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'