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The Big Roundup, our 2001 anthology of over
140 classic and contemporary Cowboy poems and songs,
was awarded the Academy of Western
Artists' Buck Ramsey Award, the
2002 Best Poetry Book at the Seventh Annual Will Rogers Awards for
Outstanding Achievement of Contemporary Cowboy Skills ceremony in Fort
Worth, Texas, July 9, 2002.
A list of other
years' recipients is below.
The award is named for the beloved late Buck
Ramsey. The program
described the award: "Every now and then, a unique and very special
person comes along who touches all of us in a memorable and lasting way.
Buck was one of those rare individuals. Beside the considerable body
of poetry and songs he left us, his quiet courage, his gentle friendship,
his joyful sense of humor and his constant encouragement, both by example
and by eloquent expression, left an indelible impression on those who knew
him or ever saw him perform. The Academy of Western Artists is proud
to announce, that to honor Buck's memory and keep it vital, the Poetry
Book Award will hereafter be called 'The Buck Ramsey Award.'"
You can read much more about Buck Ramsey
and some of his
poetry in our feature right here.
The other finalists
in 2002 were:
Chris
Isaacs, Cowboy Poetry; Rhymes,
Reasons and Pack Saddle Proverbs
Dennis
Fischer, Fixin' to Get Exciting
Red
Steagall, The Fence That Me and Shorty Built
Lloyd
Shelby, Rainman
Linda
Kirkpatrick, Somewhere in the West
Mike
Puhallo, Piled Higher and Deeper on the Cariboo Trail
Missouri
Cowboy Poets Association, Missouri Cowboy Poetry
Cade Schalla, What's A
Steer?
Allen "Hook" Hill,
Cactus, Mesquite and Dry Grass
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1996 Cowboy Curmudgeon and Other Poems by Wallace McRae
1997 Cowhide 'n Calico by Ann Sochat
1998 Poetry of Bruce Kiskaddon edited by Mason & Janice Coggin
1999 My Cowboy's Gift by Andy Wilkinson
2001 Cow's Tail for a Compass by Leon Flick
2002 The Big Roundup edited by Margo Metegrano
2003 Horse Tracks Through the Sage by Sunny Hancock and Jesse Smith
2004 Born to This Land by Red Steagall with photographs by Skeeter Hagler
2005 Cowboy Poetry: Cloud Watchers by Rolf Flake
2006 Buck Ramsey's Grass, with essays on his life and work edited by Bette Ramsey and Scott Braucher
2007 The Campfire Ain't Quite Out by Kent Stockton
2009 Tracks that Won't Blow Out by Ray Owens
