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.

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



Mariam Funke Jim Jones Doug Figgs
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
2020 Cowboy Poetry CD of the Year

They Come Prancin'

A.K. Moss



A. K. Moss
2020 Cowboy Poetry Book of the Year

Good Medicine - Read Two Poems and Call Me in the Morning

Doc Mehl

(tie)

Reflection

Tom Swearingen



Tom Swearingen Al Mehl
2020 Cowboy/Western Swing Album of the Year

Texas Star

Lori Beth Brooke



Lori Beth Brooke
2020 Working Cowboy Song of the Year

One More River to Cross

Brad Exton



Brad & Bonnie Exton