Westerners International Awards - 2010

Each year Westerners International conducts an awards contest for members. Winners are presented their certificates, checks, and plaques at the WI Breakfast held during the Western History Association Meeting each October. Listed below are the 2010 award recipients who were honored at the meeting in Oakland, California, October 13-16, 2011. The 2011 award winners will be announced in August 2012 and will receive their awards at the meeting planned in Denver, Colorado, this coming October 4-7, 2012. Forms for the 2011 contest will be available in January 2012.

2010 Award Winners

Co-Founders Best book Award

1^st Place: Jim Hoy, Kansas Corral

Cowboy’s Lament

Texas Tech University Press

2^nd Place: John Boessenecker, San Francisco Corral

BANDIDO: The Life and Times of Tiburcio Vasquez

University of Oklahoma Press

3^rd Place:  Paul H. Carlson, Llano Estacado Corral

Myth, Memory, and Massacre

Texas Tech University Press

Coke Wood Award for Monographs and Articles

1^st Place (tie): Robert J. Chandler, San Francisco Corral

1^st Place (tie): Barbara Handy-Marchello, Fort Abraham Lincoln Corral

2^nd Place: Paul W. Matthews, Indian Territory Posse

Philip A. Danielson Award for Best Programs

1^st Place: Phil Brigandi, Los Angeles Corral

2^nd Place: Patricia A. Etter, Scottsdale Corral

3^rd Place: Anna Lee Ames Frohlich, Denver Posse

Fred Olds Western Poetry Award

1^st Place: Pablo aka Paul McClure, San Dimas Corral

2^nd Place: Bernice Landers, Jedediah Smith Corral

Heads Up Award

Corrals Organized Prior to 1973

Los Angeles Corral, Los Angeles, California

Michael Patris, Sheriff

Corrals Organized 1973 and Later

San Dimas Corral, San Dimas, California

David Harbin, Sheriff

Overseas Corrals

Linz Corral, Linz, Austria

Hans Jorg Ratzenboeck, Sheriff