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.

2024 Entertainer of the Year

Award Sponsored by Marvin & Theresa O'Dell
Kristyn Harris



Kristyn Harris
2024 Male Performer of the Year

Award Sponsored by Marvin & Theresa O'Dell
Syd Masters



Syd Masters
2024 Female Performer of the Year

Award Sponsored by Marvin & Theresa O'Dell
Patty Clayton



Patty Clayton
2024 Duo or Group of the Year

Award Sponsored by Diana Raven & Ernie Martinez
3 Trails West



Roger Eilts Leo Eilts Jim Winters
2024 Instrumentalist of the Year

Award Sposnored by Michael & Judy Muldawer
Hailey Sandoz



Hailey Sandoz
2024 Male Poet of the Year

Award Sponsored by Marvin & Theresa O'Dell
Mark Munzert



Mark Munzert
2024 Cowboy Poetry CD of the Year

Award Sponsored by Tom & Carla Swearingen
"Real Hands & Treasured Friends"
Miska Paget



Miska Paget
2024 Cowboy Poetry Book of the Year

Award Sponsored by Tom & Carla Swearingen
"Into the West"
Poppa Mac & Doug Monson



Geoff Mackay
2024 Harmony Award

Award Sponsored by Michael & Judy Muldawer
Miss Devon & The Outlaw



Devon Dawson Jessie D. Robertson
2024 Working Cowboy Song of the Year

Award Sponsored by Janice Brooks
"Drivin' This Herd to the Rail"
written by J. Michael Mullins



J. Michael Mullins
2024 Songwriting Contest Award

1st Place: "Heartbreak Moon"
Written by Tecia McKenna, Micki Fuhrman, Mary Kaye Holt & Merna Lewis

2nd Place: "I'll Rope the Blue Moon"
Written by Jim Jones & Betty Lynne McCarthy

3rd Place: "Half Broke Cavvy of the ZX Range"
Written by Darrell Arnold & Tom Hiatt



Darrell Arnold Jim Jones Mary Kaye Holt Merna Lewis Micki Fuhrman Tecia McKenna Tom Hiatt
2024 Western Album of the Year

Award Sponsored by the Salado Cowboy Poetry Gathering
"Snow on the Wineglass"
John Lowell



John Lowell
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



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