W I L L R O G E R S M E D A L L I O N A W A R D
®
Lifetime Achievement Award: C.J. Hadley, editor of RANGE Magazine
Golden Lariat: Charles Williams, WRMA Director Emeritus
2021 WRMA Winners
WESTERN FICTION
First Place: The Sons of Philo Gaines by Michael R. Ritt (Five Star/Gale)
Second Place: The Odyssey of Geronimo by W. Michael Farmer (Five Star/Gale)
Third Place: Follow the Angels, Follow the Doves by Sidney Thompson (University of Nebraska Press)
Fourth Place: Grasshoppers in Summer by Paul Colt (Tiree Press)
Fifth Place: Dudes Rush In by Lynn Downey (Pronghorn Press)
WESTERN NON-FICTION
First Place: Ranching Women of Colorado: 17 Legendary Ladies by Linda Wommack (Caxton Press)
Second Place: No Place for a Woman by Chris Enss (TwoDot)
Third Place: Desert Dust by Paul W. Papa & R.J. “Gill” Gillilan (HPD Publishing)
Fourth Place: From San Francisco Eastward: Victorian Theater in the American West by Carolyn Grattan Eichin
(University of Nevada Press)
Fifth Place: Cult of Glory by Doug J. Swanson (Viking)
WESTERN INSPIRATIONAL FICTION
First Place: A Texas Moon by Laura Conner Kestner
(Sycamore House Publishing)
Second Place: Where No Man Pursueth by Micheal E. Jimerson (Atmosphere Press)
Third Place: The Damsel’s Intent by Mary Davis (Mountain Brook Ink)
Fourth Place: That Dish at Gracie’s Café by K. Lyn Wurth
(True to Story Publishing)
Fifth Place: Norske Fields by Anne Schroeder (Good Life Books)
WESTERN ROMANCE
First Place: Hattie’s Family: Through the Eyes of a Dairymaid
by K.B. Taylor (Boot Top Books)
Second Place: An Impossible Price by Davalynn Spencer
(Wilson Creek Publishing)
Third Place: Tangled Times by Irene Bennett Brown (Five Star)
Fourth Place: On the Sunset Rim by Harlan Hague (Graycatbird Books)
Fifth Place: Buckskin Angel by Dorothy Wiley
(Author Dorothy M. Wiley Publications)
WESTERN FICTION - YOUNG READERS
First Place: On a Good Horse by Darby Karchut (Owl Hollow Press)
Second Place: Dilly by Matthew P. Mayo (Five Star/Gale)
Third Place: Lillian’s Legacy by Carmen Peone (Painted Hill Press)
Fourth Place: Cherokee Clay by Regina McLemore (Fife Press)
Fifth Place: The Knock Over by E.S. Jameson (Paper Trail Publishing)
WESTERN BIOGRAPHY
First Place: A Texan’s Story: The Autobiography of Walter Prescott Webb Edited by Michael L Collins (University of Oklahoma Press)
Second Place: The Notorious Life of Ned Buntline by Julia Bricklin (TwoDot)
Third Place: Butch Cassidy: The Wyoming Years by Bill Betenson (High Plains Press)
Fourth Place: Growing Up with the Wild Bunch: The Story of Pioneer Legend Josie Bassett by Linda Wommack (TwoDot)
Fifth Place: Empire: The Pioneer Legacy of an American Ranch Family by Jefferson Glass (TwoDot)
WESTERN PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAYS
First Place: The World of Doc Holliday by Victoria Wilcox (TwoDot)
WESTERN SHORT STORIES
First Place: “Holy Sabbath Morning” by Darrel Sparkman
(from Hard Times - Galway Press)
Second Place: “Blood Epiphany” by Easy Jackson
(from Under Western Stars - Western Fictioneers)
Third Place: Dangerous Trails: Western Short Stories
by John D. Nesbitt (Sundown Press)
Fourth Place: “Not So Long in the Tooth” by Anthony Wood
(from Saddlebag Dispatches - Saddlebag Dispatches)
Fifth Place: “North Star” by Sharon Frame Gay
(from Saddlebag Dispatches - Saddlebag Dispatches)
COWBOY POETRY: WRITTEN
First Place: Dust From Distant Trails: The Cowboy Poetry of Charles Williams by Charles Williams (Cowboy Cowbarn Publications)
Second Place: Second Wind by Patricia Frolander (High Plains Press)
WESTERN HUMOR
First Place: First Herd to Abilene by Preston Lewis (Wolfpack Publishing)
Second Place: North to Alaska by Preston Lewis (Wolfpack Publishing)
MAVERICK
First Place: Quinlan & Jones by Vess Quinlan & Bill Jones
(RANGE Magazine)
Second Place: Mortal Music by Ann Parker (Poisoned Pen Press)
Third Place: Something Worth Doing by Jane Kirkpatrick
(Revell/Baker Publishing Group)
Fourth Place: Secrets of the Gros Ventre by John Hansen
(Summit Creek Press)
Fifth Place: Widow Maker by Quinn Kayser-Cochran (Western Edge Books)
WESTERN FICTION - YOUNG READERS/ILLUSTRATED
First Place: Bandit the Cow Dog
Written by Phil Mills, Jr.; Illustrated by Jeanne Conway
(Mascot Books)
Second Place: EagleHorse Written and illustrated by Ron Nordyke
(Copper Pen)
WESTERN COOKBOOK
First Place: Cowboy Cuisine by Deanna Dickinson McCall & Gay Gardella (White Bird Publications)
WESTERN GRAPHIC NOVELS & ICONIC IMAGES
First Place: Ron Nordyke