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.
Congratulations. The award is well deserved, you tall, lean, lanky cowpoke.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Frank. Tall, lean, and lanky--that's me for certain. But you seem to be the only one who notices.
DeleteDang, Rod, you just keep cranking out award-winning stuff. Well done! Makes me proud to know you!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Liz. It is always a surprise when something like this happens.
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