Performer Showcase

Featuring Recent
Awards For Excellence
Recipients

Performer Showcase

Each year we recognize individuals, duos and groups for the talents in promoting and preserving western music and poetry.

2023 Entertainer of the Year
Doug Figgs
2023 Male Performer of the Year
Jon Chandler
2023 Female Performer of the Year
Kristyn Harris
2023 Duo or Group of the Year

The Cowboy Way



Mariam Funke Jim Jones Doug Figgs
2023 Instrumentalist of the Year
Hailey Sandoz
2023 Male Poet of the Year
Floyd Beard
2023 Cowboy Poetry CD of the Year

No Better Life



Valerie Beard
2023 Cowboy Poetry Book of the Year

Windmills on the Prairie



Yvonne Hollenbeck
2023 Working Cowboy Song of the Year

Never Cuss the Rain

Lyrics by Darrell Arnold
Music by Tom Hiatt



Tom Hiatt
2023 Songwriting Contest Award

Traditional Category: New Someday - Tecia McKenna
Second Place: Old Pard - John Lowell

Gospel Category: What If There's a Heaven - Aspen Black
Second Place: Cleanin' Out My Stable - Devon Dawson, Teresa Burleson, Belinda Gail



Devon Dawson Aspen Black Belinda Gail John Lowell Tecia McKenna Teresa Burleson
2023 Team Penning Co-write Songwriting Contest Award
Doug Figgs Floyd Beard
2023 Western Album of the Year

Roll On, Cowboys



Andy Hedges
2022 Entertainer of the Year
Kristyn Harris
2022 Male Performer of the Year
Randy Huston
2022 Female Performer of the Year
Kristyn Harris
2022 Duo or Group of the Year

The Cowboy Way



Doug Figgs Jim Jones Mariam Funke
2022 Instrumentalist of the Year
Mariam Funke
2022 Male Poet of the Year
Tom Swearingen
2022 Cowboy Poetry CD of the Year

The Best Horses in Heaven, They Have No Tails



Miska Paget
2022 Cowboy Poetry Book of the Year

Deep Tracks



Marleen Bussma
2022 Harmony Award
Miss Devon & The Outlaw
2022 Yodeling Award

Janet McBride Best of the Best



Phoebe White Jeneve Rose Mitchell
2022 Cowboy/Western Swing Album of the Year

Yearnin’



Jim Winters
2022 Working Cowboy Song of the Year

Angus MacKenzie



John Lowell
2022 Team Penning Co-write Songwriting Contest Award

Landscapes of the West



Joni Harms Tom Swearingen
2021 Entertainer of the Year
Joni Harms
2021 Male Performer of the Year
Doug Figgs
2021 Female Performer of the Year
Kristyn Harris
2021 Instrumentalist of the Year
Hailey Sandoz
2021 Male Poet of the Year
Floyd Beard
2021 Cowboy Poetry CD of the Year

Horses Tails and Cow Trails



Floyd Beard
2021 Working Cowboy Song of the Year

Riding Night Hawk

Written by Tim Callaway, performed by Prairie Moon



Tim Callaway