Western Fictioneers Announces the Peacemaker Award Winners

 

 

(For Westerns Published in 2020)

 

BEST WESTERN NOVEL (tie):

 

GREAT LONESOME, John D. Nesbitt (Five Star Publishing)

THE RETURN OF THE WOLF, Larry D. Sweazy (Five Star Publishing

 

Finalists:

MUSKRAT HILL, Easy Jackson (Five Star Publishing)

THE SONS OF PHILO GAINES, Michael R. Ritt (Five Star Publishing)

ANSWER CREEK, Ashley E. Sweeney (She Writes Press)

BEST FIRST WESTERN NOVEL:

 

BEYOND THE GOODNIGHT TRAIL, Roy V. Gaston (Roy V. Gaston)

 

Finalists:

GOLDWATER RIDGE, Hannah Kaye (Jellysquid Books)

CHEROKEE CLAY, Regina McLemore (Oghma Creative Media)

THE SONS OF PHILO GAINES, Michael R. Ritt (Five Star Publishing)

FOLLOW THE ANGELS, FOLLOW THE DOVES, Sidney Thompson (Bison Books)


BEST SHORT FICTION:

“Black Joe”, Rod Miller, SADDLEBAG DISPATCHES

Finalists:
“The Last Photograph”, John T. Biggs, SADDLEBAG DISPATCHES
“Dakota Clothesline”, Elisabeth Grace Foley, ROPE AND WIRE
“The Miner and the Greenhorn”, Charlie Steel, UNDER WESTERN STARS
“The Gunsmith of Elk Creek”, Big Jim Williams, UNDER WESTERN STARS


Western Fictioneers would like to thank the judges for the excellent job they did and the long hours they devoted to reading the submissions.

  

WINNERS for the Third Annual (2013) Peacemaker Awards

Western Fictioneers (WF) is pleased to announce the WINNERS for the third annual (2013) Peacemaker Awards

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT PEACEMAKER recipient: 

Robert Vaughan

2013 BEST WESTERN NOVEL:
Unbroke Horses (Goldminds Publishing, LLC) by D.B. Jackson

2013 BEST WESTERN SHORT STORY:
“Adeline” (Protectors: Stories to Benefit PROTECT — Goombah Gumbo Press) by Wayne Dundee

2013 BEST WESTERN FIRST NOVEL:
Wide Open (Berkley Publishing Group) by Larry Bjornson

Western Fictioneers (WF) was formed in 2010 by Robert J. Randisi, James Reasoner, Frank Roderus, and other 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 out annually. Submissions for the Peacemaker Awards for books published in 2013 will be open in July, 2013. Submission guidelines will be posted on the WF web site.

Western Fictioneers would like to thank Larry D. Sweazy for being Awards Chair for the first three years and for the excellent job he has done.

Larry D. Sweazy Wins Will Rogers Medallion Award for Western Fiction Again!

Larry D. Sweazy's The Cougar's Prey (Josiah Wolfe #4) won the 2012 Will Rogers Medallion Award for Western Fiction, making the Josiah Wolfe series a two-time, back-to-back winner since Sweazy's novel The Scorpion Trail (Josiah Wolfe #2), won the 2011 Will Rogers Medallion for Western Fiction.

The Will Rogers Medallion Award is presented each year to those books that represent an Outstanding Achievement in the publishing of Western Literature. They are books that exemplify outstanding excellence in content and design with an enduring quality that preserves and celebrates the history and spirit of the West and the memory of Will Rogers.

 http://www.willrogersmedallionaward.org

Congratulations Larry.

WF (Western Fictioneers) Peacemaker 2011 Award submissions

Submissions for the WF Peacemaker Awards are being accepted for works published in the year 2011. Rules, judges, and submission forms can be found on the WF Website.

Deadline Approaching

Submissions for the Western Fictioneer Peacemaker Awards are being still being accepted for works published in the year 2010.  All entries must be postmarked by January 31, 2011.  For more information about the awards and the forms needed, check out the WF website.