This
Saturday night in Irving, Texas, the Academy of Western Artists hosts a big
soiree to pass out Will Rogers Awards in a variety of categories, as they have
since 1996 to honor those who are “taking the contemporary cowboy and western
movement to new and exciting heights.”
My friend Paul
Bliss gets this year’s Male Cowboy Poet Award. Fellow Western Writers of
America members and friends Chris Enss wins the Nonfiction Book Award for Object Matrimony, and Larry Sweazy wins
the Fiction Book Award for The Coyote
Tracker.
Things a Cowboy Sees and Other
Poems by yours truly won the Buck
Ramsey Award for Best Cowboy Poetry Book.
Since I am
unable to attend the ceremony I won’t get the award statue—but the Academy of
Western Artists assures me they will send “a very, very nice certificate
signifying your accomplishment.”
You ought to have Chris or someone else pick up that trophy and bring it to you! I'll bet it would look good on your fireplace mantle.
ReplyDeleteCongrats!
Duke
Thanks, Duke. We tried that, but it didn't work. Winners must be present.
DeleteCongratulations, Rod!
ReplyDeleteThanks, whoever you are--you ol' buckskinner, you.
DeleteRod,
ReplyDeleteCongratulations. Well done. Too bad about the statue, but at least you won't have to dust it.
Paul
Thanks, Paul. See you in Sacramento.
DeleteCongratulations Rod! Well deserved and not surprising. I've always been amazed by your range and discipline. You're not only creative, but prolific as well. Keep it up!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Bob. Good to hear from you.
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