THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT PEACEMAKER
John Legg
14th Annual Peacemaker Awards Finalists
For Western Novels and Stories Published in 2023
BEST NOVEL
GRAY’S LAKE, John Hansen (Summit Creek Press)
THE GOLD CHIP, Douglas Hirt (Wolfpack Publishing)
CHANGING WOMAN, Venetia Hobson Lewis (Bison Books)
RIDE A FAST HORSE, Kevin Warren (Kensington)
THE BOOT HEEL, Kevin Wolf (Thorndike)
BEST FIRST WESTERN NOVEL
THE GOOD TIME GIRLS, K.T. Blakemore (Sycamore Creek Press)
CHANGING WOMAN, Venetia Hobson Lewis (Bison Books)
. . . BY THE WAY THEY TREAT THEIR HORSES, M. Timothy Nolting (Austin Macauley Publishers)
THE PENITENT GUN, Rod Timanus (Thorndike Large Print)
RIDE A FAST HORSE, Kevin Warren (Kensington)
BEST WESTERN SHORT FICTION
“Clarence Flowers”, John Neely Davis (FORTITUDE, Five Star)
“Prairie Blossoms”, Sharon Frame Gay (FORTITUDE, Five Star)
“The Sound of Buffalo”, Lisa Majewski and Del Howison (FORTITUDE, Five Star)
“Next to the Last Chance”, John D. Nesbitt (BRIGHT SKIES AND DARK HORSES, Five Star)
“The Great Burro Revolt”, P.A. O’Neil (SADDLEBAG DISPATCHES, Summer 2023)
“The Would-Be Bounty Hunters”, Michael R. Ritt (FORTITUDE, Five Star)
Winners will be announced June 15, 2024 on the WF website (www.westernfictioneers.com) and on this blog.
Western Fictioneers (WF) was formed in 2010 by professional Western writers, to preserve, honor, and promote traditional Western writing in the 21st century. Entries were accepted in both print and electronic forms.
The Peacemaker Awards are given annually. Submissions for the Peacemaker Awards for books and stories published in 2024 will be open in August 2024. Submission guidelines will be posted on the WF website. For more information about Western Fictioneers (WF) please visit: http://www.westernfictioneers.com
Western Fictioneers would like to thank the judges for the excellent job they have done and James Reasoner for being Awards Chair.
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