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Award Winners Archive

Award Winners Archive

2014

2014

Winner

Fourth of July Creek
by Smith Henderson

Honor Books

Astoria
by Peter Stark

Blood Will Out
by Walter Kirn

The Ploughmen
by Kim Zupan

Artwork

Art by Susan Carlson

2013

2013

Winner

Let Him Go
by Larry Watson

Honor Books

The Lovebird
by Natalie Brown

Opportunity, Montana
by Brad Tyer

Black Helicopters
by Blythe Woolston

Artwork

Art by Clare Ann Huff

2012

2012

Winner

The Miseducation of Cameron Post
by emily m. danforth

Honor Books

Mammals of Montana
by Kerry Foresman

The Mountain and the Fathers
by Joe Wilkins

The Girls of No Return
by Erin Saldin

Fobbit
by David Abrams

Artwork

Art by Courtney Blazon

2011

2011

Winner

Raptors of the West
by Kate Davis, Rob Palmer, and Nick Dunlop

Honor Books

Where Elk Roam
by Bruce L. Smith

Beautiful Unbroken
by Mary Jane Nealson

Hand Raised: The Barns of Montana
by Christine Brown & Chere Jiusto

Conjugations of the Verb to Be
by Glen Chamberlain

Artwork

Kate Davis receives Rancho Deluxe poster signed by Tom McGuane as her award in 2011

2010

2010

Winner

Bound Like Grass
by Ruth McLaughlin

Honor Books

The Last Stand
by Nathaniel Philbrick

Goodbye Wifes and Daughters
by Susan Resnick

Everything
by Kevin Canty

Visions of the Big Sky
by Dan Flores

Artwork

Artwork by Dana Boussard

2009

2009

Winner

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
by Jamie Ford

Honor Books

600 Hours of Edward
by Craig Lancaster

The Big Burn
by Timothy Egan

Stick Horses and Other Stories of Ranch Life
by Wallace McRae

The Selected Works of T.S. Spivit
by Reif Larsen

Artwork

Art by Kendahl Jan Jubb

2008

2008

Winner

Full Court Quest
by Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith

Honor Books

Montana Stories of the Land
by Krys Holmes

Saving Homewaters
by Gordon Sullivan

Freeman Walker
by David Allen Cates

Requiem for Locusts
by Wendy Parciak

Artwork

Shadow box designed by Linda Juneau

2007

2007

Winner

Red Rover
by Deirdre McNamer

Honor Books

Evelyn Cameron text
by Kristi Hager

Chrysalis
by Kim Todd

One Woman’s Montana
by Kathe LeSage

Artwork

Artwork by Paul Pacini

2006

2006

Winner

Hattie Big Sky
by Kirby Larson

Honor Books

Wings Over Montana
by Donald Jones

The Reluctant Mr. Darwin
by David Quammen

Three Cups of Tea
by Greg Mortinson & David Oliver Relin

Artwork

Art by Suzanne Sterrett

2005

2005

Winner

Decade of the Wolf
by Douglas Smith and Gary Ferguson

Honor Books

Darkest Before Dawn
by Clemens Work

Mahjong All Day Long
by Ginnie Lo & Beth Lo

Composing Voices
by Robert Pack

X Out of Wonderland
by David Cates

Artwork

Art by Steve Glueckert

2004

2004

Winner

The Useful Girl
by Marcus Stevens

Honor Books

Crown of the Continent
by Ralph Waldt

Tree Girl
by Ben Mikaelsen

Little Things in a Big Country
by Hannah Hinchmen

Artwork

No photo. Artwork by Mary Leedom with Lightning Boy Star Quilts

2003

2003

Winner

Hope in Hard Times
by Mary Murphy

Honor Books

Flight of the Fisherbird
by Nora Martin

The Secret Life of Cowboys
by Tom Groneberg

Artwork

Barbara Theroux Presents Mary Murphy with quilt

2002

2002

Winner

Pictures from an Expedition
by Diane Smith

Honor Books

Perma Red
by Debra Earling

The Big Burn
by Jeanette Ingold

Silence & Solitude
by Thomas Murphy

Artwork

Artwork by Beth Lo

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