2024 WRMA Winners | will-rogers

2024 WRMA WINNERS

WRMA 2024 Golden Lariat Award: Bob Boze Bell

WRMA 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award: Jane Kirkpatrick

WESTERN BIOGRAPHIES/MEMOIRS

GOLD: Red Cloud and the Indian Trader: The Remarkable Friendship of the Sioux Chief and J.W. Dear in the Last Days

of the Frontier By Marilyn Dear Nelson and Chris Nelson (Globe Pequot)

SILVER: Galloping Gourmet: Eating and Drinking with Buffalo Bill By Steve Friesen (Bison Books)

BRONZE: Son of the Old West: The Odyssey of Charlie Siringo By Nathan Ward (Grove Atlantic)

WESTERN NON-FICTION
GOLD (TIE): Montana: A Paper Trail

By Thomas Minckler (Montana Historical Society Press)

GOLD (TIE): The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance By Rebecca Clarren (Viking)

SILVER: An Open Secret: The Story of Deadwood’s Most Notorious Bordellos By Chris Enss & Deadwood History, Inc. (TwoDot)

BRONZE: Fortune’s Frenzy: A California Gold Rush Odyssey By Eilene Lyon (Globe Pequot)

WESTERN TRADITIONAL FICTION
GOLD: Changing Woman: A Novel of the Camp Grant Massacre By Venetia Hobson Lewis (Bison Books)

SILVER (TIE): Silver Prairies By Pegg Thomas

(Spinner of Yarns)

SILVER (TIE): Desperate Warrior By W. Michael Farmer (Hat Creek)

BRONZE: Lunger: The Doc Holliday Story By Paul Colt (Hat Creek)

WESTERN MODERN FICTION
GOLD: The Ways of Water By Teresa H. Janssen

(She Writes Press)

SILVER: Somebody’s Business By Irene Bennett Brown (Five Star)

BRONZE: After the Eagle Has Fallen By W. Michael Gear (Wolfpack)

WESTERN ROMANCE
GOLD: Tastefully Texas By K.S. Jones (Wolfpack)

SILVER: The Speaker of Clovis Creek By C.K. Crigger (Wolfpack)

BRONZE: Cobalt Skies By Pegg Thomas

(Spinner of Yarns)

WESTERN SHORT NON-FICTION
GOLD: “The Klondike” By Mike Coppock

(Wild West Magazine)

SILVER: “Kit Carson and the Conquest of California”

By Paul Andrew Hutton (True West Magazine)

BRONZE: “The Gun that Won the 1580s West”

By Louis A. Garavaglia (Wild West Magazine)

WESTERN COOKBOOKS
GOLD: The 7 Up Ranch Cookbook By Kathy McCraine (Burro Creek Publishing)

SILVER: Signature Dishes of America: Recipes and Culinary Treasures from Historic Hotels and Restaurants

By Sherry Monahan (Globe Pequot)

WESTERN PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAYS
GOLD: Edward S. Curtis: Unpublished Plains

By Edward Curtis, Coleen Graybill & John Edward Graybill (Curtis Legacy Foundation)

SILVER: The Ditches of Nevada City By Dom Lindars (NevadaCityHistory.com)

BRONZE: Bighorn Visions: The Photography of Jessamine Spear Johnson By Tempe Javitz (South Dakota Historical Society Press)

WESTERN HUMOR
GOLD: Never Dull!

By Heather Sharp (Heather Sharp Publishing)

SILVER: Granny Storms the Beach By Carole T. Beers (Turquoise Sky)

BRONZE: Call of the Wilde By Preston Lewis (Wolfpack)

WESTERN YOUNG READER/NON-FICTION/ILLUSTRATED
GOLD: Will Rogers and His Great Presidential Pals

By Bart Taylor, Illustrated by Greg White
(Yorkshire Publishing)

SILVER: Goodnight Cowboy: A Rusty’s Reading Remuda Tale By Mary Fichtner, Illustrated by Roslan Fichtner (Rusty’s Reading Remuda)

BRONZE: Fort Worth, Texas: That’s My Town!

By Richard Selcer, Illustrated by Deran Wright (TCU Press)

WESTERN YOUNG READER/FICTION/ILLUSTRATED
GOLD: The Healing Lodge By Barbara L. Clouse,

Illustrated by Gabby Correia (Young Dragons)

SILVER: Corky Tails: Tales of a Tailless Dog Named Sagebrush: Holly Berry & Mistletoe

Written and Illustrated by Joni Franks (Xlibris)

BRONZE: Wild Bill and the Pirates! By Thadd Turner, Illustrated by Jeanne Conway (Old West Alive!)

WESTERN MYSTERY
GOLD: The Longmire Defense By Craig Johnson (Viking)

SILVER: The Way of the Bear By Anne Hillerman

(Harper Collins)

BRONZE: Hard Country By Reavis Z. Wortham

(Poisoned Pen Press)

WESTERN INSPIRATIONAL
GOLD: Fair Haven By Laura Conner Kestner
(Sycamore House Publishing)
SILVER: Unconquered Horses By Lyn Miller
(Owyhee Gray Publishing)
BRONZE (TIE): Another Man’s Dream By Andrew Roth (Elk Lake Publishing)
BRONZE (TIE): In the Company of Cows
By Sequoyah Branham (Sequoyah Branham Publishing)

WESTERN FICTION SHORT STORIES

GOLD: “A Death of Crows” By Michael Norman (Saddlebag Dispatches)

SILVER: “Finding Fortune” By W. Michael Farmer (Saddlebag Dispatches)

BRONZE: “Bad Choices” from Riding with the Pack

By W. Michael Gear (Wolfpack)

WRMA 2024 ILLUSTRATOR OF THE YEAR
Joni Franks

WESTERN YOUNG READER/FICTION

GOLD: A Sky Full of Song By Susan Lynn Meyer

(Union Square Kids)

SILVER (TIE): Rowdy: Rescue By Chris Mullen (Wolfpack)

SILVER (TIE): Rowdy: Return By Chris Mullen (Wolfpack)

BRONZE (TIE): Heartwood Mountain By S.J. Dahlstrom (Paul Dry Books)

BRONZE (TIE): The Cattle and the Canyon

By Heather Rose (Banquet-Cross Publications)

WESTERN MAVERICK
GOLD: The Last Man: A Novel of the 1927 Santa Claus Bank Robbery By Thomas Goodman (Mainsail Media)

COWBOY WRITTEN POETRY

GOLD: REAL: A Rodear of Poetry

By Betty Lynne McCarthy, Dan Hartman, Jim Crotts, Robert Dennis, Natalie G'Schwind, Karen Stockett,
Hoss Balsam, Chantz Hubing (Sunlit Silver Bit Publishing)

SILVER: Into the West By Poppa Mac (Poppa Mac, Inc)

COWBOY RECORDED POETRY
GOLD: Provin’ Up Wise By Rik “Yonder” Goodell (Yonderin’ Tales)

WESTERN WRITTEN POETRY
GOLD: Bootjack By John S. Nelson (Pasque Press)

SILVER: Deciphering the Desert: a book of poems

By Susan Cummins Miller (Finishing Line Press)

WESTERN RECORDED POETRY
GOLD: The Corps of Discovery

By L.J. Martin (Buttonwillow Books)

WESTERN YOUNG READERS/NON-FICTION
GOLD: Bass Reeves: Legendary Lawman of the Wild West

By Billie Holladay Skelley (Crossing Time Press)

WESTERN FILM - DOCUMENTARY

GOLD: The Real Wild West: “Boom and Bust”: Episode 3

By Sarah Burns (director/executive producer/writer), Alex Sherratt (writer/executive producer), Steve Burns (executive producer), Jorge Franzini (executive producer)

Roller Coaster Road Productions

SILVER: The Sad Life & Tragic End of Superstar ALAN LADD By Rob Word (director/writer/producer) and RJ Word (associate producer) WORD TV

BRONZE: Today’s Wild West, Episode 606, Sprucedale Horse Drive By Mark Bedor (director, writer) Today’s Wild West LLC

WESTERN FILM - DRAMA

GOLD: Teller’s Camp

By Jared Zabel (writer/director/producer); Bryce Zabel (executive producer) Wayward Son Production

WESTERN BIOGRAPHIES/MEMOIRS

WESTERN NON-FICTION GOLD (TIE): Montana: A Paper Trail

GOLD (TIE): The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance By Rebecca Clarren (Viking)

WESTERN TRADITIONAL FICTION GOLD: Changing Woman: A Novel of the Camp Grant Massacre By Venetia Hobson Lewis (Bison Books)

SILVER (TIE): Silver Prairies By Pegg Thomas

(Spinner of Yarns)

SILVER (TIE): Desperate Warrior By W. Michael Farmer (Hat Creek)

BRONZE: Lunger: The Doc Holliday Story By Paul Colt (Hat Creek)

WESTERN MODERN FICTION GOLD: The Ways of Water By Teresa H. Janssen

(She Writes Press)

SILVER: Somebody’s Business By Irene Bennett Brown (Five Star)

WESTERN ROMANCE GOLD: Tastefully Texas By K.S. Jones (Wolfpack)

SILVER: The Speaker of Clovis Creek By C.K. Crigger (Wolfpack)

WESTERN SHORT NON-FICTION GOLD: “The Klondike” By Mike Coppock

(Wild West Magazine)

WESTERN COOKBOOKS GOLD: The 7 Up Ranch Cookbook By Kathy McCraine (Burro Creek Publishing)

WESTERN PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAYS GOLD: Edward S. Curtis: Unpublished Plains

WESTERN HUMOR GOLD: Never Dull!

SILVER: Granny Storms the Beach By Carole T. Beers (Turquoise Sky)

WESTERN YOUNG READER/NON-FICTION/ILLUSTRATED GOLD: Will Rogers and His Great Presidential Pals

SILVER: Goodnight Cowboy: A Rusty’s Reading Remuda Tale By Mary Fichtner, Illustrated by Roslan Fichtner (Rusty’s Reading Remuda)

WESTERN YOUNG READER/FICTION/ILLUSTRATED GOLD: The Healing Lodge By Barbara L. Clouse,

Illustrated by Gabby Correia (Young Dragons)

WESTERN MYSTERY GOLD: The Longmire Defense By Craig Johnson (Viking)

SILVER: The Way of the Bear By Anne Hillerman

(Harper Collins)

WESTERN FICTION SHORT STORIES

SILVER: “Finding Fortune” By W. Michael Farmer (Saddlebag Dispatches)

WRMA 2024 ILLUSTRATOR OF THE YEAR Joni Franks

WESTERN YOUNG READER/FICTION

GOLD: A Sky Full of Song By Susan Lynn Meyer

(Union Square Kids)

BRONZE (TIE): Heartwood Mountain By S.J. Dahlstrom (Paul Dry Books)

WESTERN MAVERICK GOLD: The Last Man: A Novel of the 1927 Santa Claus Bank Robbery By Thomas Goodman (Mainsail Media)

COWBOY WRITTEN POETRY

GOLD: REAL: A Rodear of Poetry

SILVER: Into the West By Poppa Mac (Poppa Mac, Inc)

COWBOY RECORDED POETRY GOLD: Provin’ Up Wise By Rik “Yonder” Goodell (Yonderin’ Tales)

WESTERN WRITTEN POETRY GOLD: Bootjack By John S. Nelson (Pasque Press)

SILVER: Deciphering the Desert: a book of poems

WESTERN RECORDED POETRY GOLD: The Corps of Discovery

WESTERN YOUNG READERS/NON-FICTION GOLD: Bass Reeves: Legendary Lawman of the Wild West

WESTERN FILM - DOCUMENTARY

GOLD: The Real Wild West: “Boom and Bust”: Episode 3

BRONZE: Today’s Wild West, Episode 606, Sprucedale Horse Drive By Mark Bedor (director, writer) Today’s Wild West LLC

WESTERN FILM - DRAMA

SILVER: Goin’ Home

By Steve Shaw (director/writer/producer); Great American Adventures, LLC

WESTERN NON-FICTION
GOLD (TIE): Montana: A Paper Trail

WESTERN TRADITIONAL FICTION
GOLD: Changing Woman: A Novel of the Camp Grant Massacre By Venetia Hobson Lewis (Bison Books)

WESTERN MODERN FICTION
GOLD: The Ways of Water By Teresa H. Janssen

WESTERN ROMANCE
GOLD: Tastefully Texas By K.S. Jones (Wolfpack)

WESTERN SHORT NON-FICTION
GOLD: “The Klondike” By Mike Coppock

WESTERN COOKBOOKS
GOLD: The 7 Up Ranch Cookbook By Kathy McCraine (Burro Creek Publishing)

WESTERN PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAYS
GOLD: Edward S. Curtis: Unpublished Plains

WESTERN HUMOR
GOLD: Never Dull!

WESTERN YOUNG READER/NON-FICTION/ILLUSTRATED
GOLD: Will Rogers and His Great Presidential Pals

WESTERN YOUNG READER/FICTION/ILLUSTRATED
GOLD: The Healing Lodge By Barbara L. Clouse,

WESTERN MYSTERY
GOLD: The Longmire Defense By Craig Johnson (Viking)

WRMA 2024 ILLUSTRATOR OF THE YEAR
Joni Franks

WESTERN MAVERICK
GOLD: The Last Man: A Novel of the 1927 Santa Claus Bank Robbery By Thomas Goodman (Mainsail Media)

COWBOY RECORDED POETRY
GOLD: Provin’ Up Wise By Rik “Yonder” Goodell (Yonderin’ Tales)

WESTERN WRITTEN POETRY
GOLD: Bootjack By John S. Nelson (Pasque Press)

WESTERN RECORDED POETRY
GOLD: The Corps of Discovery

WESTERN YOUNG READERS/NON-FICTION
GOLD: Bass Reeves: Legendary Lawman of the Wild West