Welcome to Western Fictioneers
An organization of professional authors of western novels and short stories.
Thanks much folks for the best wishes. I hope we can do an acceptable job and in some small way help grow the group. Ever since I joined up a few years ago I’ve found the Westernfictioneers to be extremely beneficial and supportive. I enjoy hearing the news and new releases of our members and the information that’s passed around. Please do announce you books’ releases on the website. And not just Westerns, but any book you release.
I think our blog is extremely beneficial and entertaining. The great deal of information in the blog posts are extremely valuable research tools. I think it was last week that I posted about our blog. I’ll repeat it.
We used to post many really great articles on the WF Blog Site. That's regretfully slowed down. I know some of us are out of ideas and have much else to do, including WIPs. I'm just as guilty as anyone and I don't post very often on my designated day. I hope to change that.
The blog articles have been great entertainment, educational, motivational, and provide ideas and research sources for our WIPs. So, if you have any articles stashed away, unfinished, or article ideas, please post them.
One thing we can do is re-post some of the old articles that held a particular interest, were popular (indicated by the number of comments and viewers), or are of particular use for research since we forget about some of these gems and we have new members who would benefit from re-posting them. It’s also a great opportunity to expand, update, and add additional details to older articles.
Adding to that, I think it would be appropriate for non-Old West blog posts to be made generally limited to earlier times, from our own youth, for example. A few of those have been posted.
If anyone has ideas for improving the group, just post it and throw it out there for comment. Someone here is bound to let you know what they think about it.
We do hope to see many of you in Oklahoma City. I’m certainly looking forward to it.
And I’ll make one promise. There will be no secret memos passed by this administration…unless necessary.
Best regards all y’alls.
Gordon Rottman
Western Fictioneers President 2018-2019
Western Fictioneers (WF) is proud to announce the winners for the Seventh Annual Peacemaker Awards For Westerns published in 2016.
Winner of the The Lifetime Achievement Peacemaker --Robert E.Vardeman.
7TH ANNUAL PEACEMAKER AWARDS
BEST FIRST NOVEL:
ECHOES OF MASSACRE CANYON by Ben Goheen aka Ben Tyler (Five Star Publishing)
Finalist:
Silence Rides Alone by Charles Millsted (Sundown Press)
The River of Cattle by Alice V. Brock (Pen-L Publishing)
The Silver Baron’s Wife by Danna Baier Stein (Serving House Books)
The Wanted Lawman by A.C. Smith (Gray Ghost Publishing)
BEST NOVEL:
FAR WEST: THE DIARY OF ELEANOR HIGGINS by Linell Jeppsen (Wolfpack Publishing)
Finalist:
Dead Man’s Boot by Patrick Dearen (Five Star Publishing)
Gun Devils of the Rio Grande by James Reasoner (Rough Edges Press)
Killing Blood by Robert D. McKee (Five Star Publishing)
BEST WESTERN YA/CHILDREN'S FICTION:
THE RIVER OF CATTLE e by Alice V. Brock (Pen-L Publishing)
Finalist:
Calamity Jane: How the West Began by Bryan Ney (Dragon Tree Books)
Good Water by John Nesbitt (Five Star Publishing)
Grandpa and the Kid by Cliff Hudgins (Wolfpack Publishing)
Lone Star Ranger 7: A Ranger Redeemed by James J. Griffin (Painted Pony Books)
BEST SHORT FICTION:
MUSEUM PIECE by Brian Koukol (The Missing Slate)
Finalist:
Jake Silvershorn's Revenge - Vol. 10 Final Showdown, by Big Jim Williams (High Noon Press)
Odell's Bones by Troy Smith (Cane Hollow Press)
Widelooping a Christmas Cowboy by Livia J. Washburn (A Cowboy under the Mistletoe, Prairie Rose Publications)
Western Fictioneers would like to thank Awards Chair Kathleen Rice Adams and the judges for doing an excellent job.
Western Fictioneers (WF) was formed in 2010 by Robert J. Randisi, James Reasoner, Frank Roderus, and other professional Western writers, to preserve, honor, and promote traditional Western writing in the 21st century. Entries were accepted in both print and electronic forms. The Peacemaker Awards are given out annually. Submissions for the Peacemaker Awards for books published in 2017 will be open in July, 2017. Submission guidelines will be posted on the WF web site at that time.
