Sunday, September 20, 2015

Goodnight Goes Riding off with an award.





















Westerners International recently announced the winners of their annual awards honoring the best writing about the West by the nearly 5,000 members of the organization, from some 64 groups in the USA and 16 or so in other countries.
My collection of poetry from Pen-L Publishing, Goodnight Goes Riding and Other Poems, won the Fred Olds Western Poetry Award.
I am, as you might imagine, thrilled with the recognition and look forward to hanging the handsome plaque, featuring the Westerners’ “Old Joe” buffalo skull, on the wall.
You can own your very own copy of this award-winning book (one of its poems was also a Finalist for a Western Writers of America Spur Award for Best Western Poem) by visiting www.pen-l.com, the usual online booksellers, or you can order it through your local bookstore.
The holiday gift-giving season is rapidly approaching (Christmas stuff is already showing up in stores!) so you might want to keep that in mind. Someone you love would love this book.







4 comments:

  1. Congratulations. The award is well deserved, you tall, lean, lanky cowpoke.

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    1. Thanks, Frank. Tall, lean, and lanky--that's me for certain. But you seem to be the only one who notices.

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  2. Dang, Rod, you just keep cranking out award-winning stuff. Well done! Makes me proud to know you!

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    1. Thanks, Liz. It is always a surprise when something like this happens.

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