Each year we recognize individuals, duos and groups for the talents in promoting and preserving western music and poetry.
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
Arizona Stars
Rusted Spurs West
Never Cuss the Rain
Lyrics by Darrell Arnold
Music by Tom Hiatt
Barbwire & The Rail - written by Ed Meyer
Last of the Four Sixes Cowboys - written by Allan Chapman & Joel White
Never Cuss the Rain - written by Darrell Arnold & Tom Hiatt
Once I Was a Cowboy - written by Joel White
Way of the Cowboy - written by Randy Huston
Cowboy 'Til I Die - written & performed by Ed Meyer
Ian & Charlie - written by Darrell Arnold & Tom Hiatt & performed by Tom Hiatt
My Wild Norwegian Rose - written by Scott Lambertsen & performed by The Fall River Boys
Never Cuss the Rain - written by Darrell Arnold & Tom Hiatt & performed by Tom Hiatt
The Shelter of the Wildwood - written by Doug Green & performed by Riders In The Sky
Allen & Jill
The Cowboy Way
Kacey & Jenna Thunborg
Miss Devon & The Outlaw
Notable Exceptions
Bunchgrass - Wylie & The Wild West
Roll On, Cowboys - Andy Hedges
Throw a Saddle on a Star - Riders In The Sky
Times Like These - Randy Huston
We Were Cowboys - R.J. Vandygriff
Between The Sun and The Moon – Teresa Burleson
The Girl in the Yellow-Checked Dress – Duane Nelson
No Better Life - Valerie Beard
Proven Up Wise – Rik “Yonder” Goodell
Upon My Horse’s Back – Chris Mortensen
Wisdom in the Wind – Sherl Cederburg
Landscapes of the West
Angus MacKenzie - John Lowell
Get 'em Running - Ryan Fritz
The Lonesome Western Trail - Jim Schulz & John Lowell
Riding Out to Meet the Day - Dan McCorison & Les Buffham
Way of the Cowboy - Randy Huston
Welcome to Wickenburg - Dan McCorison & Les Buffham
You Oughta See Wyoming - Micki Fuhrman
Ride the River - Jim Jones & Andi Renfree
The Hands That Held the Child - Randy Huston & Duke Sundt
Way of the Cowboy - Randy Huston
3 Trails West
Allen & Jill
The Cowboy Way
Notable Exceptions
Kacey & Jenna Thunborg
Between a Horse and Me - Almeda Bradshaw
The Real West - Patty Clayton
She's Leaving Cheyenne - John Lowell
Westbound - Micki Fuhrman
Yellow Horse - Doug Figgs
The Best Horses in Heaven, They Have No Tails - Miska Paget
Between the Sun and Moon - Teresa Burleson
No Better Life - Valerie Beard
Wisdom in the Wind - Sherl Cederburg
Circle Back - Kimberly Kaye
Deep Tracks - Marleen Bussma
Buckaroo Poetry - P.W. Conway
When the Stars Sang - Scott Wiswell
A Little Bit of Texas - Carlos Washington
Harmony Grits - Ida Red
Yearnin' - Jim Winters