Western Heritage Awards
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
April 17 - 18, 2009
First presented in 1961, the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Western Heritage Awards were established to honor and encourage the legacy of those whose works in literature, music, film, and television reflect the significant stories of the American West. The awards program also recognizes inductees into the prestigious Hall of Great Westerners and the Hall of Great Western Performers as well as the recipient of the Chester A. Reynolds Memorial Award, named in honor of the Museum’s founder. Each honoree receives a Wrangler, an impressive bronze sculpture of a cowboy on horseback.
2008 Western Heritage Awards Winners (to be honored April 17 - 18, 2009)
Television and Film Categories
Theatrical Motion Picture
Appaloosa
Producers: Ed Harris & Robert Knott
Director: Ed Harris
Writers: Robert Knott & Ed Harris
Documentary
The Challenge of Champions: The Story of Lane Frost & Red Rock
Producers: David Wittkower
Principle Actors: Clyde & Elsie Frost, John Growney
Music Categories
New Artist
Gary S. Pratt – The Other Side
Original Composition
A Cowboy’s Special Christmas
Recording Artist: Red Steagall
Composer: Dan Roberts, Roy Robinson & Bobby Wood
Traditional Western Album
Gone for Colorado
Recording Artist/Composer: Juni Fisher
Producer: Juni Fisher & Rich O’Brien
Literary Categories
Western Novel
Jackalope Dreams
Author: Mary Clearman Blew
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Nonfiction Book
The North American Journals of Prince Maximilian of Wied, Vol. 1
Co-Editors: Stephen S. Witte and Marsha V. Gallagher
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Art Book
In Contemporary Rhythm: The Art of Ernest L. Blumenschein
Author: Peter H. Hassrick
Author: Elizabeth J. Cunningham
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Photography Book
American Farmer, The Heart of Our Country
Photographer: Paul Mobley
Author: Katrina Fried
Publisher: Welcome Books
Juvenile Book
Journey to Gonzales
Author: Melodie A. Cuate
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Magazine Article
Bringing Home All the Pretty Horses
Author: Dan Flores
Publisher: Montana, The Magazine of Western History
Poetry Book
Poems from Dry Creek
Author: John Dofflemyer
Publisher: Starhaven
Hall of Great Westerners Inductees
Anne W. Marion Texas 1938 –
Frederick Jackson Turner Wisconsin 1861 – 1932
Hall of Great Western Performers Inductees
Morgan Woodward California 1925 –
Walter Clarence “Dub” Taylor California/Virginia 1907 – 1994
Chester A Reynolds Memorial Award Recipient
Nolan Ryan Jr. Texas 1947 –
Ticket Prices: (*subject to change)
Jingle-Jangle Mingle $25
(Book/CD/DVD Autograph Signing Reception), Friday, April 17, 2009)
Awards Banquet, Saturday, April 18
$130 Members
$150 Nonmembers
Print an online copy of the
invitation and reservation card that can be mailed in with your check or credit card information. Or, visit this web site again in late March to make your reservations online.
Reservations also can be made by calling (405) 478-2250, Ext. 219.
Official Headquarters Hotel:
Marriott Oklahoma City
3233 Northwest Expressway
Oklahoma City, OK 73112
Toll Free: (800) 228-9290
Phone: (405) 842-6633