2020
On Swift Horses: A Novel by Shannon Pufahl, Contemporary Novel
A Forgotten Evil by Sheldon Russell, Historical Novel
Cherokee America by Margaret Verble, Traditional Novel
On Swift Horses: A Novel by Shannon Pufahl, First Novel
Lakota America: A New History of Indigenous Power by Pekka Hämäläinen, Historical Nonfiction
Country Music: An Illustrated History by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns, Contemporary Nonfiction
Nighthawk Rising: A Biography of Accused Cattle Rustler Queen Ann Bassett of Brown’s Park by Diana Allen Kouris, Biography
“‘Worry, USA’: Dude Ranch Advertising Looks East, 1915-1945” by Flannery Burke, Short Fiction
2019
The Flicker of Old Dreams by Susan Henderson, for Best Western Contemporary Novel
River of Porcupines by G.K. Aalborg, for Best Western Historical Novel
The Return of Kid Cooper by Brad Smith, for Best Western Traditional Novel
The River by Starlight by Ellen Notbohm, for Best First Novel
Native but Foreign: Indigenous Immigrants and Refugees in the North American Borderlands by Brenden W. Rensink, for Best Western Historical Nonfiction
The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border by Francisco Cantu, for Best Western Contemporary Nonfiction
White Hat: The Military Career of Captain William Philo Clark by Mark J. Nelson, for Best Western Biography
"Buck's Last Ride" by Therese Greenwood, for Best Western Short Fiction
"Art, Agency, and Conservation: A Fresh Look at Albert Bierstadt's Vision of the West" by Peter H. Hassrick, for Best Western Short Nonfiction
2018
Double Wide by Leo W. Banks, for Best Western Contemporary Novel
The Coming by David Osborne, for Best Western Historical Novel
Silver City: A Novel of the American West by Jeff Guinn, for Traditional Novel
Double Wide by Leo W. Banks, for Best First Western Novel
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann, for Best Western Historical Nonfiction
A Land Apart: The Southwest and the Nation in the Twentieth Century by Flannery Burke, for Best Western Contemporary Nonfiction
Frank Little and the IWW: The Blood That Stained an American Family by Jane Little Botkin, for Best Western Biography
"Lost and Found: A Short Story" by Rod Miller, for Best Western Short Fiction
"States of Decay: A Journey Through America's Nuclear Heartland" by Ben Mauk, for Best Western Short Nonfiction
2017
Off the Grid: A Joe Pickett Novel by C.J. Box, for Best Western Contemporary Novel
Best Western Historical Novel - No award given
The Mustanger and the Lady by Dusty Richards, for Best Western Traditional Novel
Jasper Spring by James T. Hughes, for Best First Novel
The Apache Wars: The Hunt for Geronimo, The Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History by Paul Andrew Hutton, for Best Western Historical Nonfiction
New Deal Cowboy: Gene Autry and Public Diplomacy by Michael Duchemin, for Best Western Contemporary Nonfiction
Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary by Joe Jackson, for Best Western Biography
"Odell's Bones" by Troy D. Smith, for Best Western Short Fiction
"Master of Ceremonies': The World of Peter Biggs in Civil War-Era Los Angeles" by Kendra Field and Daniel Lynch, for Best Western Short Nonfiction
2016
Crazy Mountain Kiss: A Sean Stranahan Mystery by Keith McCafferty, for Best Western Contemporary Novel
Paradise Sky by Joe R. Lansdale, for Best Western Historical Novel
The Last Midwife by Sandra Dallas, for Best Western Traditional Novel
American Copper by Shann Ray, for Best First Novel
William Wells and the Struggle for the Old Northwest by William Heath, for Best Western Historical Nonfiction
The Size of the Risk: Histories of Multiple Use in the Great Basin by Leisl Carr Childers, for Best Western Contemporary Nonfiction
Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America by T.J. Stiles, for Best Western Biography
The Scalper by Richard Prosch, for Best Western Short Fiction Story
"Cowboys and Capitalist: The XIT Ranch in Texas and Montana, 1885-1912" by Michael M. Miller, for Best Western Short Nonfiction
2015
Bad Country by Craig Johnson, for Best Western Contemporary Novel
Wild Ran the Rivers by James D. Crownover, for Best Western Historical Novel
The Big Drift by Patrick Dearen, for Best Western Traditional Novel
Wild Ran the Rivers by James D. Crownover, for Best First Novel
American Carnage: Wounded Knee, 1890 by Jerome A. Greene, for Best Western Nonfiction Historical
Red Light to Starboard: Recalling the Exxon Valdez Disaster by Angela Day, for Best Western Nonfiction Contemporary
Song of Dewey Beard: Last Survivor of Little Bighorn by Philip Burnham, for Best Western Nonfiction Biography
"Fingers" by Andrew Geyer, for Best Western Short Fiction
"Calamity Jane: A Life and Legends" by Richard W. Etulain, for Best Western Short Nonfiction
2014
Light of the World: A Dave Robicheaux Novel by James Lee Burke, for Best Western Contemporary Novel
Silent We Stood by Henry Chappell, for Best Western Historical Novel
Crossing Purgatory by Gary Schanbacher, for Best Western Traditional Novel
Spider Woman's Daughter by Anne Hillerman, for Best First Novel
Shot all to Hell: Jesse James, the Northfield Raid, and the Wild West's Greatest Escape by Mark Lee Gardner, for Best Western Nonfiction Historical
Vacationland: Tourism and Environment in the Colorado High Country by William Philpott, for Best Western Nonfiction Contemporary
Jack London: An American Life by Earle Labor, for Best Western Nonfiction Biography
"Cabin Fever" by Brett Cogburn, for Best Western Short Fiction
"The Other James Brother" by Mark Lee Gardner, for Best Western Short Nonfiction
2013
With Blood in Their Eyes by Thomas Cobb, for Best Western Long Novel
Tucker's Reckoning by Matthew Mayo, for Best Western Short Novel
The Coyote Tracker by Larry Sweazy, for Best Original Mass Market Paperback
With Golden Visions Bright Before Them: Trails to the Mining West, for Best Western Nonfiction Historical
Desert Reckoning: A Town Sheriff, A Mojave Hermit and the Biggest Manhunt in Modern California History by Deanne Stillman, for Best Western Nonfiction Contemporary
Geronimo by Robert M. Utley, for Best Western Nonfiction Biography
"The Hog Whisperer" by John Mort, for Best Western Short Fiction Story
"Marathoner Louis Tewanima and the Continuity of Hopi Running, 1908-1912" by Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert, for Best Western Short Nonfiction
2012
Remember Ben Clayton by Stephen Harrigan, for Best Western Long Novel
Legacy of a Lawman by Johnny D. Boggs, for Best Western Short Novel
West Texas Kill by Johnny D. Boggs, for Best Original Mass Market Paperback
The Mormon Rebellion by David L. Bigler and Will Bagley, for Best Western Nonfiction Historical
The Bitter and MR. Brandborg by Frederick H. Swanson, for Best Western Nonfiction Contemporary
George Crook by Paul Magid, for Best Western Nonfiction Biography
The Death of Delgado by Rod Miller and The Deacon's Horse by Clay Reynolds, for Best Western Short Fiction Story
The Alamo, Well Remembered by Paul Andrew Hutton, for Best Western Short Nonfiction
Birdie by Candace Simar, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
Migrant Mother by Don Nardo, for Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction
Tornado Slim and the Magic Cowboy Hat by Bryan Langdo, for Best Western Storyteller
2011
•Last Train from Cuernavaca by Lucia St. Clair Robson, for Best Western Long Novel
•Snowbound by Richard S. Wheeler, for Best Western Short Novel
•Damnation Road by Max McCoy, for Best Original Paperback Novel
•The Killing of Crazy Horse by Thomas Powers, for Best Western Nonfiction Historical
•The Frontier of Leisure by Lawrence Culver, for Best Western Nonfiction Contemporary
•Wolf: The Lives of Jack London by James L. Hayley, for Best Western Nonfiction Biography
• "Bonnie and Clyde in the Backyard" in Glimmer Train by K.L. Cook, for Best Western Short Fiction
• "The N Bar N Ranch" in Montana: The Magazine of Western History by Roger Di Silvestro, for Best western Short Nonficition
•Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
•Buffalo Bill Cody (Legends of the Wild West) by Ronald A. Reis, for Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction
•A Night on the Range by Aaron Frisch and Chris Sheban, for Best Western Storyteller
2010
•Echoes of Glory by Robert Flynn, for Best Western Long Novel
•Far Bright Star by Robert Olmstead, for Best Western Short Novel
•Stranger in Thunder Basin by John D. Nesbitt, for Best Original Paperback Novel
•Fort Laramie: Military Bastion of the High Plains by Douglas C. McChristian and Paul L. Hedren, for Best Western Nonfiction Historical
•The Secret War in El Paso by Charles H. Harris III and Louis R. Sadler, for Best Western Nonfiction Contemporary
•Peg Leg by David C. Humphrey, for Best Western Nonfiction Biography
• "At the End of the Orchard" in Hardboiled Magazine by John D. Nesbitt, for Best Western Short Fiction
• "Teddy's Ride to Recovery" in Wild West Magazine by Roger Di Silvestro, for Best western Short Nonficition
•Hard Winter: A Western Story by Johnny D. Boggs, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
•One Sky Above Us by Nancy Plain, for Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction
•Finding Susie by Sandra Day O'Connor and Tom Pohrt, for Best Western Storyteller
2009
•Shavetail: A Novel by Thomas Cobb, for Best Western Long Novel
•Another Man's Moccasins by Craig Johnson, for Best Western Short Novel
•Trouble at the Redstone by John D. Nesbitt, for Best Original Paperback Novel
•God's Thunderbolt: The Vigilantes of Montana by Carol Buchanan, for Best First Novel
•Hunting the American West by Richard Rattenbury, for Best Western Nonfiction Historical
•Full-Court Quest by Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith, for Best Western Nonfiction Contemporary
•Frontiersman: Daniel Boone and the Making of America by Meredith Mason Brown, for Best Western Nonfiction Biography
• "Cornflower Blue" in Untamed Ink by Susan K. Salzer, for Best Western Short Fiction
• "Owen Winster's Paladin of the Plains: The Virginian as a Cultural Hero" by David A. Smith, for Best western Short Nonficition
•I Am Apache by Tanya Landman, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
•The Trial of Standing Bear by Frank Keating, Gini Moore Campbell and Mike Wimmer, for Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction
•The Wheat Doll by Alison Randall and Bill Farnsworth, for Best Western Storyteller
2008
•The God of Animals by Aryn Kyle, for Best Western Long Novel
•Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas, for Best Western Short Novel
•Hellfire Canyon by Max McCoy, for Best Original Paperback Novel
•Night Birds by Thomas Maltman, for Best First Novel
•Creating Minnesota by Anette Atkins, for Best Western Nonfiction Historical
•Lone Star Lawmen by Robert Marshall Utley, for Best Western Nonfiction Contemporary
•Gall: Lakota War Chief by Robert W. Larson, for Best Western Nonfiction Biography
•Crucifixion River by Marcia Muller, for Best Western Short Fiction
• “Selling the ‘Noble Savage’ Myth" in Kansas History by Joseph B. Herring, for Best western Short Nonficition
•Doubtful Canon: A Western Story by Johnny D. Boggs, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
•Sagebrush and Paintbrush by Nancy Plain, for Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction
2007
•The Night Journal by Elizabeth Crook, for Best Western Long Novel
•The Shape Shifter by Tony Hillerman, for Best Western Short Novel
•The Horse Creek Incident by Dusty Richards, for Best Original Paperback Novel
•Broken Trail by Alan Geoffrion, for Best First Novel
•Blood and Thunder by Hampton Sides, for Best Western Nonfiction Historical
•Copper Chorus by Denis Swibold, for Best Western Nonfiction Contemporary
•Crazy Horse by Kingsley M. Bray, for Best Western Nonfiction Biography
•Commanche Moon by Dusty Richards, for Best Western Short Fiction
•Geronimo by Joseph Bruchac, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
•Bleeding Kansas and the Violent Clash Over Slavery in the Heartland by Jeff C. Young, for Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction
•Tatanka and the Lakota People by Donald Montileaux, for Best Western Storyteller
•Across the High Divide by Laurie Wagner Buyer, for Best Western Poetry
2006
•High Country by Willard Wyman, for Best Novel of the West
•High Country by Willard Wyman, for Best First Novel
•Camp Ford by Johnny Boggs, for Best Western Novel
•Dakota by Matt Braun, for Best Original Paperback Novel
•Ringside Seat to a Revolution by David Romo, for Best Western Nonfiction Contemporary
•Buffalo Bill's America by Louis S. Warren, for Best Western Nonfiction Historical
•Chief Joseph by Candy Moulton, for Best Western Nonfiction Biography
•Klondike Gold by Alice Provensen, for Best Western Storyteller
•The First Americans by Anthony Aveni, for Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction
•Black Storm Comin' by Diane Lee Wilson, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
•Voice of the Borderlands by Drum Hadley, for Best Western Poetry
2005
•Buy the Chief a Cadillac by Rick Steber, for Best Western Novel
•People of the Raven by Kathleen O'Neal Gear, for Best Novel of the West
•Vengeance Valley by Richard S. Wheeler, for Best Original Paperback Novel
•Field of Honor by D.L. Birchfield, for Best First Novel
•Black Kettle by Thom Hatch, for Best Western Nonfiction Biography
•Beasts of the Field by Richard Street, for Best Western Nonfiction Historical
•The Texas Rangers and the Mexican Revolution by Charles Harris, for Best Western Nonfiction Contemporary
•Fire in the Hole by Mary Farrell, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
•Rattlesnake Mesa by Edna Weber, for Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction
•A Thousand Miles of Stars by Walt McDonald, for Best Western Poetry
•Apples to Oregon by Deborah Hopkinson, for Best Western Storyteller
2004
•On A Silver Desert by Ernest Haycox, for Best Western Nonfiction Biography
•River of Shadows by Rebecca Solnit, for Best Western Nonfiction Contemporary
•One Vast Winter Count by Colin Galloway, for Best Western Nonfiction Historical
•Company by Brian Hall, for Best Western Novel
•So Wild A Dream by Win Blevins, for Best Novel of the West
•The Sergeant's Lady by Miles Swarthout, for Best First Novel
•Plain Language by Barbara Wright, for Best Original Paperback Novel
•Words West by Ginger Wadsworth, for Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction
•In The Eye of the Storm by E. Kimmel, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
•The Star People by S.D. Nelson, for Best Western Storyteller
•Wolf Tracks on the Welcome Matt by Paul Zarzyski, for Best Western Poetry
2003
•The Chili Queen by Sandra Dallas, for Best Western Novel
•Perma Red by Debra Earling, for Best Novel of the West
•Oblivion's Altar by David Wilkinson, for Best Original Paperback Novel
•Sam Houston by James Haley, for Best Western Nonfiction Biography
•Blood of the Prophets by Will Bagley, for Best Western Nonfiction Historical
•Dine: A History of the Navajos by Peter Iverson, for Best Western Nonfiction Contemporary
•The Big Burn by Jeanette Ingold, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
•Raising La Belle by Mark Mitchell, for Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction
•Will Rogers by Frank Keating, for Best Western Storyteller
2002
•The Way of the Coyote by Elmer Kelton, for Best Western Novel
•The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint by Brady Udall, for Best Novel of the West
•Drum's Ring by Richard Wheeler, for Best Original Paperback Novel
•American Character by Mark Thompson, for Best Western Nonfiction Biography
•Andrew Jackson and His Indian Wars by Robert Remini, for Best Western Nonfiction Historical
•Bone Wars by Tom Rea, for Best Western Nonfiction Contemporary
•Rockbuster by Gloria Skurzynski, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
•In the Days of the Vaqueros by Russell Freedman, for Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction
•The Legend of Strap Buckner by Connie Nordhielm, for Best Western Storyteller
•Blood Sister, I am To These Fields by Linda Hussa, for Best Western Poetry
2001
•Summer of Pearls by Mike Blakely, for Best Western Novel
•The Gates of the Alamo by Stephen Harrigan, for Best Novel of the West
•Bound for the Promise Land by Troy Smith, for Best Original Paperback Novel
•A River Running West by Donald Worcester, for Best Western Nonfiction Biography
•Pacific Destiny by Dale Walker, for Best Western Nonfiction Historical
•What You See In Clear Water by Geoffrey O'Gara, for Best Western Nonfiction Contemporary
•The Midnight Train Home by Erika Tamar, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
•Stories of Young Pioneers in Their Own Words by Violet Kimball, for Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction
•Cindy Ellen by Susan Lowell, for Best Western Storyteller
•Western Settings by Red Shuttleworth, for Best Western Poetry
2000
•Masterson by Richard Wheeler, for Best Western Novel
•Prophet Annie by Ellen Recknor, for Best Novel of the West
•Mine Work by Jim Davidson, for Best Original Paperback Novel
•A Knight Without Armor by Felix Almaraz, for Best Western Nonfiction Biography
•Rush for Riches by J.S. Holliday, for Best Western Nonfiction Historical
•The Real Wild West by Michael Wallis, for Best Western Nonfiction Contemporary
•Wrango by Brian Burks, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
•The Wild Colorado by Richard Maurer, for Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction
•Prairie Train by Antoine O'Flatharta, for Best Western Storyteller
1999
•Journey of the Dead by Loren D. Estleman, for Best Western Novel
•The All True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton by Jane Smiley, for Best Novel of the West
•Dark Trail by Hiram King, for Best Original Paperback Novel
•Duke by Ronald Davis, for Best Western Nonfiction Biography
•The Contested Plains by Elliott West, for Best Western Nonfiction Historical
•Devil's Bargains by Hal Rothman, for Best Western Nonfiction Contemporary
•Petey by Ben Mikaelson, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
•Cowboy With a Camera by Don Worcester, for Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction
•Slim and Miss Prim by Robert Kinerk, for Best Western Storyteller
1998
•The Kiowa Verdict by Cynthia Haselhoff, for Best Western Novel
•Comanche Moon by Larry McMurtry, for Best Novel of the West
•Leaving Missouri by Ellen Recknor, for Best Original Paperback Novel
•Death's Deceivers by Lynn Bridgers, for Best Western Nonfiction Biography
•El Lano Estacado by John Morris, for Best Western Nonfiction Historical
•Big Trouble by J. Anthony Lukas, for Best Western Nonfiction Contemporary
•Danger Along the Ohio by Patricia Willis, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
•Rattlesnake Dance by Jennifer Dewey, for Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction
•Bootmaker and Elves by Susan Lowell, for Best Western Storyteller
1996
•Blood of Texas by Preston Lewis, for Best Western Novel
•Sierra by Richard Wheeler, for Best Novel of the West
•Potter's Fields by Frank Roderus, for Best Original Paperback Novel
•John Wesley Hardin by Leon Metz, for Best Western Nonfiction Biography
•Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose, for Best Western Nonfiction Historical
•New Westers by Michael Johnson, for Best Western Nonfiction Contemporary
•Far North by Will Hobbs, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
•The Life and Death of Crazyhorse by Richard Freedman, Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction
•The Worry Stone by Marianna Dengler, for Best Western Storyteller
1995
•The Dark Island by Robert Conley, for Best Western Novel
•Stone Song by Win Blevins, for Best Novel of the West
•Thunder in the Valley by Jim woolard, for Best Original Paperback Novel
•General M.G. Vallejo and the Advent of the Americans by Alan Rosenus, for Best Western Nonfiction Biography
•Seeking Pleasure in the Old West by David Dary, for Best Western Nonfiction Historical
•We are a People in This World by Conger Beasley, for Best Western Nonfiction Contemporary
•Indio by Sherry Garland, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
•Camels for Uncle Sam by Diane Yancey, Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction
•Dandelions by Eve Bunting, for Best Western Storyteller
1994
•St. Agnes' Stand by Tom Edison, for Best Western Novel
•The Far Canyon by Elmer Kelton, for Best Novel of the West
•Survival by K.C. McKenna, for Best Original Paperback Novel
•Hero of Beecher Island by David Dixon, for Best Western Nonfiction Biography
•Precious Dust by Paula Marks, for Best Western Nonfiction Historical
•Raven's Exile by Ellen Meloy, for Best Western Nonfiction Contemporary
•A Trail of Tears by David Fremon, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
1993
•Friends by Charles Hackenberry, for Best Western Novel
•Empire of Bones by Jeff Long, for Best Novel of the West
•The Gila River by Gary McCarthy, for Best Original Paperback Novel
•The Lance and the Shield by Robert Utley, for Best Western Nonfiction Historical
•Rivers in the Desert by Margaret Davis, for Best Western Nonfiction Contemporary
•Leaving Eldorado by JoAnn Mazzio, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
•Cowboys, Indians, and Gunfighters by Albert Marrin, Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction
1992
•Nickajack by Robert J. Conley, for Best Western Novel
•Slaughter by Elmer Kelton, for Best Novel of the West
•The Golden Chance by T.V. Olsen, for Best Original Paperback Novel
•Let Me Be Free by David Lavender, for Best Western Nonfiction
•The Hay Meadow by Gary Paulsen, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
•Children of the Dust Bowl by Jerry Stanley, Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction
1991
•Journal of Gun Years by Richard Matheson, for Best Western Novel
•The Medicine Horn by Jory Sherman, for Best Novel of the West
•Rage in Chupadera by Norman Zollinger, for Best Original Paperback Novel
•Custer's Last Campaign by John S. Gray, for Best Western Nonfiction
•Rescue Josh McGuire by Ben Mikaelsen, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
1990
•Sanctuary by Gary Svee, for Best Western Novel
•Home Mountain by Jeanne Williams, for Best Novel of the West
•The Changing Wind by Don Coldsmith, for Best Original Paperback Novel
•Helen Hunt Jackson by Valerie S. Mathes, for Best Western Nonfiction
•Honey Girl by Madge Harrah, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
•Woodsong by Gary Paulsen, Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction
1989
•Fool's Coach by Richard Wheeler, for Best Western Novel
•Panther in the Sky by James Alexander, for Best Novel of the West
•Among the Eagles by G. Clifton Wisler, for Best Original Paperback Novel
•The Great Plains by Ian Frazier, for Best Western Nonfiction
•My Daniel by Pam Conrad, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
1988
•Mattie by Judy Alter, for Best Western Novel
•The Homesman by Glendon Swarthout, for Best Novel of the West
•Hoover Dam by Joseph Stevens, for Best Western Nonfiction
•In the Face of Danger by Joan Lowry Nixon, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
1987
•Skinwalker by Tony Hillerman, for Best Western Novel
•Wanderer Springs by Robert Flynn, for Best Novel of the West
•Jessie Benton Fremont by Pamela Herr, for Best Western Nonfiction
•The Orphan Train by Joan Lowry Nixon, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
1986
•The Blind Corral by Ralph Robert Beer, for Best Western Novel
•Roman by Douglas C. Jones, for Best Novel of the West
•Paper Medicine Man by Joseph C. Porter, for Best Western Nonfiction
•Make Way For Sam Houston by Jean Fritz, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
1985
•Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, for Best Western Novel
•The Snowblind Moon by John Byrne Cooke, for Best Novel of the West
•Phil Sheridan and His Army by Paul Hutton, for Best Western Nonfiction
•Prairie Songs by Pam Conrad, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
1984
•Gone the Dreams and Dancing by Douglas C. Jones, for Best Western Novel
•Hashknife Cowboy Recollections of Mach Hughes by Stella Hughes, for Best Western Nonfiction
•Trapped in Slickrock Canyon by Gloria Skurzynski, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
1983
•Leaving Kansas by Frank Roderus, for Best Western Novel
•Sam Bass by Bryan Woolley, for Best Novel of the West
•Quarterdeck and Saddlehorn by Carl Briggs, for Best Western Nonfiction
•Thunder on the Tennessee by Gary Clifton, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
1982
•Match Race by Fred Grove, for Best Western Novel
•Ride the Wind by Lucia St. Clair, for Best Novel of the West
•Albuquerque: A Narrative History by Marc Simmons, for Best Western Nonfiction
•Before the Lark by Irene Brown, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
1981
•Eye of the Hawk by Elmer Kelton, for Best Western Novel
•Aces and Eights by Loren D. Estleman, for Best Novel of the West
•Cowboy Culture by David Dary, for Best Western Nonfiction
•The Last Run by Mark Harris, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
1980
•The Valiant Woman by Jeanne Williams, for Best Western Novel
•Getting There by Susan Hilton, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
1979
•The Holdouts by William Decker, for Best Western Novel
•The Apaches by Don Worcester, for Best Western Nonfiction
1978
•Riders to Cibola by Norman Zollinger, for Best Western Novel
•Pueblo, Hardscrabble, Greenhorn by Janet LeCompte, for Best Western Nonfiction
•The No Return Trail by Sonia Levitin, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
1977
•The Great Horse Race by Fred Grove, for Best Western Novel
•Swimming Man Burning by Terrence Kilpatrick, for Best Novel of the West
•The Cowgirls by Joyce Roach, for Best Western Nonfiction
•The Shepherd Watches, the Shepherd Sings by Louis Irigaray, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
1976
•The Spirit Horses by Lou Cameron, for Best Western Novel
•The Kincaids by Matt Braun, for Best Novel of the West
•The Vanishing Whiteman by Stan Steiner, for Best Western Nonfiction
1975
•The Shootist by Glendon Swarthout, for Best Western Novel
•Lamy of Santa Fe by Paul Horgan, for Best Novel of the West
•Dust of the Earth by Vera Cleaver, for Best Western Nonfiction
•Ride 'em Cowgirl by Lynn Haney, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
1974
•A Hanging in Sweetwater by Stephen Overholser, for Best Western Novel
•Colonel Green and the Copper Skyrocket by C.L. Sonnichsen, for Best Western Nonfiction
•Susy's Scoundrel by Harold Keith, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
1973
•The Time it Never Rained by Elmer Kelton, for Best Western Novel
•Burnout Fires by Richard Dillon, for Best Western Nonfiction
•Freedom Trail by Jeanne Williams, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
•Red Power on the Rio Grande by Franklin Folsom, for Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction
1972
•A Killing in Kiowa by Lewis Patten, for Best Western Novel
•The Time of the Buffalo by Tom McHugh, for Best Western Nonfiction
•Only Earth & Sky Last Forever by Nathaniel Benchley, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
•The Tiguas by Stan Steiner, for Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction
1971
•The Day the Cowboys Quit by Elmer Kelton, for Best Western Novel
•Western Life and Adventures by Elliot Barker, for Best Western Nonfiction
•The Black Mustanger by Richard Wormser, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
•Lords of the Earth by Jules Loh, for Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction
1970
•The Last Days of Wolf Garnett by Clifton Adams, for Best Western Novel
•The Buffalo by Francis Haines, for Best Western Nonfiction
•Cayuse Courage by Evelyn Lampman, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
•Retreat to the Bear Paw by Marion Place, for Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction
1969
•Tragg's Choice by Clifton Adams, for Best Western Novel
•The White Man's Road by Benjamin Capps, for Best Novel of the West
•Boss Cowman by Nellie Yost, for Best Western Nonfiction
•The Meeker Massacre by Wayne Overholser, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
•Conquistadores and Pueblos by Olga Hall-Quest, for Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction
•Big With Vengeance by Cecil Snyder, for Best First Novel
1968
•Down the Long Hills by Louis L'Amour, for Best Western Novel
•The Red Sabbath by Lewis Patten, for Best Novel of the West
•Gold Rushes and Mining Camps of the Early American West by Vardis Fisher, for Best Western Nonfiction
•Middl'un by Elizabeth Burleson, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
1967
•The Valdez Horses by Lee Hoffman, for Best Western Novel
•The Wolf is My Brother by Chad Oliver, for Best Novel of the West
•America's Western Frontiers by John Hawgood, for Best Western Nonfiction
•Half Breed by Evelyn Lampman, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
•To the Pacific with Lewis and Clark by Ralph Andrist, for Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction
1966
•My Brother John by Herbert Purdum, for Best Western Novel
•Hellfire Jackson by Garland Roarke, for Best Novel of the West
•America's Frontier Heritage by Ray Billington, for Best Western Nonfiction
•Valley of the Smallest by Aileen Fisher, for Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction
1965
•Sam Chance by Benjamin Capps, for Best Western Novel
•Gold in California by Todhunter Ballard, for Best Novel of the West
•The Nez Perce Indians and the Opening of the Northwest by Alvin Josephy, for Best Western Nonfiction
•The Stubborn One by Rutherford Montgomery, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
1964
•The Trail to Ogallala by Benjamin Capps, for Best Western Novel
•Indian Fighter by E.E. Halleran, for Best Novel of the West
•Ride a Northbound Horse by Richard Wormser, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
1963
•Follow the Free Wind by Leigh Brackett, for Best Western Novel
•Gates of the Mountains by Will Henry, for Best Novel of the West
•The Bonanza West by William S. Greever, for Best Western Nonfiction
1962
•Comanche Captives by Fred Groves, for Best Western Novel
•Great Surveys of the American West by R.A. Bartlett, for Best Western Nonfiction
•The Western Horse by Natlee Kenoyer, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
1961
•The Honyocker by Giles Lutz, for Best Western Novel
•The Winter War by William Haines, for Best Novel of the West
•The Lives and Legends of Buffalo Bill by Don Russell, for Best Western Nonfiction
1960
•The Nameless Breed by Will Brown, for Best Western Novel
•From Where the Sun Now Stands by Will Henry, for Best Novel of the West
•South Pass 1868 by Lola Homsher, for Best Western Nonfiction
•The Horse Talker by Jeanne Williams, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
1959
•The Long Run by Nelson Nye, for Best Western Novel
•The Buffalo Soldiers by John Prebble, for Best Novel of the West
•Day of San Jacinto by Frank Tolbert, for Best Western Nonfiction
•Their Shining Hour by Ramona Weeks, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
1958
•Shortcut to Red River by Noel Loomis, for Best Western Novel
•The Fancher Train by Amelia Bean, for Best Novel of the West
•Cripple Creek Days by Mabel Lee, for Best Western Nonfiction
•Steamboat Up the Missouri by Dale White, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
1957
•Buffalo Wagons by Elmer Kelton, for Best Western Novel
•Silver Mountain by Dan Cushman, for Best Novel of the West
•This is the West by Robert Howard, for Best Western Nonfiction
•Wolf Brother by Jim Kjelgaard, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
1956
•High Gun by Leslie Ernenwein, for Best Western Novel
•Generations of Men by John Hunt, for Best Novel of the West
•Men to Match My Mountains by Irving Stone, for Best Western Nonfiction
•Trapping the Silver Beaver by Charles Niehuis, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
1955
•Somewhere They Die by L.P. Holmes, for Best Western Novel
1954
•The Violent Land by Wayne Overholser, for Best Western Novel
•Journey by the River by John Prescott, for Best Novel of the West
•Bent's Fort by David Lavender, for Best Western Nonfiction
•Young Hero of the Range by Stephen Payne, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction
1953
•Lawman by Lee Leighton, for Best Western Novel
•The Wheel and the Hearth by Lucia Moore, for Best Novel of the West
•Sagebrush Sorrel by Frank C. Robertson, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction