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In the Crosshairs - Floyd and Valerie Beard
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Recent Issues
Winter 2026
TODAY: TRADITION AND LEGACY CONTINUE 2025 Entertainer of the Year Syd Masters
LAST OF AN ERA Sons of the San Joaquin: A Musical Legacy
FUTURE IS IN THE WEST BIG BIZ Goes BIG WEST!
Fall 2025
IN THE CROSSHAIRS JOHN LOWELL MULTI-AWARDED SINGER/SONGWRITER
2025 Hall of Fame Inductees
IWMA Songwriting Winners
Spring 2024
KG & The Ranger
KEEPING WESTERN MUSIC
ALIVE IS THE FOUNDATION
OF THEIR LIFE-LONG JOURNEY
2024 Songwriting Contest
Winter 2024
IWMA PRESENTS
Awards of Excellence
Doug Figgs - 2023 Entertainer of the Year
Archive
Summer 2023
IWMA FUTURE MEET THEM INSIDE
Roped into Western Music
and Cowboy Poetry
Spring 2023
IN THE CROSSHAIRS:
IAN DAWSON TYSON
1933 – 2022
THE OVERVIEW
THE EPIPHANY
THE PRIVATE MAN
Winter 2023
In the crosshairs:
Allen & Jill Kirkham
Award Recipients and IWMA 2022 Coverage
Fall 2022
In the Crosshairs:
Doug Figgs
Multi-awarded Singer/Songwriter, Working Cowboy and Certified Journeyman Farrier
2022 Hall of Fame Inductees
IWMA Songwriting Contest
Winter 2022
IN THE CROSSHAIRS:
DAN McCORISON
FROM DIVING BOARD
TO MUSIC AWARDS
Awards of Excellence Results
Fall 2021
R.W. HAMPTON
2011 IWMA HALL OF FAME
INDUCTEE SHARES THE ADVENTURE
2021 IWMA
HALL OF FAME
INDUCTEES
Fall 2020
In the Crosshairs: Susie Knight. Multi-talented Entertainer
2020 Hall of Fame Inductees
Summer 2020
Andy Hedges THE COWBOY SONGSTER,
STORYTELLER & RECITER
2020 AWARD OF EXCELLENCE NOMINATION BALLOT INSIDE
Winter 2020
2019 Award of Excellence Recipients
See all award recipients and iWMA 2019 Coverage Inside!
Summer 2019
In the Crosshairs:
LAURALEE NORTHCOTT
2019 Award of Excellence Nomination Ballot Inside
Spring 2019
In the Crosshairs:
ERNIE MARTINEZ
More than just an Instrumentalist
NEW! Exploring the West
Spring 2016
Crosshairs:
JOE TEXAS SHOOTS STRAIGHT
R.J. Vandygriff
“The Cowboy Ain’t Dead Yet!”
Spring 2016
CROSSHAIRS
MIKE MOUTOUX
Punchin’ Cows, Playin’ Guitar and Writin’ Poetry
Fall 2015
In the Crosshairs:
Jean Prescott
Celebrating 90 Years WMA’s Own First Lady, Marilyn Tuttle
Summer 2015
Pure Cowboy – In the Studio and Out on the Range
Johnny Western Receives Noted Honor
Spring 2015
The West is Alive in the British Isles
Dave Bourne Leaves a WMA Legacy