June 2025 Issue

2025 WWA Convention Issue

Amarillo, Texas • June 18-21

Buried Treasures

by Loren D. Estleman

Book Reviews

Western Video

by Kirk Ellis

Western Music

by Jim Jones

The Dead Don’t Hurt, Bloody Newton, Dust Covered Lies, Pintsized Pioneer among 2025 Spur winners

From Staff Reports

Owen Wister Award: Bestselling author Craig Johnson ‘desperately wanted to write’

By Stuart Rosebrook

Lariat Award: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum is more than a building filled with objects

By Natalie Bright

Homestead Honoree: Jim Jones ‘so willing to share those talents’

By Melody Groves

Branding Iron Award: Preston Lewis: The gentleman writer of WWA

By Stuart Rosebrook