Press)
LEGEND OF LOST BASIN, Bruce
Hartman (Swallow Tail Press)
HANGING MAN, Rod Miller (Thorndike
Press)
BEST FIRST WESTERN NOVEL
Winner (Tie): THE MONTE BOYS, Robert M. Brunelle (Robert M. Brunelle)
LEGEND OF LOST BASIN, Bruce Hartman
(Swallow Tail Press)
Finalists
RENEGADES, RUSTLERS AND ROGUES, Joanne
M. Fralick (Joanne M. Fralick)
EMBERS IN THE WIND, Dawson Gallow (DWG
Publishing)
AMERICAN COWBOYS, Aaron Rhodes (Rhiannye
Aubree Publishing)
BEST SHORT FICTION
Winner: “Valiant-For-Truth”, Elisabeth Grace Foley (THROUGH WESTERN STORMS,
Lohman Hills Creative LLC)
Finalists
“Fortunate Man”, Kimberly Burns (SADDLEBAG DISPATCHES)
“Rattlers”, Bruce Hartman (SADDLEBAG
DISPATCHES ANTHOLOGY)
“Noah’s Lament”, Preston Lewis (THROUGH
WESTERN STORMS, Lohman Hills Creative LLC)
“Hurricane at Hogg’s Holler”, Scott
McCrea (THROUGH WESTERN STORMS, Lohman Hills Creative LLC)
“White City”, John D. Nesbitt (THROUGH
WESTERN STORMS, Lohman Hills Creative LLC)
