2001

Best Western Novel: Summer of Pearls, by Mike Blakely.
Best Novel of the West: The Gates of the Alamo, by Stephen Harrigan.
Best Original Western Paperback: Bound for the Promise-Land, by Troy D. Smith.
Best First Western Novel: The Chivalry of Crime, by Desmond Barry.
Best Short Story: All or Nothing, by Gary Svee.
Best Nonfiction - Historical: Pacific Destiny, by Dale Walker.
Best Nonfiction - Contemporary: What You See in Clear Water, by Geoffrey O'Gara.
Best Nonfiction - Biography: A River Running West: The Life of John Wesley Powell, by Doanld Worster.
Best Short Nonfiction: Death Song, by Harry W. Paige in Roundup Magazine.
Storyteller Award: Cindy Ellen: A Wild Western Cinderella, by Susan Lowell and Jane Manning.

2000

Best Western Novel: Masterson, by Richard S. Wheeler.
Best Novel of the West: Prophet Annie, by Ellen Recknor.
Best Original Western Paperback: Mine Work, by Jim Davidson.
Best First Western Novel: Mine Work, by Jim Davidson.
Best Short Story: Opening Day, by David Marion Wilkinson (ReadWest Online Magazine, 1999).
Best Drama: Purgatory, screenplay by Gordon Dawson.
Best Documentary: Annie Oakley: Crack Shot in Petticoats, by Arthur Drooker.
Best Nonfiction - Historical: Rush for Riches, by J. S. Holliday.
Best Nonfiction - Contemporary: The 101 Ranch and the Creation of the American West, by Michael Wallis.
Best Nonfiction - Biography: Knight Wihtout Honor: Carlos Eduardo Casteneda 1896-1958, by Felix D. Almaraz, Jr..
Best Short Nonfiction: Golden Dreams: Colorado, California and the Reimagining of America, by (Montana: The Magazine of Western History, 1999).
Storyteller Award: Prairie Train, by Antoine O'Flatharta, illustrated by Eric Rohmann.

1999

Best Western Novel: Journey of the Dead, by Loren D. Estleman.
Best Novel of the West: The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton, by Jane Smiley.
Best Original Western Paperback: Dark Trail, by Hiram King.
Best Short Story: Secrets of the Lost Cannon, by Allen W. Bristow.
Best Drama: The Hi-Lo Country, screenplay by Walon Green.
Best Documentary: Frontier: Legends of the Old Northwest, by Gary L. Foreman.
Best Nonfiction - Historical: The Contested Plains: Indians, Goldseekers, and the Rush to Colorado, by Elliot West.
Best Nonfiction - Contemporary: Devil's Bargains: Tourism in the Twentieth-Century American West, by Hal K. Rothman.
Best Nonfiction - Biography: Duke: The Life and Image of John Wayne, by Ronald L. Davis.
Best Short Nonfiction: A South Dakota Rendezvous, by Carlton L. Bonilla.

1998

Best Western Novel: The Kiowa Verdict, by Cynthia Haseloff.
Best Novel of the West: Comanche Moon, by Larry McMurtry.
Best Original Western Paperback: Leaving Missouri, by Ellen Recknor.
Best First Western Novel (Medicine Pipe Bearer Award): Keepers of the Earth, by LaVerne Harrell Clark.
Best Short Story: Sue Ellen Learns to Dance, by Judy Alter.
Best Drama: Buffalo Soldiers, screenplay by Frank Military and Susan Rhinehart (TNT).
Best Documentary: Lewis and Clark, produced by Dayton Duncan (writer) and Ken Burns (director).
Best Documentary: George Armstrong Custer, produced by Arthur Drooker.
Best Nonfiction - Historical: El Llano Estacado, by John Miller Morris.
Best Nonfiction - Contemporary: Big Trouble, by J. Anthony Lucas.
Best Nonfiction - Biography: Death's Deceiver, by Lynn Bridgers.
Best Short Nonfiction: Ranchers Form a Radical Center to Protect Wide Open Spaces, by Jake Page (Smithsonian Magazine, 1997).

1997

Best Western Novel: Blood of Texas, by Will Camp (Preston Lewis).
Best Novel of the West: Sierra, by Richard S. Wheeler.
Best Original Western Paperback: Potter's Fields, by Frank Roderus.
Best First Western Novel (Medicine Pipe Bearer Award): Death of a Healing Woman, by Allana Martin.
Best Short Story: The Alchemist, by Loren D. Estleman.
Best Nonfiction - Historical: Undaunted Courage, by Stephen Ambrose.
Best Nonfiction - Contemporary: New Westers: The West in Contemporary American Culture, by Michael L. Johnson.
Best Nonfiction - Biography: John Wesley Hardin: Dark Angel of Texas, by Leon C. Metz.
Best Short Nonfiction: Letters From the Field: John Sylvanus Loud and the Pine Ridge Campaign of 1890-1891, by Fred Erisman and Patricia L. Erisman.
Storyteller Award: The Worry Stone, by Marianna Dengler.

1996

Best Western Novel: The Dark Island, by Robert J. Conley (1995).
Best Novel of the West: Stone Song: A Novel of the Life of Crazy Horse, by Win Blevins.
Best Original Western Paperback: Thunder in the Valley, by Jim R. Woolard.
Best First Western Novel (Medicine Pipe Bearer Award): Thunder in the Valley, by Jim R. Woolard.
Best Short Story: Are You Coming Back, Phin Montana, by Jane Candia Coleman (Louis L'Amour Western Magazine, 1995).
Best Drama: Ruby To Paradise and the Legends in Between, screenplay by Vicki Evans.
Best Documentary: The Avenging Angel, screenplay by Dennis Nemec.
Best Nonfiction - Historical: Seeking Pleasure in the Old West, by David Dary.
Best Nonfiction - Contemporary: We Are a People in This World, by Conger Beasley, Jr.
Best Nonfiction - Biography: General M.G. Vallejo and the Advent of the Americans: A Biography, by Alan Rosenus.
Best Short Nonfiction: Captain Marsh: Master of the Missouri, by Nancy M. Peterson (Wild West Magazine, 1995).
Storyteller Award: Dandelions, by Eve Bunting.

1995

Best Western Novel: St. Agnes' Stand, by Tom Edison.
Best Novel of the West: The Far Canyon, by Elmer Kelton.
Best First Western Novel: St. Agnes' Stand, by Tom Edison.
Best Short Story: Charity, by Sandra Whiting (Louis L'Amour Western Magazine, 1994).
Best Drama: Wyatt Earp, screenplay by Dan Gordon and Lawrence Kasdan.
Best Documentary: One Hundred Years of Hollywood Westerns, screenplay by Jack Haley Jr. and Phil Savenik.
Best Nonfiction - Historical (pre-1900): Precious Dust, by Paula Mitchell Marks.
Best Nonfiction - Contemporary (post-1900): Raven's Exile: A Season on the Green River, by Ellen Meloy.
Best Nonfiction - Biography: Hero of Beecher Island: Life & Military Career of George A. Forsyth, by David Dixon.
Best Short Nonfiction: Incredible Elfego Baca, by Howard Bryan.

1994

Best Western Novel: Friends, by Charles Hackenberry.
Best Novel of the West: Empire of Bones, by Jeff Long.
Best Original Western Paperback: The Gila River, by Gary McCarthy.
Best First Western Novel (Medicine Pipe Bearer Award): People of the Whistling Waters, by Mardi Oakley Medawar.
Best Short Story: Lou, by Jane Candia Coleman (Louis L'Amour Western Magazine, 1993).
Best Motion Picture: Sommersby, screenplay by Nicholas Meyer and Sarah Kernochan.
Best TV Drama: Return to Lonesome Dove, screenplay by John Wilder.
Best TV Documentary: The Hunt for Pancho Villa, screenplay by Paul Espinosa.
Best Nonfiction - Historical (< 1900): The Lance and the Shield, by Robert Utley.
Best Nonfiction - Contemporary (> 1900): Rivers in the Desert, by Margaret Leslie Davis.
Best Short Nonfiction: Nellie Cashman, by Suzann Ledbetter (Texas Western Press, 1993).
Best Cover Art: Packing Iron, by William Manns.

1993

Best Western Novel: Nickajack, by Robert J. Conley (1992).
Best Novel of the West: Slaughter, by Elmer Kelton.
Best Original Western Paperback: The Golden Chance, by T.V. Olsen.
Best First Western Novel: John Stone and the Choctaw Kid, by Wayne Davis .
Best Short Story: The Face, by Ed Gorman (The Best Western Stories of Ed Gorman, 1992).
Best TV: Keep the Change, screenplay by John Miglis.
Best TV Documentary: Buffalo Bill and His Wild West, screenplay by Robert Kirk.
Best TV Documentary: Last Stand at Little Bighorn, screenplay by Paul Stekler and James Welch.
Best Motion Picture: Unforgiven, screenplay by David Webb Peoples.
Best Nonfiction: Let Me Be Free, by David Lavender.
Best Short Nonfiction: Bluster's Last Stand: The Battle of Yellow Canyon, by Preston Lewis (True West, 1992).
Cover Art: Autumn in the West, photograph by John MacMurray (Persimmon Hill).

1992

Best Western Novel: Journal of the Gun Years, by Richard Matheson (1991).
Best Novel of the West: The Medicine Horn, by Jory Sherman.
Best Original Western Paperback: Rage in Chupadera, by Norman Zollinger.
Best Short Story: Cimarron, The Killer, by Benjamin Capps (Tales of the Southwest, 1991).
Best Nonfiction: Custer's Last Campaign, by John S. Gray.
Best Short Nonfiction: Marching with the Army of the West, by James A. Crutchfield (Blackpowder Annual, 1991).
Best Cover Art: Cowboy Spurs and Their Makers, by Jane Pattie.

1991

Best Western Novel: Sanctuary, by Gary Svee.
Best Novel of the West: Home Mountain, by Jeanne Williams.
Best Original Western Paperback: The Changing Wind, by Don Coldsmith.
Best First Western Novel (Medicine Pipe Bearer Award): Caesar of Santa Fe, by Tim MacCurdy.
Best Short Story: Just As I Am, by Joyce Gibson Roach.
Best TV: Dust in the Wind, (Guns of Paradise)
Best Motion Picture: Dances With Wolves, screenplay and novel by Michael Blake.
Best Nonfiction: Helen Hunt Jackson, by Valerie S. Mathes.
Best Short Nonfiction: The Ginger Jar, by Shelly Ritthaler.
Best Cover Art: Dreams in Dry Places, by Roger Bruhn.

1990

Best Western Novel: Fool's Coach, by Richard Wheeler.
Best Novel of the West: Panther in the Sky, by James Alexander Thom.
Best Original Western Paperback: Among the Eagles, by G. Clifton Wisler.
Best First Western Novel (Medicine Pipe Bearer Award): South Texas, by Ann Gabriel.
Best Short Story: The Indian Summer of Nancy Redwing, by Harry W. Paige.
Best TV: A Letter to Polly, screenplay by Paul Savage (Davy Crockett, 1989).
Best Nonfiction: The Great Plains, by Ian Frazier.
Best Short Nonfiction: Helen Hunt Jackson and the Ponca Controversy, by Valerie S. Mathes.
Best Cover Art: Berchick, by Tennessee Dixon.

1989

Best Western Novel: Mattie, by Judy Alter.
Best Novel of the West: The Homesman, by Glendon Swarthout.
Best First Western Novel (Medicine Pipe Bearer Award): Spirit of the Hills, by Dan O'Brian.
Best Short Story: Yellow Bird: An Imaginary Autobiography, by Robert J. Conley (1988).
Best Motion Picture: Independence, screenplay by Gordon Dawson.
Best Nonfiction: Hoover Dam: An American Adventure, by Joseph Stevens.
Best Short Nonfiction: The Boys of '98, by Dale L. Walker (True West, 1988).
Best Cover Art: Coyote Tales from the Indian Pueblos, by Glen Strock.
Saddleman Award for Lifetime Achievement: Max Evans
Saddleman Award for Lifetime Achievement: Wayne D. Overholser

1988

Best Western Novel: Skinwalkers, by Tony Hillerman.
Best Novel of the West: Wanderer Springs, by Robert Flynn.
Best First Western Novel (Medicine Pipe Bearer Award): Jenny's Mountain, by Elaine Long.
Best Short Fiction: The Orange County Cowboys, by Max Evans (South Dakota Review, Winter, 1987).
Best Drama: Independence, screenplay by Gordon Dawson.
Best Nonfiction: Jessie Benton Fremont, by Pamela Herr.
Best Short Nonfiction: A High-Toned Woman, by Joyce Gibson Roach.
Best Cover Art: C. M. Russell's West, by Sam Abell.
Saddleman Award for Lifetime Achievement: Donald E. Worcester

1987

Best Western Novel: The Blind Corral, by Ralph Robert Beer.
Best Novel of the West: Roman, by Douglas C. Jones.
Best First Western Novel (Medicine Pipe Bearer Award): Come Spring, by Charlotte Hinger.
Best Short Story: The Bandit, by Loren D. Estleman (, 1986).
Best Nonfiction: Paper Medicine Man: John Gregory Bourke and His American West, by Joseph C. Porter.
Best Short Nonfiction: Let 'Er Buck! by Robin Cody (The Oregonian, 1986).
Best Cover Art: Canyon Country, by DeWitt Jones.

1986

Best Western Novel: Lonesome Dove, by Larry McMurtry.
Best Novel of the West: The Snowblind Moon, by John Byrne Cook.
Best First Western Novel (Medicine Pipe Bearer Award): The Snowblind Moon, by John Byrne Cook.
Best Short Story: The Way It Was Told To Me, by Bill Brett.
Best Motion Picture: Pale Rider, screenplay by Michael Butler and Dennis Shyrack.
Best Nonfiction: Phil Sheridan and His Army, by Paul Andrew Hutton.
Best Short Nonfiction: The National Game Out West, by Nellie Snyder Yost (Frontier Times, 1985).
Best Cover Art: IvaDunnit and the Big Wind, by Steven Kellogg.
Saddleman Award for Lifetime Achievement: Jack Schaefer

1985

Best Novel of the West: Gone the Dreams and Dancing, by Douglas C. Jones.
Best First Western Novel (Medicine Pipe Bearer Award): Winterkill, by Craig Leslie.
Best Short Story: Arbuckle's: The Coffee That Won the West, by Francis L. Fugate (The American West, 1984).
Best Drama: The Grey Fox, screenplay by John Hunter.
Best Nonfiction: Hashknife Cowboy: Recollections of Mack Hughes, by Stella Hughes.
Best Short Nonfiction: Sale of One Small Ranch, by Paul St. Pierre.
Best Cover Artwork: Winter Songsinger by Chuck DeHaan (for Frontier Times).
Special Award: Dale L. Walker (for editorship of The Roundup, 1980-1985)
Saddleman Award for Lifetime Achievement: Leon Claire Metz

1984

Best Western Novel: Leaving Kansas, by Frank Roderus.
Best Novel of the West: Sam Bass, by Bryan Woolley.
Best First Western Novel (Medicine Pipe Bearer Award): Thirsty, by Andrew Dequasie.
Best Short Story: Super Bull, by Max Evans (The Seven Horseman Magazine, 1983).
Best Motion Picture: The Grey Fox, scrfeenplay by John Hunter.
Best Nonfiction: Quarterdeck and Saddlehorn, by Carl Briggs and Clyde Trudell.
Best Short Nonfiction: The Ten Sleep Mail, by William F. Bragg, Jr.
Best Cover Art: Cougar Woman, by Dee Lambert-Shafer.
Saddleman Award for Lifetime Achievement: Dee Alexander Brown

1983

Best Western Novel: Match Race, by Fred Grove.
Best Novel of the West: Ride the Wind, by Lucia St. Clair Robson.
Best First Western Novel (Medicine Pipe Bearer Award ): Carry the Wind, by Terry C. Johnston.
Best Short Story: Horseman, by Oakley Hall (Antioch Review, 1982).
Best TV: Knights of the White Camelia, screenplay by Don Balluck (Father Murphy).
Best Nonfiction: Albuquerque: A Narrative History, by Marc Simmons.
Best Short Nonfiction: The Anasazi, by Thomas Y. Canby (National Geograpical Magazine, 1982).
Best Cover Art: Apache Indian Baskets, by Helga Teiwes.

1982

Best Western Novel: Eye of the Hawk, by Elmer Kelton.
Best Western Novel: Horizon, by Lee Head.
Best Novel of the West: Aces and Eights, by Loren D. Estleman.
Best First Western Novel (Medicine Pipe Bearer Award): Ride Down the Wind, by Wayne Barton.
Best Short Story: Kathleen Flaherty's Long Winter, by Carla Kelly (Far West Magazine, 1981).
Best TV: Establish Thou the Work of Our Hands, screenplay Paul Cooper (Father Murphy).
Best Nonfiction: Cowboy Culture, by David Dary.
Best Short Nonfiction: Buffalo Bill and the Enduring West, by Alice J. Hall (National Geographical Magazine, 1981).
Best Cover Art: A Touch of Winter, by Wayne Baize (Quarter Horse Journal).
Saddleman Award for Lifetime Achievement: Eve Ball

1981

Best Western Novel: The Valiant Women, by Jeanne Williams.
Best TV: May We Make Them Proud, screenplay by Michael Landon (Little House on the Prairie).
Best Nonfiction - Historical: The Peace Chiefs of the Cheyennes, by Stan Hoig.
Best Short Subject: One Man's Code, by Wayne Barton (Far West, 1980).
Saddleman Award for Lifetime Achievement: Louis L'Amour

1980

Best Western Novel: The Holdouts, by William Decker.
Best Short Subject: Jason Glendauer's Watch, by James Bellah (Far West, 1979).
Best TV Script: The Innocent, by Ray Goldrup (How the West Was Won, 1979).
Best Nonfiction: The Apache Eagles of the Southwest, by Don Worcester.
Special Award: Bill Bragg.