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The Western Heritage Awards were first presented by the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1961. They are given to "honor and encourage the legacy of those whose works . . . reflect the significant stories of the American West." In addition to the literary categories, awards are given in the categories of music, film and television.
The latest winner of the Western Heritage Award for Poetry Books is featured below along with a complete list of all past winners of the award. We also provide links to other Western Heritage Award winners and to the index of all book awards featured on Happy Dead Trees.
The latest winner of the Western Heritage Award for Poetry Books
2008 - Ludlow by David Mason [2009 award will be announced Spring 2009]
All past Winners of the Western Heritage Award for Poetry Books
1973 - The Donner Party by George Keithley
1974-1985 - No award
1986 - Cowboy Poetry: A Gathering by Hal Cannon
1987 - Songs of the Sage: The Poetry of Curley Fletcher edited by Hal Cannon
1988 - No award
1989 - Pomo Dawn of Song by Lois Prante Stevens and Jewell Malm Newburn
1990 - Rafting the Brazos by Walter McDonald
1991 - No Roof But Sky by Jane Candia Coleman
1992 - The Digs in Escondido Canyon by Walter McDonald
1993 - All that Matters: The Texas Plains in Photographs and Poems by Walter McDonald
1994 - Buckaroo: Visions and Voices of the American Cowboy edited by Thomas West and Hal Cannon
1995 - The Red Drum by Jane Candia Coleman
1996 - Between Earth and Sky: Poets Of the Cowboy West edited by Anne Heath Widmark
1997 - All this Way For the Short Ride by Paul Zarzyski
1998 - The Medicine Keepers by J. B. Allen
1999 - My Cowboy's Gift by Andy Wilkinson
2000 - Whatever the Wind Delivers: Celebrating West Texas and the Near Southwest: Photographs of the Southwest Collection by Walt McDonald and Janet Neugebauer
2001 - Bitter Creek Junction by Linda Hasselstrom
2002 - Blood Sister, I Am To These Fields by Linda Hussa
2003 - Amazing Grace by Larry D. Thomas
2004 - Harm: Poems by Miles Wilson
2005 - Cloud Seeding by Stacy Gillett Coyle
2006 - Refuge of Whirling Light by Mary Beath
2007 - No award was made
2008 - Ludlow by David Mason
2009 - Will be announced Spring 2009
Western Heritage Award for Best Novel > > >
The Official Website of the Western Heritage Awards
(Visit our Book Awards Index for a complete list of the dozens of book awards listed on Happy Dead Trees.)
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