2025
Award Sponsored By: Mary Ryland, Sidekick Productions
BLESSED BY THE WEST - written by Randy Palmer, Merel Bregante & Sarah Pierce
This Award is for any song which was released or showed significant chart action within the eligibility period. Any song which has been nominated for this award in previous years or has been recorded in previous years is ineligible. The award recognizes the songwriter.
2024
Award Sponsored by The Russellers
"Ian and Charlie"
Darrell Arnold & Tom Hiat
2023
Cowboy “Til I Die
2022
Welcome to Wickenburg
2021
Range of the Buffalo
2020
Old Range Cowboy
Christopher Harris, Jim Weber, Steve Thomas
2019
It’s a Cowboy I Will Be
Jim Jones
2018
The Pitchfork Grays
Darrell Arnold & Jean Prescott
2017
Call of the Canyon
Dick & Dixie Goodman
2016
Land Where Cedars Grow
Dave Stamey
2015
Socios
Doug Figgs, Mariam Funke & Ethan Smith
2014
A Cowboy Hat
Trinity Seely & Blaine McIntyre
2013
Listen
Juni Fisher
2012
No Wilder Place
Les Buffham & Mary Kaye
2011
Yakima
Juni Fisher
2010
Come Ride With Me
Dave Stamey
2009
Jesus & Roy
Marvin O'Dell
2008
If I Hadn’t Seen the West
Joyce Woodson
2007
I Hope She’ll Love Me
Juni Fisher & Joe Hanna
2005
Colors (of the West)
Terri Taylor
2004
What Cowboy Means
Kip Calahan
2002
Wyoming Rose
Janet McBride
2001
Sing One For The Cowboy
Jack Hannah & Darrell Arnold
2000
He Just Can’t Be Seen From the Road
Jack Hannah & Baxter Black
1999
Wyoming On My Mind
Charlie Daniels
1998
From Whence Came The Cowboy
Jack Hannah
1997
Below the Kinney Rim
Les Buffham & Michael Fleming