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Best Western (Tie)
Feature Film
Joe Crist
The Killing of Billy the Kid

Best Western
Short Film
Touched

Best Western
Mini-Short Film
Keep Your Mouth Shut

Best Western Micro-Mini-Short Film
The Shed

Best Modern-Day Western Feature Film
Dog Boy

Best Modern Day Western Short Film
For Better or Worse

Best Foreign Film
Six Days to Die

Best Documentary Film
Hollywood's Last Real Cowboy:
The Gene McLaughlin Story

Best Trailer/Teaser Film
Geronimo's Revenge

Best Foreign Western Trailer
Letter to Daughter

Best Documentary Trailer
The Roping Fools

Best Music Video Nominations
Lulu's Back In Town

Best Actor (Western Feature) Film (Tie)
Dallas Valdez - Joe Crist
Thom Hallum - The Killing of Billy the Kid

Best Actor (Western Short) Film (Tie)
Ryon Marshall - Touched
Steven Krimmel - The Boonashy

Best Actor (Mini Short Western) Film 
Kaiser Johnson - Jack Higley Shouldn't be a Cowboy

Best Actor
(Micro-Mini Short Western) Film
Larry Poole - The Hunt for Jack Kincaid

Best Actor
(Modern Day Feature Western) Film
George Meyers - Robo Hills

Best Actor
(Modern Day Short Western)
Kenny Schreiber - For Better or Worse

Best Actor - (Foreign Film) Film
Darryl Hinds - Six Days to Die

Best Actor (Music Video) Film
Tom Hoffmann - Lulu's Back In Town

Best Actress (Western Feature) Film
Melissa D'Agostino - Six Days to Die

Best Actress (Western Short) Film
Andrea Hickey - Gammons' Greed

Best Actress (Mini Short Western) Film
Kasey Haas - The Woman Who Cried, Ringo!

Best Actress
(Micro-Mini Short Western) Film
Grace Lynn - The Hunt for Jack Kincaid

Best Actress
(Modern Day Feature Western) Film
Lana Wood - Dog Boy

Best Actress
(Modern Day Short Western) Film
Cassia Rose - For Better or Worse

Best Actress - (Foreign) Film
Chantal Dubs - Bounty for Bernadette

Best Actress (Music Video)
Daralee Ota - Lulu's Back In Town

Best Supporting Actor (Tie)
(Western Feature) Film
Curt Lambert – Joe Crist
Matt Mascaro - The Counterfeit Kid

Best Supporting Actor
(Western Short) Film
Larry Poole - The Weight of the Badge

Best Supporting Actor
(Western Mini Short) Film
Casey James - Shut Your Mouth

Best Supporting Actor
Modern Day
Feature/Short Western Film
JT Hill - For Better or Worse

Best Supporting Actor 
(Foreign) Film
Colm Feore - Six Days to Die

Best Supporting Actress (Tie)
(Western Feature) Film
Nancy Stafford - Far Haven
Lorelei Redmond - Goin' Home

Best Supporting Actress
(Western Short) Film
Jill Galbraith - The Return: Wrath of the Ravishing

Best Supporting Actress
(Western Mini Short)
Emma Olan - The Last Resort

Best Director (Western Feature)
Mark Allen Michaels
'Joe Crist'

Best Director (Western Feature)
Brett Bentman
'The Killing of Billy the Kid'

Best Director (Western Short)
Ryan Riffle & Richard Riffle
'Gammons' Greed'

Best Director (Mini-Short Western)
Michael Dohrmann
'Keep Your Mouth Shut'

Best Director (Micro-Mini Western)
Rich Varville
'The Hunt for Jack Kincaid'

Best Director 
(Modern Day Feature Western)
Paul Winters - 'Dog Boy'

Best Director
(Modern Day Short Western)
Bill Foster - 'For Better or Worse'

Best Director (Foreign Western)
Matt Campagna
'Six Days to Die'

Best Director (Western Documentary)
Steven Weiss - Hollywood's Last
Real Cowboy: The Gene McLaughlin Story

Best Director (Western Trailer)
Mario Gandolfo
'Geronimo's Revenge'

Best Director (Western Music Video)
Warren Yeager
'Lulu's Back In Town'

Best Female 
Western Filmmaker
Payten Brewer - 'Sister'

Best Female Documentary Filmmaker
Keely Brazil Covello/Michaela Brazil Gillies 
'You Just Can't See Them From The Road'

Best Female Music Video Filmmaker
Blacksmith Rose and Claire DeJarnett
'They Don't Make 'Em Like Willie Anymore'

Best 1st Time Filmmaker
Keely Brazil Covello/Michaela Brazil Gillies
'You Just Can't See Them From The Road'

Best Student Western
Micah Gándola 
'The Ballad of the Westwind Kid'

Best Cinematography 
Western Feature
Dan Fowlks - 'Lex Talionis'

Best Cinematography Western Short
Tyler Carlin
'Twenty One at the Belle Saloon'

Best Cinematography 
(Foreign Western)
Martin Wey - 'Bounty for Bernadette'

Best Cinematography Western Mini Short
Michael Dohrmann
'Keep Your Mouth Shut'

Best Young Actor (Western)
Lev Cameron
'Far Haven'

Best Young Actress (Western)
Lilly Mae Stover
'Lex Talionis'

Best Western Drama Feature Film
​  The Oldest Posse

Best Western Drama Short Film
  The Return: Wrath of the Ravishing

Best Western Drama Mini Short Film
  The Hunt for Jack Kincaid

 Best Action Western Feature Film
  Goin' Home

Best Action Western Short Film
  The Strange Story of Blasting Betty

Best Western Adventure Film
  Six Days to Die

Best Western Comedy Film
  Keep Your Mouth Shut

 Best Western Horror Film
  Gammons' Greed

Best Western Sci-fi Film
  Robo Hills

 Best Western Fantasy Film
Robo Hills
  
Best Western Suspense Film
  The Killing of Billy the Kid

 Best Western Romance Film
The Counterfeit Kid

​Best Faith Based Western Film
 The Church, Part 2, The Remnants​

Best Noir Film
  The Last Resort

 Best Family Western Film
  Provide

 Best Western Film Twist
  The Woman Who Cried, Ringo!

 Best Dark Drama Film
  Hostile Territory

Best Western Feature Film Cast Ensemble
  Goin' Home

 Best Western Short Film Cast Ensemble
  Lulu's Back In Town

 Best Narrator
  Baxter Black - Hollywood's Last Real Cowboy:
The Gene McLaughlin Story

 Best Revenge Film
  Twenty One at the Belle Saloon

 Best Animation Film
  The Boonashy

Kodak Ektachrome Super 8
Reel Film Award
'The Last Resort'

 Best Arizona Western Feature Film
  Double-Crossed in Durango

 Best Arizona Short Western Film
  Keep Your Mouth Shut

Best Texas Western Feature Film
  The Killing of Billy the Kid

Best Texas Western Short Film
  Touched

Best California Film
  You Just Can't See Them From The Road  

Best Canadian Film
 Six Days to Die

Best Western Film Location
Buggy Barn Museum

Best Western Promo Ad
Silver Sins Film Campaign

 2023 Jerry Vance Award
Lifetime Stuntman Achievement
Recipient - Robert Jensen

2023 Charlie LeSueur Award
Recipient - Nick Pernokas

2023 Robert Shelton Award
1st Recipient - Kent McCray

2023 Robert Shelton Award
2nd Recipient - Rick Harker

Best Indigenous Western
Cochise Legendary Warrior

Best Originality Western
Six Days To Die

Best Post-Apocalyptic Western
Six Days To Die

Movie Poster 1st Place
Geronimo's Revenge

Movie Poster 2nd Place
Goin' Home

Movie Poster 3rd Place
The Church Part 2 (The Remnants)

Best Short Form Poetry
'Empty Space Under The Christmas Tree'
by Manuela Schneider

Best Long Form Poetry
'The Old Shed'
by Manuela Schneider

1st Place Best Wardrobe Designer Photos
'Wild Instincts' (Company)

2nd Place Wardrobe Designer Photos
Goin' Home (Film)

3rd Place Wardrobe Designer Photos
'Silver Sins' (Film)

Photography - 1st Place
'Springtime in Texas' by Mike Thompson

Photography - 2nd Place
'Indian Girl and Horse' by Steve Shaw

Best Feature Composer/Score/Song
Six Days To Die - 'Sorry Not Sorry'
by Nck Name and Laurence Correa

Best Western Short Score/Song
The Ride To Tres Cuerdas
'Heaven Yes, Hell No' by Thomas Michael Riley

Best Western Foreign Short
Composer/Score/Song
'Bounty For Bernadette' by Silvio Buchmeier

1st Place Best Western MP3 Song
'Cowboy's State of Mind' by J. Rodney Dunn 

2nd Place Best Western MP3 Song
'Out Here In the Sticks' by Carol Markstrom 

3rd Place Best Western MP3 Song 
'Stray' By Jim Jones'

Best All Genre MP3 Music
'Gulf Coast Tantrums' by Aurora LaRay

Best Faith Based MP3 Music
'Old Timer's Lament' by Wanda Cramer

Best Western Movie Score MP3
'Tombstone Dreams' by Jim Jones

1st Place Best Music Lyrics
'Cowboy's State of Mind' by Mike Thompson

2nd Place Best Music Lyrics
'Rain' by Aurora LaRay

3rd Place Best Music Lyrics
'Tombstone Dreams' by Jim Jones

Best Art Work
'In Search of Cochinay' by Steve Shaw

Best Ambassador Fore The Western Lifestyle,
Actress,TV & Awards Show Host
Bobbi Jeen Olson

Film Festival Director's Choice
Best Western Feature
Goin' Home

Film Festival Director's Choice
Best Western Short
'Gammons Greed

Film Festival Director's Choice 
Best Western Mini-Short Film
The Woman Who Cried, Ringo!

Film Festival Director's Choice
Best Modern-Day
Western Feature - 'Robo Hills' 

Film Festival Director's Choice 
Best Foreign Film
'Bounty for Bernadette'

Film Festival Director's Choice 
Best Documentary Western
'You Just Can't See Them From The Road'

Film Festival Director's Choice
Best Music Video
'They Don't Make 'Em Like Willie Anymore'

Film Festival Director's Choice
Best Director (Western Feature)
Dan Fowlks - 'Lex Talionis '

Film Festival Director's Choice
Best Director (Western Short)
Alex Wroten - 'The Boonashy'

Film Festival Director's Choice
Best Director (Mini Short)
Ryan O'Connell 
'Jack Higley Shouldn't be a Cowboy'

Film Festival Director's Choice
Best Female Filmmaker
Rachel Barrett - 'The Shed'

Film Festival Director's Choice 
Female Documentary Filmmaker
Aurora LaRay for 'Go Camp
with Aurora LaRay - Dodge City, KS'

Film Festival Director's Choice
Best Female Music Video Filmmaker
Wanda Cramer - 'These Hands'

Film Festival Director's Choice
Best Western Drama Feature
'Teller's Camp'

Film Festival Director's Choice
Best Western Comedy Film
Re-Branding 101 Tales of Sir Winston

Film Festival Director's Choice
Best Action Western Feature
'Double-Crossed in Durango' 
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Best Psychological Thriller Mini-Short Screenplay
"Peace And Liberty" By Hannah Janssen

Best Sentimental/Action Western Screenplay
"She Died Twice" By Wanda Cramer

MINI-SHORT SCREENPLAY WINNERS
Best Action/Drama Western Short Screenplay
"13 Steps" By Loren Davis

Best Sci-Fi/Action Western Short Screenplay
"Badfinger Texas" By George Meyers

Best First-time Female Writer Short Screenplay
"Destiny By Fortune"
By Lisa Beth VanNatta

Best Western Short Screenplay
"Gunfight At Bandera"
By Robert Bruce Sikes

Best Dramedy Modern Western Short Screenplay
"Just The Way I Told 'Em"
By Mike Thompson

Best Comedy Short Screenplay
"Wild Ride" By Bill Foster
SHORT SCREENPLAY WINNERS
Best Family/Faith Modern Western Feature Screenplay
"A Cowgirl's Christmas" By Judy Belshe-Toernblom

Best Sci-Fi Western Feature Screenplay
"Alien Gunslinger" By Alec R. Cuddeback

Best Western Feature Screenplay
"Bandit War" By Michael Angelella & James Knotts

Best Family/Adventure Modern Western Feature Screenplay
"Billie the Kid" By Tom Michael Jennings

Best Action Western Feature Screenplay
"Blood Bound" By John Marrs

Best Horror/Suspense Western Feature Screenplay
"Demon Creek" By Jerry Robbins

Best Revenge Suspense Western Feature Screenplay
"Fire and Brimstone" By Chad T. Ashworth

Best Action/Drama Western Feature Screenplay
"Goin' Home" By Steve Shaw

Best Adventure/Comedy Western Feature Screenplay
"Katie Sterling" By Jason Davidson

Best Romance/Suspense Western Feature Screenplay
"Raid on Columbus"
 By Alec R. Cuddeback & William Hellinger

Best Action/Romance Western Feature Screenplay
"Return to Remembrance" By Elle Marlow

Best Romance Western Feature Screenplay
"Silver Sins" By Manuela Schneider

Best Sentimental Drama Western Feature Screenplay
"Sheriff Johnson" By Theodore Carl Flood

Best Crime/Revenge Western Feature Screenplay
"The Baxter-Brown Gang" By Sean Lawrence

Best Comedy/Horror Western Feature Screenplay
"The Last Stage To Nowhere" By Pat E. Larkin

Best Crime/Drama Western Feature Screenplay
"The Long Run" By Daniel Foster

Best Texas Western Feature Screenplay
"The Reckoning"
By Tracy Townsend & Dink Thomas

Best All Genre Western Feature Screenplay
"Three For Hire: Tombstone, The Lethal Connection"
By Dan Robert Burle

Best Heroine/Revenge Western Feature Screenplay
  "Throwdown at Broken Axe" By Richard C. Geiwitz

Best First-time Female Western Feature Screenwriter
"Touched" By CJ Morrison

Best Drama Western Feature Screenplay
"Two Guns - US Marshal" By Michael Lee Edwards
FEATURE SCREENPLAY WINNERS
Best Western T.V. Pilot
"Billy Buys A Horse" By Sid Kramer​
T.V. PILOT WINNER

Best Over All Manuscript
"The Memoirs of Madame Moustache:
My Early Years Growing up to be a Gambler"
By Manuela Schneider

Best Sci-Fi/Romance Manuscript
"Dark Walker and Hidden Dragon: Dragon Fantasy Romance"
By Mark E. Scott

Best Modern Western Romance Manuscript
"Arizona Cowgirl and the Badman: A Western Romance"
By Mark E. Scott

Best Murder/Suspense Manuscript
"Murder at the Bird Cage Theatre: A Restless Souls Western"
By Manuela Schneider

Best Drama Western Manuscript
"Tonto Smith" By Dennis H. Williams

Best Unpublished Modern Western Manuscript
"Spirit Horse" By Manuela Schneider

Best Action/Adventure Western Manuscript
"O'Meara's Gold" By Jeffrey J. Mariotte

Best Action/Drama Western Manuscript
"Putney's War: Battle At Crying Rock
By D. Preston Davidson

Best Action Western Manuscript
"Paradise 1 & 2" By Dennis H. Williams

    MANUSCRIPT WINNERS
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