W I L L R O G E R S M E D A L L I O N A W A R D
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2019 Medallion Winners
Western Nonfiction
1st Place: The Promise of the Grand Canyon
John F. Ross (Penguin/Viking)
2nd Place: A Crooked River: Rustlers, Rangers, & Regulars
Michael Collins (University of Oklahoma Press)
3rd Place:The Black Legend: George Bascom, Cochise & the Start of the Apache Wars
Douglas "Doug" Hocking (TwoDot)
4th Place: Calling the Brands
Monty McCord (TwoDot)
5th Place: Old West Showdowns: Two Authors Wrangle
Bill Markley & Kellen Cutsforth (TwoDot)
Western Fiction - Younger Readers
1st Place: Escape to Fort Abercrombie
Candace Simar (Five Star)
2nd Place: Black Rock Brothers (Wilder Good)
S.J. Dahlstrom (Paul Dry Books)
3rd Place: Mystery on the Pecos
Alice V. Brock (Pen-L Publishing)
4th Place: Castle Butte
John D. Nesbitt (Five Star)
5th Place: Stories From M2 Ranch
Geoff "Poppa Mac" McKay (Poppa Mac Inc.)
Western Bios & Memoirs
1st Place: The Cowboy President: The American West and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt
Michael F. Blake (TwoDot)
2nd Place: Black & Kiddo: A True Story of Dust, Determination, and Cowboy Dreams
Brenda Clem Black (Et Alia Press)
3rd Place: Ann Bassett: Colorado's Cattle Queen
Linda Wommack (Caxton Press)
4th Place: World War II Veterans' Voices and Home Front Memories
Elaine Thomas (Calla Press)
5th Place: Ridin' Ropin' & Jumpin' Over Cars: The Biography of Virginia Reger
Elaine Fields Smith (Blazing Star Books)
Western Romance
1st Place: Walk the Promise Road
Anne Schroeder (Prairie Rose Publications)
2nd Place: Leaving Ah-wah-nee
Harlan Hague (Graycatbird Books)
3rd Place: Joy That Long Endures
Alethea Williams (C.R. Williams)
4th Place: Dire Wolf of the Quapaw
Phil Truman (Phil Truman)
5th Place: A Bad Place to Die
Easy Jackson [Vicky Rose] (Pinnacle/Kensington)
The winners, by category (publishers in parenthesis) include:
Western Humor - Written
1st Place: Katydids and Trains: Fading Sounds of the Cherokee Fringe
B.L. Perryman (IRM Press)
Inspirational Western Fiction
1st Place: The Dove Shall Fly
Judith Austin Mills (Plain View Press)
2nd Place: Miss Royal's Mules
Irene Bennett Brown (Five Star)
3rd Place: Remember Texas
Laura Conner Kestner (Sycamore House)
4th Place: Finding True Home
Heidi M. Thomas (SunCatcher)
Photographic Essays
1st Place (tie): Cowboys, Creatures & Classics
Chris Enss (Lyons Press)
1st Place (tie): Magnificent American West
C.J. Hadley (RANGE)
Cowboy Poetry
1st Place: Tales of the Trails
Marleen Bussma (Dammeron Valley)
2nd Place: Cowman
Bruce Roseland (Scurfpea)
3rd Place: Bluebonnets, Boots, & Black-eyed Peas
Nancy K. Arnold (Phase West)
4th Place: Horses, Dogs and Wives
Bryce Burnett (Driver Works Ink)
Western Nonfiction- Young Readers
1st Place: Apacheria: True Stories of Apache Culture, 1860-1920
W. Michael Farmer (TwoDot)
2nd Place: The Trials of Annie Oakley
C. Enss & H. Kazanjian (TwoDot)
Western Cookbooks
1st Place: Family Tree Recipes: Cooking With Cowgirl - Uncorked
Dawn Nelson (Gray Dog Press)
Western Fiction
1st Place: Knight of the Tiger: Legends of the Desert Book 3
W. Michael Farmer (Five Star)
1st Place: Knight's Odyssey: Legends of the Desert Book 2
W. Michael Farmer (Five Star)
2nd Place: A Death in Eden
Keith McCafferty (Viking)
3rd Place: Depth of Winter
Craig Johnson (Viking)
4th Place (tie): Hawke's War
Reavis Wortham (Kensington)
4th Place (tie): Gold Dust
Reavis Wortham (Poison Pen Press)
4th Place (tie): When I Die: The Legend of Joe Mundy
Monty McCord (Five Star)
Western Fiction - Short Stories
1st Place: The Cattle Driver
Ryan Uytdewilligen (Red Dashboard)
2nd Place: "A Sweet Talking Man"
from the book The Untamed West
Easy Jackson [Vicky Rose] (Western Fictioneers)
Western Film - Documentary
1st Place: Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Patrick Curtis
Special Award
*Zekial
Dusty Richards (Oghma Creative Media)
Western Fiction- Younger Readers, Illustrated
1st Place: Trash Talk
Liz Hughey & Son (Whitehall)
1st Place: Pack String Hang-Up ... A Mule Trail Tale
Liz Hughey & Son (Whitehall)
2nd Place: Lollypop and Laren
Dawn Nelson (Crazy Cow Press)
3rd Place: Gracie Jane
Janet Squires (Mindstir Media)
Western Poetry - CD
1st Place: Rhymes & Reasons Why
Bob Upchurch
2nd Place: Tales From the Road
Aspen Black
Western Mavericks
1st Place: Whiskey When We're Dry
John Lanson (Viking)
2nd Place: Light of the Northern Dancers
Robin F. Gainey (Untreed Reads)
3rd Place: Gypsy Rock
Robert D. McKee (Five Star)
4th Place: A Dying Note
Ann Parker (Poisoned Pen Press)
Western Illustrations, Graphics, & Iconic Images
1st Place: Mis-Adventures of Petey and Cecil
E. "A-10" Etcheverry